Historical Weather Events

HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 25 August

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AUGUST FULL MOON -- The moon will reach its full moon phase tomorrow morning at 7:56 AM EDT and 6:56 AM CDT (or officially at 1156 Z on 26 August 2018). The August full moon is called either the "Green Corn Moon" or the "Grain Moon."

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

...1814...A tornado hit Washington, DC during the burning of the U.S. Capitol and the White House, killing invading British soldiers. (National Weather Service files)
...1885...A severe hurricane struck South Carolina causing 1.3 million dollars damage at Charleston. (David Ludlum)
...1910...The temperature at Bowen, MT dropped to 5 degrees, the lowest ever for the 48 states in August. (Intellicast)
...1940...New Jersey experienced its coldest August morning of record, with lows of 32 degrees at Layton and Charlotteburg. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Morning thunderstorms produced heavy rain in eastern Nebraska and southwestern Iowa. Stanton, IA reported 10.50 inches of rain. Water was reported up to the handle of automobiles west of Greenwood, NE. Rainfall totals for a two-day period ranged from 7 to 14 inches across southwestern Iowa. Crop damage was in the millions for both states. Subsequent flooding of streams in Iowa the last week of August caused millions of dollars damage to crops, as some streams crested ten feet above flood stage. A new record for monthly rainfall was set at Chicago when a storm brought the total to 15.73 inches erasing the previous record for any month, which had been 14.17 inches in September 1961 (Storm Data) (Intellicast)
...1988...Seven cities in California reported record high temperatures for the date, including Sacramento with an afternoon reading of 104 degrees. Thunderstorms produced locally heavy rains in Arizona. Chino Valley was drenched with 2.50 inches of rain in just thirty minutes washing out a couple of streets in town. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Morning thunderstorms drenched Spencer, IN with 4.10 inches of rain in three hours causing extensive street flooding. Evening thunderstorms in eastern Kansas produced up to six inches of rain around Emporia, and four inches of rain in just forty-five minutes near Parsons, and also produced wind gusts to 70 mph at Lake Melvern. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)