Historical Weather Events

HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 25 June

From the files of the Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO and Intellicast

...1749...A general fast was called on account of drought in Massachusetts. It was the year of the famous dry spring in which fields and villages burned. (David Ludlum)
...1925...The mercury hit 101 degrees at Portland, OR, their earliest 100-degree reading of record. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders)
...1957...Hurricane Audrey moved northward, slowly strengthening until the 26th. At that time, a strong upper level trough led to its acceleration and the hurricane deepened rapidly on its final approach to the Texas/Louisiana border. Audrey became the strongest hurricane on record for the month of June upon landfall, as it reached category four strength. Its acceleration was unanticipated, and despite hurricane warnings in place, 418 people perished in the storm, mainly across southwest Louisiana. (National Weather Service files)
...1960...A tornado struck the Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico and destroyed the chapel and some camping facilities. 34 people were injured. (National Weather Service files)
...1977..."The Human Lightning Conductor", park ranger Roy C. Sullivan, was struck by lightning for the seventh time. He was first hit in 1942, then again in 1970, 1972, 1973 and 1976. (The Weather Channel)
...1983...Record heat prevailed from Texas to Michigan. Alpena, MI hit 98 degrees. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987)
...1986...Hurricane Bonnie made landfall on the upper Texas coast. A wind gust to 98 mph occurred at Sea Rim State Park. The town of Ace recorded 13 inches of rain. (Intellicast)
...1987...Hot weather prevailed in the Pacific Northwest. Afternoon highs of 88 degrees at Seattle, WA, 107 degrees at Medford, OR, and 111 degrees at Redding, CA were new records for the date. The high temperature at Miami, FL was 97 degrees, the third of six straight days of record heat for Miami. Cloudy and cool weather prevailed in the northeastern U.S. The high at Boston, MA was just 60 degrees. Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 70 mph at Austin, TX, and gusts to 75 mph at Tulsa, OK. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Fifty-two cities in the central and eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Highs of 100 degrees at Erie, PA and 104 degrees at Cleveland, OH established all- time records for those two locations. Highs of 101 degrees at Flint, MI, 105 degrees at Chicago, IL, and 106 degrees at Fort Wayne, IN equaled all-time records. Other record highs that were set included 101 degrees at Rockford, IL, 104 degrees at South Bend, IN, and 104 degrees at Detroit. Until this date, Erie, PA was one of the few non-mountainous spots in the lower 48 states where the temperature had never reached 100 degrees. Thunderstorms in Idaho produced wind gusts to 100 mph west of Bliss and north of Crouch, injuring 29 persons. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Central Plains to the Middle Mississippi Valley. There were 129 reports of severe weather during the day and night. Thunderstorms in Kansas produced wind gusts to 90 mph at Liberal, and hail four inches in diameter at Quinter. Thunderstorms in Wisconsin spawned a tornado at Lake Delton that injured four persons. Lightning struck and killed a woman at Junction City, KS who had gotten out of her car to photograph the lightning. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Tropical Depression Allison, the remnants of what was earlier Cosme (a hurricane over the Pacific Ocean that dissipated as it crossed northern Mexico), began to spread heavy rain into southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana. (The National Weather Summary)
...2012...Tropical Storm Debby dropped colossal amounts of rain on northern and central Florida. Curtis Mill, in the Panhandle near Tallahassee, received 28.78 inches of rain in about two days! (National Weather Service files)