Historical Weather Events

HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 5 July

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

...1882...A trace of snow was reported at Newton, NJ and other parts of the Northeast. (Intellicast)
...1891...Sixteen horses were killed by hail, and many more have to be put to death due to injuries from a hailstorm at Rapid City, SD. (The Weather Channel)
...1900...A spectacular three-day fire began when a bolt of lightning struck the Standard Oil refinery in Bayonne, NJ. Damages were over $2 million. (David Ludlum) (Intellicast)
...1904...One million dollars in damage resulted from a powerful thunderstorm over Boston Harbor. (Intellicast)
...1916...An early season hurricane produced 82 mph winds, an 11.6 foot tide, and a barometric pressure of 28.92 inches at Mobile, AL. (David Ludlum)
...1936...The all-time state record high of 120 degrees was set at Gann Valley, SD. (Intellicast)
...1937...The temperature at Medicine Lake, MT soared to 117 degrees to tie the state record. Glendive, MT reached 117 degrees on 20 July 1893. (National Weather Service files)
Midale and Yellow Grass in Saskatchewan hit 113 degrees to establish all-time record high temperatures for Canada that same day. (The Weather Channel)
...1939...Torrential rains caused Frozen Creek in eastern Kentucky to surge out of its banks shortly after 3 o'clock in the morning. Homes and businesses were swept away as a wall of water coursed down the creek's narrow valley. Kentucky Mountain Bible Institute was devastated. 58 people were killed. (National Weather Service)
...1970...The morning low at Death Valley, CA was 103 degrees, and the high that afternoon was 120 degrees. (The Weather Channel)
...1985...The temperature at St. George, UT reached 117 degrees, setting a record high temperature for the Beehive State. (NCDC)
...1986... The low temperature at Boise, ID dropped to a crisp 35 degrees, the coldest ever for the month. (Intellicast)
...1987...Severe thunderstorms raked south central Kansas for the second morning in a row. Thunderstorm winds again gusted to 80 mph at Clearwater, and in the Wichita area reached 100 mph. Twenty-five persons were injured at a trailer park at El Dorado Lake. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Afternoon and evening thunderstorms spawned eleven tornadoes in Montana and three in North Dakota. Baseball size hail was reported at Shonkin, MT, and wind gusts to 85 mph were reported south of Fordville, ND. Twenty cities in the north central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, including Fargo, ND with a reading of 106 degrees. Muskegon, MI equaled their July record with a high of 95 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Moisture from what once was Tropical Storm Allison triggered thunderstorms over the Middle Atlantic Coast Region, which deluged Wilmington, DE with a record 6.83 inches of rain in 24 hours, including 6.37 inches in just six hours. Up to ten inches of rain was reported at Claymont, northeast of Wilmington. July 1989 was thus the wettest month in seventy years for Wilmington, with a total of 12.63 inches of rain. Alamosa, CO reported an all-time record high of 94 degrees, and Pierre, SD hit 113 degrees. Denver, CO reached 101 degrees, topping 100 for the second straight day, only happened once before in 1972(The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) (Intellicast)
...1993...Heavy rains deluged the Central Plains as one of the greatest floods in U.S. history began to unfold. Twenty-four hour totals included 5.90 inches at Columbia, IA, 5.15 inches at Centralia, KS and 4.80 inches at Haddam, KS. (Intellicast)

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