Subj : Today's Weather History
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Apr 27 2017 12:10 am
TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Thursday April 27, 2017.
This is the 117th day of the year, there are 248 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 1899 A tornado struck Kirksville MO killing 34 persons and
destroying 300 buildings.
In 1931 The temperature at Pahala, located on the main island of
Hawaii, soared to 100 degrees to establish a state record.
In 1942 A destructive tornado swept across Rogers County and Mayes
County in Oklahoma. The tornado struck the town of Pryor,
killing 52 persons, and causing two million dollars damage.
Communication 15 miles outside the city was wiped out.
In 1987 Forty-two cities in the western and south central U.S.
reported record high temperatures for the date. The
afternoon high of 87 degrees at Olympia WA was an April
record, and highs of 92 degrees at Boise ID, 95 degrees at
Monroe LA, and 96 degrees at Sacramento CA tied April
records. More than 300 daily temperature records fell by
the wayside during a two week long heat wave across 34
states in the southern and western U.S. Thirteen cities
established records for the month of April.
In 1988 Mount Washington NH reported seven feet of snow in ten days,
pushing their snowfall total for the month past the
previous record of 89.3 inches set in 1975.
In 1989 Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Lower and
Middle Mississippi Valley to Virginia and the Carolinas.
Hail up to four and a half inches in diameter caused five
million dollars damage around Omaha NE. Thunderstorms
spawned eleven tornadoes, and there were 160 other reports
of large hail and damaging winds.
In 1990 Thunderstorms produced severe weather in eastern Texas and
the Lower Mississippi Valley. Severe thunderstorms spawned
thirteen tornadoes in Texas and twelve in Louisiana. A
tornado southwest of Coolidge TX injured eight persons and
caused more than five million dollars damage. There were
also eighty-five reports of large hail and damaging winds,
with baseball size hail reported at Mexia TX, and
Shreveport LA. Forty-three cities in the eastern U.S.
reported record high temperatures for the date. Record highs
included 94 degrees at Charleston WV, 95 degrees at
Baltimore MD and 96 degrees at Richmond VA.
