Subj : Today's Weather History
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue May 23 2017 08:24 am
TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Tuesday May 23, 2017.
This is the 143rd day of the year, there are 222 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 1882 An unusual late season snow blanketed eastern Iowa, with
4 to 6 inches reported around Washington.
In 1953 The temperature at Hollis OK soared from a morning low of
70 degrees to an afternoon high of 110 degrees to
establish a state record for the month of May.
In 1972 The worst ice-jam flooding in 100 years caused the Yukon
and Kuskokwim Rivers in Alaska to "flow as one."
In 1987 It was a busy day for thunderstorms in the central U.S.
Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 65 mph at Shreveport
LA, and golf ball size hail at Marfa TX. Hobart OK
received 3.55 inches of rain in the morning, and another
4.03 inches of rain that evening. Thunder-storms in
Nebraska produced 8.5 inches of rain in two hours north
of Potter, and 7.5 inches of rain in ninety minutes north
of Minatare. Thunderstorms in Colorado produced five
inches of hail at Greeley.
In 1988 Thunderstorms produced severe weather across much of the
eastern U.S. Golf ball size hail was reported in
Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina and
Ohio.
In 1989 Severe thunderstorms developing along a cold front
resulted in 98 reports of large hail and damaging winds
in the Northern Plains and Upper Mississippi Valley.
Golf ball size hail caused a million dollars damage
around Buffalo City WI, baseball size hail was reported
at Northfield MN and Randolph MN, and thunderstorm winds
gusted to 95 mph at Dunkerton IA.
Unseasonably hot weather continued in the south central
U.S. Pueblo CO equalled their May record with a high of
98 degrees, and the high of 106 degrees at Midland TX
marked a record six straight days of 100 degree heat.
In 1990 A cold front crossing the western U.S. produced snow over
parts of Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho and Utah, with
five inches reported at Austin NV, and four inches at
Crater Lake National Park in Oregon. Strong winds behind
the cold front sharply reduced visibilities in blowing
dust over central California, and two multi-vehicle
accidents resulted in one death and eighteen injuries.
In northern Idaho, a cloud-burst washed tons of topsoil,
and rocks as large as footballs, into the valley town of
Culdesac.
