Subj : Today's Weather History To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Apr 28 2017 12:10 am TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid Today is Friday April 28, 2017. This is the 118th day of the year, there are 247 days left. On this day... Weather data after 1990 is PARTIAL. For more current weather history, go to the National Climate Data Center website at www.ncdc.noaa.gov In 1921 A severe hailstorm in Anson County NC produced hail the size of baseballs. Gardens, grain fields, and trees were destroyed. Pine trees in the storm's path had to be cut for lumber because of the hail damage. In 1928 A coastal storm produced tremendous late season snows in the Central Appalachians, including 35 inches at Bayard WV, 31 inches at Somerset PA, and 30 inches at Grantsville MD. High winds accompanying the heavy wet snow uprooted trees, and unroofed a number of homes. The storm caused great damage to fruit trees and wild life. In 1987 Twenty cities in the western and central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Highs of 95 degrees at Houston TX, 95 degrees at Lake Charles LA, and 94 degrees at Port Arthur TX, were April records. In 1988 Miami FL hit 92 degrees, marking a record eight days of 90 degree heat in the month of April. Squalls produced snow in the Washington D.C. area. Belvoir VA reported a temperature reading of 57 degrees at the time the snow began. In 1989 Strong northerly winds and heavy snow ushered cold air into the north central U.S. Snowfall totals in Montana ranged up to 20 inches at Miles City. Thunderstorms produced severe weather from eastern Texas to the Southern Appalachians and the southern Ohio Valley. Hail four and a half inches in diameter was reported at Keller TX and White Settlement TX. A tornado killed 10 in India, 2 days after what may have been the world's deadliest tornado...which killed 1300 in Bangladesh. In 1990 Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the southeastern U.S. during the day. Severe thunderstorms spawned four tornadoes, including one which injured four persons at Inman SC. There were also more than one hundred reports of large hail and damaging winds, with better than half of those reports in Georgia. Strong thunderstorm winds injured four people at Sadler's Creek SC. Twenty-nine cities in the northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date as readings soared into the 80s and lower 90s. Highs of 88 degrees at Binghamton NY, 94 degrees at Buffalo NY, 89 degrees at Erie PA, 90 degrees at Newark NJ, 93 degrees at Rochester NY, and 92 degrees at Syracuse NY, were records for the month of April. In 2002 Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes raged from Illinois southward to Mississippi, eastward to the Atlantic coast, with widespread injuries, damage, and several fatalities. (27th-28th). A strong F-4 tornado struck La Plata, Maryland. Posted by VPost v1.7.081019 .