Subj : Todays Weather History
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Wed Sep 13 2017 12:09 am
TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid
Today is Wednesday September 13, 2017.
This is the 256th day of the year, there are 109 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 1922 The temperature at El Azizia in Libyia soared
to 136 degrees to estbalish a world record. To make
matters worse, a severe ghibi (dust storm) was in
progress.
In 1928 Hurricane San Felipe crossed Puerto Rico resulting in the
highest winds, the heaviest rains, and the greatest
destruction in years. The hurricane produced much damage
in the Virgin Islands, and later hit the Bahamas and
Florida.
In 1978 Torrential rains during the early morning resulted in a
flash flood in western and southwestern Little Rock, as
well as adjacent areas. There were 10 fatalities, mainly
from people trying to drive through flooded areas. Water
went from ankle deep...to knee deep...to waist deep...in
just 3 hours.
In 1984 Hurricane Diana, after making a complete loop off
the Carolina coast, made landfall and moved across
eastern North Carolina. Diana deluged Cape Fear with
more than 18 inches of rain, and caused 78 million
dollars damage in North Carolina.
In 1987 Showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain in the
northeastern U.S. Flooding was reported in Vermont, New
York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Greenwood NY received
6.37 inches of rain. A dike along a creek at Prattsburg
NY gave way and a two million dollar onion crop left on
the ground to dry was washed away. The prolonged rains
in the eastern U.S. finally came to an end late in the
day as a cold front began to push the warm and humid
airmass out to sea.
In 1988 Hurricane Gilbert smashed into the Cayman Islands, as
it headed for the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, and
strenghtened into a monster hurricane, packing winds
of 175 mph. The barometric pressure at the center of
Gilbert reached 26.13 inches (888 mb), an all-time record
for any hurricane in the Carribean, Gulf of Mexico, or
the Atlantic Ocean. Gilbert covered much of the Gulf of
Mexico, producing rain as far away as the Florida Keys.
In 1989 Unseasonably cool weather prevailed over the Central
Plains Region, with a record low of 29 degrees at North
Platte NE. Unseasonably warm weather prevailed across
the Pacific Northwest, with a record high of 96 degrees
at Eugene OR. Thunderstorms over south Texas produced
wind gusts to 69 mph at Del Rio, and two inches of rain
in two hours.
In 1999 Hurricane Floyd, with winds of 155 mph, ravaged the
Bahamas, and headed toward Florida. It weakened a bit,
turned north, and made landfall near Cape Fear, NC on
the 16th as a category 2 hurricane. Floyd was responsible
for 69 deaths, and at least $3 billion in damage.
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