Subj : Todays Weather History To : ALL From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Jul 08 2016 12:03 am TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid Today is Friday July 8, 2016. This is the 190th day of the year, there are 176 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 1816 Frost was reported in low places throughout New England. In 1886 (8th-9th) Nearly every house in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota was moved off its foundation by a disastrous hailstorm. In 1950 The town of York NE was deluged with 13.15 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish a state record. In 1975 Three people were killed and six others were injured when lightning struck a walnut tree near Mayo FL. The nine people were stringing tobacco under a tin shed when the bolt hit the nearby tree. In 1987 Thunderstorms in the central U.S. produced wind gusts to 90 mph at Waterloo IA, 6.38 inches of rain at Tescott KS, and for twenty-five minutes produced ping-pong ball size hail at Drummond OK. In 1988 Thirty cities in the north central and northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Beckley WV equalled their all-time record with a high of 93 degrees. Afternoon and evening thunderstorms spawned seven tornadoes in Adams and Logan counties of eastern Colorado, and hail caused 2.3 million dollars damage in Adams, Logan and Washington counties. In 1989 Sixteen cities in the central and western U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. The high of 103 degrees at Denver CO equalled their record for July, and the 110 degree reading at Rapid City SD equalled their all-time record high. Denver reported a record five straight days of 100 degree heat, and Scottsbluff NE reported a record eight days in a row of 100 degree weather. --- þ Synchronet þ The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, AR - wx1der.dyndns.org .