Historical Weather Events

HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 10 July

From the files of the Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO and Intellicast

...1911...The mercury hit 105 degrees at North Bridgton, Maine the highest temperature reading of record for Maine. North Bridgton also reached 105 degrees on the 4th of July in 1911. (National Weather Service files)
...1913...The mercury hit 134 degrees at Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, CA, the highest temperature reading of record for the North American continent. Sandstorm conditions accompanied the heat. The high the previous day was 129 degrees, following a morning low of 93 degrees. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel) [Note: In September 2012, this 134-degree reading was determined to be the world record high temperature as a World Meteorological Organization panel disqualified the previously recognized world record temperature of 136 degrees set at El Azizia in Libya on 13 September 1922 due to errors made in recording the temperature at that location.]
...1926...A lightning bolt struck an ammunition magazine in northern New Jersey, and a big red ball of fire leaped into the air triggering a series of explosions. All buildings within a half-mile radius were destroyed, and debris fell as far as twenty-two miles away. Sixteen persons were killed, and property damage was seventy million dollars. (David Ludlum)
...1936...Afternoon high temperatures of 112 degrees at Martinsburg, WV, 109 degrees at Cumberland, MD and Frederick, MD, 110 degrees at Runyon, NJ, and 111 degrees at Phoenixville, PA, established all-time record highs for those four states, and marked the hottest day of record for the Middle Atlantic Coast Region. (The Weather Channel)
...1979...The temperature at El Paso, TX hit 112 degrees, an all-time record for that location. The next day the reading was 110 degrees. (The Weather Channel)
Hurricane Bob became the first Atlantic Hurricane to be given a male name. It brought up to 5" to Indiana as the remnants moved across southern parts of the Hoosier State. (National Weather Service files)
...1980...The temperature in downtown Kansas City, MO hit 109 degrees, following a sultry overnight low of 89 degrees. The daily low of 89 degrees was the highest of record for Kansas City, and overall it was the hottest July day of record. It was the seventh of a record seventeen consecutive days of 100-degree heat, and the mean temperature for the month of 90.2 degrees was also an all-time record for Kansas City.
...1987...An early morning thunderstorm in Minnesota produced wind gusts to 91 mph at Waseca. Later that day, thunderstorms in South Dakota produced wind gusts to 81 mph at Ipswitch, and baseball size hail near Hayes and Capa. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Thunderstorms brought welcome rains to parts of the central U.S., but produced severe weather along the New England coast, in the Great Lakes Region, in North Carolina, and in the Southern Plateau Region. Strong thunderstorm winds gusting to 80 mph at Bullfrog, UT sank three boats on Lake Powell. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Severe thunderstorms spawned seventeen tornadoes in the northeastern U.S. A powerful (F-4) tornado struck Hamden, CT and New Haven, CT, causing 100 million dollars damage at Hamden, and another 20 million dollars damage around New Haven. Forty persons were injured in the tornado. Seventy persons were injured in a tornado that traveled from Watertown, CT to Waterbury, CT, nearly wiping out the town of Bantam. Another powerful (F-4) tornado touched down near Ames, NY injuring twenty persons and causing $20 million in damage along its 43.5-mile track through Montgomery, Schoharie, Albany and Greene counties in New York. It was the strongest tornado of record for eastern New York State. Other tornadoes struck New York City, northern New Jersey, central and eastern Massachusetts. Oxford, CT had over 4.4 inches in just 30 minutes from the same complex that spawned the tornadoes in New York and Connecticut. That complex in the first 5 hours produced well over 12,500 lightning strikes. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) (Intellicast)
...1994...Offshore winds sent temperatures at Homer, AK to 81 degrees, an all-time high temperature reading for that location. (Intellicast)