Subj : Todays Weather History
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Wed May 31 2023 00:02:18

 TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Wednesday  May 31, 2023.
 This is the 151st day of the year, there are 214 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
    Final day of meterological spring.
    In 1889 The Johnstown disaster occurred, the worst flood tradgedy
            in U.S. history.  Heavy rains collapsed the South Fork
            Dam sending a thirty foot wall of water rushing down the
            already flooded Conemaugh Valley.  The wall of water,
            traveling as fast as twenty-two feet per second, swept
            away all structures, objects and people.  2100 persons
            perished in the flood.  
    In 1941 Thunderstorms deluged Burlington KS with 12.59 inches of
            rain to establish a 24 hour rainfall record for the
            state.    
    In 1985 Severe thuunderstorms spawned forty-one tornadoes across
            the Lower Great Lakes Region and southeastern Ontario
            which killed 74 persons.    
    In 1987 Thunderstorms in New England produced wind gusts of 70 to
            90 mph at Worcester MA and Northboro MA, and hail an inch
            and a half in diameter at Williston VT.  Unseasonably hot
            weather prevailed in the northeastern U.S.  The afternoon
            high of 94 degrees at Portland ME was a record for the
            month of May.    
    In 1988 Hot and humid weather prevailed in the eastern U.S. 
            Thirteen cities reported record high temperatures for the
            date.  Cape Hatteras NC reported their first ninety
            degree day in May in 115 years of records.  "Dust buster"
            thunderstorms in northwest Texas drenched Amarillo with
            more than three inches of rain.    
    In 1989 Thunderstorms produced severe weather and torrential
            rains in northern Indiana, northern Ohio and southern
            Lower Michigan.  Saint John IN was drenched with four
            inches of rain in two hours, and Woodland MI was deluged
            with two inches in twenty minutes.  Pittsburgh PA
            reported a record 6.55 inches of rain for the month of
            May, with measurable rain reported on twenty-five days
            during the month.    
    In 1990 Afternoon and evening thunderstorms developing along
            a warm front produced severe weather from northwest Texas
            to southeastern Louisiana.  The thunderstorms spawned
            sixteen tornadoes, including thirteen in northwest Texas. 
            One tornado hit the town of Spearman TX causing more than
            a million dollars damage, and seven other tornadoes were
            reported within twenty-five miles of Spearman. 
            Thunderstorms over northwest Texas also produced baseball
            size hail at Monahans, and wind gusts to 80 mph at
            Paducah.
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