Subj : Today's Weather History
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Sat Nov 12 2016 12:02 am
TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Saturday November 12, 2016.
This is the 317th day of the year, there are 49 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 1906 The mercury soared to 106 degrees at Craftonville CA,
a November record for the U.S.
In 1959 Between Noon on the 11th and Noon on the 12th, a winter
storm buried Helena MT under 21.5 inches of snow, which
surpassed their previous 24 hour record by seven inches.
In 1968 A severe coastal storm produced high winds and record
early snows from Georgia to Maine. Winds reached 90 mph
in Massachusetts, and ten inches of snow blanketed
interior Maine.
In 1974 A great Alaska storm in the Bering Sea caused the worst
coastal flooding of memory at Nome AK with a tide of 13.2
feet. The flooding caused 12 million dollars damage,
however no lives are lost.
In 1987 Heavy snow spread across much of New England. Totals in
Massachusetts ranged up to 14 inches in Plymouth County.
The seven inch total at the Logan Airport in Boston was
their highest of record for so early in the season, and
the 9.7 inch total at Providence RI was a record for
November. Roads were clogged with traffic and made
impassable as snowplow operators were caught unprepared
for the early season snowstorm.
In 1988 Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced
severe weather in the Lower Mississippi Valley during the
afternoon and early evening hours. Thunderstorms
produced wind gusts to 80 mph at Bovina MS. Morning
thunderstorms drenched Atlanta TX with more than four
inches of rain.
In 1989 Thirty-three cities reported record high temperatures for
the date as readings soared into the 70s and 80s from the
Southern and Central Plains to the Southern and Middle
Atlantic Coast Region. The afternoon high of 80 degrees
at Scottsbluff NE was a record for November, and highs of
76 degrees at Rapid City SD and 81 degrees at Chattanooga
TN were the warmest of record for so late in the season.
In 1990 Typhoon Mike, the worst of 14 typhoons to strike the
Philippines in 1990, wrecked over 600,000 homes and
killed 436.
In 2003 (12th-13th) Deadly windstorms gusting to over 70 mph swept
across the Midwestern and Eastern U.S., knocking out power
to nearly a million customers, and bringing heavy flooding.
A motorist who drove past a roadblock was swept away by a
a creek in West Virginia...and in New York, a tree fell
onto a car, killing the driver. A Virginia teenager was
seriously injured when a tree fell on her as she waited for
a school bus. In the Watts, South Gate, and Compton
neighborhoods of Los Angeles, California, a freak storm
dropped 5 inches of rain and hail in under 2 hours. Drifts
of hail were up to 2 feet deep in places, and some vehicle
doors couldn't even be opened because of it. Near the
Detroit, Michigan Airport, a live power line fell across
Interstate 94, creating a monster traffic jam. Waves up to
16 feet were recorded on Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. In
Wooster, Ohio, seven people were injured when a tornado
damaged a Rubbermaid plant. In Loudendale, West Virginia,
water over 4 feet deep carried off a 3000 gallon kerosene
tank that was outside a store.
