Subj : Today's Weather History
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Mon May 22 2017 12:10 am

 TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Monday  May 22, 2017.
 This is the 142nd day of the year, there are 223 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 1876 Denver CO was drenched with 6.53 inches of rain in
            24 hours, an all-time record for that location.    
    In 1911 The temperature at Lewiston ME soared to 101 degrees.  It
            was the hottest temperature ever recorded in New England
            during the month of May.    
    In 1986 A hailstorm in central China destroyed 35,000 homes &
            7700 acres of crops, killed over 100 people and injured
            9000.
    In 1987 A powerful tornado virtually wiped the small southwest
            Texas community of Saragosa off the map.  The twister
            destroyed eighty-five percent of the structures in the
            town killing thirty persons and injuring 121 others in
            the town of population 183.  The tornado hurled trucks
            and autos through adobe and wood-frame homes, with some
            vehicles blown 500 feet.    
    In 1988 Thunderstorms produced severe weather over the Central
            Gulf Coast States.  Tennis ball size hail was reported at
            Ripley MS.  Showers and thunderstorms in southern
            Missouri produced 3.20 inches of rain at Springfield
            to easily surpass their rainfall record for the date. 
    In 1989 Unseasonably hot weather continued in southern Texas and
            parts of the southwestern U.S.  Seven cities reported
            record high temperatures for the date, including El Paso
            TX with a reading of 100 degrees.  Presidio TX was the
            hot spot in the nation with a high of 111 degrees.   
    In 1990 Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms developing ahead
            of a cold front in the north central U.S. produced severe
            weather from northwestern Kansas to central Minnesota and
            southeastern North Dakota.  There were twenty-nine
            reports of damaging winds, or dime to golf ball size
            hail.  Strong thunderstorm winds gusted to 69 mph at
            Alexandria MN.  Showers and thunderstorms over eastern
            North Carolina soaked Wilmington with 2.91 inches of
            rain, which established a record for the date.   
    In 2011 Severe weather widespread from the Great Lakes and Ohio
            Valley areas, southwest into Oklahoma and Texas. An EF5
            tornado smashed its way through Joplin, Missouri, causing
            widespread damage...including to one of two area hospitals,
            a high school, and a local Wal-Mart. A total of 158 people
            died, the largest number ever killed in one area by a 
            single tornado, and it was the 8th deadliest tornado in
            U.S. history. Medical equipment from Saint Johns Regional
            Medical Center, which was right in the path of the tornado,
            was found 45 miles away, with X-Rays from the hospital
            found 70 miles away. The violent winds pushed several
            people out of the windows to the ground below. Over 20 semi
            trucks and countless cars were overturned on Interstate 44.
            The tornado was on the ground for more than 22 miles.
    In 2012 With the development of Tropical Storm Bud in the Eastern
            Eastern Pacific Basin, this is the earliest date on record
            for the second tropical storm in that basin; surpassing
            the previous earliest date of May 29.


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