Subj : Todays Weather History To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Sun Sep 24 2017 12:12 am TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid Today is Sunday September 24, 2017. This is the 267th day of the year, there are 98 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 1926 The temperature at Yellowstone Park dipped to nine degrees below zero. It was the coldest reading of record in the U.S. during September. Severe freezes were widespread over the northwestern U.S. causing great crop destruction. Spokane County WA experienced their earliest snow of record. Harney Branch Experiment Station in Oregon reported a temperature of 2 degrees above zero to establish a state record for the month of September. In 1950 A smoke pall from western Canada forest fires covered much of the eastern U.S. Daylight was reduced to nighttime darkness in parts of the Northeast. The color of the sun varied from pink to purple, blue, or lavendar. Yellow to grey-tan was common. (24th-30th) In 1972 Lightning struck a man near Waldport OR. The young man happened to be carrying thirty-five pieces of dynamite. A late evening thunderstorm produced downburst winds at Bismarck ND estimated at 125 to 150 mph. In 1987 The first full day of autumn proved to be a pleasant one for much of the nation, with sunny skies and mild temperatures. Thunderstorms again formed over Florida and the southwestern deserts, and also formed along a cold front in the northeastern U.S. A storm spotter at Earp CA sighted a couple of funnel clouds, one on the California side of the state line, and the other on the Arizona side. In 1988 Thunderstorms developing along a stationary front produced large hail and damaging winds in the southeastern U.S., with reports of severe weather most numerous in North Carolina. Golf ball size hail was reported at Tick Creek and a number of other locations in North Carolina. In 1989 Forty-seven cities between the Rockies and the Appalachians reported record low temperatures for the date. Lows of 38 at Abilene TX, 34 at Jackson KY, and 36 at Midland TX established records for the month of September. The low of 36 degrees at Midland smashed their previous record for the date by thirteen degrees. Fayetteville AR and Springfield MO reported their earliest freeze of record. Thunderstorms produced torrential rains in northeastern Florida. Jacksonville was deluged with 11.40 inches of rain, and flash flooding resulted in two deaths. In 2001 An F-3 tornado struck the University Of Maryland campus at College Park, Maryland. Two sisters were killed when their car went airborne from the tornado. Over 50 were injured, and many other vehicles and buildings had their windows blown out, or suffered other damage. It was the deadliest tornado to strike the Baltimore/Washington area since 1929, and Maryland's first September killer tornado. Tornadoes also struck Culpepper County, Virginia, causing damage. --- þ Synchronet þ The Thunderbolt BBS - wx1der.dyndns.org .