DATASTREME ATMOSPHERE DAILY SUMMARY

Thursday, 1 August 2013

This DataStreme Atmosphere Daily Summary contains Historical Weather Events for this date. The latest weather information on the DataStreme Atmosphere homepage will continue to be updated. We are suggesting that persons looking for an alternative national weather summary might try:

http://www.weather.com/newscenter/nationalforecast/index.html (The Weather Channel)

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• Welcome to August! August was originally named Sextilis as the sixth month of an ancient Italian calendar, which commenced in March. It was later renamed in honor of Augustus Caesar.
• A celebration -- Today, 1 August 2013, is the ancient Celtic holiday of Lammas that corresponds to one of the cross quarter days, lying nearly halfway between the summer solstice (21 June 2013) and the autumnal equinox (22 September 2013). This holiday, also known as "loaf-mass day", originally marked the first wheat harvest of the year in the British Isles. [Editor's note: Next Tuesday, 6 August 2013 represents the exact halfway point between the dates of the solstice and equinox. EJH]
• In the Land of the Midnight Sun -- The sun will set at Barrow, AK early Friday morning (1:57 AM AKDT on 2 August 2013), marking the first time in nearly 12 weeks (since 10 May 2013) that the sun has gone below the local horizon. However, the sun remained below the horizon for slightly less than 75 minutes before rising at 2:11 AM on Friday. On each day until mid-November, the length of night will increase at Barrow. On the afternoon of 18 November 2013, the sun will set and remain below the horizon for a stretch of two months until late January 2014.

HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 1 August

• ...1954...Mount Rainier in Washington State was still covered with sixteen inches of snow at the 5500-foot level following a big snow season. (David Ludlum)
• ...1983...A thunderstorm at Andrews AFB in Maryland produced a microburst wind gust of 149 mph. Air Force One with President Reagan aboard had landed there just 10 minutes earlier. (Intellicast)
• ...1985...A nearly stationary thunderstorm deluged Cheyenne, WY with rain and hail. Six inches of rain fell in six hours producing the most damaging flash flood of record for the state; a 24-hour precipitation record for the Cowboy State was also established with 6.06 inches. Two to five feet of hail covered the ground following the storm, which claimed twelve lives and caused 65 million dollars property damage. (Storm Data)
• ...1986...A powerful thunderstorm produced 100 mph winds and large hail in eastern Kansas and southwestern Missouri causing 71 million dollars damage, and injuring nineteen persons. It was one of the worst thunderstorms of record for Kansas. Crops were mowed to the ground in places and roofs blown off buildings along its path, 150 miles long and 30 miles wide, from near Abilene to southeast of Pittsburg. Hail 3 inches in diameter fell at Sun City and Belvidere. (The Weather Channel) (Intellicast)
• ...1987...Record heat gripped parts of the Midwest. A dozen cities reported record high temperatures for the date, including Lincoln, NE with a reading of 105 degrees, Moline, IL with an afternoon high of 103 degrees, and Burlington, IA with a reading of 102 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
• ...1988...Two dozen cities in the Upper Midwest reported record high temperatures for the date, including La Crosse, WI with a reading of 105 degrees. Highs of 103 degrees at Milwaukee, WI and South Bend, IN were records for the month of August. (The National Weather Summary)
• ...1989...Hurricane Chantal made landfall along the Upper Texas coast about sunrise. Chantal deluged parts of Galveston Island and southeastern Texas with 8 to 12 inches of rain. Unofficial totals ranged up to twenty inches. Winds gusted to 82 mph at Galveston, and reached 76 mph in the Houston area. Tides were 5 to 7 feet high. The hurricane claimed two lives, and caused 100 million dollars damage. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
• ...1993...San Francisco, CA hit 98 degrees, the hottest ever recorded for the city in August. (Intellicast)