DATASTREME ATMOSPHERE DAILY SUMMARY

Monday, 29 July 2013

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HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 29 July

• ...1898...The temperature at Prineville, OR soared to 119 degrees to establish a state record, which was tied on the 10^th of August of that same year at Pendleton. (The Weather Channel)
• ...1905...Heavy rain in southwestern Connecticut caused a dam break, and the resulting flood caused a quarter of a million dollars damage at Bridgeport. As much as eleven inches of rain fell prior to the flood. (David Ludlum)
• ...1930...Mississippi's record high temperature of 115 degrees was set at Holly Springs. (Intellicast)
• ...1981...Fifty cattle, each weighing 800 pounds, were killed by lightning near Vance, AL. The lightning struck a tree and then spread along the ground killing the cattle. (The Weather Channel)
• ...1986...Intense thunderstorm belted Rhode Island with 5.57 inches of rain at T.F. Green Airport in Providence, RI along with one-half inch hail. Hail accumulated to 4 inches at Narragansett with 6.03 inches of rain to boot. (Intellicast)
• ...1987...Thunderstorms produced severe weather from Minnesota to Indiana and Illinois. A thunderstorm at Janesville, WI produced wind gusts to 104 mph, which flipped over two airplanes, and blew another plane 300 feet down the runway. The northeastern U.S. experienced some relief from the heat. Nine cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Saint Johnsbury, VT with a reading of 42 degrees. Barnet, VT reported a morning low of 33 degrees, with frost reported on vegetation. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
• ...1988...Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Hail three inches in diameter was reported south of Saint Cloud, MN. Hot weather prevailed in the western U.S. Fresno, CA reported a record thirteen straight days of 100-degree heat. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
• ...1989...Morning thunderstorms in the Upper Midwest produced more than five inches of rain west of Virgil, SD. Afternoon and evening thunderstorms deluged the foothills and adjacent plains of Colorado with heavy rain. Rains of six to seven and a half inches fell in eight hours north of Greeley. Hail and heavy rain caused several million dollars damage in Weld County. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)