Subj : Today's Weather History
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Sun May 07 2017 12:10 am
TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Sunday May 7, 2017.
This is the 127th day of the year, there are 238 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 1840 A powerful tornado wrecked many boats at the Natchez
Landing in Mississippi, then plowed through the city on
the bluff. The tornado killed 317 persons, and caused a
million dollars damage. The force of the storm caused
houses to burst open. The tornado was the most deadly
and destructive in early American history.
In 1927 At least two monstrous tornadoes tracked 95 miles from near
Aetna, Kansas, to SW of McPherson, Kansas.
In 1961 A flash flood along Crooked Creek caused widespread damage
at Harrison in northwest Arkansas.
In 1964 The temperature at White Mountain 2, located in
California, dipped to 15 degrees below zero to set a
record for May for the continental U.S.
In 1987 Thirty-one cities in the western U.S. reported record
high temperatures for the date. Highs of 93 degrees at
Portland OR and San Jose CA were the warmest of record
for so early in the season. The high of 92 degrees at
Quillayute WA was a record for the month of May. The
temperature at Sacramento CA hit 105 degrees.
In 1988 A powerful storm in the north central U.S. produced up to
three feet of snow in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming
and the mountains of south central Montana. Up to five
inches of rain drenched central Montana in less than 24
hours, and flash flooding in Wyoming caused a million
dollars damage.
In 1989 Thirty-two cities in the central and eastern U.S.
reported record low temperatures for the date, and
24 hour snowfall totals of 7.2 inches at Buffalo NY and
10.7 inches at Rochester NY were records for the month of
May. While northerly winds ushered unseasonably cold air
into the eastern U.S., temperatures warmed rapidly in the
Great Plains Region, reaching the 90s in Kansas. The
temperature at Manhattan KS soared from a low of 30
degrees to a high of 88 degrees.
In 1990 Gale force winds lashed the northern and central Pacific
coast. A wind gust of 52 mph at Eureka CA established a
record for the month of May. Strong winds over
northeastern Colorado, associated with a fast moving
Pacific cold front, gusted to 63 mph at Peetz. Snow
developed over the northwest mountains of Wyoming late in
the day, and Yellowstone National Park was whitened with
6 to 14 inches.
In 2002 Severe flooding trapped a school bus in Waverly, IN...but,
all on board were rescued. Areas of eastern WA got 17" of
snow.
In 2003 (7th-8th) The stormy severe weather week of 2003 continued,
as tornadoes struck DeSoto, MO on the 7th, heavily damaging
the high school, and Oklahoma City, OK on the 8th. The
Oklahoma City tornado on the 8th was eerily similar to the
path and damage of the May 3, 1999 F-5 tornado that ravaged
the area.
