Subj : Todays Weather History To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Sun Jul 30 2017 12:15 am TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid Today is Sunday July 30, 2017. This is the 211st day of the year, there are 154 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 1877 Hail as large as a man's fist perforated teepees of Crow Indians in the Yellowstone Valley, and killed many ponies. In 1949 The state record for Connecticut was established when the town of Greenville registered an afternoon high of 102 degrees. In 1965 The temperature at Portland OR reached 107 degrees to equal their all-time record high. In 1979 A forty-minute hailstorm bombed Fort Collins CO with baseball to softball size hail. 2500 automobiles and 2000 homes were damaged, and about 25 persons were injured, mainly when hit on the head by the huge stones. A three month old baby died later of injuries. In 1987 Afternoon highs of 105 at Aberdeen SD, 102 at Bismarck ND, and 102 at Pueblo CO, were records for the date. Pueblo CO reported just .09 inch of rain for the first thirty days of the month. In 1988 A dozen cities in the north central and northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Downtown Baltimore MD hit 103 degrees, marking a record eight days of 100 degree heat for the month, and ten for the year. The high of 101 degrees at Billings MT marked a record seventeen days of 100 degree heat for the year. Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the northeastern U.S., with nearly fifty reports of large hail or damaging winds in Pennsylvania and New York State. A tree fell on a car at Erie PA injuring four persons. In 1989 Morning thunderstorms over central Missouri deluged Columbia with 5.98 inches of rain causing flash flooding. Daytime thunderstorms in Kentucky drenched Paducah with 1.73 inches of rain in less than half an hour. Evening thunderstorms in the north central U.S. produced wind gusts to 78 mph east of Moccasin MT. --- þ Synchronet þ The Thunderbolt BBS - wx1der.dyndns.org .