For April 15th
1854 - The Great Pacques Storm raged for four days in New Jersey. 24 inches of snow fell in the hills with 6 inches on the 15th and 17th at New York City. 18 vessels were wrecked on the Jersey shore.
1896 - An early season F3 tornado wiped out a half dozen farms during the overnight hours near Faulkton, SD. Two children died in one farmhouse.
1912 - RMS Titanic sinks on maiden voyage after striking an iceberg on a clear night. 1,523 people died in the disaster. 705 people were rescued by the RMS Carpathia.
1921 - Two mile high Silver Lake, CO, received 76 inches of snow in 24 hours, the heaviest 24 hour total of record for North America. The storm left a total of 87 inches in twenty-seven and a half hours. (David Ludlum)
1927 - New Orleans LA was drenched with 14.01 inches of rain, which established a 24 hour rainfall record for the state. (The Weather Channel)
1949 - A hailstone five inches by five and a half inches in size, and weighing four pounds, was measured at Troy NY. (The Weather Channel)
1956 - An F4 tornado passed along the western and northern fringes of Birmingham, AL during the afternoon. The twister killed 25 people along its 20 mile path. Most of the deaths occurred in the Stacey Hollow and McDonalds Chapel communities.
1958 - A tornado 300 yards in width skipped along a five mile path near Frostproof FL. A 2500 gallon water tank was found one mile from its original position (it is not known how much water was in the tank at the time). (The Weather Channel)
1976 - Strong southerly winds brought unusually warm temperatures into the upper Midwest. Chicago, IL set record high minimum temperatures for three consecutive days. On this date, the low only fell to 67°; while 69° and 68° were reported the next two nights. Rockford, IL also set record high minimums on three consecutive nights. On this date, the low only fell to 61°. The next two nights saw low temperatures only fall to 60° and 63°.
1983 - The morning low temperature in Wichita Falls, TX, was a chilly 32°. This is the latest spring freeze ever recorded there.
1984 - A coastal storm dumped very heavy snow over northern New England. Caribou, ME received 28.6 inches of snow, by far their greatest 24-hour snowfall on record. 36 inches of snow fell at Telos Lake, ME. Some sections of Vermont recorded 30 inches and up to 26 inches fell in portions of New Hampshire.
An intense wind storm at Terrace, British Columbia Canada capsized fishing vessels and sailboats, damaged power lines and buildings and fanned forest fires. Wind gusts as high as 75 mph was reported with several million dollars in damage.
1987 - Thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced severe weather in the Southern Atlantic Coast Region. A tornado killed one person and injured seven others near Mount Dora FL. Drifts of hail up to two feet deep were reported in Davidson and Rowan counties in North Carolina. Myrtle Beach SC was deluged with seven inches of rain in three hours. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Death Valley, CA, was soaked with 1.53 inches of rain in 24 hours. Snow fell in the mountains of southern California. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Showers and thunderstorms soaked the eastern U.S. with heavy rain, pushing the rainfall total for the month at Cape Hatteras NC past their previous April record of 7.10 inches. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1990 - Thunderstorms developing along a stationary front produced severe weather from west central Texas to west central Arkansas during the late afternoon and evening. Thunderstorms spawned a tornado which caused more than half a million dollars damage at Fort Stockton TX, produced wind gusts to 65 mph at Dennison TX, produced baseball size hail at Silo OK and near Capps Corner TX, and drenched southeastern Oklahoma with up to 4 inches of rain in two hours. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1991 - Bossier City, LA recorded 22.6 inches of rain in three days.
1993 - Washington, D.C.had a high temperature of 79°. This was the first 70°+ day of the year which was the latest ever recorded.
1998 - Cairo, Egypt recorded a high temperature of 108°.
2000 - Theilman, MN had a high temperature of 82° and a low temperature of 20°. This 62 degree diurnal temperature change is the greatest ever recorded there.
2002 - The crew of a U.S. Coast Guard plane diverted from their Ice Patrol mission to drop bouquets into the North Atlantic off the coast of Newfoundland. The flowers were a memorial to the 90th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, the worst maritime disaster in history. The International Ice Patrol was founded as a result of the Titanic's deadly encounter with an iceberg.
Unseasonably warm weather resulted in two records being broken at Denver, CO. A record high temperature of 84° was recorded followed by a record high minimum of 57°.
A day after registering a high of 101°, Cairo, Egypt reached 104°, the warmest day here since May and June 2001. However, this high wasn't a record breaker; temperatures have been known to reach 108° in Cairo in April, as they in fact did on 4/15/1998.
An Air China 767 crashed into a mountainside in rain and fog on approach to the Kimhae Airport in Pusan, South Korea. Only 39 of the 167 people on board the plane survived.
2003 - Blowing dust driven by powerful winds as high as 50 mph with gusts to 130 mph swept across southern New Mexico. The dust storm prompted road closures and caused a 10-car pileup that killed twp people.
2004 - Deer Lake, Newfoundland Canada was Canada's hot spot for the day as the thermometer soared to 67°, a local record for the date.
2008 - Typhoon Neoguri formed over the South China Sea and rapidly intensifying to attain typhoon strength by the 16th, reaching its peak intensity on the 18th with maximum sustained winds near 110 mph. More than 120,000 people were evacuated from Hainan when heavy rains caused flash floods across low-lying areas. Three fatalities were attributed to the storm, though 40 fishermen were reported missing. The typhoon was the seasons earliest and perhaps the strongest to strike China since 1949.
2013 - Two explosions happened at the finish line at Boston Marathon. At least 2 people have been killed, while 100 have been injured.
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This Day In Weather History
For April 16th
1849 - Charleston, SC recorded their latest freeze ever with temperature of 32° while 6 inches of snow fell at Wilmington, NC. Snow fell as far south as Milledgeville, GA. A damaging hard freeze occurred from Texas to Georgia devastating the cotton crop.
1851 - The famous "Lighthouse Storm" raged near Boston Harbor. Whole gales and gigantic waves destroyed Minot Light with its two keepers still inside. The storm resulted in great shipping losses and coastal erosion.
1880 - A tornado near Marshall, MO carried the heavy timbers of an entire home a distance of 12 miles.
1922 - A family of at least six tornadoes caused death and destruction along parts of a 210 mile path from north of Ogden IL to Allen County OH, killing sixteen persons. A post card, picked up in Madison County IN, was found 124 miles away near Mount Cory OH. (The Weather Channel)
1927 - The Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927 continued to rage. Tremendous rains all over the Mississippi River Valley during the preceding autumn and winter sent floodwaters raging southward over a wide area. On this date, the government levee at Dorena, MO collapsed. The surge of floodwater continued pushing downriver toward the Mississippi Delta, bursting more levees as it went.
1933 - Franklin Falls, NH was buried under 35 inches of snow.
1944 - An F4 tornado tracked 40 miles through Franklin, Hart, and Elbert Counties in Georgia and through Anderson and Abbeville Counties in South Carolina. 25 people were killed and 120 injured. Damage totaled $1 million dollars.
1947 - Ammonium nitrate explodes inside the SS Grandcamp in Texas City along SS High Flyer. The explosion destroys a large portion of Texas City and claims 600 lives in the deadliest explosion. It also claims 23 firefighters, the most killed before the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks. It remains America's deadliest industrial disaster to this day.
1949 - Camden Square, London England recorded the United Kingdom's warmest April day on record as the temperature rose to 85°.
1953 - One of the few severe hailstorms accompanied by snow, sleet, glaze, and rain, pelted parts of Kay, Osage, Creek, Tulsa, Washington, and Rogers Counties in northeastern Oklahoma late in the day. Nearly 10,000 insurance claims were filed. (The Weather Channel)
1958 - A tornado ripped through Watrous, Saskatchewan Canada. A large barn was destroyed trapping 100 pigs within and others scattered by the winds. Five were discovered more than three miles from the barn.
1960 - A wind storm struck the Colorado Rockies. Boulder, CO reported wind gusts up to 80 mph. A wind gust of 70 mph was measured at the Stapleton International Airport at Denver CO. The high winds damaged buildings, power & telephone lines and signs. Five people were injured in Denver.
1961 - A spring snowstorm moved across northern Illinois with snow falling for three consecutive days. On this date, 5 inches was reported in Chicago with winds gusting to 45 mph that caused drifts up to 10 feet. 5 to 6 inches of snow fell across parts of central and northeast Illinois, with drifts up to 6 feet. Thousands of cars were stranded; the occupants were forced to take shelter overnight in nearby homes, gymnasiums, armories, and roller rinks. At least six deaths were reported.
1965 - The Mississippi River reached a flood crest at Saint Paul MN four feet higher than any previous mark. During the next two weeks record levels were reached along the Mississippi between Saint Paul and Hannibal MO. Flooding caused more than 100 million dollars damage, but timely warnings kept the death toll down to just twelve persons. (David Ludlum)
1975 - A single storm brought 119 inches of snow to Crater Lake, OR, establishing a state record.
1976 - A week long heat wave baked the mid Atlantic and northeast. Washington, D.C. sweltered under temperatures as warm as the mid 90s from the 16th through the 21st.
A deepening low pressure system moved northward out of Nebraska and across western South Dakota. The storm produced extremely strong winds across eastern South Dakota, southwest Minnesota, and northwest half of Iowa. Winds of 60 to 80 mph were reported across the area with gusts over 90 mph in southwest Minnesota. Some recorded wind speeds included 62 mph at Sioux Falls, 70 mph at Brookings, and 82 mph at Watertown.
During this long day of high winds many buildings were damaged and many roofs were blown off. At the Sioux Falls and Huron airports a couple of planes were overturned. Across southwest Minnesota many trees were uprooted and several trucks were blown off of the highway. Across the area many barns, outbuildings, sheds, and older structures were completely demolished. In two separate incidents in northwest Iowa downed power lines set fire to several barns resulting in the loss of property and livestock.
1977 - An interesting oddity occurred near Wichita Falls, TX. A weak tornado not only developed from a weak shower, as no lightning or thunder was noticed, but the tornado then proceeded to move toward the west, though most tornadoes move toward the east. The tornado was accompanied by a loud roar as it moved through largely uninhabited areas just west of Wichita Falls.
1987 - Twenty-two cities in the central U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date. Temperatures warmed into the 70s and 80s from the High Plains Region to the Mississippi Valley, with readings in the low 90s reported in the Southern Plains Region. Tulsa OK hit 92 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
A slow moving storm system produced heavy rain over North Carolina and the Mid-Atlantic Coast States. More than 6 inches of rain drenched parts of Virginia, and flooding in Virginia claimed 3 lives. Floodwaters along the James River inundated parts of Richmond, VA.
1988 - Heavy snow blanketed northern Arizona. Snowfall totals ranged up to 16 inches at Pinetop, with 10 inches reported at Flagstaff. Afternoon thunderstorms spawned a couple of tornadoes in Idaho. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Arctic cold invaded the north central U.S. Missoula MT was blanketed with four inches of snow, and Glasgow MT reported a record cold morning low of 14 degrees above zero. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1990 - High winds in northern Utah, gusting to 90 mph in Weber County, blew a trampoline through a living room window, and strong winds associated with a cold front crossing the Middle Atlantic Coast Region gusted to 75 mph in the Chesapeake Bay area of Virginia. Unseasonably cold weather prevailed in the north central U.S. Valentine NE was the cold spot in the nation with a record low of 10 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1991 - Two inches of rain fell in just 45 minutes during a thunderstorm at Winston-Salem, NC.
1992 - Pueblo, CO picked up 1.25 inches of rain in just 10 minutes.
1996 - An F0 tornado touched down 9 miles west of Fresno, CA. Small hail also fell causing $600,000 in crop damage, mainly to grapes. In the city of Fresno, heavy rain fell stranding motorists. One report had as much as 0.73 inches of rain falling in just 25 minutes.
1998 - A tornado moved through Nashville, TN resulting in 1 death, 60 injuries and extensive damage.
2001 - A severe thunderstorm produced strong winds and large hail. Reports included quarter to almost golf ball sized hail near South Braeswood and Fondren Road (Harris County) that accumulated to several inches deep and was still on the ground 24 hours after the storm. There were also numerous reports of windows broken and trees and shrubs stripped of their leaves in the same area. In Fort Bend County, there was baseball sized hail from Missouri City to Fresno along with numerous trees and power lines down across the county.
2002 - High temperature records were shattered in many cities across the East and Midwest as spring turned into summer over much of the United States. This followed on the heels of many records that fell the day before across the Plains and Midwest. The abnormal heat was the result of a jet stream pushed way to the north. In stark contrast, the West had temperatures below normal with snow falling in some of the mountainous regions. Cooke City, MT reported 10 inches while 9 inches fell at Roundup, MT and 8 inches at Billings, MT.
2007 - An intense nor'easter raging along the New England Coast caused the barometric pressure reading at Albany, NY to fall to 28.84 inHg, the lowest barometric pressure reading ever recorded in April for that location.
During the nor'easter, tragedy struck Blacksburg, VA. The Virginia Tech Massacre claims 32 lives, including 30 at Norris Hall by a gunman who committed suicide. The massacre left 25 people injured in America's deadliest mass shooting.
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1849 - Charleston, SC recorded their latest freeze ever with temperature of 32° while 6 inches of snow fell at Wilmington, NC. Snow fell as far south as Milledgeville, GA. A damaging hard freeze occurred from Texas to Georgia devastating the cotton crop.
1851 - The famous "Lighthouse Storm" raged near Boston Harbor. Whole gales and gigantic waves destroyed Minot Light with its two keepers still inside. The storm resulted in great shipping losses and coastal erosion.
1880 - A tornado near Marshall, MO carried the heavy timbers of an entire home a distance of 12 miles.
1922 - A family of at least six tornadoes caused death and destruction along parts of a 210 mile path from north of Ogden IL to Allen County OH, killing sixteen persons. A post card, picked up in Madison County IN, was found 124 miles away near Mount Cory OH. (The Weather Channel)
1927 - The Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927 continued to rage. Tremendous rains all over the Mississippi River Valley during the preceding autumn and winter sent floodwaters raging southward over a wide area. On this date, the government levee at Dorena, MO collapsed. The surge of floodwater continued pushing downriver toward the Mississippi Delta, bursting more levees as it went.
1933 - Franklin Falls, NH was buried under 35 inches of snow.
1944 - An F4 tornado tracked 40 miles through Franklin, Hart, and Elbert Counties in Georgia and through Anderson and Abbeville Counties in South Carolina. 25 people were killed and 120 injured. Damage totaled $1 million dollars.
1947 - Ammonium nitrate explodes inside the SS Grandcamp in Texas City along SS High Flyer. The explosion destroys a large portion of Texas City and claims 600 lives in the deadliest explosion. It also claims 23 firefighters, the most killed before the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks. It remains America's deadliest industrial disaster to this day.
1949 - Camden Square, London England recorded the United Kingdom's warmest April day on record as the temperature rose to 85°.
1953 - One of the few severe hailstorms accompanied by snow, sleet, glaze, and rain, pelted parts of Kay, Osage, Creek, Tulsa, Washington, and Rogers Counties in northeastern Oklahoma late in the day. Nearly 10,000 insurance claims were filed. (The Weather Channel)
1958 - A tornado ripped through Watrous, Saskatchewan Canada. A large barn was destroyed trapping 100 pigs within and others scattered by the winds. Five were discovered more than three miles from the barn.
1960 - A wind storm struck the Colorado Rockies. Boulder, CO reported wind gusts up to 80 mph. A wind gust of 70 mph was measured at the Stapleton International Airport at Denver CO. The high winds damaged buildings, power & telephone lines and signs. Five people were injured in Denver.
1961 - A spring snowstorm moved across northern Illinois with snow falling for three consecutive days. On this date, 5 inches was reported in Chicago with winds gusting to 45 mph that caused drifts up to 10 feet. 5 to 6 inches of snow fell across parts of central and northeast Illinois, with drifts up to 6 feet. Thousands of cars were stranded; the occupants were forced to take shelter overnight in nearby homes, gymnasiums, armories, and roller rinks. At least six deaths were reported.
1965 - The Mississippi River reached a flood crest at Saint Paul MN four feet higher than any previous mark. During the next two weeks record levels were reached along the Mississippi between Saint Paul and Hannibal MO. Flooding caused more than 100 million dollars damage, but timely warnings kept the death toll down to just twelve persons. (David Ludlum)
1975 - A single storm brought 119 inches of snow to Crater Lake, OR, establishing a state record.
1976 - A week long heat wave baked the mid Atlantic and northeast. Washington, D.C. sweltered under temperatures as warm as the mid 90s from the 16th through the 21st.
A deepening low pressure system moved northward out of Nebraska and across western South Dakota. The storm produced extremely strong winds across eastern South Dakota, southwest Minnesota, and northwest half of Iowa. Winds of 60 to 80 mph were reported across the area with gusts over 90 mph in southwest Minnesota. Some recorded wind speeds included 62 mph at Sioux Falls, 70 mph at Brookings, and 82 mph at Watertown.
During this long day of high winds many buildings were damaged and many roofs were blown off. At the Sioux Falls and Huron airports a couple of planes were overturned. Across southwest Minnesota many trees were uprooted and several trucks were blown off of the highway. Across the area many barns, outbuildings, sheds, and older structures were completely demolished. In two separate incidents in northwest Iowa downed power lines set fire to several barns resulting in the loss of property and livestock.
1977 - An interesting oddity occurred near Wichita Falls, TX. A weak tornado not only developed from a weak shower, as no lightning or thunder was noticed, but the tornado then proceeded to move toward the west, though most tornadoes move toward the east. The tornado was accompanied by a loud roar as it moved through largely uninhabited areas just west of Wichita Falls.
1987 - Twenty-two cities in the central U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date. Temperatures warmed into the 70s and 80s from the High Plains Region to the Mississippi Valley, with readings in the low 90s reported in the Southern Plains Region. Tulsa OK hit 92 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
A slow moving storm system produced heavy rain over North Carolina and the Mid-Atlantic Coast States. More than 6 inches of rain drenched parts of Virginia, and flooding in Virginia claimed 3 lives. Floodwaters along the James River inundated parts of Richmond, VA.
1988 - Heavy snow blanketed northern Arizona. Snowfall totals ranged up to 16 inches at Pinetop, with 10 inches reported at Flagstaff. Afternoon thunderstorms spawned a couple of tornadoes in Idaho. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Arctic cold invaded the north central U.S. Missoula MT was blanketed with four inches of snow, and Glasgow MT reported a record cold morning low of 14 degrees above zero. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1990 - High winds in northern Utah, gusting to 90 mph in Weber County, blew a trampoline through a living room window, and strong winds associated with a cold front crossing the Middle Atlantic Coast Region gusted to 75 mph in the Chesapeake Bay area of Virginia. Unseasonably cold weather prevailed in the north central U.S. Valentine NE was the cold spot in the nation with a record low of 10 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1991 - Two inches of rain fell in just 45 minutes during a thunderstorm at Winston-Salem, NC.
1992 - Pueblo, CO picked up 1.25 inches of rain in just 10 minutes.
1996 - An F0 tornado touched down 9 miles west of Fresno, CA. Small hail also fell causing $600,000 in crop damage, mainly to grapes. In the city of Fresno, heavy rain fell stranding motorists. One report had as much as 0.73 inches of rain falling in just 25 minutes.
1998 - A tornado moved through Nashville, TN resulting in 1 death, 60 injuries and extensive damage.
2001 - A severe thunderstorm produced strong winds and large hail. Reports included quarter to almost golf ball sized hail near South Braeswood and Fondren Road (Harris County) that accumulated to several inches deep and was still on the ground 24 hours after the storm. There were also numerous reports of windows broken and trees and shrubs stripped of their leaves in the same area. In Fort Bend County, there was baseball sized hail from Missouri City to Fresno along with numerous trees and power lines down across the county.
2002 - High temperature records were shattered in many cities across the East and Midwest as spring turned into summer over much of the United States. This followed on the heels of many records that fell the day before across the Plains and Midwest. The abnormal heat was the result of a jet stream pushed way to the north. In stark contrast, the West had temperatures below normal with snow falling in some of the mountainous regions. Cooke City, MT reported 10 inches while 9 inches fell at Roundup, MT and 8 inches at Billings, MT.
2007 - An intense nor'easter raging along the New England Coast caused the barometric pressure reading at Albany, NY to fall to 28.84 inHg, the lowest barometric pressure reading ever recorded in April for that location.
During the nor'easter, tragedy struck Blacksburg, VA. The Virginia Tech Massacre claims 32 lives, including 30 at Norris Hall by a gunman who committed suicide. The massacre left 25 people injured in America's deadliest mass shooting.
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For April 17th
1821 - The Massachusetts’ legislature could not open due to 18 inches of snow.
1920 - Snow fell across Denver, CO continuously for 57 hours; from early morning on the 17th until midday on the 19th. The heavy wet snow totaled 18.2 inches with the greatest accumulation on the ground of a foot. At times winds gusted to near 50 mph creating near blizzard conditions. The strong winds created high drifts halting auto and rail traffic. Many people were stranded. No lives were lost in Denver but several people perished in surrounding districts. Temperatures didn’t make it out of the 20s.
1922 - A family of at least six tornadoes caused death and destruction along parts of a 210 mile path from north of Ogden IL to Allen County OH, killing sixteen persons. A post card, picked up in Madison County IN, was found 124 miles away near Mount Cory OH. (The Weather Channel)
1942 - West Palm Beach, FL was soaked by 8.35 inches of rain in just two hours.
1948 - A torrential downpour of 1.34 inches of rain fell in just 10 minutes at Tauranga, New Zealand; a record for the country.
1953 - One of the few severe hailstorms accompanied by snow, sleet, glaze, and rain, pelted parts of Kay, Osage, Creek, Tulsa, Washington, and Rogers Counties in northeastern Oklahoma late in the day. Nearly 10,000 insurance claims were filed. (The Weather Channel)
1963 - A violent tornado, close to F5 strength at times, moved across Kankakee County before continuing into northwest Indiana, dissipating just west of Medaryville. The worst damage was in Bourbonnais, Bradley, Exline, and in populated areas north of Kankakee. Several houses completely disappeared. A much smaller tornado moved from the east edge of Roanoke, IN to two miles southwest of Baer Field (Fort Wayne International Airport). 21 buildings were destroyed. 50 injuries were reported in Illinois, with one fatality and 20 were injured in Indiana. Another twister killed an elderly man in his mobile home four miles north of Coldwater, MI.
1965 - The Mississippi River reached a flood crest at Saint Paul MN four feet higher than any previous mark. During the next two weeks record levels were reached along the Mississippi between Saint Paul and Hannibal MO. Flooding caused more than 100 million dollars damage, but timely warnings kept the death toll down to just twelve persons. (David Ludlum)
1967 - On this date through the 20th and the 27th through 29th, a series of blizzards dropped a record 69 inches of snow across southern Alberta Canada. Thousands of cattle perished.
1976 - A heat ridge continued off the east coast pumping record heat across much of the east. Some records included: The high temperature was 93° in Washington D.C.; the second highest temperature of a 4-day 90° heat wave. Some daily records included: Richmond, VA: 96°, Roanoke, VA: 91°, Charleston, WV: 89°, Elkins & Huntington, WV: 87°, Beckley, WV: 84°, Cape Hatteras, NC: 82° and Buffalo, NY: 80°.
A tornado skipped north-northeast from five miles northeast of Hardtner, KS, ending two miles northeast of Sharon. Eight homes were destroyed at the south edge of Sharon. Two people were injured.
1983 - Burlington, VT picked up 15.6 inches of snow to set an April record.
1984 - A spring storm left snow across much of the central portion of Iowa. The greatest concentration of snow was in an 80-mile wide band from Monona County southeast to Des Moines and Knoxville. Four to six inches were common in this band but the greatest amount of 8 inches occurred in Des Moines. Temperatures hovering near the freezing mark prevented large accumulations on the road.
1987 - Twenty-two cities in the central U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date. Temperatures warmed into the 70s and 80s from the High Plains Region to the Mississippi Valley, with readings in the low 90s reported in the Southern Plains Region. Tulsa OK hit 92 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Heavy snow blanketed northern Arizona. Snowfall totals ranged up to 16 inches at Pinetop, with 10 inches reported at Flagstaff. Afternoon thunderstorms spawned a couple of tornadoes in Idaho. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
Afternoon thunderstorms spawned a couple of tornadoes in Idaho.
1989 - Arctic cold invaded the north central U.S. Missoula MT was blanketed with four inches of snow, and Glasgow MT reported a record cold morning low of 14 degrees above zero. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1990 - High winds in northern Utah, gusting to 90 mph in Weber County, blew a trampoline through a living room window, and strong winds associated with a cold front crossing the Middle Atlantic Coast Region gusted to 75 mph in the Chesapeake Bay area of Virginia. Unseasonably cold weather prevailed in the north central U.S. Valentine NE was the cold spot in the nation with a record low of 10 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1994 - Record cold occurred in Alaska. Umiat dropped to -39° and the -32° at Prudhoe Bay are the coldest ever for so late in the year. Fairbanks drooped to 2°; their coldest so late since 1972.
2002 - Perth, Western Australia recorded its wettest April day on record, dating back to 1879 as 2.74 inches of rain fell in 24 hours. This exceeded their average April rainfall of 1.81 inches.
The heat wave continued across the east as high pressure off the Carolina blocked a frontal boundary across the Plains. Records for the date included: Newark, NJ: 97°, NYC Central Park: 96°, Hartford, CT: 95°, Philadelphia, PA: 95°, Reagan National Airport, DC: 95 (Tied monthly high), Lynchburg, VA: 94°, Atlantic City, NJ: 94, Islip, NY: 94°, Concord, NH: 94°, Norfolk, VA: 93°, Dulles Airport, VA: 93° (April Record), Baltimore (BWI), MD: 93°, Providence, RI: 93°, Boston, MA: 93°, Salisbury, MD: 92°, Wallops Island, VA: 91°, Harrisburg, VA: 91°, Williamsport, PA: 91°, Albany, NY: 91°, Worcester, MA: 90°, Burlington, VT: 90°, Syracuse, NY: 89°, Bridgeport, CT: 89°, Binghamton, NY: 86° and Portland, ME: 80°.
2003 - 2.01 inches of rain fell at Seeb Airport, Muscat in Oman in just 12 hours. This far exceeded their average April rainfall of 0.71 inches.
2004 - On this date, measurable rain fell at San Diego, CA for the last time until October 17th, a streak of 182 consecutive days with no measurable rain, the longest streak on record.
2006 - A severe sandstorm, the eighth and reportedly the worst so far in the year to hit Beijing, China traveled from the China/Mongolia border to the Chinese capital.
2008 - The afternoon high at Navajo, NM only reached 45° which tied a low high temperature record for the date.
2013 - An explosion in West Fertilizer in West, Texas has claimed at least 6 lives and injured 200 people.
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1821 - The Massachusetts’ legislature could not open due to 18 inches of snow.
1920 - Snow fell across Denver, CO continuously for 57 hours; from early morning on the 17th until midday on the 19th. The heavy wet snow totaled 18.2 inches with the greatest accumulation on the ground of a foot. At times winds gusted to near 50 mph creating near blizzard conditions. The strong winds created high drifts halting auto and rail traffic. Many people were stranded. No lives were lost in Denver but several people perished in surrounding districts. Temperatures didn’t make it out of the 20s.
1922 - A family of at least six tornadoes caused death and destruction along parts of a 210 mile path from north of Ogden IL to Allen County OH, killing sixteen persons. A post card, picked up in Madison County IN, was found 124 miles away near Mount Cory OH. (The Weather Channel)
1942 - West Palm Beach, FL was soaked by 8.35 inches of rain in just two hours.
1948 - A torrential downpour of 1.34 inches of rain fell in just 10 minutes at Tauranga, New Zealand; a record for the country.
1953 - One of the few severe hailstorms accompanied by snow, sleet, glaze, and rain, pelted parts of Kay, Osage, Creek, Tulsa, Washington, and Rogers Counties in northeastern Oklahoma late in the day. Nearly 10,000 insurance claims were filed. (The Weather Channel)
1963 - A violent tornado, close to F5 strength at times, moved across Kankakee County before continuing into northwest Indiana, dissipating just west of Medaryville. The worst damage was in Bourbonnais, Bradley, Exline, and in populated areas north of Kankakee. Several houses completely disappeared. A much smaller tornado moved from the east edge of Roanoke, IN to two miles southwest of Baer Field (Fort Wayne International Airport). 21 buildings were destroyed. 50 injuries were reported in Illinois, with one fatality and 20 were injured in Indiana. Another twister killed an elderly man in his mobile home four miles north of Coldwater, MI.
1965 - The Mississippi River reached a flood crest at Saint Paul MN four feet higher than any previous mark. During the next two weeks record levels were reached along the Mississippi between Saint Paul and Hannibal MO. Flooding caused more than 100 million dollars damage, but timely warnings kept the death toll down to just twelve persons. (David Ludlum)
1967 - On this date through the 20th and the 27th through 29th, a series of blizzards dropped a record 69 inches of snow across southern Alberta Canada. Thousands of cattle perished.
1976 - A heat ridge continued off the east coast pumping record heat across much of the east. Some records included: The high temperature was 93° in Washington D.C.; the second highest temperature of a 4-day 90° heat wave. Some daily records included: Richmond, VA: 96°, Roanoke, VA: 91°, Charleston, WV: 89°, Elkins & Huntington, WV: 87°, Beckley, WV: 84°, Cape Hatteras, NC: 82° and Buffalo, NY: 80°.
A tornado skipped north-northeast from five miles northeast of Hardtner, KS, ending two miles northeast of Sharon. Eight homes were destroyed at the south edge of Sharon. Two people were injured.
1983 - Burlington, VT picked up 15.6 inches of snow to set an April record.
1984 - A spring storm left snow across much of the central portion of Iowa. The greatest concentration of snow was in an 80-mile wide band from Monona County southeast to Des Moines and Knoxville. Four to six inches were common in this band but the greatest amount of 8 inches occurred in Des Moines. Temperatures hovering near the freezing mark prevented large accumulations on the road.
1987 - Twenty-two cities in the central U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date. Temperatures warmed into the 70s and 80s from the High Plains Region to the Mississippi Valley, with readings in the low 90s reported in the Southern Plains Region. Tulsa OK hit 92 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Heavy snow blanketed northern Arizona. Snowfall totals ranged up to 16 inches at Pinetop, with 10 inches reported at Flagstaff. Afternoon thunderstorms spawned a couple of tornadoes in Idaho. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
Afternoon thunderstorms spawned a couple of tornadoes in Idaho.
1989 - Arctic cold invaded the north central U.S. Missoula MT was blanketed with four inches of snow, and Glasgow MT reported a record cold morning low of 14 degrees above zero. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1990 - High winds in northern Utah, gusting to 90 mph in Weber County, blew a trampoline through a living room window, and strong winds associated with a cold front crossing the Middle Atlantic Coast Region gusted to 75 mph in the Chesapeake Bay area of Virginia. Unseasonably cold weather prevailed in the north central U.S. Valentine NE was the cold spot in the nation with a record low of 10 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1994 - Record cold occurred in Alaska. Umiat dropped to -39° and the -32° at Prudhoe Bay are the coldest ever for so late in the year. Fairbanks drooped to 2°; their coldest so late since 1972.
2002 - Perth, Western Australia recorded its wettest April day on record, dating back to 1879 as 2.74 inches of rain fell in 24 hours. This exceeded their average April rainfall of 1.81 inches.
The heat wave continued across the east as high pressure off the Carolina blocked a frontal boundary across the Plains. Records for the date included: Newark, NJ: 97°, NYC Central Park: 96°, Hartford, CT: 95°, Philadelphia, PA: 95°, Reagan National Airport, DC: 95 (Tied monthly high), Lynchburg, VA: 94°, Atlantic City, NJ: 94, Islip, NY: 94°, Concord, NH: 94°, Norfolk, VA: 93°, Dulles Airport, VA: 93° (April Record), Baltimore (BWI), MD: 93°, Providence, RI: 93°, Boston, MA: 93°, Salisbury, MD: 92°, Wallops Island, VA: 91°, Harrisburg, VA: 91°, Williamsport, PA: 91°, Albany, NY: 91°, Worcester, MA: 90°, Burlington, VT: 90°, Syracuse, NY: 89°, Bridgeport, CT: 89°, Binghamton, NY: 86° and Portland, ME: 80°.
2003 - 2.01 inches of rain fell at Seeb Airport, Muscat in Oman in just 12 hours. This far exceeded their average April rainfall of 0.71 inches.
2004 - On this date, measurable rain fell at San Diego, CA for the last time until October 17th, a streak of 182 consecutive days with no measurable rain, the longest streak on record.
2006 - A severe sandstorm, the eighth and reportedly the worst so far in the year to hit Beijing, China traveled from the China/Mongolia border to the Chinese capital.
2008 - The afternoon high at Navajo, NM only reached 45° which tied a low high temperature record for the date.
2013 - An explosion in West Fertilizer in West, Texas has claimed at least 6 lives and injured 200 people.
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For April 18th
1880 - More than two dozen tornadoes were reported from Kansas and Arkansas to Wisconsin and Michigan. More than 100 persons were killed, including 65 persons at Marshfield MO. (David Ludlum)
1896 - New York City reported their earliest 90° reading on record.
1906 - A severe earthquake shook San Francisco, and unusual easterly winds spread fires destroying the city and claiming at least 3,000 lives. It is the second deadliest disaster in America. (David Ludlum)
1944 - California experienced its worst hailstorm of record. Damage mounted to two million dollars as two consecutive storms devastated the Sacramento Valley destroying the fruit crop. (The Weather Channel)
1957 - A dust devil near Dracut MA lifted a small child three feet into the air, and rolled two other children on the ground. Fortunately none of the three were hurt. The dust devil was accompanied by a loud whistling sound as it moved westward. (The Weather Channel)
1958 - The Cherry blossoms at Washington, D.C. peaked on this date; the latest in their history.
1959 - A severe thunderstorm moved southeast across the Chattanooga, OK area, dumping four inches of rain in just 30 minutes, along with hail up to an inch in diameter, that piled up over a foot deep in places. Hail up to 1½ inches in diameter also caused roof damage across south Oklahoma City.
1966 - A major blizzard ravaged the northern Plains. Up to two feet of snow was reported in parts of South Dakota and 20 inches fell at Lander, WY. Sub-freezing temperatures caused thousands of dollars damage to fruit trees across Denver, CO. From this date through the 20th, low temperatures each morning were in the teens and failed to reach above freezing on the 19th. The low temperature of 13° on the 20th set a new record low for the date. Stapleton International Airport in Denver picked up 5.7 inches of snow during this period.
1970 - Rapid City, SD, received a record 22 inches of snow in 24 hours. (17th-18th) (The Weather Channel)
1976 - An early season heat wave continued across the Mid-Atlantic and northeast. Washington, DC soared to 95°; tying for their hottest ever in the month of April. Philadelphia, PA hit 94° setting an April record. Other record highs set included: NYC, Central Park: 96°, Richmond, VA: 95°, Hartford, CT: 95°, Boston, MA: 94°, Allentown, PA: 93°, Avoca, PA: 92°, Williamsport, PA: 92°, Concord, NH: 92°, Roanoke, VA: 91°, Burlington, VT: 91°, Greensboro, NC: 90°, Charleston, WV: 90°, Dulles Airport, VA: 90°, Albany, NY: 90°, Elkins, WV: 88°, Worcester, MA: 88°, Beckley, WV: 86°, Providence, RI: 86°, Binghamton, NY: 85°, Rochester, NY: 85° and Syracuse, NY: 85°.
1981 - A cluster of thunderstorms developed over South Central South Dakota which brought extremely efficient rain producers as 4½ inches fell in one hour along with pea to marble size hail. Flash flooding resulted washing away fences and sheds across Bennett, Todd, and Mellette counties. The rain water swept the hail into drifts with some areas reporting 10 to 12 foot hail drifts in ravines.
1983 - Four inches of snow fell in parts of southeastern Virginia, the heaviest snows on record for so late in the season.
Chuping, Malaysia tied their country’s hottest day on record when the temperature reached to 101°.
1987 - Thirty-one cities in the central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, including International Falls MN with a reading of 88 degrees, and Bismarck ND with a high of 92 degrees. A sharp cold front produced high winds in the western U.S. Winds in Utah gusted to 99 mph at the Park City Angle Station, and capsized a boat on Utah Lake drowning four persons. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds in the southeastern U.S. A strong (F-2) tornado severely damaged seventeen mobile homes near Bainbridge GA injuring three persons. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. A thunderstorm in Pecos County of southwest Texas produced wind gusts to 90 mph at Imperial. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1990 - Heavy snow blanketed the west central valleys and southwest mountains of Colorado with up to 18 inches of snow. Nine cities from the Mid Mississippi Valley to the Middle Atlantic Coast Region reported record low temperatures for the date, including Fort Wayne IND with a reading of 23 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1992 - A spring snowstorm blanketed parts of the Central Rockies. Vail, Co reported 12 inches and 10 inches at Copper Mountain.
1996 - A tornado struck Decatur, IL without warning. This was the second consecutive day tornadoes struck this area.
2002 - The heat wave continued across the east as high pressure off the Carolina blocked a frontal boundary across the Plains. Records for the date included: Newark, NJ: 93°, Islip, NY: 89°, Wallops Island, VA: 88°, Atlantic City, NJ: 87°, Bridgeport, CT: 85° and Buffalo, NY: 81°.
2005 - Periods of heavy wet snow from this date through the 21st totaled 20" at Billings, MT with 2.60" water equivalent over the 4-day period. Red Lodge, MT received 17", Story 14" and Pryor with 12".
2009 - Flash floods over Galveston County and southern Harris County caused extensive damage and fatalities. Heavy rainfall persisted across the area as several thunderstorms produced rainfall totals of 8 to 10 inches. Numerous roads were closed in Harris County, including Jersey Village, Houston Heights, La Porte, Pasadena, Webster, and near the Houston Hobby airport. More than 350 homes were flooded due to the heavy rains and flooding along area bayous. In some areas, residential streets were reported to have more than one foot of standing water. The highest one hour rainfall total was 6.90 inches recorded at Bay Area Blvd and Clear Creek. This exceeded the highest one hour rainfall rate measured during Tropical Storm Allison in June 2001, which was 6.30 inches. In the northern part of the county, five children were killed after the car they were riding in inadvertently drove into a drainage ditch that was filled with nine feet of water from the heavy rainfall. Two adults and one child were able to escape the floodwaters, but the five younger children, all under 7 years old, were not able to escape. There was also widespread flooding of homes in the League City and Dickinson areas (Galveston County), with high water rescues being required in Dickinson. A rain gauge at FM 528 and Clear Creek in League City recorded a 1 hour rainfall total of 6.02 inches. League City reported 300 homes sustaining flood damage from this event. In addition to all the flooding, an EF-0 Tornado touched down in a marshy area a few miles south southeast of Hitchcock (Galveston County) as reported by several witnesses and captured on video. A damage path extended into the Harborwalk community with damage to several homes. Six garage doors were damaged or destroyed. A large wood and steel observing platform was destroyed. There was also some damage to shingles.
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1880 - More than two dozen tornadoes were reported from Kansas and Arkansas to Wisconsin and Michigan. More than 100 persons were killed, including 65 persons at Marshfield MO. (David Ludlum)
1896 - New York City reported their earliest 90° reading on record.
1906 - A severe earthquake shook San Francisco, and unusual easterly winds spread fires destroying the city and claiming at least 3,000 lives. It is the second deadliest disaster in America. (David Ludlum)
1944 - California experienced its worst hailstorm of record. Damage mounted to two million dollars as two consecutive storms devastated the Sacramento Valley destroying the fruit crop. (The Weather Channel)
1957 - A dust devil near Dracut MA lifted a small child three feet into the air, and rolled two other children on the ground. Fortunately none of the three were hurt. The dust devil was accompanied by a loud whistling sound as it moved westward. (The Weather Channel)
1958 - The Cherry blossoms at Washington, D.C. peaked on this date; the latest in their history.
1959 - A severe thunderstorm moved southeast across the Chattanooga, OK area, dumping four inches of rain in just 30 minutes, along with hail up to an inch in diameter, that piled up over a foot deep in places. Hail up to 1½ inches in diameter also caused roof damage across south Oklahoma City.
1966 - A major blizzard ravaged the northern Plains. Up to two feet of snow was reported in parts of South Dakota and 20 inches fell at Lander, WY. Sub-freezing temperatures caused thousands of dollars damage to fruit trees across Denver, CO. From this date through the 20th, low temperatures each morning were in the teens and failed to reach above freezing on the 19th. The low temperature of 13° on the 20th set a new record low for the date. Stapleton International Airport in Denver picked up 5.7 inches of snow during this period.
1970 - Rapid City, SD, received a record 22 inches of snow in 24 hours. (17th-18th) (The Weather Channel)
1976 - An early season heat wave continued across the Mid-Atlantic and northeast. Washington, DC soared to 95°; tying for their hottest ever in the month of April. Philadelphia, PA hit 94° setting an April record. Other record highs set included: NYC, Central Park: 96°, Richmond, VA: 95°, Hartford, CT: 95°, Boston, MA: 94°, Allentown, PA: 93°, Avoca, PA: 92°, Williamsport, PA: 92°, Concord, NH: 92°, Roanoke, VA: 91°, Burlington, VT: 91°, Greensboro, NC: 90°, Charleston, WV: 90°, Dulles Airport, VA: 90°, Albany, NY: 90°, Elkins, WV: 88°, Worcester, MA: 88°, Beckley, WV: 86°, Providence, RI: 86°, Binghamton, NY: 85°, Rochester, NY: 85° and Syracuse, NY: 85°.
1981 - A cluster of thunderstorms developed over South Central South Dakota which brought extremely efficient rain producers as 4½ inches fell in one hour along with pea to marble size hail. Flash flooding resulted washing away fences and sheds across Bennett, Todd, and Mellette counties. The rain water swept the hail into drifts with some areas reporting 10 to 12 foot hail drifts in ravines.
1983 - Four inches of snow fell in parts of southeastern Virginia, the heaviest snows on record for so late in the season.
Chuping, Malaysia tied their country’s hottest day on record when the temperature reached to 101°.
1987 - Thirty-one cities in the central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, including International Falls MN with a reading of 88 degrees, and Bismarck ND with a high of 92 degrees. A sharp cold front produced high winds in the western U.S. Winds in Utah gusted to 99 mph at the Park City Angle Station, and capsized a boat on Utah Lake drowning four persons. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds in the southeastern U.S. A strong (F-2) tornado severely damaged seventeen mobile homes near Bainbridge GA injuring three persons. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. A thunderstorm in Pecos County of southwest Texas produced wind gusts to 90 mph at Imperial. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1990 - Heavy snow blanketed the west central valleys and southwest mountains of Colorado with up to 18 inches of snow. Nine cities from the Mid Mississippi Valley to the Middle Atlantic Coast Region reported record low temperatures for the date, including Fort Wayne IND with a reading of 23 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1992 - A spring snowstorm blanketed parts of the Central Rockies. Vail, Co reported 12 inches and 10 inches at Copper Mountain.
1996 - A tornado struck Decatur, IL without warning. This was the second consecutive day tornadoes struck this area.
2002 - The heat wave continued across the east as high pressure off the Carolina blocked a frontal boundary across the Plains. Records for the date included: Newark, NJ: 93°, Islip, NY: 89°, Wallops Island, VA: 88°, Atlantic City, NJ: 87°, Bridgeport, CT: 85° and Buffalo, NY: 81°.
2005 - Periods of heavy wet snow from this date through the 21st totaled 20" at Billings, MT with 2.60" water equivalent over the 4-day period. Red Lodge, MT received 17", Story 14" and Pryor with 12".
2009 - Flash floods over Galveston County and southern Harris County caused extensive damage and fatalities. Heavy rainfall persisted across the area as several thunderstorms produced rainfall totals of 8 to 10 inches. Numerous roads were closed in Harris County, including Jersey Village, Houston Heights, La Porte, Pasadena, Webster, and near the Houston Hobby airport. More than 350 homes were flooded due to the heavy rains and flooding along area bayous. In some areas, residential streets were reported to have more than one foot of standing water. The highest one hour rainfall total was 6.90 inches recorded at Bay Area Blvd and Clear Creek. This exceeded the highest one hour rainfall rate measured during Tropical Storm Allison in June 2001, which was 6.30 inches. In the northern part of the county, five children were killed after the car they were riding in inadvertently drove into a drainage ditch that was filled with nine feet of water from the heavy rainfall. Two adults and one child were able to escape the floodwaters, but the five younger children, all under 7 years old, were not able to escape. There was also widespread flooding of homes in the League City and Dickinson areas (Galveston County), with high water rescues being required in Dickinson. A rain gauge at FM 528 and Clear Creek in League City recorded a 1 hour rainfall total of 6.02 inches. League City reported 300 homes sustaining flood damage from this event. In addition to all the flooding, an EF-0 Tornado touched down in a marshy area a few miles south southeast of Hitchcock (Galveston County) as reported by several witnesses and captured on video. A damage path extended into the Harborwalk community with damage to several homes. Six garage doors were damaged or destroyed. A large wood and steel observing platform was destroyed. There was also some damage to shingles.
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For April 19th
1775 - The first engagement of the Revolutionary War took place under clear crisp weather at Lexington-Concord. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987)
1881 - A 79 day snow blockade ended at Nation City, SD as the first train with supplies arrived.
1901 - Watertown, OH picked up 45 inches of snow between the 15th and 21st to set a state record.
1927 - Illinois' 10th deadliest tornado outbreak on record took a path across the central part of Illinois, killing 21 people. The first tornado touched down near Hardin, traveling northeast through Carrollton, then skimmed the south side of Springfield. At Carrollton, a teacher was killed as she held the door of the school shut, saving the lives of her students. The second tornado, peaking at F4 intensity, touched down on the southeast side of Springfield, then moved to affect the towns of Riverton, Buffalo Hart, Chestnut, and Cornland. In Buffalo Hart, only three houses were left standing, while the northern half of Cornland was leveled. The tornado track was 65 miles, ending in Ford County.
1941 - The temperature at Sodus, NY, soared to 95 degrees. The next day Albany, NY, reported a record for April of 93 degrees. (The Weather Channel)
1963 - A tornado struck northwestern Assam, India killing 139 people and leaving 3,760 families in 33 villages homeless.
1967 - A severe hailstorm struck the Munday and Goree areas of Knox County, Texas. Damage was estimated at $1 million dollars to property, and $500,000 dollars to crops. Hailstones, as large as golf balls, accumulated up to 6 inches deep. Some piles drifted by the rain were 2 to 3 feet deep. These same communities dodged a bullet the next day. A tornado touched down in open country three miles north of Munday early the next afternoon causing no damage.
1970 - After three days of very heavy rain from the 17th through this date, areas around Medford, Jefferson, Lamont, and Blackwell, OK were struck by extensive flooding. The town of Jefferson was completely inundated. Only nine homes escaped damage, with a few buildings reporting as much as two feet of water in them. In Blackwell, 40 city blocks and 200 homes were flooded when the Chikaskia River crested at six and one half feet above flood stage.
1971 - El Paso, TX picked up 4 inches of snow, their biggest late season snow on record.
1973 - Glenrock, WY, received 41 inches of snow in just 24 hours, and a storm total of 58 inches, to establish two state records. (18th-20th) (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
1976 - The northeastern U.S. was in the midst of an early season heat wave, and the Boston Marathon took place in 90 degree heat. At Providence RI the mercury hit 98 degrees. (David Ludlum)
1983 - Strong Canadian high pressure moved into the northern Plains and Midwest. Rockford, IL dropped to a low of 16°; setting a daily record and for the coldest April temperature.
1984 - On this date through the 21st, a large snowstorm buried most of Colorado under heavy wet snow. Snowfall totals ranged from 10-20 inches across metro Denver and 20 to 40 inches in the adjacent foothills. The snow closed roads and damaged electrical transformers; causing numerous power outages. Nearly 14 inches fell at Stapleton International Airport where the combination of snow and wind closed all but one runway. Both I-70 and I-76 were closed east of Denver.
1985 - Severe thunderstorms erupted across central and eastern South Dakota. Numerous reports of high winds were received during the outbreak. One particularly strong storm carved a path of destruction from Pierre to Mobridge. The storm blew over several mobile homes in the Pierre area and knocked boats off of their trailers. The Pierre airport reported a gust of 98 mph. The high winds blew down 10 hangers and destroyed 25 to 30 planes. The strong winds lasted for more than 20 minutes in Pierre resulting in more than a million dollars in damage. The storm continued to the north with wind gusts of 80 to 100 mph knocking down trees and tearing off roofs resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional damages.
Regina, Saskatchewan Canada's wettest April day occurred as 1.24 inches fell.
1986 - A major storm system produced 10 tornadoes in Texas. One of these tornadoes virtually annihilated the town of Sweetwater. The tornado struck at the unlikely time of 7:17am. One person was killed and 100 were injured.
1987 - Forty cities in the central U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date as readings soared into the 80s and lower 90s for Easter Sunday. Fort Smith AR reported a record high of 95 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Severe thunderstorms over the southeastern U.S. early in the day spawned a strong (F-3) tornado which destroyed seventeen homes and severely damaged thirty houses near Madison FL killing four persons and injuring eighteen others. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - A dozen cities in the southwestern U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date. The afternoon high of 98 degrees at Hanksville UT equalled their record for April. Tucson AZ reported their earliest 100 degree reading of record. (The National Weather Summary)
1990 - Five cities in the northeastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date as readings dipped into the 20s and upper teens. Elkins WV reported a record low of 20 degrees. Thunderstorms over the Southern Plains produced golf ball size hail at San Angelo TX, and up to four inches of rain in southwestern Oklahoma. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1992 - Thunderstorm winds took off half of the gymnasium roof at Trinity High School (city of Trinity in Trinity County). Windows and doors were also blown out of other buildings on campus. 24 houses, 9 mobile homes, a service station and a church were damaged during the storm.
1993 - The 51 day Branch Davidian Standoff at the cult compound near Waco ends in a massive fire. The fire claims 80 lives including cult leader David Koresh.
1995 - The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building is hit by a powerful truck bomb. The terrorist act claims 169 lives and injures 850 people in what was the deadliest terrorist attack on America soil prior to 9/11.
Weighing in at just over 33 pounds, the world's heaviest hailstone on record fell on Guangdong Province in China.
1996 - One of the most memorable tornado outbreaks in Illinois history occurred on April 19, 1996. During the day, 33 tornadoes were reported as supercells erupted and moved across the state during the afternoon and evening hours. Wind estimates in excess of 170 mph were associated with some of the stronger tornadoes, one of which ripped through nearby Ogden, IL. (University of Illinois WW2010)
2005 - On this date through the 20th, The Ministry of Environment issued their earliest warm-season smog advisory for southern Ontario Canada. Traditionally, the smog season runs from May to September.
2006 - An intense spring snowstorm swept across the Dakotas, dumping up to 5 feet of snow. The heaviest snow fell in the Black Hills, with 59.4 inches at Lead, SD. Bowman, ND reported 18 inches. The storm closed highways including I-94 in North Dakota, cutting power to thousands and was responsible for at least 4 deaths. Further west, 1 to 3 feet of snow and 50 to 60 mph winds caused drifts up to 10 feet, widespread power outages and livestock losses.
2008 - A record snowfall surprised many in southern British Columbia as an overnight storm knocked out power to thousands. Snowfall records are set in Nanaimo, Victoria and Vancouver. Accumulations at Victoria International Airport reached 2.5 inches, more than any April day since 1940. In Nanaimo, 9.5 inches covered the ground at the airport by late morning. This was their first measurable snow on this date since 1947. In Vancouver, the storm was the latest April snowfall on record.
2013 - A massive manhunt for the Boston Marathon terrorists after they killed a MIT police officer Sean Collier and carjacked a person. One of the terrorists is killed in a shootout, while the other flees into nearby Watertown. A manhunt ensues and the second suspect is caught hiding in a boat.
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1775 - The first engagement of the Revolutionary War took place under clear crisp weather at Lexington-Concord. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987)
1881 - A 79 day snow blockade ended at Nation City, SD as the first train with supplies arrived.
1901 - Watertown, OH picked up 45 inches of snow between the 15th and 21st to set a state record.
1927 - Illinois' 10th deadliest tornado outbreak on record took a path across the central part of Illinois, killing 21 people. The first tornado touched down near Hardin, traveling northeast through Carrollton, then skimmed the south side of Springfield. At Carrollton, a teacher was killed as she held the door of the school shut, saving the lives of her students. The second tornado, peaking at F4 intensity, touched down on the southeast side of Springfield, then moved to affect the towns of Riverton, Buffalo Hart, Chestnut, and Cornland. In Buffalo Hart, only three houses were left standing, while the northern half of Cornland was leveled. The tornado track was 65 miles, ending in Ford County.
1941 - The temperature at Sodus, NY, soared to 95 degrees. The next day Albany, NY, reported a record for April of 93 degrees. (The Weather Channel)
1963 - A tornado struck northwestern Assam, India killing 139 people and leaving 3,760 families in 33 villages homeless.
1967 - A severe hailstorm struck the Munday and Goree areas of Knox County, Texas. Damage was estimated at $1 million dollars to property, and $500,000 dollars to crops. Hailstones, as large as golf balls, accumulated up to 6 inches deep. Some piles drifted by the rain were 2 to 3 feet deep. These same communities dodged a bullet the next day. A tornado touched down in open country three miles north of Munday early the next afternoon causing no damage.
1970 - After three days of very heavy rain from the 17th through this date, areas around Medford, Jefferson, Lamont, and Blackwell, OK were struck by extensive flooding. The town of Jefferson was completely inundated. Only nine homes escaped damage, with a few buildings reporting as much as two feet of water in them. In Blackwell, 40 city blocks and 200 homes were flooded when the Chikaskia River crested at six and one half feet above flood stage.
1971 - El Paso, TX picked up 4 inches of snow, their biggest late season snow on record.
1973 - Glenrock, WY, received 41 inches of snow in just 24 hours, and a storm total of 58 inches, to establish two state records. (18th-20th) (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
1976 - The northeastern U.S. was in the midst of an early season heat wave, and the Boston Marathon took place in 90 degree heat. At Providence RI the mercury hit 98 degrees. (David Ludlum)
1983 - Strong Canadian high pressure moved into the northern Plains and Midwest. Rockford, IL dropped to a low of 16°; setting a daily record and for the coldest April temperature.
1984 - On this date through the 21st, a large snowstorm buried most of Colorado under heavy wet snow. Snowfall totals ranged from 10-20 inches across metro Denver and 20 to 40 inches in the adjacent foothills. The snow closed roads and damaged electrical transformers; causing numerous power outages. Nearly 14 inches fell at Stapleton International Airport where the combination of snow and wind closed all but one runway. Both I-70 and I-76 were closed east of Denver.
1985 - Severe thunderstorms erupted across central and eastern South Dakota. Numerous reports of high winds were received during the outbreak. One particularly strong storm carved a path of destruction from Pierre to Mobridge. The storm blew over several mobile homes in the Pierre area and knocked boats off of their trailers. The Pierre airport reported a gust of 98 mph. The high winds blew down 10 hangers and destroyed 25 to 30 planes. The strong winds lasted for more than 20 minutes in Pierre resulting in more than a million dollars in damage. The storm continued to the north with wind gusts of 80 to 100 mph knocking down trees and tearing off roofs resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional damages.
Regina, Saskatchewan Canada's wettest April day occurred as 1.24 inches fell.
1986 - A major storm system produced 10 tornadoes in Texas. One of these tornadoes virtually annihilated the town of Sweetwater. The tornado struck at the unlikely time of 7:17am. One person was killed and 100 were injured.
1987 - Forty cities in the central U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date as readings soared into the 80s and lower 90s for Easter Sunday. Fort Smith AR reported a record high of 95 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Severe thunderstorms over the southeastern U.S. early in the day spawned a strong (F-3) tornado which destroyed seventeen homes and severely damaged thirty houses near Madison FL killing four persons and injuring eighteen others. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - A dozen cities in the southwestern U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date. The afternoon high of 98 degrees at Hanksville UT equalled their record for April. Tucson AZ reported their earliest 100 degree reading of record. (The National Weather Summary)
1990 - Five cities in the northeastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date as readings dipped into the 20s and upper teens. Elkins WV reported a record low of 20 degrees. Thunderstorms over the Southern Plains produced golf ball size hail at San Angelo TX, and up to four inches of rain in southwestern Oklahoma. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1992 - Thunderstorm winds took off half of the gymnasium roof at Trinity High School (city of Trinity in Trinity County). Windows and doors were also blown out of other buildings on campus. 24 houses, 9 mobile homes, a service station and a church were damaged during the storm.
1993 - The 51 day Branch Davidian Standoff at the cult compound near Waco ends in a massive fire. The fire claims 80 lives including cult leader David Koresh.
1995 - The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building is hit by a powerful truck bomb. The terrorist act claims 169 lives and injures 850 people in what was the deadliest terrorist attack on America soil prior to 9/11.
Weighing in at just over 33 pounds, the world's heaviest hailstone on record fell on Guangdong Province in China.
1996 - One of the most memorable tornado outbreaks in Illinois history occurred on April 19, 1996. During the day, 33 tornadoes were reported as supercells erupted and moved across the state during the afternoon and evening hours. Wind estimates in excess of 170 mph were associated with some of the stronger tornadoes, one of which ripped through nearby Ogden, IL. (University of Illinois WW2010)
2005 - On this date through the 20th, The Ministry of Environment issued their earliest warm-season smog advisory for southern Ontario Canada. Traditionally, the smog season runs from May to September.
2006 - An intense spring snowstorm swept across the Dakotas, dumping up to 5 feet of snow. The heaviest snow fell in the Black Hills, with 59.4 inches at Lead, SD. Bowman, ND reported 18 inches. The storm closed highways including I-94 in North Dakota, cutting power to thousands and was responsible for at least 4 deaths. Further west, 1 to 3 feet of snow and 50 to 60 mph winds caused drifts up to 10 feet, widespread power outages and livestock losses.
2008 - A record snowfall surprised many in southern British Columbia as an overnight storm knocked out power to thousands. Snowfall records are set in Nanaimo, Victoria and Vancouver. Accumulations at Victoria International Airport reached 2.5 inches, more than any April day since 1940. In Nanaimo, 9.5 inches covered the ground at the airport by late morning. This was their first measurable snow on this date since 1947. In Vancouver, the storm was the latest April snowfall on record.
2013 - A massive manhunt for the Boston Marathon terrorists after they killed a MIT police officer Sean Collier and carjacked a person. One of the terrorists is killed in a shootout, while the other flees into nearby Watertown. A manhunt ensues and the second suspect is caught hiding in a boat.
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For April 20th
1880 - Sacramento, CA had their heaviest 24 hour rainfall when 7.24 inches fell.
1901 - A spring storm produced unusally heavy snow in northeast Ohio. Warren received 35.5 inches in thirty-six hours, and 28 inches fell at Green Hill. Akron OH established April records of 15.6 inches in 24 hours, and 26.6 inches for the month. Pittsburgh PA established April records of 12.7 inches in 24 hours, and 13.5 inches for the month. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
1912 - A tornado moved north northeast from 5 miles southeast of Rush Center, KS across the east half of Bison, KS. Farms were wiped out near Rush Center. The loss at Bison was $70,000 dollars as half of the town, about 50 homes, were damaged or destroyed. There were 15 injuries in town. A dozen farms were nearly wiped out. Debris from the farm houses were carried for 8 miles. An elderly man who made light of the storm was killed with his granddaughter on a farm 2 miles southwest of Bison.
1920 - Tornadoes in Mississippi and Alabama killed 219 persons. (David Ludlum)
1941 - Record heat continued across the east coast into New England. Record high temperatures included: Durham, NH: 95°, Baltimore, MD: 94°, Washington, D.C.: 94°, Albany, NY: 93°, Harrisburg, PA: 92°, Philadelphia, PA: 92°, Concord, NH: 92°, Norfolk, VA: 91°, Roanoke, VA: 91°, Avoca, PA: 91°, Trenton, NJ: 91°, Newark, NJ: 91°, Worcester, MA: 91°, Allentown, PA: 90°, Syracuse, NY: 90°, Hartford, CT, 89°, Providence, RI: 89°, Boston, MA: 89°, Elkins, WV: 88°, Pittsburgh, PA: 86°, Rochester, NY: 86°, Burlington, VT: 86° and Mt. Pocono, PA: 85°.
1952 - The tankers Esso Suez and Esso Greensboro crashed in a thick fog off the coast of Morgan City LA. Only five of the Greensboro's crew survived after the ship bursts into flame. (David Ludlum)
1961 - The failure of Bay of Pigs Invasion backed by the US in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro.
1966 - Canadian high pressure brought very cold air to the Rockies and northern Plains. Record lows included: Scottsbluff, NE: -3°, Cheyenne, WY dropped to -2°, Casper, WY: -2°, Lander, WY: 1°, Rapid City, SD: 2°, Sheridan, WY: 3°, Valentine, NE: 6°, Fargo, ND: 11°, Williston, ND: 11°, Aberdeen, SD: 11°, Colorado Springs, CO: 13°, Denver, CO: 13°, Huron, SD: 15°, Billings, MT: 17°, Bismarck, ND: 17°, Pueblo, CO: 20° and Dodge City, KS: 25°.
1967 - A tornado struck 5 miles north of Cyril, OK. A pickup truck driving along State Highway 8, stalled because of the wind, and then was lifted by the tornado, turned around to face the opposite direction, and set down again, without damage. The driver, who described the funnel as being "full of mud", was uninjured.
1972 - Severe thunderstorms struck the western parts of north Texas. Near Bonita in Montague County, flat hailstones, four to five inches in diameter, and one inch thick, did extensive damage to autos, roofs, and windows.
1976 - The northeastern U.S. continued with an early season heat wave. Some records highs included: Charleston, WV: 91°, Huntington, WV: 89°, Beckley, WV: 85°and Williamsport, PA: 85°.
1980 - Billings, MT reached 90°; tying a record high for April and is the earliest 90 degree reading on record.
1984 - A temperature of 106° at Del Rio, TX set a new record high for the month of April.
1987 - Fifty-two cities in the central and eastern U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date. The high of 92 degrees at Memphis TN was a record for April, and the high of 94 at Little Rock AR equalled their April record. (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - A storm in the western U.S. brought heavy rain to parts of California. Mount Wilson was soaked with 4.15 inches of rain in 24 hours. The heavy rain caused some flooding and mudslides in the Los Angeles area, and a chain reaction collision of vehicles along the Pomona Freeway which resulted in 26 injuries. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Hot weather spread from the southwestern U.S. into the Great Plains Region. Twenty-three cities reported new record high temperatures for the date. The afternoon high of 104 degrees at Tucson AZ was an April record, and highs of 87 at Provo UT, 90 at Pueblo CO, and 85 at Salt Lake City UT, equalled April records. (The National Weather Summary)
1990 - A fast moving Pacific storm produced heavy snow in the central mountains and the Upper Arkansas Valley of Colorado, with a foot of snow reported at Leadville. Thunderstorms in the south central U.S. produced wind gusts to 76 mph at Tulsa OK, and heavy rain which caused flooding of Cat Claw Creek in the Abilene TX area. Lightning struck the building housing a fish farm in Scott AR killing 10,000 pounds of fish. Many of the fish died from the heat of the fire. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1991 - 5.89 inches of rain fell in 24 hours at Norfolk, VA, setting a record for April.
1992 - A blizzard beginning on the 18th lasted through this date across the Black Hills of South Dakota. Heavy wet snow and strong winds created blizzard conditions in the northern Black Hills that led to a major power outage. About 2,000 households were without power for over 4 hours in some areas around Lead/Deadwood. Snow amounts of 2 feet were common with 30 inches falling at Lead causing major traffic problems. Northwest winds gusted to over 65 mph at Rapid City, SD and to around 50 mph in the Hills. 9.2 inches of snow at Omaha, NE (8.7 inches at the airport) set several records, including the heaviest April snow. The same storm dumped 2.7 inches of snow at Kansas City, MO for their heaviest snowfall ever so late in the season. Ahead of the storm, an F1 tornado destroyed a 40x50 foot shed and damaged a nearby garage and home two miles south of Hillsboro, WI.
1993 - A late season snowstorm struck parts of Nebraska and Iowa. Low pressure developed over the south central United States and tracked into southwest Missouri and finally between Des Moines and Ottumwa. Heavy snow began to fall around noon with the heaviest amounts over eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa. 14 inches of snow fell at Hamburg and 12 inches in Sidney. 8 to 15 inches were common over eastern Nebraska and 4 to 8 inches in southwest Iowa. The snow was very wet and heavy causing tree and power line damage. In addition, some livestock losses were reported mostly with young calves.
1995 - A supercell thunderstorm produced baseball to grapefruit size hail and an F0 tornado from the Sage Glenn subdivision (east of downtown Houston) to the La Porte and Channelview areas (Harris County). Two garages were destroyed and large tree limbs and fences were downed. Total damage was $121,000.
1999 - Two gunmen attack Columbine High School with intent on destroying their high school in Columbine, CO. The attack lasts 45 minutes and claims 12 students and one teacher and injures 25 people. The two gunmen commit suicide and many students are fleeing the school on live television.
2000 - Severe thunderstorms rolled from west to east across central Illinois throughout the morning. These storms produced tornado touchdowns near Illiopolis and Forsyth, and another tornado tracked from near Oreana to Argenta. This latter tornado lifted the roof off a home 2 miles northeast of Oreana, and part of a roof in Argenta was lifted off. Earlier in the morning, the storms produced winds up to 85 mph in Cass, Tazewell and Menard Counties, causing damage to buildings, trees and power lines. In Tazewell County, a radio tower in Groveland was blown over, causing $500,000 dollars damage, and near Washington, an airport hangar was destroyed, damaging 3 planes.
2004 - A strong F3 tornado moved across the town of Utica, near LaSalle-Peru in north central Illinois. This tornado destroyed several homes, a machinery building, and a tavern. The roof of the tavern collapsed, killing eight people inside; many of these people had come into town from nearby mobile homes, seeking sturdier shelter. The tornado dissipated on a steep bluff on the northeast side of town. Another tornado developed shortly afterward, crossing I-80 near Ottawa. Several other tornadoes developed across north central and northeast Illinois, affecting areas around Joliet and Kankakee.
2005 - A tornado struck near the city of Yancheng in the eastern province of Jiangsu, China resulting in 7 deaths and at least 60 injuries.
2006 - Up to five feet of snow falls in the Dakotas. I-94 and other highways were closed, power was out for thousands and caused at least four deaths.
2007 - Following the Virginia Tech Massacre, a man with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.
2010 - Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion kills 11 and causes rig to sink, initiating a massive oil discharge of 210 million gallons into the Gulf of Mexico. It leads to the biggest oil spill in American history.
2012 - A series of strong thunderstorms moved across the southern half of southeast Texas and produced widespread reports of hail and wind damage. The largest hail was golf ball sized in La Marque (Galveston County), and wind gusts in the same area damaged windshields and caused power outages. There was a 78 mph wind gust recorded at Moody Gardens on Galveston Island (Galveston County).
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1880 - Sacramento, CA had their heaviest 24 hour rainfall when 7.24 inches fell.
1901 - A spring storm produced unusally heavy snow in northeast Ohio. Warren received 35.5 inches in thirty-six hours, and 28 inches fell at Green Hill. Akron OH established April records of 15.6 inches in 24 hours, and 26.6 inches for the month. Pittsburgh PA established April records of 12.7 inches in 24 hours, and 13.5 inches for the month. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
1912 - A tornado moved north northeast from 5 miles southeast of Rush Center, KS across the east half of Bison, KS. Farms were wiped out near Rush Center. The loss at Bison was $70,000 dollars as half of the town, about 50 homes, were damaged or destroyed. There were 15 injuries in town. A dozen farms were nearly wiped out. Debris from the farm houses were carried for 8 miles. An elderly man who made light of the storm was killed with his granddaughter on a farm 2 miles southwest of Bison.
1920 - Tornadoes in Mississippi and Alabama killed 219 persons. (David Ludlum)
1941 - Record heat continued across the east coast into New England. Record high temperatures included: Durham, NH: 95°, Baltimore, MD: 94°, Washington, D.C.: 94°, Albany, NY: 93°, Harrisburg, PA: 92°, Philadelphia, PA: 92°, Concord, NH: 92°, Norfolk, VA: 91°, Roanoke, VA: 91°, Avoca, PA: 91°, Trenton, NJ: 91°, Newark, NJ: 91°, Worcester, MA: 91°, Allentown, PA: 90°, Syracuse, NY: 90°, Hartford, CT, 89°, Providence, RI: 89°, Boston, MA: 89°, Elkins, WV: 88°, Pittsburgh, PA: 86°, Rochester, NY: 86°, Burlington, VT: 86° and Mt. Pocono, PA: 85°.
1952 - The tankers Esso Suez and Esso Greensboro crashed in a thick fog off the coast of Morgan City LA. Only five of the Greensboro's crew survived after the ship bursts into flame. (David Ludlum)
1961 - The failure of Bay of Pigs Invasion backed by the US in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro.
1966 - Canadian high pressure brought very cold air to the Rockies and northern Plains. Record lows included: Scottsbluff, NE: -3°, Cheyenne, WY dropped to -2°, Casper, WY: -2°, Lander, WY: 1°, Rapid City, SD: 2°, Sheridan, WY: 3°, Valentine, NE: 6°, Fargo, ND: 11°, Williston, ND: 11°, Aberdeen, SD: 11°, Colorado Springs, CO: 13°, Denver, CO: 13°, Huron, SD: 15°, Billings, MT: 17°, Bismarck, ND: 17°, Pueblo, CO: 20° and Dodge City, KS: 25°.
1967 - A tornado struck 5 miles north of Cyril, OK. A pickup truck driving along State Highway 8, stalled because of the wind, and then was lifted by the tornado, turned around to face the opposite direction, and set down again, without damage. The driver, who described the funnel as being "full of mud", was uninjured.
1972 - Severe thunderstorms struck the western parts of north Texas. Near Bonita in Montague County, flat hailstones, four to five inches in diameter, and one inch thick, did extensive damage to autos, roofs, and windows.
1976 - The northeastern U.S. continued with an early season heat wave. Some records highs included: Charleston, WV: 91°, Huntington, WV: 89°, Beckley, WV: 85°and Williamsport, PA: 85°.
1980 - Billings, MT reached 90°; tying a record high for April and is the earliest 90 degree reading on record.
1984 - A temperature of 106° at Del Rio, TX set a new record high for the month of April.
1987 - Fifty-two cities in the central and eastern U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date. The high of 92 degrees at Memphis TN was a record for April, and the high of 94 at Little Rock AR equalled their April record. (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - A storm in the western U.S. brought heavy rain to parts of California. Mount Wilson was soaked with 4.15 inches of rain in 24 hours. The heavy rain caused some flooding and mudslides in the Los Angeles area, and a chain reaction collision of vehicles along the Pomona Freeway which resulted in 26 injuries. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Hot weather spread from the southwestern U.S. into the Great Plains Region. Twenty-three cities reported new record high temperatures for the date. The afternoon high of 104 degrees at Tucson AZ was an April record, and highs of 87 at Provo UT, 90 at Pueblo CO, and 85 at Salt Lake City UT, equalled April records. (The National Weather Summary)
1990 - A fast moving Pacific storm produced heavy snow in the central mountains and the Upper Arkansas Valley of Colorado, with a foot of snow reported at Leadville. Thunderstorms in the south central U.S. produced wind gusts to 76 mph at Tulsa OK, and heavy rain which caused flooding of Cat Claw Creek in the Abilene TX area. Lightning struck the building housing a fish farm in Scott AR killing 10,000 pounds of fish. Many of the fish died from the heat of the fire. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1991 - 5.89 inches of rain fell in 24 hours at Norfolk, VA, setting a record for April.
1992 - A blizzard beginning on the 18th lasted through this date across the Black Hills of South Dakota. Heavy wet snow and strong winds created blizzard conditions in the northern Black Hills that led to a major power outage. About 2,000 households were without power for over 4 hours in some areas around Lead/Deadwood. Snow amounts of 2 feet were common with 30 inches falling at Lead causing major traffic problems. Northwest winds gusted to over 65 mph at Rapid City, SD and to around 50 mph in the Hills. 9.2 inches of snow at Omaha, NE (8.7 inches at the airport) set several records, including the heaviest April snow. The same storm dumped 2.7 inches of snow at Kansas City, MO for their heaviest snowfall ever so late in the season. Ahead of the storm, an F1 tornado destroyed a 40x50 foot shed and damaged a nearby garage and home two miles south of Hillsboro, WI.
1993 - A late season snowstorm struck parts of Nebraska and Iowa. Low pressure developed over the south central United States and tracked into southwest Missouri and finally between Des Moines and Ottumwa. Heavy snow began to fall around noon with the heaviest amounts over eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa. 14 inches of snow fell at Hamburg and 12 inches in Sidney. 8 to 15 inches were common over eastern Nebraska and 4 to 8 inches in southwest Iowa. The snow was very wet and heavy causing tree and power line damage. In addition, some livestock losses were reported mostly with young calves.
1995 - A supercell thunderstorm produced baseball to grapefruit size hail and an F0 tornado from the Sage Glenn subdivision (east of downtown Houston) to the La Porte and Channelview areas (Harris County). Two garages were destroyed and large tree limbs and fences were downed. Total damage was $121,000.
1999 - Two gunmen attack Columbine High School with intent on destroying their high school in Columbine, CO. The attack lasts 45 minutes and claims 12 students and one teacher and injures 25 people. The two gunmen commit suicide and many students are fleeing the school on live television.
2000 - Severe thunderstorms rolled from west to east across central Illinois throughout the morning. These storms produced tornado touchdowns near Illiopolis and Forsyth, and another tornado tracked from near Oreana to Argenta. This latter tornado lifted the roof off a home 2 miles northeast of Oreana, and part of a roof in Argenta was lifted off. Earlier in the morning, the storms produced winds up to 85 mph in Cass, Tazewell and Menard Counties, causing damage to buildings, trees and power lines. In Tazewell County, a radio tower in Groveland was blown over, causing $500,000 dollars damage, and near Washington, an airport hangar was destroyed, damaging 3 planes.
2004 - A strong F3 tornado moved across the town of Utica, near LaSalle-Peru in north central Illinois. This tornado destroyed several homes, a machinery building, and a tavern. The roof of the tavern collapsed, killing eight people inside; many of these people had come into town from nearby mobile homes, seeking sturdier shelter. The tornado dissipated on a steep bluff on the northeast side of town. Another tornado developed shortly afterward, crossing I-80 near Ottawa. Several other tornadoes developed across north central and northeast Illinois, affecting areas around Joliet and Kankakee.
2005 - A tornado struck near the city of Yancheng in the eastern province of Jiangsu, China resulting in 7 deaths and at least 60 injuries.
2006 - Up to five feet of snow falls in the Dakotas. I-94 and other highways were closed, power was out for thousands and caused at least four deaths.
2007 - Following the Virginia Tech Massacre, a man with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.
2010 - Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion kills 11 and causes rig to sink, initiating a massive oil discharge of 210 million gallons into the Gulf of Mexico. It leads to the biggest oil spill in American history.
2012 - A series of strong thunderstorms moved across the southern half of southeast Texas and produced widespread reports of hail and wind damage. The largest hail was golf ball sized in La Marque (Galveston County), and wind gusts in the same area damaged windshields and caused power outages. There was a 78 mph wind gust recorded at Moody Gardens on Galveston Island (Galveston County).
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For April 24th
1880 - Several tornadoes affected parts of central and southwest Illinois. One tornado of F4 intensity touched down near Jerseyville, and killed one person along an 18 mile path. Another F4 tornado passed just north of Carlinville and lifted near Atwater, destroying 50 buildings. Six people were killed in Christian County by an F5 tornado, which tracked from 9 miles southwest of Taylorville to near Sharpsburg. A fourth tornado touched down a few miles southeast of Springfield, and moved northeast to Dawson.
1899 - Two women and one son lived to tell the story of being picked up by a tornado and carried more than a fourth of a mile, flying far above the church steeples, before being gently set down again. The young boy and one of the ladies said they had the pleasure of flying alongside a horse. The horse "kicked and struggled" as it flew high above, and was set down unharmed about a mile away. (The Weather Channel)
1908 - Severe thunderstorms spawned eighteen tornadoes over across the Central Gulf Coast States claiming the lives of 310 persons. The state of Mississippi was hardest hit. A tornado near Hattiesburg MS killed 143 persons and caused more than half a million dollars damage. Four violent tornadoes accounted for 279 of the 310 deaths. The deadliest of the four tornadoes swelled to a width of 2.5 miles as it passed near Amite LA. The tornado also leveled most of Purvis MS. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
1910 - Fresno, CA soared to 101°. This set a record for the most days of triple digit high temperatures for the month of April. Bakersfield hit 100°; also setting the record for most days of triple digit highs in the month of April. This record would be tied in April 1981. Lemon Cove, CA set an April record hitting 110°.
1925 - Heavy showers and thunderstorms moved into northern Illinois during the late afternoon/early evening. Midway airport recorded 2.05 inches of rain. Of the 2.05 inches, 1.29 inches fell in just five minutes; setting the record for the most rainfall in any single five minute period for Chicago. That was more than a third of the monthly average.
1960 - Record warm weather continued across the Mid-Atlantic States. Daily records included: Norfolk, VA: 95°, Washington, D.C.: 94°, Baltimore, MD: 93°, Raleigh, NC: 93°, Salisbury, MD: 91°, Harrisburg, PA: 90°, Georgetown, DE: 90°, Reading, PA: 90°, Avoca, PA: 87°, Allentown, PA: 86°, Mt. Pocono, PA: 83° and Binghamton, NY: 82°. Washington D.C. recorded high temperatures of 95°, 94° and 93° on 23rd to the 25th; three record highs in a row.
19.4 inches of snow fell at Helena, MT. Up to 30 inches was reported in higher elevations.
1962 - The northern Plains were in the midst of a heat wave. Record highs included: Williston, ND: 92°, Aberdeen, SD: 92°, Bismarck, ND: 91°, Valentine, NE: 91°, Miles City, MT: 89°, Rapid City, SD: 89°, Glasgow, MT: 87°, Columbus, MT: 85°, Billings, MT: 85°, Roundup, MT: 85° & Ekalaka, MT: 85°, Sheridan, WY 84°, Livingston, MT 81° and Cheyenne, WY: 79°.
1985 - Pushed by high winds, a late snow storm buried the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland Canada with a foot of snow. Clean-up was slow as most of the snow-clearing equipment was being readied for summer storage.
1987 - Showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain in the Middle Atlantic Coast Region. Up to seven inches of rain drenched Virginia in three days. Morgantown WV received 4.27 inches in 24 hours, and flooding was reported in south central West Virginia. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Low pressure produced high winds and severe thunderstorms in the Southern Plains Region. Strong thunderstorm winds destroyed two mobile homes at Whitt TX injuring two persons. Winds associated with the low pressure system gusted to 70 mph at Guadalupe Pass TX. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Twenty cities in the central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Russell KS was the hot spot in the nation with a reading of 101 degrees. Evening thunderstorms produced severe weather from Colorado to Wisconsin. Hail four and a half inches in diameter was reported at Sargeant NE. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Southern High Plains to north central Kansas. Thunderstorms spawned ten tornadoes, including one which injured four persons and caused 1.5 million dollars damage at Shattuck OK. Thunderstorms also produced softball size hail at Wheeler TX, wind gusts to 85 mph southwest of Arnett OK, and 13.45 inches of rain near Caldwell TX, which resulted in the worst flooding in recent memory for that area. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1993 - Severe weather struck parts of eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening hours. Severe thunderstorms produced eight tornadoes and dumped hail up to the size of baseballs. The deadliest tornado of the year; an F4 touched down in east Tulsa, and followed Interstate 44 into the community of Catoosa. Seven people were killed and 100 were injured. Along with extensive damage to area homes and businesses, many cars and trucks were destroyed on the interstate and at nearby truck stops. An F3 tornado touched down from the same thunderstorm cell and ripped through Catoosa, doing heavy damage and injuring 30 people. 70% of the businesses in Catoosa were damaged or destroyed. Total damage was $110 million dollars.
1996 - The second windstorm in less than a week developed east of the Continental Divide and spread across the Denver metro area. High winds gusted from 60 to 90 mph. Several power lines and poles were downed. Some of the stronger winds included: 91 mph atop Squaw Mountain west of Denver, 90 mph atop Table Mesa near Boulder, 85 mph at Golden Gate Canyon and 82 mph at Wondervu.
1997 - A small landspout tornado was briefly generated southwest of Lamesa, TX from a towering cumulus cloud. The cloud continued to evolve into a weak shower over Lamesa as it moved to the northeast. This was a day with all kinds of dynamics but little moisture. Wind fields were strong at all levels, but dew points were only in the mid 40s. Severe reports were only marginal compared to what some were expecting considering the very high shear and helicity values.
1999 - Several record high temperatures were tied or broken across Florida and Louisiana, including Tallahassee, FL: 95°, Gainesville, FL: 94°, Jacksonville, FL: 93°, Baton Rouge, LA: 91°, Mobile, AL: 91° and Shreveport, LA: 89°.
2002 - Gillam, Manitoba Canada reported 5.1 inches of spring snow in 24 hours.
2003 - Juneau, Alaska soared to 70°, their earliest 70 degree reading on record. This was the first of three consecutive record highs for Juneau: 73° on the 25th and 74° on the 26th. Other record highs on this date: Gulkana, AK: 63°, Cold Bay, AK: 49°.
2004 - Baseball sized hail in Columbus (Colorado County).
2005 - Late-season snow fell across portions of the lower Great Lakes. In the greater Cleveland area in Ohio, up to one foot of snow accumulated.
Annette, AK set a record high temperature with 74°. They also set a record the previous day with 76°.
2007 - Severe thunderstorms injured several people when coconuts fell from trees during a Buddhist monk's ordination party in Thailand. According to this story from the U.K. Meteorology Office, two people were killed by a tree that fell in the midst of a thunderstorm.
2009 - Slow moving thunderstorms across the southern portion of Harris County produced widespread flooding and road closures. The area traversed by this system received heavy rainfall six days prior to the event, and the ground was still saturated. The heaviest rainfall fell along a line from Friendswood (Galveston County) to Baytown (Harris County), with totals of 7 to 8 inches during a six hour period. Many secondary roads along Interstate 45 became impassable for most of the evening. Forty to fifty homes recieved water damage from this event, although this is only an estimated count as all of the homes flooded on the 24th were also flooded during the earlier event on the 18th.
2010 - An EF-4 tornado up to 1.75 miles wide travels 149.25 miles through Mississippi, the widest and fourth longest path in Mississippi history. It left behind major destruction to businesses, churches and homes, four fatalities in Yazoo City and ten fatalities across the state.
A series of five gravity waves moved along the Upper Texas Coast early in the morning. The second gravity wave caused damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph on Galveston Island (Galveston County) that damaged roofs on several homes.
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1880 - Several tornadoes affected parts of central and southwest Illinois. One tornado of F4 intensity touched down near Jerseyville, and killed one person along an 18 mile path. Another F4 tornado passed just north of Carlinville and lifted near Atwater, destroying 50 buildings. Six people were killed in Christian County by an F5 tornado, which tracked from 9 miles southwest of Taylorville to near Sharpsburg. A fourth tornado touched down a few miles southeast of Springfield, and moved northeast to Dawson.
1899 - Two women and one son lived to tell the story of being picked up by a tornado and carried more than a fourth of a mile, flying far above the church steeples, before being gently set down again. The young boy and one of the ladies said they had the pleasure of flying alongside a horse. The horse "kicked and struggled" as it flew high above, and was set down unharmed about a mile away. (The Weather Channel)
1908 - Severe thunderstorms spawned eighteen tornadoes over across the Central Gulf Coast States claiming the lives of 310 persons. The state of Mississippi was hardest hit. A tornado near Hattiesburg MS killed 143 persons and caused more than half a million dollars damage. Four violent tornadoes accounted for 279 of the 310 deaths. The deadliest of the four tornadoes swelled to a width of 2.5 miles as it passed near Amite LA. The tornado also leveled most of Purvis MS. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
1910 - Fresno, CA soared to 101°. This set a record for the most days of triple digit high temperatures for the month of April. Bakersfield hit 100°; also setting the record for most days of triple digit highs in the month of April. This record would be tied in April 1981. Lemon Cove, CA set an April record hitting 110°.
1925 - Heavy showers and thunderstorms moved into northern Illinois during the late afternoon/early evening. Midway airport recorded 2.05 inches of rain. Of the 2.05 inches, 1.29 inches fell in just five minutes; setting the record for the most rainfall in any single five minute period for Chicago. That was more than a third of the monthly average.
1960 - Record warm weather continued across the Mid-Atlantic States. Daily records included: Norfolk, VA: 95°, Washington, D.C.: 94°, Baltimore, MD: 93°, Raleigh, NC: 93°, Salisbury, MD: 91°, Harrisburg, PA: 90°, Georgetown, DE: 90°, Reading, PA: 90°, Avoca, PA: 87°, Allentown, PA: 86°, Mt. Pocono, PA: 83° and Binghamton, NY: 82°. Washington D.C. recorded high temperatures of 95°, 94° and 93° on 23rd to the 25th; three record highs in a row.
19.4 inches of snow fell at Helena, MT. Up to 30 inches was reported in higher elevations.
1962 - The northern Plains were in the midst of a heat wave. Record highs included: Williston, ND: 92°, Aberdeen, SD: 92°, Bismarck, ND: 91°, Valentine, NE: 91°, Miles City, MT: 89°, Rapid City, SD: 89°, Glasgow, MT: 87°, Columbus, MT: 85°, Billings, MT: 85°, Roundup, MT: 85° & Ekalaka, MT: 85°, Sheridan, WY 84°, Livingston, MT 81° and Cheyenne, WY: 79°.
1985 - Pushed by high winds, a late snow storm buried the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland Canada with a foot of snow. Clean-up was slow as most of the snow-clearing equipment was being readied for summer storage.
1987 - Showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain in the Middle Atlantic Coast Region. Up to seven inches of rain drenched Virginia in three days. Morgantown WV received 4.27 inches in 24 hours, and flooding was reported in south central West Virginia. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Low pressure produced high winds and severe thunderstorms in the Southern Plains Region. Strong thunderstorm winds destroyed two mobile homes at Whitt TX injuring two persons. Winds associated with the low pressure system gusted to 70 mph at Guadalupe Pass TX. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Twenty cities in the central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Russell KS was the hot spot in the nation with a reading of 101 degrees. Evening thunderstorms produced severe weather from Colorado to Wisconsin. Hail four and a half inches in diameter was reported at Sargeant NE. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Southern High Plains to north central Kansas. Thunderstorms spawned ten tornadoes, including one which injured four persons and caused 1.5 million dollars damage at Shattuck OK. Thunderstorms also produced softball size hail at Wheeler TX, wind gusts to 85 mph southwest of Arnett OK, and 13.45 inches of rain near Caldwell TX, which resulted in the worst flooding in recent memory for that area. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1993 - Severe weather struck parts of eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening hours. Severe thunderstorms produced eight tornadoes and dumped hail up to the size of baseballs. The deadliest tornado of the year; an F4 touched down in east Tulsa, and followed Interstate 44 into the community of Catoosa. Seven people were killed and 100 were injured. Along with extensive damage to area homes and businesses, many cars and trucks were destroyed on the interstate and at nearby truck stops. An F3 tornado touched down from the same thunderstorm cell and ripped through Catoosa, doing heavy damage and injuring 30 people. 70% of the businesses in Catoosa were damaged or destroyed. Total damage was $110 million dollars.
1996 - The second windstorm in less than a week developed east of the Continental Divide and spread across the Denver metro area. High winds gusted from 60 to 90 mph. Several power lines and poles were downed. Some of the stronger winds included: 91 mph atop Squaw Mountain west of Denver, 90 mph atop Table Mesa near Boulder, 85 mph at Golden Gate Canyon and 82 mph at Wondervu.
1997 - A small landspout tornado was briefly generated southwest of Lamesa, TX from a towering cumulus cloud. The cloud continued to evolve into a weak shower over Lamesa as it moved to the northeast. This was a day with all kinds of dynamics but little moisture. Wind fields were strong at all levels, but dew points were only in the mid 40s. Severe reports were only marginal compared to what some were expecting considering the very high shear and helicity values.
1999 - Several record high temperatures were tied or broken across Florida and Louisiana, including Tallahassee, FL: 95°, Gainesville, FL: 94°, Jacksonville, FL: 93°, Baton Rouge, LA: 91°, Mobile, AL: 91° and Shreveport, LA: 89°.
2002 - Gillam, Manitoba Canada reported 5.1 inches of spring snow in 24 hours.
2003 - Juneau, Alaska soared to 70°, their earliest 70 degree reading on record. This was the first of three consecutive record highs for Juneau: 73° on the 25th and 74° on the 26th. Other record highs on this date: Gulkana, AK: 63°, Cold Bay, AK: 49°.
2004 - Baseball sized hail in Columbus (Colorado County).
2005 - Late-season snow fell across portions of the lower Great Lakes. In the greater Cleveland area in Ohio, up to one foot of snow accumulated.
Annette, AK set a record high temperature with 74°. They also set a record the previous day with 76°.
2007 - Severe thunderstorms injured several people when coconuts fell from trees during a Buddhist monk's ordination party in Thailand. According to this story from the U.K. Meteorology Office, two people were killed by a tree that fell in the midst of a thunderstorm.
2009 - Slow moving thunderstorms across the southern portion of Harris County produced widespread flooding and road closures. The area traversed by this system received heavy rainfall six days prior to the event, and the ground was still saturated. The heaviest rainfall fell along a line from Friendswood (Galveston County) to Baytown (Harris County), with totals of 7 to 8 inches during a six hour period. Many secondary roads along Interstate 45 became impassable for most of the evening. Forty to fifty homes recieved water damage from this event, although this is only an estimated count as all of the homes flooded on the 24th were also flooded during the earlier event on the 18th.
2010 - An EF-4 tornado up to 1.75 miles wide travels 149.25 miles through Mississippi, the widest and fourth longest path in Mississippi history. It left behind major destruction to businesses, churches and homes, four fatalities in Yazoo City and ten fatalities across the state.
A series of five gravity waves moved along the Upper Texas Coast early in the morning. The second gravity wave caused damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph on Galveston Island (Galveston County) that damaged roofs on several homes.
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1874 - 15 inches of late-season snow fell in Newton, NJ.
1875 - New York City received three inches of snow, the latest measurable snow of record for that location. (David Ludlum)
1880 - A violent tornado, at times up to 400 yards wide, swept away at least 20 homes in Macon, MS. Pieces of some of the homes were found 15 miles away. 22 people died and 72 were injured. Loaded freight cars were thrown 100 yards into homes. A cloth was carried for eight miles.
1893 - The first known official tornado outbreak in central Oklahoma occurred on this date with at least five strong or violent tornadoes. One twister moved through northern Cleveland County, destroying 30 homes. This tornado was more than one mile wide at times.
1896 - A violent tornado 1/2 mile wide cut a swath across Cloud, Clay and Washington Counties in Kansas. As many as 11 people died, all in Clay County and 27 farm homes were destroyed. Newspapers reported that "everything was leveled as if a roller had passed over it." The body of a dead child was reportedly carried ½ mile.
1898 - The temperature at Volcano Springs CA hit 118 degrees to establish a U.S. record for the month of April. (The Weather Channel)
1910 - Chicago, IL, was blanketed with 2.5 inches of snow, and a total of 6.5 inches between the 22nd and the 26th. It was the latest significant snow of record for the city. (The Weather Channel)
1912 - Ponca City, OK was struck b tornado causing F4 damage. One person was killed and 119 homes were damaged or destroyed. Dozens of oil derricks were flattened or twisted, southwest of town. The tornado was reportedly visible and audible for 20 miles.
1920 - Atlanta, GA, received 1.5 inches of snow, and experienced their latest freeze of record with a morning low of 32 degrees. The high of just 39 degrees was only their second daily high colder than 40 degrees in April. (The Weather Channel)
1924 - A tornado destroyed three villages and killed "many people" at Pihani in the Oudh district of India. The tornado was about 330 yards wide at times.
1954 - A tornado near Nanaimo, British Columbia Canada destroyed a garage, yet left the car inside undamaged.
1969 - A cold front associated with a late season storm brought sharp weather changes to eastern Montana. Following a day when numerous stations registered their month's highest readings, the temperatures fell more than 50 degrees in 24 hours.
1984 - A late season snowstorm struck the Northern Rockies and the Northern Plains. The storm produced some unsually high snowfall totals. The town of Lead, located in the Black Hills of western South Dakota, was buried under 67 inches of snow. Red Lodge, located in the mountains of southern Montana, reported 72 inches of snow. Up to 60 inches blanketed the mountains of northern Wyoming. It was rated the worst late season storm of record for much of the affected area. (25th-28th) (Storm Data) (The Weather Channel)
1986 - Chicago, IL recorded high temperatures of 90° on this date and the 26th. Besides setting back-to-back records on both dates, this was the second April in history to record temperatures of at least 90° on two days. The previous year was 1952.
Quincy, IL set the high temperature record for April when the high reached 92°. Springfield, IL tied their April record with 90°. Other daily record highs included: Moline, IL: 93°, Peoria, IL: 92°, St. Louis, MO: 92°, Rockford, IL: 90°, Springfield, IL: 90°, Paducah, KY: 88°, Chattanooga, TN: 88°, Columbia, MO: 86° and Dubuque, IA: 86°
1987 - Low pressure off the coast of North Carolina produced heavy rain flooding creeks in the foothills and the piedmont area, before moving out to sea. The low pressure system also produced wind gusts to 50 mph in Virginia. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Thunderstorms racing at 65 mph produced large hail in Alabama and Georgia. Hail damage in Alabama was estimated at fifty million dollars, making it their worst weather disaster since Hurricane Frederick in 1979. Hail three inches in diameter accompanied a tornado near Valdosta GA. Hail four and a half inches in diameter was reported south of Atlanta GA. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Thunderstorms developing along a stationary front produced severe weather from North Carolina to Indiana and Ohio, with more than 70 reports of large hail and damaging winds. A strong (F-2) tornado hit Xenia OH injuring 16 persons and causing more than a million dollars damage. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from Texas to Nebraska. Thunderstorms spawned fifteen tornadoes, including a powerful (F-4) tornado near Weatherford TX. Between 3 PM and 8 PM, a storm complex tracking northeastward across central Kansas spawned four tornadoes along a 119-mile path from Ness to Smith Center, with the last tornado on the ground for 55 miles. Del Rio TX was raked with hail two inches in diameter, and wind gusts to 112 mph. Brown County and Commanche County in Texas were deluged with up to 18 inches of rain, and flooding caused more than 65 million dollars damage. Two dozen cities in the north central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Highs of 87 degrees at Flint MI and 90 degrees at Alpena MI were records for April. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1994 - Strong winds of 60 to 70 mph created dust storms that reduced visibilities to near zero over parts of southwest Kansas. A dust storm warning was issued which is extremely uncommon. Zero visibility in areas forced vehicles off roadways. A Kansas
Highway Patrol spokesman was quoted as saying “it was parallel to whiteout in a snowstorm”.
A tornado was reported in Dallas County, Texas killing three people and injuring 27. Damage totaled $200 million dollars.
Further north, record rainfall occurred in parts of eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin. The following locations had their wettest April day on record: Sparta, WI: 3.80", Hokah, MN: 3.55", La Crescent, MN: 3.43", Cashton, WI: 3.22", Ontario, WI: 3.00", Necedah, WI: 2.79", Mather, WI: 2.47" and Goodrich, WI: 1.78".
1996 - International Falls, MN recorded 9.6 inches of snow in a late season snowstorm. This brought the city's seasonal snowfall to 116.0 inches. This broke the old seasonal snowfall record of 111.0 inches set in 1992-93.
1997 - Amarillo, TX recorded 6.5 inches of snow for its greatest April snowstorm on record.
Coastal flooding resulted from prolonged strong easterly winds. Tides ran 2 to 3 feet above astronomically predicted levels from High Island to Jamaica Beach (Galveston County). Beach erosion, roof damage and foundation damage was observed - especially in Galveston County. Many residents along Galveston Bay lost fishing piers adjacent to their lots. Total damage was $655,000. Abundant street, bayou and creek flooding was also observed with this event due to 5 to 7 inches of rain falling in a six hour period across Fort Bend, Brazoria, Harris and Galveston Counties.
2002 - Firefighters battled a dangerous wildfire about 35 miles southwest of Denver, CO that forced the evacuation of over 1,000 homes around the town of Bailey. Winds of 30mph and very low humidity fed the raging blaze which consumed more than 2,000 acres. The early season fire sparked fears of a very bad summer fire season in parts of the west which were way behind on moisture because of a dry winter.
2004 - A late April snowstorm buried Gander, Newfoundland Canada under 14-18 inches of snow.
Flash flooding in the Pecan Hill subdivision northwest of Fulshear (Fort Bend County) left 15 to 20 homes flooded, with up to two feet of water in the worst flooded homes.
2007 - As an upper level disturbance approached fron the west, a complex of strong to severe thunderstorms developed over central and south central Texas and moved across southeast Texas. There was an EF-0 Tornado northwest of Snook (Burleson County), significant straight line wind damage in College Station (Brazos County), lightning strikes that caused damage in Porter (Montgomery County) and Richmond (Fort Bend County) and Rosharon (Brazoria County), an EF-0 Tornado east of Oyster Creek (Brazoria County), and EF-0 Tornado near the Alabama-Coushatta Reservation (Polk County), and flash flooding in Freeport (Brazoria County).
2008 - Anchorage, AK, receives a record 17.2 inches at the airport and 22 inches in northeast Anchorage from the 25th to 26th. The 15.5 inches on the 25th makes it the third most received on any one day in Anchorage.
2011 - Start of the largest tornado outbreak ever recorded in America. It affects a large area of the Southeast and Midwest. There were a total of 358 tornadoes reported from Alabama, Mississppi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Georgia, and Tennessee. The outbreak produced four EF-5 tornadoes, the strongest tornado. One of the tornadoes almost hit the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa. A total of 348 fatalities including 238 in Alabama. It is one of the deadliest tornado outbreak in American history.
The same storm system that produced the tornadoes dumped heavy rain and led to the Mississippi River to flood. Many areas saw over a foot of rain in a week. An area near Springdale, AR saw nearly 20 inches of rain.
Two EF-1 Tornadoes caused damage to the west southwest of Crockett (Houston County) and across portions of the Davy Crockett National Forest (Trinity County). The Crockett tornado destroyed unoccupied mobile home and damaged several others along County Road 3015. Several large trees were uprooted or snapped on a hillside east of Route 21. The Davy Crockett National Forest tornado left extensive tree damage in the Moore Cemetery Road area. In addition to the tornadoes, a microburst with winds of 70 to 80 mph left damage in the Horseshoe Lake area (Walker County). Intermittent damage was over a large area with trees pointing toward the northeast. One area near the lake was especially hard it with large trees uprooted and snapped and some mobile homes shifted.
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1874 - 15 inches of late-season snow fell in Newton, NJ.
1875 - New York City received three inches of snow, the latest measurable snow of record for that location. (David Ludlum)
1880 - A violent tornado, at times up to 400 yards wide, swept away at least 20 homes in Macon, MS. Pieces of some of the homes were found 15 miles away. 22 people died and 72 were injured. Loaded freight cars were thrown 100 yards into homes. A cloth was carried for eight miles.
1893 - The first known official tornado outbreak in central Oklahoma occurred on this date with at least five strong or violent tornadoes. One twister moved through northern Cleveland County, destroying 30 homes. This tornado was more than one mile wide at times.
1896 - A violent tornado 1/2 mile wide cut a swath across Cloud, Clay and Washington Counties in Kansas. As many as 11 people died, all in Clay County and 27 farm homes were destroyed. Newspapers reported that "everything was leveled as if a roller had passed over it." The body of a dead child was reportedly carried ½ mile.
1898 - The temperature at Volcano Springs CA hit 118 degrees to establish a U.S. record for the month of April. (The Weather Channel)
1910 - Chicago, IL, was blanketed with 2.5 inches of snow, and a total of 6.5 inches between the 22nd and the 26th. It was the latest significant snow of record for the city. (The Weather Channel)
1912 - Ponca City, OK was struck b tornado causing F4 damage. One person was killed and 119 homes were damaged or destroyed. Dozens of oil derricks were flattened or twisted, southwest of town. The tornado was reportedly visible and audible for 20 miles.
1920 - Atlanta, GA, received 1.5 inches of snow, and experienced their latest freeze of record with a morning low of 32 degrees. The high of just 39 degrees was only their second daily high colder than 40 degrees in April. (The Weather Channel)
1924 - A tornado destroyed three villages and killed "many people" at Pihani in the Oudh district of India. The tornado was about 330 yards wide at times.
1954 - A tornado near Nanaimo, British Columbia Canada destroyed a garage, yet left the car inside undamaged.
1969 - A cold front associated with a late season storm brought sharp weather changes to eastern Montana. Following a day when numerous stations registered their month's highest readings, the temperatures fell more than 50 degrees in 24 hours.
1984 - A late season snowstorm struck the Northern Rockies and the Northern Plains. The storm produced some unsually high snowfall totals. The town of Lead, located in the Black Hills of western South Dakota, was buried under 67 inches of snow. Red Lodge, located in the mountains of southern Montana, reported 72 inches of snow. Up to 60 inches blanketed the mountains of northern Wyoming. It was rated the worst late season storm of record for much of the affected area. (25th-28th) (Storm Data) (The Weather Channel)
1986 - Chicago, IL recorded high temperatures of 90° on this date and the 26th. Besides setting back-to-back records on both dates, this was the second April in history to record temperatures of at least 90° on two days. The previous year was 1952.
Quincy, IL set the high temperature record for April when the high reached 92°. Springfield, IL tied their April record with 90°. Other daily record highs included: Moline, IL: 93°, Peoria, IL: 92°, St. Louis, MO: 92°, Rockford, IL: 90°, Springfield, IL: 90°, Paducah, KY: 88°, Chattanooga, TN: 88°, Columbia, MO: 86° and Dubuque, IA: 86°
1987 - Low pressure off the coast of North Carolina produced heavy rain flooding creeks in the foothills and the piedmont area, before moving out to sea. The low pressure system also produced wind gusts to 50 mph in Virginia. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Thunderstorms racing at 65 mph produced large hail in Alabama and Georgia. Hail damage in Alabama was estimated at fifty million dollars, making it their worst weather disaster since Hurricane Frederick in 1979. Hail three inches in diameter accompanied a tornado near Valdosta GA. Hail four and a half inches in diameter was reported south of Atlanta GA. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Thunderstorms developing along a stationary front produced severe weather from North Carolina to Indiana and Ohio, with more than 70 reports of large hail and damaging winds. A strong (F-2) tornado hit Xenia OH injuring 16 persons and causing more than a million dollars damage. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from Texas to Nebraska. Thunderstorms spawned fifteen tornadoes, including a powerful (F-4) tornado near Weatherford TX. Between 3 PM and 8 PM, a storm complex tracking northeastward across central Kansas spawned four tornadoes along a 119-mile path from Ness to Smith Center, with the last tornado on the ground for 55 miles. Del Rio TX was raked with hail two inches in diameter, and wind gusts to 112 mph. Brown County and Commanche County in Texas were deluged with up to 18 inches of rain, and flooding caused more than 65 million dollars damage. Two dozen cities in the north central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Highs of 87 degrees at Flint MI and 90 degrees at Alpena MI were records for April. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1994 - Strong winds of 60 to 70 mph created dust storms that reduced visibilities to near zero over parts of southwest Kansas. A dust storm warning was issued which is extremely uncommon. Zero visibility in areas forced vehicles off roadways. A Kansas
Highway Patrol spokesman was quoted as saying “it was parallel to whiteout in a snowstorm”.
A tornado was reported in Dallas County, Texas killing three people and injuring 27. Damage totaled $200 million dollars.
Further north, record rainfall occurred in parts of eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin. The following locations had their wettest April day on record: Sparta, WI: 3.80", Hokah, MN: 3.55", La Crescent, MN: 3.43", Cashton, WI: 3.22", Ontario, WI: 3.00", Necedah, WI: 2.79", Mather, WI: 2.47" and Goodrich, WI: 1.78".
1996 - International Falls, MN recorded 9.6 inches of snow in a late season snowstorm. This brought the city's seasonal snowfall to 116.0 inches. This broke the old seasonal snowfall record of 111.0 inches set in 1992-93.
1997 - Amarillo, TX recorded 6.5 inches of snow for its greatest April snowstorm on record.
Coastal flooding resulted from prolonged strong easterly winds. Tides ran 2 to 3 feet above astronomically predicted levels from High Island to Jamaica Beach (Galveston County). Beach erosion, roof damage and foundation damage was observed - especially in Galveston County. Many residents along Galveston Bay lost fishing piers adjacent to their lots. Total damage was $655,000. Abundant street, bayou and creek flooding was also observed with this event due to 5 to 7 inches of rain falling in a six hour period across Fort Bend, Brazoria, Harris and Galveston Counties.
2002 - Firefighters battled a dangerous wildfire about 35 miles southwest of Denver, CO that forced the evacuation of over 1,000 homes around the town of Bailey. Winds of 30mph and very low humidity fed the raging blaze which consumed more than 2,000 acres. The early season fire sparked fears of a very bad summer fire season in parts of the west which were way behind on moisture because of a dry winter.
2004 - A late April snowstorm buried Gander, Newfoundland Canada under 14-18 inches of snow.
Flash flooding in the Pecan Hill subdivision northwest of Fulshear (Fort Bend County) left 15 to 20 homes flooded, with up to two feet of water in the worst flooded homes.
2007 - As an upper level disturbance approached fron the west, a complex of strong to severe thunderstorms developed over central and south central Texas and moved across southeast Texas. There was an EF-0 Tornado northwest of Snook (Burleson County), significant straight line wind damage in College Station (Brazos County), lightning strikes that caused damage in Porter (Montgomery County) and Richmond (Fort Bend County) and Rosharon (Brazoria County), an EF-0 Tornado east of Oyster Creek (Brazoria County), and EF-0 Tornado near the Alabama-Coushatta Reservation (Polk County), and flash flooding in Freeport (Brazoria County).
2008 - Anchorage, AK, receives a record 17.2 inches at the airport and 22 inches in northeast Anchorage from the 25th to 26th. The 15.5 inches on the 25th makes it the third most received on any one day in Anchorage.
2011 - Start of the largest tornado outbreak ever recorded in America. It affects a large area of the Southeast and Midwest. There were a total of 358 tornadoes reported from Alabama, Mississppi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Georgia, and Tennessee. The outbreak produced four EF-5 tornadoes, the strongest tornado. One of the tornadoes almost hit the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa. A total of 348 fatalities including 238 in Alabama. It is one of the deadliest tornado outbreak in American history.
The same storm system that produced the tornadoes dumped heavy rain and led to the Mississippi River to flood. Many areas saw over a foot of rain in a week. An area near Springdale, AR saw nearly 20 inches of rain.
Two EF-1 Tornadoes caused damage to the west southwest of Crockett (Houston County) and across portions of the Davy Crockett National Forest (Trinity County). The Crockett tornado destroyed unoccupied mobile home and damaged several others along County Road 3015. Several large trees were uprooted or snapped on a hillside east of Route 21. The Davy Crockett National Forest tornado left extensive tree damage in the Moore Cemetery Road area. In addition to the tornadoes, a microburst with winds of 70 to 80 mph left damage in the Horseshoe Lake area (Walker County). Intermittent damage was over a large area with trees pointing toward the northeast. One area near the lake was especially hard it with large trees uprooted and snapped and some mobile homes shifted.
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For April 26th
1834 - Killer frosts were reported in the Deep South. The frost was quite severe around Huntsville AL, and highlighted a backward spring in the South that year. (David Ludlum)
1884 - Tornadoes were hard to capture on early cameras with their hard to use glass plate negatives. The first recorded photograph of a tornado was taken on this date by A.A. Adams near Garnett, KS. Adams reportedly sold many copies of the photo as a stereoscopic set that could be viewed with a special viewer.
1888 - Norfolk, VA reported their latest killing freeze on record. Rochester, MN recorded their snowiest April day as 13 inches fell.
1962 - A tornado struck Sheppard Air Force Base, near Wichita Falls, TX. The tornado blew out all but one of the 12, large windows, in the control tower. Tower personnel had been evacuated only four minutes earlier.
1963 - An unusual cold storm system brought 6 inches of snow to Flagstaff, AZ.
1972 - A spring snow storm accompanied by thunder dumped over 15 inches of heavy wet snow on Denver, CO. The storm was quite intense and hampered travel. Gusty winds to 35 mph caused drifts 10 to 15 feet in some areas blocking roads and stranding hundreds of motorists. Power lines were downed and poles toppled with a number of steel towers carrying high voltage power lines were downed. Some areas northeast of Denver were without power for a week. A large number of livestock perished. Warm temperatures following the storm quickly melted the snow.
1978 - An unusually strong occluded front swept out of the Gulf of Alaska and produced the first April thunderstorm of record at Fairbanks. Pea size hail fell northeast of Fairbanks from thunderstorms whose tops were less than 8000 feet. (The Weather Channel)
1981- Colorado Springs, CO had an afternoon high of 83° which set a new record high for the month of April breaking the old mark of 82° set back in 1872. Other records included: Pueblo, CO: 90°, Denver, CO: 84°, Grand Junction, CO: 84°, Cheyenne, WY: 82° and Casper, WY: 80°.
1984 - Severe thunderstorms associated with an intense cyclone spawned a total of forty-seven tornadoes in two days from Louisiana to Upper Michigan. The tornadoes killed 16 persons and injured 259 others. (Storm Data)
1986 - The worst nuclear meltdown occurred on the night of April 26th in Chernobyl, Ukraine, Soviet Union. The meltdown occurred at Reactor 4 after it exploded. The explosion produces massive fires that spreads radiation throughout former Soviet Union and Europe. Many people die from radiation exposure and its affects.
1987 - Twenty-two cities in the central and western U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date. The afternoon high of 83 degrees at Astoria OR smashed their previous record by 13 degrees. Sacramento CA hit 94 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - While Rochester, MN, was blanketed with 13.7 inches of snow, establishing a single storm record for the month of April, Minneapolis MN, just 90 miles away, got only rain. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Thirty-three cities in the central and southeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Afternoon highs of 91 degrees at Evansville IN and Nashville TN equalled April records. Thunderstorms produced severe weather from Iowa to Kentucky, with more than ninety reports of large hail and damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 90 mph at Berwick IA. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - Twenty-nine cities from the Carolinas to the Great Lakes Region and western New England reported record high temperatures for the date as readings soared into the 80s and lower 90s. Record high temperatures included 95 degrees at Baltimore MD and 92 degrees at Allentown PA. The record high of 89 degrees at Alpena MI was the third out of six straight record highs for that location, and smashed their previous record for the date by ten degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
1991 - Severe thunderstorms in the central U.S. spawned fifty-five tornadoes from northeastern Texas to Iowa and eastern Nebraska killing twenty-one persons. Early evening thunderstorms over south central Kansas spawned a violent (F-5) tornado whiched traveled 45 miles from southwest of Wichita to north of El Dorado. It killed seventeen persons, including thirteen at the Golden Spur Mobile Home Park in Andover. The tornado also caused 62 million dollars damage to McConnell Air Force Base as it crossed the south side of Wichita. (National Weather Summary
1993 - Binghamton, NY recorded 0.6 inches of snow on this day to raise its seasonal snow total to 122.7 inches. This set a new all-time seasonal snow record for the city. The previous record was 122.5 inches set in 1955-56.
1994 - A late season snowstorm deposited 7.5 inches at Fargo, ND, bringing the city's seasonal snowfall to 87.5; their snowiest winter ever. The previous snowiest winter was 82.2 inches set in 1936-37. 8.5 inches of snow at Bismarck, ND pushed their seasonal snowfall to 91.7 inches, for its snowiest winter ever as well. The previous snowiest winter was 86.8 inches set in 1949-50.
An F2 twister passed through Pulaski, Fulton, and Marshall Counties in Indiana. It damaged a home and uprooted trees at Tippecanoe River State Park. Then, and F4 tornado moved through Tippecanoe and Carroll counties, hitting West Lafayette. Three people were killed.
1995 - The third major snow storm of the month dumped heavy snow in and near Colorado’s Front Range foothills. 6 to 12 inches of heavy wet snow fell in Denver’s western suburbs with the heaviest amounts above 6,000 feet. Boulder and Golden, CO received 10 inches of snow.
1997 - In an unusual occurrence, the national high and low temperatures for the day were both registered in the same state. The national low was set at Springerville, AZ high on the Mogollon Rim with 21°, and the afternoon national high of 101° in Kingman, AZ is located in the western Arizona desert.
1998 - The last in a series of April snow storms blanketed the foothills of Colorado with heavy snow. Snowfall totals included: 17 inches near Blackhawk, 15 inches at Idaho Springs, 14 inches at Georgetown and 11 inches near Conifer & Morrison.
2003 - Twenty inches of snow falls in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. Alpine Meadows ski resort just north of Lake Tahoe reports more than 100 inches and Kirkwood south of Tahoe reports 112 inches.
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1834 - Killer frosts were reported in the Deep South. The frost was quite severe around Huntsville AL, and highlighted a backward spring in the South that year. (David Ludlum)
1884 - Tornadoes were hard to capture on early cameras with their hard to use glass plate negatives. The first recorded photograph of a tornado was taken on this date by A.A. Adams near Garnett, KS. Adams reportedly sold many copies of the photo as a stereoscopic set that could be viewed with a special viewer.
1888 - Norfolk, VA reported their latest killing freeze on record. Rochester, MN recorded their snowiest April day as 13 inches fell.
1962 - A tornado struck Sheppard Air Force Base, near Wichita Falls, TX. The tornado blew out all but one of the 12, large windows, in the control tower. Tower personnel had been evacuated only four minutes earlier.
1963 - An unusual cold storm system brought 6 inches of snow to Flagstaff, AZ.
1972 - A spring snow storm accompanied by thunder dumped over 15 inches of heavy wet snow on Denver, CO. The storm was quite intense and hampered travel. Gusty winds to 35 mph caused drifts 10 to 15 feet in some areas blocking roads and stranding hundreds of motorists. Power lines were downed and poles toppled with a number of steel towers carrying high voltage power lines were downed. Some areas northeast of Denver were without power for a week. A large number of livestock perished. Warm temperatures following the storm quickly melted the snow.
1978 - An unusually strong occluded front swept out of the Gulf of Alaska and produced the first April thunderstorm of record at Fairbanks. Pea size hail fell northeast of Fairbanks from thunderstorms whose tops were less than 8000 feet. (The Weather Channel)
1981- Colorado Springs, CO had an afternoon high of 83° which set a new record high for the month of April breaking the old mark of 82° set back in 1872. Other records included: Pueblo, CO: 90°, Denver, CO: 84°, Grand Junction, CO: 84°, Cheyenne, WY: 82° and Casper, WY: 80°.
1984 - Severe thunderstorms associated with an intense cyclone spawned a total of forty-seven tornadoes in two days from Louisiana to Upper Michigan. The tornadoes killed 16 persons and injured 259 others. (Storm Data)
1986 - The worst nuclear meltdown occurred on the night of April 26th in Chernobyl, Ukraine, Soviet Union. The meltdown occurred at Reactor 4 after it exploded. The explosion produces massive fires that spreads radiation throughout former Soviet Union and Europe. Many people die from radiation exposure and its affects.
1987 - Twenty-two cities in the central and western U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date. The afternoon high of 83 degrees at Astoria OR smashed their previous record by 13 degrees. Sacramento CA hit 94 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - While Rochester, MN, was blanketed with 13.7 inches of snow, establishing a single storm record for the month of April, Minneapolis MN, just 90 miles away, got only rain. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Thirty-three cities in the central and southeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Afternoon highs of 91 degrees at Evansville IN and Nashville TN equalled April records. Thunderstorms produced severe weather from Iowa to Kentucky, with more than ninety reports of large hail and damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 90 mph at Berwick IA. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - Twenty-nine cities from the Carolinas to the Great Lakes Region and western New England reported record high temperatures for the date as readings soared into the 80s and lower 90s. Record high temperatures included 95 degrees at Baltimore MD and 92 degrees at Allentown PA. The record high of 89 degrees at Alpena MI was the third out of six straight record highs for that location, and smashed their previous record for the date by ten degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
1991 - Severe thunderstorms in the central U.S. spawned fifty-five tornadoes from northeastern Texas to Iowa and eastern Nebraska killing twenty-one persons. Early evening thunderstorms over south central Kansas spawned a violent (F-5) tornado whiched traveled 45 miles from southwest of Wichita to north of El Dorado. It killed seventeen persons, including thirteen at the Golden Spur Mobile Home Park in Andover. The tornado also caused 62 million dollars damage to McConnell Air Force Base as it crossed the south side of Wichita. (National Weather Summary
1993 - Binghamton, NY recorded 0.6 inches of snow on this day to raise its seasonal snow total to 122.7 inches. This set a new all-time seasonal snow record for the city. The previous record was 122.5 inches set in 1955-56.
1994 - A late season snowstorm deposited 7.5 inches at Fargo, ND, bringing the city's seasonal snowfall to 87.5; their snowiest winter ever. The previous snowiest winter was 82.2 inches set in 1936-37. 8.5 inches of snow at Bismarck, ND pushed their seasonal snowfall to 91.7 inches, for its snowiest winter ever as well. The previous snowiest winter was 86.8 inches set in 1949-50.
An F2 twister passed through Pulaski, Fulton, and Marshall Counties in Indiana. It damaged a home and uprooted trees at Tippecanoe River State Park. Then, and F4 tornado moved through Tippecanoe and Carroll counties, hitting West Lafayette. Three people were killed.
1995 - The third major snow storm of the month dumped heavy snow in and near Colorado’s Front Range foothills. 6 to 12 inches of heavy wet snow fell in Denver’s western suburbs with the heaviest amounts above 6,000 feet. Boulder and Golden, CO received 10 inches of snow.
1997 - In an unusual occurrence, the national high and low temperatures for the day were both registered in the same state. The national low was set at Springerville, AZ high on the Mogollon Rim with 21°, and the afternoon national high of 101° in Kingman, AZ is located in the western Arizona desert.
1998 - The last in a series of April snow storms blanketed the foothills of Colorado with heavy snow. Snowfall totals included: 17 inches near Blackhawk, 15 inches at Idaho Springs, 14 inches at Georgetown and 11 inches near Conifer & Morrison.
2003 - Twenty inches of snow falls in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. Alpine Meadows ski resort just north of Lake Tahoe reports more than 100 inches and Kirkwood south of Tahoe reports 112 inches.
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For April 27th
1857 - Heavy snow in parts of Connecticut caused buildings to collapse. Six foot snow drifts were reported.
1890 - Baltimore, MD reported a damaging hailstorm accompanied by heavy rain and high winds. Damage totaled $100,000 dollars.
1898 - The first Weather Bureau kite was launched in Topeka, KS to report daily, early morning, atmospheric observations. By year's end, 16 additional launch sites would be in operation.
1899 - A tornado struck Kirksville, MO, killing 34 persons and destroying 300 buildings. (David Ludlum)
1912 - One of the worst tornado outbreaks in Oklahoma's history occurred. 16 tornadoes rated F2 or greater touched down in the state with 6 of them rated F4. 29 people were killed.
1915 - An early season heat wave was in progress across the east. 96° in Richmond and 95° in Washington D.C. tied records for April. Other records included: Greensboro, NC: 94°, Lynchburg, VA: 93°, Norfolk, VA: 93°, Philadelphia, PA: 93°, Huntington, WV: 92°, Wilmington, DE: 92° and New York City: 92°.
1922 - For two weeks, the city of New Orleans, LA had been under siege from a major flood on the Mississippi River. On this date, a levee failure occurred 12 miles downriver from New Orleans at Poydras in St. Bernard Parish. The Poydras crevasse would become an opening 1,500 feet wide in the levee and flooding Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parishes, but saving New Orleans. As the Corps of Engineers built more and more levees, the river went higher and higher. The 1922 flood was a preview of a worse flood that would occur in 1927.
1923 - A tornado moved east from the northeast corner of Baca County, Colorado. Accompanied by two other funnel clouds, the tornado struck the Sherwood school, 14 miles northwest of Johnson Kansas, killing the teacher and injuring five small children. The body of the teacher was carried 100 yards. The prairie grass in this sparsely settled region appeared to be burned.
1931 - The temperature at Pahala, located on the main island of Hawaii, soared to 100 degrees to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel)
1933 - This was the 11th day during the month where the low temperatures at Rockford, IL fell below the freezing mark. The morning low of 26° tied a record low for the date.
1942 - A destructive tornado swept across Rogers County and Mayes County in Oklahoma. The tornado struck the town of Pryor killing 52 persons and causing two million dollars damage. (David Ludlum)
1960 - The hottest temperature ever recorded in Thailand occurred at Uttaradit when they soared to 112°.
1970 - Heavy snows fell across Montana, including 39 inches at Red Lodge and 35 inches at Summit.
1971 - A strong tornado in Franklin County, in southern Illinois, moved through Thompsonville. This tornado destroyed 8 homes, 3 commercial buildings, and 5 trailers. One person was killed, with 20 injured.
1982 - A South Korean police officer goes on an 8 hour killing spree in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. The massacre claims 57 lives and leaves 35 people wounded. It is the deadliest killing spree prior to the July 22, 2011 Norway Attacks.
1984 - A significant tornado outbreak struck the southern Plains, with 11 tornadoes reported over the eastern half of Oklahoma. The most devastating of the storms tore through the town of Morris, in Okmulgee County. This storm destroyed 28 square blocks of Morris, killing eight people and injuring nearly 100. Another tornado killed three people and injured 37 on its path through Creek and Pawnee counties. The severe storms also dumped large hail, with hailstones up to the size of grapefruits reported.
85 mph thunderstorm wind gusts blew though Olmsted County, Minnesota and an F1 tornado touched down in Jackson Township, WI (Adams County) damaging several homes, garages, and barns.
A strong tornado touched down 8 miles southwest of Plainfield, in northeast Illinois, and lifted just southeast of town. This tornado damaged 43 homes, of which 14 were nearly destroyed. Large wooden beams were driven into nearby homes. One person was killed.
1987 - Forty-two cities in the western and south central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. The afternoon high of 87 degrees at Olympia WA was an April record, and highs of 92 degrees at Boise ID, 95 degrees at Monroe LA, and 96 degrees at Sacramento CA tied April records. (The National Weather Summary) More than 300 daily temperature records fell by the wayside during a two week long heat wave across thirty-four states in the southern and western U.S. Thirteen cities established records for the month of April. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987)
1988 - Mount Washington NH reported seven feet of snow in ten days, pushing their snowfall total for the month past the previous record of 89.3 inches set in 1975. (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Lower and Middle Mississippi Valley to Virginia and the Carolinas. Hail up to four and a half inches in diameter caused five million dollars damage around Omaha NE. Thunderstorms spawned eleven tornadoes, and there were 160 other reports of large hail and damaging winds. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather in eastern Texas and the Lower Mississippi Valley. Severe thunderstorms spawned thirteen tornadoes in Texas and twelve in Louisiana. A tornado southwest of Coolidge TX injured eight persons and caused more than five million dollars damage. There were also eighty-five reports of large hail and damaging winds, with baseball size hail reported at Mexia TX and Shreveport LA. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) Forty-three cities in the eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Records highs included 94 degrees at Charleston WV, 95 degrees at Baltimore MD and96 degrees at Richmond VA. (The National Weather Summary)
1993 - A storm bringing snow, freezing rain and ice pellets across the southern Canadian Maritimes dumped 7 inches of snow fell at Greenwood. The storm was also blamed for three deaths in a traffic accident near New Glasgow.
1998 - Severe thunderstorms produced damaging winds that resulted in roof damage at the Beal department store in Brenham (Washington County).
2003 - The largest hail storm ever recorded at Key West, FL fell between 4:10-4:20pm ET. Hailstones ranging in size from 0.5 inches up to 1.75 inches were reported. It was the 11th recorded hail event since 1871 at Key West.
A powerful heat-burst struck Wichita Falls, TX at 11pm, causing winds to gust to 88 mph, downing numerous trees and power lines.
2007 - Two waterspouts in Galveston Bay south of Texas City and west northwest of the North Jetty.
2011 - An estimated 305 tornados between the 27th and 28th sets a record for the largest outbreak ever recorded, including two EF-5s, four EF-4s and 21 EF-3s. Arkansas through Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, southern Tennessee, Virginia to Pennsylvania and New York were all affected. An estimated 300 died including 210 in Alabama alone. This brought the April total past 600, the most in any month in recorded US weather history.
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1857 - Heavy snow in parts of Connecticut caused buildings to collapse. Six foot snow drifts were reported.
1890 - Baltimore, MD reported a damaging hailstorm accompanied by heavy rain and high winds. Damage totaled $100,000 dollars.
1898 - The first Weather Bureau kite was launched in Topeka, KS to report daily, early morning, atmospheric observations. By year's end, 16 additional launch sites would be in operation.
1899 - A tornado struck Kirksville, MO, killing 34 persons and destroying 300 buildings. (David Ludlum)
1912 - One of the worst tornado outbreaks in Oklahoma's history occurred. 16 tornadoes rated F2 or greater touched down in the state with 6 of them rated F4. 29 people were killed.
1915 - An early season heat wave was in progress across the east. 96° in Richmond and 95° in Washington D.C. tied records for April. Other records included: Greensboro, NC: 94°, Lynchburg, VA: 93°, Norfolk, VA: 93°, Philadelphia, PA: 93°, Huntington, WV: 92°, Wilmington, DE: 92° and New York City: 92°.
1922 - For two weeks, the city of New Orleans, LA had been under siege from a major flood on the Mississippi River. On this date, a levee failure occurred 12 miles downriver from New Orleans at Poydras in St. Bernard Parish. The Poydras crevasse would become an opening 1,500 feet wide in the levee and flooding Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parishes, but saving New Orleans. As the Corps of Engineers built more and more levees, the river went higher and higher. The 1922 flood was a preview of a worse flood that would occur in 1927.
1923 - A tornado moved east from the northeast corner of Baca County, Colorado. Accompanied by two other funnel clouds, the tornado struck the Sherwood school, 14 miles northwest of Johnson Kansas, killing the teacher and injuring five small children. The body of the teacher was carried 100 yards. The prairie grass in this sparsely settled region appeared to be burned.
1931 - The temperature at Pahala, located on the main island of Hawaii, soared to 100 degrees to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel)
1933 - This was the 11th day during the month where the low temperatures at Rockford, IL fell below the freezing mark. The morning low of 26° tied a record low for the date.
1942 - A destructive tornado swept across Rogers County and Mayes County in Oklahoma. The tornado struck the town of Pryor killing 52 persons and causing two million dollars damage. (David Ludlum)
1960 - The hottest temperature ever recorded in Thailand occurred at Uttaradit when they soared to 112°.
1970 - Heavy snows fell across Montana, including 39 inches at Red Lodge and 35 inches at Summit.
1971 - A strong tornado in Franklin County, in southern Illinois, moved through Thompsonville. This tornado destroyed 8 homes, 3 commercial buildings, and 5 trailers. One person was killed, with 20 injured.
1982 - A South Korean police officer goes on an 8 hour killing spree in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. The massacre claims 57 lives and leaves 35 people wounded. It is the deadliest killing spree prior to the July 22, 2011 Norway Attacks.
1984 - A significant tornado outbreak struck the southern Plains, with 11 tornadoes reported over the eastern half of Oklahoma. The most devastating of the storms tore through the town of Morris, in Okmulgee County. This storm destroyed 28 square blocks of Morris, killing eight people and injuring nearly 100. Another tornado killed three people and injured 37 on its path through Creek and Pawnee counties. The severe storms also dumped large hail, with hailstones up to the size of grapefruits reported.
85 mph thunderstorm wind gusts blew though Olmsted County, Minnesota and an F1 tornado touched down in Jackson Township, WI (Adams County) damaging several homes, garages, and barns.
A strong tornado touched down 8 miles southwest of Plainfield, in northeast Illinois, and lifted just southeast of town. This tornado damaged 43 homes, of which 14 were nearly destroyed. Large wooden beams were driven into nearby homes. One person was killed.
1987 - Forty-two cities in the western and south central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. The afternoon high of 87 degrees at Olympia WA was an April record, and highs of 92 degrees at Boise ID, 95 degrees at Monroe LA, and 96 degrees at Sacramento CA tied April records. (The National Weather Summary) More than 300 daily temperature records fell by the wayside during a two week long heat wave across thirty-four states in the southern and western U.S. Thirteen cities established records for the month of April. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987)
1988 - Mount Washington NH reported seven feet of snow in ten days, pushing their snowfall total for the month past the previous record of 89.3 inches set in 1975. (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Lower and Middle Mississippi Valley to Virginia and the Carolinas. Hail up to four and a half inches in diameter caused five million dollars damage around Omaha NE. Thunderstorms spawned eleven tornadoes, and there were 160 other reports of large hail and damaging winds. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather in eastern Texas and the Lower Mississippi Valley. Severe thunderstorms spawned thirteen tornadoes in Texas and twelve in Louisiana. A tornado southwest of Coolidge TX injured eight persons and caused more than five million dollars damage. There were also eighty-five reports of large hail and damaging winds, with baseball size hail reported at Mexia TX and Shreveport LA. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) Forty-three cities in the eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Records highs included 94 degrees at Charleston WV, 95 degrees at Baltimore MD and96 degrees at Richmond VA. (The National Weather Summary)
1993 - A storm bringing snow, freezing rain and ice pellets across the southern Canadian Maritimes dumped 7 inches of snow fell at Greenwood. The storm was also blamed for three deaths in a traffic accident near New Glasgow.
1998 - Severe thunderstorms produced damaging winds that resulted in roof damage at the Beal department store in Brenham (Washington County).
2003 - The largest hail storm ever recorded at Key West, FL fell between 4:10-4:20pm ET. Hailstones ranging in size from 0.5 inches up to 1.75 inches were reported. It was the 11th recorded hail event since 1871 at Key West.
A powerful heat-burst struck Wichita Falls, TX at 11pm, causing winds to gust to 88 mph, downing numerous trees and power lines.
2007 - Two waterspouts in Galveston Bay south of Texas City and west northwest of the North Jetty.
2011 - An estimated 305 tornados between the 27th and 28th sets a record for the largest outbreak ever recorded, including two EF-5s, four EF-4s and 21 EF-3s. Arkansas through Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, southern Tennessee, Virginia to Pennsylvania and New York were all affected. An estimated 300 died including 210 in Alabama alone. This brought the April total past 600, the most in any month in recorded US weather history.
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For April 28th
1893 - A 1/2 mile wide F4 tornado killed 23 people and injured 150 as it tore a path of devastation through Cisco, TX. Every building in the town was either totally destroyed or severely damaged.
1912 - The worst flooding since 1573 began in Argentina. Several days of heavy rainfall raised several major rivers, including the Salado River as much as 20 inches in 12 hours. At least 23 people were killed and over 45,000 people evacuated by early May. The flooding was so severe that Santa Fe was characterized as an island.
1921 - A severe hailstorm in Anson County, NC, produced hail the size of baseballs. Gardens, grain fields and trees were destroyed. Pine trees in the storm's path had to be cut for lumber because of the hail damage. (The Weather Channel)
1928 - A coastal storm produced tremendous late season snows in the Central Appalachians, including 35 inches at Bayard WV, 31 inches at Somerset PA, and 30 inches at Grantsville MD. High winds accompanying the heavy wet snow uprooted trees and unroofed a number of homes. The storm caused great damage to fruit trees and wild life. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
1973 - The all-time record crest of the Mississippi River at St. Louis, MO was recorded at 43.3 feet. This exceeded the former 1884 mark by 1.9 feet. This record was broken during the 1993 Flood.
1987 - Twenty cities in the western and central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Highs of 95 degrees at Houston TX, 95 degrees at Lake Charles LA, and 94 degrees at Port Arthur TX, were April records. (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Miami, FL, hit 92 degrees, marking a record eight days of 90 degree heat in the month of April. Squalls produced snow in the Washington D.C. area. Belvoir VA reported a temperature reading of 57 degrees at the time the snow began. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Strong northerly winds and heavy snow ushered cold air into the north central U.S. Snowfall totals in Montana ranged up to 20 inches at Miles City. Thunderstorms produced severe weather from eastern Texas to the Southern Appalachians and the southern Ohio Valley. Hail four and a half inches in diameter was reported at Keller TX and White Settlement TX. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1990 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the southeastern U.S. during the day. Severe thunderstorms spawned four tornadoes, including one which injured four persons at Inman SC. There were also more than one hundred reports of large hail and damaging winds, with better than half of those reports in Georgia. Strong thunderstorm winds injured four people at Sadler's Creek SC. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) Twenty-nine cities in the northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date as readings soared into the 80s and lower 90s. Highs of 88 degrees at Binghamton NY, 94 degrees at Buffalo NY, 89 degrees at Erie PA, 90 degrees at Newark NJ, 93 degrees at Rochester NY and 92 degrees at Syracuse NY, were records for the month of April. (The National Weather Summary)
1991 - Memphis, TN recorded their wettest April ever with 15.03 inches, breaking their previous record of 13.90 inches in 1872.
1992 - Intense thunderstorms dumped large hail up to 4.5 inches in diameter (softball size) and produced wind gusts to 100 mph across Tarrant, Dallas, and Ellis counties in north Texas, resulting in the costliest severe thunderstorm event in the state's history up to the time. Total damage was around $600 million dollars. More than 15,000 homes and 21,000 automobiles were damaged due to hail.
1996 - A gunman goes on a killing spree at various locations in Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia. By the time he is caught after he burns down a house, 35 people are killed and 37 are wounded.
1999 - As a snowstorm battered Prince Edward Island, Canada, the Confederation Bridge recorded a wind gust to 70 mph.
2002 - Sirens were credited with saving numerous lives at Providence, KY where 50 homes were destroyed by a long track F3 tornado during the wee hours of the morning. A 15-minute lead time warning from the National Weather Service triggered the sirens, which awakened many people and sent them to shelter. No one died in Providence.
A violent F4 tornado carved a 64-mile path across Charles and Calvert Counties in southeast Maryland. The La Plata, Maryland, tornado was part of a large severe weather outbreak that began in the mid-Mississippi Valley early on that day and spread across portions of the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic States. In La Plata, 65% of the buildings were destroyed in the downtown area. Cancelled checks, bank and tax documents from La Plata were found in southern Delaware, over 60 miles away. In Maryland, 3 deaths and 122 injuries were a direct result of the storm. Property damage totaled $115 million dollars. Tornadoes along the Atlantic coast are not common, and tornadoes of this magnitude are extremely rare. Only six F4 tornadoes have occurred farther north and east of the La Plata storm: Worchester, MA: 1953; New York/Massachusetts: 1973; Windsor Locks, CT: 1979; five counties in New York: 1989; New Haven, CT: 1989; North Egremont, MA: 1995. None were as close to the coast.
The tornado traveled across the Chesapeake Bay almost to the Atlantic.
2003 - A rare and photogenic tornado skipped across parts of southern Idaho during the afternoon hours. The twister initially touched down in Mindinoka County, then moved across Power County. The tornado was visible from the Pocatello Airport, when a commercial flight had to be delayed. A total of three tornadoes were reported, all rated as F0. No injures and no serious damage was reported.
2009 - A large, slow moving thunderstorm produced widespread heavy rainfall across western portions of Harris County during the early morning hours. Many roads including portions of US 59, Interstate 10 West, Beltway 8 West, and the 610 Loop were impassable for most of the morning rush hour, with numerous cars becoming stranded by high water. One fatality occurred when a vehicle was swept into the drainage system near the Katy Freeway (Interstate 10 W) and Beltway 8. In addition to the major disruption to the morning commute, over 2,100 Harris County homes received flood damage from this event. This ranks as the fourth largest number of homes flooded in a single event for Harris County.
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1893 - A 1/2 mile wide F4 tornado killed 23 people and injured 150 as it tore a path of devastation through Cisco, TX. Every building in the town was either totally destroyed or severely damaged.
1912 - The worst flooding since 1573 began in Argentina. Several days of heavy rainfall raised several major rivers, including the Salado River as much as 20 inches in 12 hours. At least 23 people were killed and over 45,000 people evacuated by early May. The flooding was so severe that Santa Fe was characterized as an island.
1921 - A severe hailstorm in Anson County, NC, produced hail the size of baseballs. Gardens, grain fields and trees were destroyed. Pine trees in the storm's path had to be cut for lumber because of the hail damage. (The Weather Channel)
1928 - A coastal storm produced tremendous late season snows in the Central Appalachians, including 35 inches at Bayard WV, 31 inches at Somerset PA, and 30 inches at Grantsville MD. High winds accompanying the heavy wet snow uprooted trees and unroofed a number of homes. The storm caused great damage to fruit trees and wild life. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
1973 - The all-time record crest of the Mississippi River at St. Louis, MO was recorded at 43.3 feet. This exceeded the former 1884 mark by 1.9 feet. This record was broken during the 1993 Flood.
1987 - Twenty cities in the western and central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Highs of 95 degrees at Houston TX, 95 degrees at Lake Charles LA, and 94 degrees at Port Arthur TX, were April records. (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Miami, FL, hit 92 degrees, marking a record eight days of 90 degree heat in the month of April. Squalls produced snow in the Washington D.C. area. Belvoir VA reported a temperature reading of 57 degrees at the time the snow began. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Strong northerly winds and heavy snow ushered cold air into the north central U.S. Snowfall totals in Montana ranged up to 20 inches at Miles City. Thunderstorms produced severe weather from eastern Texas to the Southern Appalachians and the southern Ohio Valley. Hail four and a half inches in diameter was reported at Keller TX and White Settlement TX. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1990 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the southeastern U.S. during the day. Severe thunderstorms spawned four tornadoes, including one which injured four persons at Inman SC. There were also more than one hundred reports of large hail and damaging winds, with better than half of those reports in Georgia. Strong thunderstorm winds injured four people at Sadler's Creek SC. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) Twenty-nine cities in the northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date as readings soared into the 80s and lower 90s. Highs of 88 degrees at Binghamton NY, 94 degrees at Buffalo NY, 89 degrees at Erie PA, 90 degrees at Newark NJ, 93 degrees at Rochester NY and 92 degrees at Syracuse NY, were records for the month of April. (The National Weather Summary)
1991 - Memphis, TN recorded their wettest April ever with 15.03 inches, breaking their previous record of 13.90 inches in 1872.
1992 - Intense thunderstorms dumped large hail up to 4.5 inches in diameter (softball size) and produced wind gusts to 100 mph across Tarrant, Dallas, and Ellis counties in north Texas, resulting in the costliest severe thunderstorm event in the state's history up to the time. Total damage was around $600 million dollars. More than 15,000 homes and 21,000 automobiles were damaged due to hail.
1996 - A gunman goes on a killing spree at various locations in Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia. By the time he is caught after he burns down a house, 35 people are killed and 37 are wounded.
1999 - As a snowstorm battered Prince Edward Island, Canada, the Confederation Bridge recorded a wind gust to 70 mph.
2002 - Sirens were credited with saving numerous lives at Providence, KY where 50 homes were destroyed by a long track F3 tornado during the wee hours of the morning. A 15-minute lead time warning from the National Weather Service triggered the sirens, which awakened many people and sent them to shelter. No one died in Providence.
A violent F4 tornado carved a 64-mile path across Charles and Calvert Counties in southeast Maryland. The La Plata, Maryland, tornado was part of a large severe weather outbreak that began in the mid-Mississippi Valley early on that day and spread across portions of the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic States. In La Plata, 65% of the buildings were destroyed in the downtown area. Cancelled checks, bank and tax documents from La Plata were found in southern Delaware, over 60 miles away. In Maryland, 3 deaths and 122 injuries were a direct result of the storm. Property damage totaled $115 million dollars. Tornadoes along the Atlantic coast are not common, and tornadoes of this magnitude are extremely rare. Only six F4 tornadoes have occurred farther north and east of the La Plata storm: Worchester, MA: 1953; New York/Massachusetts: 1973; Windsor Locks, CT: 1979; five counties in New York: 1989; New Haven, CT: 1989; North Egremont, MA: 1995. None were as close to the coast.
The tornado traveled across the Chesapeake Bay almost to the Atlantic.
2003 - A rare and photogenic tornado skipped across parts of southern Idaho during the afternoon hours. The twister initially touched down in Mindinoka County, then moved across Power County. The tornado was visible from the Pocatello Airport, when a commercial flight had to be delayed. A total of three tornadoes were reported, all rated as F0. No injures and no serious damage was reported.
2009 - A large, slow moving thunderstorm produced widespread heavy rainfall across western portions of Harris County during the early morning hours. Many roads including portions of US 59, Interstate 10 West, Beltway 8 West, and the 610 Loop were impassable for most of the morning rush hour, with numerous cars becoming stranded by high water. One fatality occurred when a vehicle was swept into the drainage system near the Katy Freeway (Interstate 10 W) and Beltway 8. In addition to the major disruption to the morning commute, over 2,100 Harris County homes received flood damage from this event. This ranks as the fourth largest number of homes flooded in a single event for Harris County.
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For April 29th
1874 - It is the snowiest April on record in New York/New England history. Cape Cod, MA had snow on every Saturday in the month. Parts of Vermont and New Hampshire picked up 60 inches during the month and 24 inches fell on the 29th in northwestern New Jersey. Washington, D.C. recorded their latest freezing temperature on this date. A half inch of snow fell at New York City for the latest measurable snow in the city's history.
1905 - The town of Taylor, in southeastern Texas, was deluged with 2.4 inches of rain in fifteen minutes. (The Weather Channel)
1910 - The temperature at Kansas City, MO, soared to 95 degrees to establish a record for the month of April. Four days earlier the afternoon high in Kansas City was 44 degrees, following a record cold morning low of 34 degrees. (The Weather Channel) (The Kansas City Weather Almanac)
1912 - Tuguegarao in the Philippines recorded the highest temperature ever in Oceania at 108°.
1939 - The high of 90° at Billings, MT was one of only two 90 degree days in April since 1934. The other occurred on 4/20/1980.
1954 - On this date through May 2nd, a major storm dumped 10.1 inches of snow at Stapleton Airport in Denver, CO. Most of the snow: 7.5 inches fell from this date through the 30th.
1963 - A tornado, as much as 100 yards in width, touched down south of Shannon, MS. The tornado destroyed twenty-seven homes along its eighteen mile path, killing three persons. Asphalt was torn from Highway 45 and thrown hundreds of yards away. Little rain or snow accompanied the tornado, so it was visible for miles. (The Weather Channel)
1973 - The Mississippi River reached a crest of 43.4 feet, breaking the prevous record of 42 feet established in 1785. (David Ludlum)
1985 - A tornado damaged parts of Ardmore,OK injuring one person. This tornado is unique in that it was the first tornado to be probed by a ground-based instrument package. A crew from the National Severe Storms Laboratory dropped the instrument package, appropriately called TOTO, for Totable Tornado Observatory, into the path of the storm to get accurate readings of conditions inside the tornado.
1987 - A storm off the southeast coast of Massachusetts blanketed southern New England with heavy snow. Totals of three inches at Boston MA, 11 inches at Milton MA, and 17 inches at Worcester MA, were records for so late in the season. Princeton MA was buried under 25 inches of snow. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Thunderstorms produced large hail and high winds in central Texas. Baseball size hail was reported at Nixon, and wind gusts to 70 mph were reported at Cotulla. Heavy rain in Maine caused flooding along the Pemigewassett and Ammonoosuc Rivers. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Arkansas, Louisiana and eastern Texas, with more than 70 reports of large hail and damaging winds. Softball size hail was reported at Palestine TX. Hail as large as tennis balls caused ten million dollars damage around Pine Bluff AR. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - A storm system crossing northern New Mexico blanketed parts of the Rocky Mountain Region and the Northern High Plains with heavy snow, and produced blizzard conditions in central Montana. Much of southern Colorado was buried under one to three feet of snow. Pueblo tied an April record with 16.8 inches of snow in 24 hours. Strong canyon winds in New Mexico, enhanced by local showers, gusted to 65 mph at Albuquerque. Afternoon temperatures across the Great Plains Region ranged from the 20s in North Dakota to 107 degrees at Laredo TX. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1991 - Super Cyclonic Storm BOB 01 intensified in the Bay of Bengal making landfall the next day near Chittagong, Bangladesh with sustained winds near 160 mph. The large tropical cyclone produced 20 foot storm surge as the wind field covered the Bay of Bengal. Once it was all over, 200,000 people were killed. It was the deadliest tropical cyclone since the 1970 Bhola Cyclone killed +500,000 people.
An intense low pressure system tracked northward across Iowa. Widespread severe weather developed in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa during the afternoon hours. A small tornado skipped through Omaha and Council Bluffs in the early afternoon causing some roof damage and blowing semi-trailor trucks off the road. Elsewhere, baseball size hail fell two miles east of Odebolt in Sac County and covered Highway 175. Golf ball size hail was common in Pottawattamie County and in Buena Vista County at Newell. In Newell, the golf ball size hail lasted 11 minutes and completed covered the ground. In addition, most of the hail storms were accompanied by wind gusts of 50 to 80 mph.
Two men were struck by lightning while golfing in Cherry Hills just south of Denver, CO. The two received only minor burns. Shortly afterward, lightning struck a home in Cherry Hills Village several times, leaving numerous holes in the roof. No injuries were reported.
1992 - Riots break out following the acquittal of four Los Angeles Police Department officers; Stacey Koon, Theodore Briseno, Timothy Wind and Laurence Powell, who beat Rodney King. The riots lasted for 5 days and 55 people were killed in the riot.
Record cold temperatures occurred across parts of the east while record heat scorched the west. The morning low fell to 32° at Spartanburg, SC, while it reached 102° at Tucson, AZ.
Other record lows: Tallahassee, FL: 34°, Knoxville, TN: 33°, Atlantic City NJ: 32° and Greenbank, WV: 20°.
1995 - Severe thunderstorms moved across Tarrant county in Texas. Hail up to 3.5 inches in diameter did an enormous amount of damage. 100 aircraft were damaged at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport. Damages in the county totaled $220 million dollars. This was the second major hailstorm to hit the area in a month.
1997 - A late season snowstorm dumped 4 to 6 inches of snow over the Canadian Maritimes. St. John's, Newfoundland recorded 8.3 inches of snow.
1998 - A series of severe thunderstorms developed over Logan and McLean Counties in Illinois, mainly along I-55, causing flash flooding. Lincoln, IL recorded 4 inches of rain in 3 hours. Most of the flooding was in an area from Lincoln to Ellsworth. Over 1,000 buildings in Logan County sustained water damage. Damage was estimated at $1.5 million dollars.
2001 - The debate had raged for years in Davenport, IA about building a permanent floodwall to protect the city from flooding from the Mississippi River. Davenport is the only city on the Upper Mississippi that does not have flood protection. Opponents said the floodwall would destroy the town's view of the River and hurt tourism revenue. Major flooding on the Mississippi in April caused serious damage in Iowa and Illinois, but damage in Davenport was minimal as the flood crest did not breach the sand bag dikes protecting the town.
2003 - Lightning struck a chimney at a residence in Hiwan in Evergreen, CO sending stones flying as far as 150 feet. Electrical equipment in some nearby homes failed. Damage to the residence and the electrical equipment was estimated at $100,000 dollars.
2006 - There were six tornadoes during the early morning hours: an F0 tornado downed trees and power lines near Rye (Liberty County); an F0 tornado in Taylor Lake Estates (Polk County) impacted 52 homes (8 had major damage and 15 had minor damage) and also lifted off a patio roof, tore trees down and picked up and displaced a travel trailer; an F2 tornado in the Coldspring Terrace Subdivision along Lake Livingston (San Jacinto County) caused four injuries in two homes that received major damage; an F1 tornado caused extensive damage near Liberty (Liberty County); and F0 tornado downed trees and ripped siding from homes northwest of Conroe (Montgomery County); and F0 tornado downed trees and flipped over a horse trailernear Cedar bayou (Harris County).
http://www.weatherforyou.com/weather_hi ... =29&y=2013
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http://www.examiner.com/article/weather ... -1?cid=rss
1874 - It is the snowiest April on record in New York/New England history. Cape Cod, MA had snow on every Saturday in the month. Parts of Vermont and New Hampshire picked up 60 inches during the month and 24 inches fell on the 29th in northwestern New Jersey. Washington, D.C. recorded their latest freezing temperature on this date. A half inch of snow fell at New York City for the latest measurable snow in the city's history.
1905 - The town of Taylor, in southeastern Texas, was deluged with 2.4 inches of rain in fifteen minutes. (The Weather Channel)
1910 - The temperature at Kansas City, MO, soared to 95 degrees to establish a record for the month of April. Four days earlier the afternoon high in Kansas City was 44 degrees, following a record cold morning low of 34 degrees. (The Weather Channel) (The Kansas City Weather Almanac)
1912 - Tuguegarao in the Philippines recorded the highest temperature ever in Oceania at 108°.
1939 - The high of 90° at Billings, MT was one of only two 90 degree days in April since 1934. The other occurred on 4/20/1980.
1954 - On this date through May 2nd, a major storm dumped 10.1 inches of snow at Stapleton Airport in Denver, CO. Most of the snow: 7.5 inches fell from this date through the 30th.
1963 - A tornado, as much as 100 yards in width, touched down south of Shannon, MS. The tornado destroyed twenty-seven homes along its eighteen mile path, killing three persons. Asphalt was torn from Highway 45 and thrown hundreds of yards away. Little rain or snow accompanied the tornado, so it was visible for miles. (The Weather Channel)
1973 - The Mississippi River reached a crest of 43.4 feet, breaking the prevous record of 42 feet established in 1785. (David Ludlum)
1985 - A tornado damaged parts of Ardmore,OK injuring one person. This tornado is unique in that it was the first tornado to be probed by a ground-based instrument package. A crew from the National Severe Storms Laboratory dropped the instrument package, appropriately called TOTO, for Totable Tornado Observatory, into the path of the storm to get accurate readings of conditions inside the tornado.
1987 - A storm off the southeast coast of Massachusetts blanketed southern New England with heavy snow. Totals of three inches at Boston MA, 11 inches at Milton MA, and 17 inches at Worcester MA, were records for so late in the season. Princeton MA was buried under 25 inches of snow. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Thunderstorms produced large hail and high winds in central Texas. Baseball size hail was reported at Nixon, and wind gusts to 70 mph were reported at Cotulla. Heavy rain in Maine caused flooding along the Pemigewassett and Ammonoosuc Rivers. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Arkansas, Louisiana and eastern Texas, with more than 70 reports of large hail and damaging winds. Softball size hail was reported at Palestine TX. Hail as large as tennis balls caused ten million dollars damage around Pine Bluff AR. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - A storm system crossing northern New Mexico blanketed parts of the Rocky Mountain Region and the Northern High Plains with heavy snow, and produced blizzard conditions in central Montana. Much of southern Colorado was buried under one to three feet of snow. Pueblo tied an April record with 16.8 inches of snow in 24 hours. Strong canyon winds in New Mexico, enhanced by local showers, gusted to 65 mph at Albuquerque. Afternoon temperatures across the Great Plains Region ranged from the 20s in North Dakota to 107 degrees at Laredo TX. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1991 - Super Cyclonic Storm BOB 01 intensified in the Bay of Bengal making landfall the next day near Chittagong, Bangladesh with sustained winds near 160 mph. The large tropical cyclone produced 20 foot storm surge as the wind field covered the Bay of Bengal. Once it was all over, 200,000 people were killed. It was the deadliest tropical cyclone since the 1970 Bhola Cyclone killed +500,000 people.
An intense low pressure system tracked northward across Iowa. Widespread severe weather developed in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa during the afternoon hours. A small tornado skipped through Omaha and Council Bluffs in the early afternoon causing some roof damage and blowing semi-trailor trucks off the road. Elsewhere, baseball size hail fell two miles east of Odebolt in Sac County and covered Highway 175. Golf ball size hail was common in Pottawattamie County and in Buena Vista County at Newell. In Newell, the golf ball size hail lasted 11 minutes and completed covered the ground. In addition, most of the hail storms were accompanied by wind gusts of 50 to 80 mph.
Two men were struck by lightning while golfing in Cherry Hills just south of Denver, CO. The two received only minor burns. Shortly afterward, lightning struck a home in Cherry Hills Village several times, leaving numerous holes in the roof. No injuries were reported.
1992 - Riots break out following the acquittal of four Los Angeles Police Department officers; Stacey Koon, Theodore Briseno, Timothy Wind and Laurence Powell, who beat Rodney King. The riots lasted for 5 days and 55 people were killed in the riot.
Record cold temperatures occurred across parts of the east while record heat scorched the west. The morning low fell to 32° at Spartanburg, SC, while it reached 102° at Tucson, AZ.
Other record lows: Tallahassee, FL: 34°, Knoxville, TN: 33°, Atlantic City NJ: 32° and Greenbank, WV: 20°.
1995 - Severe thunderstorms moved across Tarrant county in Texas. Hail up to 3.5 inches in diameter did an enormous amount of damage. 100 aircraft were damaged at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport. Damages in the county totaled $220 million dollars. This was the second major hailstorm to hit the area in a month.
1997 - A late season snowstorm dumped 4 to 6 inches of snow over the Canadian Maritimes. St. John's, Newfoundland recorded 8.3 inches of snow.
1998 - A series of severe thunderstorms developed over Logan and McLean Counties in Illinois, mainly along I-55, causing flash flooding. Lincoln, IL recorded 4 inches of rain in 3 hours. Most of the flooding was in an area from Lincoln to Ellsworth. Over 1,000 buildings in Logan County sustained water damage. Damage was estimated at $1.5 million dollars.
2001 - The debate had raged for years in Davenport, IA about building a permanent floodwall to protect the city from flooding from the Mississippi River. Davenport is the only city on the Upper Mississippi that does not have flood protection. Opponents said the floodwall would destroy the town's view of the River and hurt tourism revenue. Major flooding on the Mississippi in April caused serious damage in Iowa and Illinois, but damage in Davenport was minimal as the flood crest did not breach the sand bag dikes protecting the town.
2003 - Lightning struck a chimney at a residence in Hiwan in Evergreen, CO sending stones flying as far as 150 feet. Electrical equipment in some nearby homes failed. Damage to the residence and the electrical equipment was estimated at $100,000 dollars.
2006 - There were six tornadoes during the early morning hours: an F0 tornado downed trees and power lines near Rye (Liberty County); an F0 tornado in Taylor Lake Estates (Polk County) impacted 52 homes (8 had major damage and 15 had minor damage) and also lifted off a patio roof, tore trees down and picked up and displaced a travel trailer; an F2 tornado in the Coldspring Terrace Subdivision along Lake Livingston (San Jacinto County) caused four injuries in two homes that received major damage; an F1 tornado caused extensive damage near Liberty (Liberty County); and F0 tornado downed trees and ripped siding from homes northwest of Conroe (Montgomery County); and F0 tornado downed trees and flipped over a horse trailernear Cedar bayou (Harris County).
http://www.weatherforyou.com/weather_hi ... =29&y=2013
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http://www.examiner.com/article/weather ... -1?cid=rss
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For April 30th
1054 - The earliest tornado reported in Europe occurred in Rosdalla, near Kilbeggan, Ireland.
1852 - A tornado, following the same track as the famous "Tri-state Tornado" of 1925, struck the town of New Harmony IND. Just sixteen persons were killed by the twister, due to the sparse settlement. The "Tri-state Tornado" killed 695 persons. (David Ludlum)
1888 - 246 people died in the world's deadliest hailstorm in India. Hailstones were reportedly the size of baseballs. 1,600 domesticated animals at Moradabad perished.
1893 - During the spring of 1893, a total of 21.83 inches of rain fell in the Springfield, IL area. This marks their wettest spring (March to May) on record.
1924 - A major tornado outbreak occurred from Alabama to Virginia. 20 tornadoes were of F2 intensity or greater. A total of 111 people were killed and over 1,100 were injured. An F4 tornado tore through Steedman and Horrell Hill, SC. 55 people were killed from this tornado.
1947 - While April does produce quite a few rainy days in Oklahoma City, OK, it is not known for extremely heavy rainfall. The exception to this rule came back in 1947, when almost one foot of rain fell during the month. The 11.91-inch monthly total at Oklahoma City made this the wettest April of record, but only the 8th heaviest monthly rainfall since accurate records began in 1891.
1951 - Fresno, CA dropped to 37° with some frost reported in the outlying areas.
The latest time in spring that snow fell in Oklahoma City, OK was on this date and 4/30/1907.
1952 - The following locations recorded their warmest April temperature: Winona, MN: 96°, Mather, WI: 92°, Neillsville, WI: 90°, Viroqua, WI: 90°, Alma, WI: 89°, Owen, WI: 87°.
Daily records: Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN: 91°, Rochester, MN: 90°, International Falls, MN: 90°, La Crosse, WI: 90, Madison, WI: 90, Dubuque, IA: 89° and Duluth, MN: 85°.
1953 - A tornado 300 yards in width leveled homes on the north side of Warner-Robins GA, and barracks on the south side of the Warner-Robins Air Force Base. (The Weather Channel)
1962 - A squall line moved through the Chicago, IL area. The area from Hardin, to Springfield, to Hoopeston, IL was greatly affected, as was the area from Pontiac to Joliet to Chicago. The southern end of the squall line experienced winds of 55 to 90 mph, while the northern end had winds of 65 to 110 mph with unofficial gusts to 135 mph. At Rantoul, two people were killed by falling debris. In Springfield, a boy was killed when a chimney fell through a school roof.
1967 - A late season blizzard swept across the northern Plains and Rockies into the first day of May. Snowfall across western South Dakota ranged from 5 to 12 inches with 16 inches at Lemmon and 30 inches in the northern Black Hills. Eastern South Dakota, Southwest Minnesota, and Northwest Iowa only received light snow. Winds of 40 to 50 mph reduced visibilities to near zero and piled the snow into 4 to 5 foot drifts. Livestock losses were estimated at around 5% from the storm. Across the Rockies, 15.8 inches of snow fell at Sheridan, WY (25 inches fell from April 29th through May 3rd). Other totals included: Red Lodge, MT 18 inches, Wyola, MT: 14 inches, Pryor/Yellowtail Dam, MT: 9 inches and Billings, MT: 6inches.
Ahead of the storm in the warm sector, an F2 tornado touched down a mile and a half southeast of Austin, MN. As it moved north for 6 miles, it unroofed and tore apart at least two barns and one home. Another F2 tornado moved from Marion to just northeast of Eyota, MN destroying a barn and a trailer.
1981 - Many cities in the western U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Bakersfield, CA set an all-time April record high of 101°. Big Bear Lake, CA also set an April record high of 82°. Daily records included: Fresno, CA: 100°, Stockton, CA: 100°, Las Vegas, NV: 99°, Bishop, CA: 93°, Mobile, AL: 91°, Winnemucca, NV: 90°, Reno, NV: 89°, Elko, NV: 86°, Ely, NV: 78° and Flagstaff, AZ: 78°.
1985 - A giant slab of ice, 6 feet long and 8 inches thick, weighing over 1,500 pounds, fell into a backyard at Hartford, CT. The ice probably came off of a high flying jet plane.
1986 - The driest January through April period in the history of Birmingham, AL came to a close. Total rainfall for the period was just 6.00 inches, compared with a normal of 21.46 inches. The previous record drought for this period was 10.72 inches in 1972.
1987 - Thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced severe weather in Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and Montana. Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 100 mph in Lincoln, Mineral and Sanders counties. Twenty-three cities in the central and southeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Memphis TN was the hot spot in the nation with a record high of 94 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - A cold front produced high winds in the southwestern U.S. Winds gusting to 90 mph in southwestern Utah downed power lines, and damaged trees and outbuildings. The high winds also downed power lines in Nevada, completely knocking out power in the town of Henderson. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather in central and eastern Texas. Hail three inches in diameter was reported at Cool, and thunderstorm winds gusted to 80 mph at Hillsboro. For the first time of record Oklahoma City went through the entire month of April without a single thunderstorm. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) (The Weather Channel)
1990 - Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather in southern Virginia and the Carolinas, with tennis ball size hail reported southeast of Chesnee SC. Thunderstorms moving over the Chesapeake Bay flooded U.S. Highway 50 on Kent Island MD with several inches of water resulting in a seventeen-mile long traffic jam. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1991 - Alta, UT ended April with record snowfall total of 136.2 inches. The season total of 580 inches was almost 100 inches above normal.
Memphis, TN set a new monthly rainfall record for April with 17.13 inches of rain. The old record was 13.90 inches set back in 1877.
1992 - The heat was definitely on in the central U.S. The following cities set record high temperatures not only for the date but for the month of April including: Valentine, NE: 100°, North Platte, NE: 98°, Denver, CO: 90°, Colorado Springs, CO: 87°, Casper, WY: 84°, and Cheyenne, WY: 83°. Pueblo, CO tied an April record with 93°.
Daily records included: Aberdeen, SD: 98°, Goodland, KS: 96°, Huron, SD: 95°, Fargo, ND: 94°, Bismarck, ND: 93°, Grand Island, NE: 93°, Scottsbluff, NE: 93°, Rapid City, SD: 92°, Grand Forks, ND: 90° and Lincoln, NE: 90°.
The temperature climbed to 92° at the Sioux Falls, SD airport. While quite warm for April it was not a record high for the date. However, it turned out to be the warmest day of the year. This is the only time on record for Sioux Falls when the warmest temperature of the year has occurred in April.
The past month was 0.3 degrees below normal at Raleigh, NC. This ended an amazingly long streak of 27 consecutive months of normal or above normal temperatures that began in January 1990. The previous record streak of 11 months extended from July 1912 to May 1913.
1994 - It finally stopped raining on the Kaneohe Ranch on the island of Oahu in Hawaii ending a streak of 247 consecutive days of rain which began 8/27/1993.
1996 - All-time snow records fell around the Great Lakes for winter 1995-96 total snowfall: Cleveland, OH: 101 inches and Marquette, MI: 248.7 inches with a record 42 inches in April.
1997 - A line of severe thunderstorms moved across Illinois during the afternoon and evening hours. Several tornadoes were produced, most of them weak, as well as wind gusts as high as 70 mph. The most damaging tornado occurred in Fulton County, when two separate thunderstorms merged. In the town of Fairview, several homes were damaged, with two people injured. In Middle Grove, the tornado destroyed two mobile homes and damaged 25 houses. The tornado then took an intermittent northeast path across Fulton, southeast Knox, western Peoria, and Stark Counties. Other tornadoes touched down in Macon, McLean, Adams, Hancock, and Montgomery Counties. Severe storms brought 75 mph winds to Elkhart, IN and 67 mph winds to Constantine, MI. Trees and power lines were blown down around Cassopolis.
Baseball sized hail fell at the ballpark in Arlington, TX as the Texas Rangers played the Cleveland Indians.
1999 - Another in a series of spring storms left significant amounts of precipitation across extreme southern Nevada. The Las Vegas Valley received amounts between one-half and three-quarters of an inch of rain which filled washes around the metro area with one or two feet of water and flooded some underpasses and low-lying intersections. One person had to be rescued from the Flamingo Wash, but only received minor injuries. The Spring Mountains received 10 to 12 inches of snow on previous snowpack but temperatures were too warm for any significant accumulations on paved roads.
2001 - Thunderstorms produced strong winds from Yellowstone and Big Horn to Rosebud counties in Montana. Top gusts included: 85 mph at the KTVQ weather station at Billings and 69 mph gust at the Billings airport.
2002 - Severe thunderstorms hammered sections of Lowndes County, Mississippi. Columbus Air Force Base reported wind gusts near 100 mph.
2005 - This month went down in the history books as one of the driest months in recorded history across parts of the south-central Plains. Both Oklahoma City and Norman, OK had only measured just under 0.3 inches for the month. On average, the April rainfall total should be around 2.5 to 3 inches.
2008 - Heavy rain and melting snow cause the Madawaska River to overflow at Fredericton, Nova Scotia Canada where water levels were measured at 23.9 feet.
http://www.weatherforyou.com/weather_hi ... =30&y=2013
http://www.examiner.com/article/weather ... d-flooding
1054 - The earliest tornado reported in Europe occurred in Rosdalla, near Kilbeggan, Ireland.
1852 - A tornado, following the same track as the famous "Tri-state Tornado" of 1925, struck the town of New Harmony IND. Just sixteen persons were killed by the twister, due to the sparse settlement. The "Tri-state Tornado" killed 695 persons. (David Ludlum)
1888 - 246 people died in the world's deadliest hailstorm in India. Hailstones were reportedly the size of baseballs. 1,600 domesticated animals at Moradabad perished.
1893 - During the spring of 1893, a total of 21.83 inches of rain fell in the Springfield, IL area. This marks their wettest spring (March to May) on record.
1924 - A major tornado outbreak occurred from Alabama to Virginia. 20 tornadoes were of F2 intensity or greater. A total of 111 people were killed and over 1,100 were injured. An F4 tornado tore through Steedman and Horrell Hill, SC. 55 people were killed from this tornado.
1947 - While April does produce quite a few rainy days in Oklahoma City, OK, it is not known for extremely heavy rainfall. The exception to this rule came back in 1947, when almost one foot of rain fell during the month. The 11.91-inch monthly total at Oklahoma City made this the wettest April of record, but only the 8th heaviest monthly rainfall since accurate records began in 1891.
1951 - Fresno, CA dropped to 37° with some frost reported in the outlying areas.
The latest time in spring that snow fell in Oklahoma City, OK was on this date and 4/30/1907.
1952 - The following locations recorded their warmest April temperature: Winona, MN: 96°, Mather, WI: 92°, Neillsville, WI: 90°, Viroqua, WI: 90°, Alma, WI: 89°, Owen, WI: 87°.
Daily records: Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN: 91°, Rochester, MN: 90°, International Falls, MN: 90°, La Crosse, WI: 90, Madison, WI: 90, Dubuque, IA: 89° and Duluth, MN: 85°.
1953 - A tornado 300 yards in width leveled homes on the north side of Warner-Robins GA, and barracks on the south side of the Warner-Robins Air Force Base. (The Weather Channel)
1962 - A squall line moved through the Chicago, IL area. The area from Hardin, to Springfield, to Hoopeston, IL was greatly affected, as was the area from Pontiac to Joliet to Chicago. The southern end of the squall line experienced winds of 55 to 90 mph, while the northern end had winds of 65 to 110 mph with unofficial gusts to 135 mph. At Rantoul, two people were killed by falling debris. In Springfield, a boy was killed when a chimney fell through a school roof.
1967 - A late season blizzard swept across the northern Plains and Rockies into the first day of May. Snowfall across western South Dakota ranged from 5 to 12 inches with 16 inches at Lemmon and 30 inches in the northern Black Hills. Eastern South Dakota, Southwest Minnesota, and Northwest Iowa only received light snow. Winds of 40 to 50 mph reduced visibilities to near zero and piled the snow into 4 to 5 foot drifts. Livestock losses were estimated at around 5% from the storm. Across the Rockies, 15.8 inches of snow fell at Sheridan, WY (25 inches fell from April 29th through May 3rd). Other totals included: Red Lodge, MT 18 inches, Wyola, MT: 14 inches, Pryor/Yellowtail Dam, MT: 9 inches and Billings, MT: 6inches.
Ahead of the storm in the warm sector, an F2 tornado touched down a mile and a half southeast of Austin, MN. As it moved north for 6 miles, it unroofed and tore apart at least two barns and one home. Another F2 tornado moved from Marion to just northeast of Eyota, MN destroying a barn and a trailer.
1981 - Many cities in the western U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Bakersfield, CA set an all-time April record high of 101°. Big Bear Lake, CA also set an April record high of 82°. Daily records included: Fresno, CA: 100°, Stockton, CA: 100°, Las Vegas, NV: 99°, Bishop, CA: 93°, Mobile, AL: 91°, Winnemucca, NV: 90°, Reno, NV: 89°, Elko, NV: 86°, Ely, NV: 78° and Flagstaff, AZ: 78°.
1985 - A giant slab of ice, 6 feet long and 8 inches thick, weighing over 1,500 pounds, fell into a backyard at Hartford, CT. The ice probably came off of a high flying jet plane.
1986 - The driest January through April period in the history of Birmingham, AL came to a close. Total rainfall for the period was just 6.00 inches, compared with a normal of 21.46 inches. The previous record drought for this period was 10.72 inches in 1972.
1987 - Thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced severe weather in Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and Montana. Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 100 mph in Lincoln, Mineral and Sanders counties. Twenty-three cities in the central and southeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Memphis TN was the hot spot in the nation with a record high of 94 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - A cold front produced high winds in the southwestern U.S. Winds gusting to 90 mph in southwestern Utah downed power lines, and damaged trees and outbuildings. The high winds also downed power lines in Nevada, completely knocking out power in the town of Henderson. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather in central and eastern Texas. Hail three inches in diameter was reported at Cool, and thunderstorm winds gusted to 80 mph at Hillsboro. For the first time of record Oklahoma City went through the entire month of April without a single thunderstorm. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) (The Weather Channel)
1990 - Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather in southern Virginia and the Carolinas, with tennis ball size hail reported southeast of Chesnee SC. Thunderstorms moving over the Chesapeake Bay flooded U.S. Highway 50 on Kent Island MD with several inches of water resulting in a seventeen-mile long traffic jam. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1991 - Alta, UT ended April with record snowfall total of 136.2 inches. The season total of 580 inches was almost 100 inches above normal.
Memphis, TN set a new monthly rainfall record for April with 17.13 inches of rain. The old record was 13.90 inches set back in 1877.
1992 - The heat was definitely on in the central U.S. The following cities set record high temperatures not only for the date but for the month of April including: Valentine, NE: 100°, North Platte, NE: 98°, Denver, CO: 90°, Colorado Springs, CO: 87°, Casper, WY: 84°, and Cheyenne, WY: 83°. Pueblo, CO tied an April record with 93°.
Daily records included: Aberdeen, SD: 98°, Goodland, KS: 96°, Huron, SD: 95°, Fargo, ND: 94°, Bismarck, ND: 93°, Grand Island, NE: 93°, Scottsbluff, NE: 93°, Rapid City, SD: 92°, Grand Forks, ND: 90° and Lincoln, NE: 90°.
The temperature climbed to 92° at the Sioux Falls, SD airport. While quite warm for April it was not a record high for the date. However, it turned out to be the warmest day of the year. This is the only time on record for Sioux Falls when the warmest temperature of the year has occurred in April.
The past month was 0.3 degrees below normal at Raleigh, NC. This ended an amazingly long streak of 27 consecutive months of normal or above normal temperatures that began in January 1990. The previous record streak of 11 months extended from July 1912 to May 1913.
1994 - It finally stopped raining on the Kaneohe Ranch on the island of Oahu in Hawaii ending a streak of 247 consecutive days of rain which began 8/27/1993.
1996 - All-time snow records fell around the Great Lakes for winter 1995-96 total snowfall: Cleveland, OH: 101 inches and Marquette, MI: 248.7 inches with a record 42 inches in April.
1997 - A line of severe thunderstorms moved across Illinois during the afternoon and evening hours. Several tornadoes were produced, most of them weak, as well as wind gusts as high as 70 mph. The most damaging tornado occurred in Fulton County, when two separate thunderstorms merged. In the town of Fairview, several homes were damaged, with two people injured. In Middle Grove, the tornado destroyed two mobile homes and damaged 25 houses. The tornado then took an intermittent northeast path across Fulton, southeast Knox, western Peoria, and Stark Counties. Other tornadoes touched down in Macon, McLean, Adams, Hancock, and Montgomery Counties. Severe storms brought 75 mph winds to Elkhart, IN and 67 mph winds to Constantine, MI. Trees and power lines were blown down around Cassopolis.
Baseball sized hail fell at the ballpark in Arlington, TX as the Texas Rangers played the Cleveland Indians.
1999 - Another in a series of spring storms left significant amounts of precipitation across extreme southern Nevada. The Las Vegas Valley received amounts between one-half and three-quarters of an inch of rain which filled washes around the metro area with one or two feet of water and flooded some underpasses and low-lying intersections. One person had to be rescued from the Flamingo Wash, but only received minor injuries. The Spring Mountains received 10 to 12 inches of snow on previous snowpack but temperatures were too warm for any significant accumulations on paved roads.
2001 - Thunderstorms produced strong winds from Yellowstone and Big Horn to Rosebud counties in Montana. Top gusts included: 85 mph at the KTVQ weather station at Billings and 69 mph gust at the Billings airport.
2002 - Severe thunderstorms hammered sections of Lowndes County, Mississippi. Columbus Air Force Base reported wind gusts near 100 mph.
2005 - This month went down in the history books as one of the driest months in recorded history across parts of the south-central Plains. Both Oklahoma City and Norman, OK had only measured just under 0.3 inches for the month. On average, the April rainfall total should be around 2.5 to 3 inches.
2008 - Heavy rain and melting snow cause the Madawaska River to overflow at Fredericton, Nova Scotia Canada where water levels were measured at 23.9 feet.
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For May 11th
1865 - A tornado touched down in Philadelphia around 6pm ET, killing one person and injuring 15 others. There was great destruction to property, with 23 houses blown down, damage to the Reading Railroad depot, with the water tank carried 150 yards. Fairmont Park was damaged to the amount of $20,000 dollars.
1882 - A severe thunderstorm produced 58 mph wind gusts at the Delaware Breakwater. High tides swept away railroad tracks near Sandy Hook, NJ. Many ships were sent aground in New York Bay.
1934 - A tremendous dust storm affected the Plains as the Dust Bowl era was in full swing.
1951 - Baltimore, MD recorded their latest snowfall on record with a trace.
1952 - A few snow flurries fell at Springfield, IL establishing the date of the city's latest snowfall on record.
1953 - A tornado hit Waco, TX, killing 114 persons and burying some downtown streets under five feet of fallen bricks. (The Weather Channel)
1958 - Searchlight, NV recorded 1.17 inches of rain, setting a record for the day. This was also the only time daily rainfall over an inch was recorded in May.
1966 - The 1.6 inch snow at Chicago, IL, was their latest measurable snow of record. Previously the record was 3.7 inches on the 1st and 2nd of May set in 1940. (The Weather Channel)
1970 - A very powerful tornado struck the city of Lubbock, TX, killing 26 persons, injuring more than 500 others, and causing 135 million dollars damage. It was the most destructive tornado of record up until that time, and came on the 17th anniversary of the twister which struck Waco TX killing 114 persons. A second tornado killed two others persons in Lubbock, and the two tornadoes damaged or destroyed nearly a quarter of the city. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
1981 - Very heavy wet spring snow fell across parts of northern Montana. Billings received a May record of 15 inches; 2.11 inches of liquid equivalent and Red Lodge reported 20 inches.
1982 - The second of three severe weather episodes occurred on this date through the 12th across parts of Oklahoma. On this date, severe thunderstorms produced 18 tornadoes across the western part of the state. One tornado touched down southeast of Altus and moved across Altus Air Force Base. In Altus, almost every roof in town was damaged by large hail. At the base, 70 buildings were damaged or destroyed, 30 airplanes were damaged, and 6,000 vehicles suffered hail or tornado damage. Overall, two people were killed, 60 others injured, and the total damage from this particular storm was more than $200 million dollars.
1983 - A late spring snowstorm hit the western third of South Dakota on this date through the 12th. Snow amounts ranged from 3 to 10 inches and in some areas the snow was accompanied by thunder, lightning, sleet, and hail making for an interesting mix of weather. The heaviest snow amounts fell in the northern Black Hills although some areas in the plains had strong winds creating drifts high enough to make roads impassable.
1985 - Thunderstorms, first exploding in southwest Iowa, developed northward and spread east during the afternoon hours. The first report of severe weather came from Carroll where 70 mph winds were recorded at the airport. Near Tingley, a trailer house was moved 18 inches off its foundation and another house lost siding, shingles, a stair rail and several windows. Strong winds demolished a grain bin and implement building at Percival and winds of 50 to 70 mph tore off tree limbs and knocked down a barn at Hastings. In addition, about a third of the roof on the Junior High Gym was destroyed in Atlantic.
1986 - A tornado struck south of Morden, Manitoba Canada, destroying farm buildings and ripping off tree tops. Beams from one shed roof were blown 330 feet and driven 12 inches into the ground.
1987 - Early morning thunderstorms produced up to four inches of rain in southern Texas, with flooding reported from Maverick County to Eagle Pass. Evening thunderstorms in northern Illinois produced golf ball size hail and wind gusts to 70 mph. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Unseasonably warm weather prevailed in the southwestern U.S. Reno, NV, reported a record high of 89 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather in the High Plains Region. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 71 mph at Gillette WY, and baseball size hail was reported at Pecos TX and Fort Stockton TX. Fort Stockton TX was deluged with 7.75 inches of rain in less than two hours. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - Unseasonably cold weather followed in the wake of a spring storm in the north central U.S. Seven cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Madison WI with a reading of 29 degrees. Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Kansas, Oklahoma and the northern half of Texas. Severe thunderstorms spawned four tornadoes in Texas, and produced high winds which overturned four mobile homes northwest of Abilene TX injuring ten persons. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1991 - Numerous tornadoes touched down across southwest and west central South Dakota causing considerable damage. Strong winds and hail swept through the Custer National Forest damaging up to 2,500 acres of trees. Numerous tornadoes touched down in the Rapid City area. One tornado damaged several homes and destroyed, at least, 9 mobile homes 5 miles north of Rapid City. A larger tornado, reportedly over a quarter of a mile wide, with winds estimated between 150 and 200 mph just 5 to 10 miles north of Rapid City destroyed 9 homes and damaged 150 others. The storm caused many injuries, but no deaths. Also, at least 7 tornadoes were spotted in the Edgemont area although damage was light.
2000 - A tornado destroyed the Dunkerton, IA City Hall. The City Hall was housed in a series of doublewide mobile homes after the original building was destroyed in a 1999 flood.
2003 - Nashville, TN broke their 24 hour rainfall record for the month of May as 4.63 inches fell.
2004 - A tornado derailed a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train near Hartley, TX, sending 15 empty coal cars and two locomotives off the tracks.
2005 - Strong thunderstorms affected parts of the U.S. Great Plains. In the Hastings, Nebraska area, significant severe weather occurred, including very large hail, damaging winds and widespread flooding. Radar estimated rainfall accumulation locally exceeded 10 inches.
2009 - Unusually heavy rain fell over the desert at the northern edge of Patagania, Argentina. 1.85 inches fell at Neuquen, where they only see an average of 0.59 inches of rain a year.
A mini-tornado damaged half a dozen homes north of Auckland, New Zealand as it tore through residential neighborhoods. In the Western Bay of Plenty, observers watched five waterspouts offshore from their homes at Town Point.
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1865 - A tornado touched down in Philadelphia around 6pm ET, killing one person and injuring 15 others. There was great destruction to property, with 23 houses blown down, damage to the Reading Railroad depot, with the water tank carried 150 yards. Fairmont Park was damaged to the amount of $20,000 dollars.
1882 - A severe thunderstorm produced 58 mph wind gusts at the Delaware Breakwater. High tides swept away railroad tracks near Sandy Hook, NJ. Many ships were sent aground in New York Bay.
1934 - A tremendous dust storm affected the Plains as the Dust Bowl era was in full swing.
1951 - Baltimore, MD recorded their latest snowfall on record with a trace.
1952 - A few snow flurries fell at Springfield, IL establishing the date of the city's latest snowfall on record.
1953 - A tornado hit Waco, TX, killing 114 persons and burying some downtown streets under five feet of fallen bricks. (The Weather Channel)
1958 - Searchlight, NV recorded 1.17 inches of rain, setting a record for the day. This was also the only time daily rainfall over an inch was recorded in May.
1966 - The 1.6 inch snow at Chicago, IL, was their latest measurable snow of record. Previously the record was 3.7 inches on the 1st and 2nd of May set in 1940. (The Weather Channel)
1970 - A very powerful tornado struck the city of Lubbock, TX, killing 26 persons, injuring more than 500 others, and causing 135 million dollars damage. It was the most destructive tornado of record up until that time, and came on the 17th anniversary of the twister which struck Waco TX killing 114 persons. A second tornado killed two others persons in Lubbock, and the two tornadoes damaged or destroyed nearly a quarter of the city. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
1981 - Very heavy wet spring snow fell across parts of northern Montana. Billings received a May record of 15 inches; 2.11 inches of liquid equivalent and Red Lodge reported 20 inches.
1982 - The second of three severe weather episodes occurred on this date through the 12th across parts of Oklahoma. On this date, severe thunderstorms produced 18 tornadoes across the western part of the state. One tornado touched down southeast of Altus and moved across Altus Air Force Base. In Altus, almost every roof in town was damaged by large hail. At the base, 70 buildings were damaged or destroyed, 30 airplanes were damaged, and 6,000 vehicles suffered hail or tornado damage. Overall, two people were killed, 60 others injured, and the total damage from this particular storm was more than $200 million dollars.
1983 - A late spring snowstorm hit the western third of South Dakota on this date through the 12th. Snow amounts ranged from 3 to 10 inches and in some areas the snow was accompanied by thunder, lightning, sleet, and hail making for an interesting mix of weather. The heaviest snow amounts fell in the northern Black Hills although some areas in the plains had strong winds creating drifts high enough to make roads impassable.
1985 - Thunderstorms, first exploding in southwest Iowa, developed northward and spread east during the afternoon hours. The first report of severe weather came from Carroll where 70 mph winds were recorded at the airport. Near Tingley, a trailer house was moved 18 inches off its foundation and another house lost siding, shingles, a stair rail and several windows. Strong winds demolished a grain bin and implement building at Percival and winds of 50 to 70 mph tore off tree limbs and knocked down a barn at Hastings. In addition, about a third of the roof on the Junior High Gym was destroyed in Atlantic.
1986 - A tornado struck south of Morden, Manitoba Canada, destroying farm buildings and ripping off tree tops. Beams from one shed roof were blown 330 feet and driven 12 inches into the ground.
1987 - Early morning thunderstorms produced up to four inches of rain in southern Texas, with flooding reported from Maverick County to Eagle Pass. Evening thunderstorms in northern Illinois produced golf ball size hail and wind gusts to 70 mph. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Unseasonably warm weather prevailed in the southwestern U.S. Reno, NV, reported a record high of 89 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather in the High Plains Region. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 71 mph at Gillette WY, and baseball size hail was reported at Pecos TX and Fort Stockton TX. Fort Stockton TX was deluged with 7.75 inches of rain in less than two hours. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - Unseasonably cold weather followed in the wake of a spring storm in the north central U.S. Seven cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Madison WI with a reading of 29 degrees. Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Kansas, Oklahoma and the northern half of Texas. Severe thunderstorms spawned four tornadoes in Texas, and produced high winds which overturned four mobile homes northwest of Abilene TX injuring ten persons. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1991 - Numerous tornadoes touched down across southwest and west central South Dakota causing considerable damage. Strong winds and hail swept through the Custer National Forest damaging up to 2,500 acres of trees. Numerous tornadoes touched down in the Rapid City area. One tornado damaged several homes and destroyed, at least, 9 mobile homes 5 miles north of Rapid City. A larger tornado, reportedly over a quarter of a mile wide, with winds estimated between 150 and 200 mph just 5 to 10 miles north of Rapid City destroyed 9 homes and damaged 150 others. The storm caused many injuries, but no deaths. Also, at least 7 tornadoes were spotted in the Edgemont area although damage was light.
2000 - A tornado destroyed the Dunkerton, IA City Hall. The City Hall was housed in a series of doublewide mobile homes after the original building was destroyed in a 1999 flood.
2003 - Nashville, TN broke their 24 hour rainfall record for the month of May as 4.63 inches fell.
2004 - A tornado derailed a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train near Hartley, TX, sending 15 empty coal cars and two locomotives off the tracks.
2005 - Strong thunderstorms affected parts of the U.S. Great Plains. In the Hastings, Nebraska area, significant severe weather occurred, including very large hail, damaging winds and widespread flooding. Radar estimated rainfall accumulation locally exceeded 10 inches.
2009 - Unusually heavy rain fell over the desert at the northern edge of Patagania, Argentina. 1.85 inches fell at Neuquen, where they only see an average of 0.59 inches of rain a year.
A mini-tornado damaged half a dozen homes north of Auckland, New Zealand as it tore through residential neighborhoods. In the Western Bay of Plenty, observers watched five waterspouts offshore from their homes at Town Point.
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For May 13th
1866 - A tornado destroyed a toll bridge near Barnet, VT.
1908 - An F4 tornado ripped through Gilliam, Bolinger, and Belcher, LA. 49 people were killed and 135 were injured.
1922 - A mid-afternoon hailstorm dropped hailstones 0.5 inches in diameter at Montpelier, VT. Along the 550 yard wide and 3 to 4 mile long hail swath, ice laid 4 inches deep with local piles up to two feet deep.
1930 - A man was killed when caught in an open field during a hailstorm northwest of Lubbock TX. It was the first, and perhaps the only, authentic death by hail in U.S. weather records. (David Ludlum)
1943 - The latest significant snow, 2 inches or more, for Sioux Falls, SD occurred as 2 inches fell.
1961 - A late season storm covered Cheyenne, WY with 10.3 inches of snow.
1968 - Thunderstorms caused flooding over the Vince and Sims Bayous. 6 inches of rain fell in 24 hours. 2.74" of rain fell in 1.6 hours at the Houston City Office.
1975 - Severe thunderstorm winds lasting 20-30 minutes damaged over 90 of the 600 planes based at the Ft. Lauderdale International Airport. The FAA tower measured winds gusting to 101 mph. Tied down aircraft were ripped from their moorings. The roof of the terminal was slightly damaged, hail was reported and two inches of rain fell in an hour.
Tennis-ball size hail fell at Wernersville, PA. Hail accumulated to a depth of 10 inches.
1980 - An F3 tornado ripped directly through the center of Kalamazoo, MI, killing five people, injuring 79, leaving 1,200 homeless and causing $50 million in damage. The tornado passed directly over the American Bank, where a barograph reported a pressure drop of 0.59 inches.
1981 - A tornado 450 yards in width destroyed ninety percent of Emberson TX. People did not see a tornado, but rather a wall of debris. Homes were leveled, a man in a bathtub was hurled a quarter of a mile, and a 1500 pound recreational vehicle was hurled 500 yards. Miraculously no deaths occurred in the tornado. (The Weather Channel)
1982 - A thunderstorm dumped 5 inches of rain in less than one hour just south of Platte, SD. The runoff from the rain was sufficient to move a 54 foot cultivator up against a fence.
15 to 20 inches of snow fell near Fort Collins, CO.
1985 - Widespread severe weather occurred for two days across the state of Oklahoma on the 12th and this date. The city of Moore reported baseball size hail and winds of 70 to 80 mph. Even larger hail fell in south Oklahoma City, with some stones as large as grapefruits. Hail larger than baseballs fell as far southwest as Sterling, in Comanche County. Two weak tornadoes also occurred, but caused little additional damage.
1986 - A Kentucky State Trooper’s car was hit by lightning as he was on patrol near Carrolton, TX. The strike burned a hole in the trunk lid and rear tires. The trooper was unhurt.
1987 - A cold front brought an end to the early season warm spell in the north central U.S., but not before the temperature at Sioux City IA soared to a record warm 95 degrees. Strong southwesterly winds ahead of the cold front gusted to 52 mph at Marais MI. Evening thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail at Rockford MN, and wind gusts to 75 mph at Belmond IA. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Strong winds along a cold front ushering cold air into the northwestern U.S. gusted to 69 mph at Myton UT. Temperatures warmed into the 80s ahead of the cold front, as far north as Montana. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Thunderstorms developing along a warm front produced severe weather in the Southern Plains Region during the afternoon and night. A thunderstorm at Killeen TX produced wind gusts to 95 mph damaging 200 helicopters at Fort Hood causing nearly 500 million dollars damage. Another thunderstorm produced softball size hail at Hodges TX. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front spawned ten tornadoes from eastern Wyoming to northern Kansas, including seven in western Nebraska. Thunderstorms forming ahead of a cold front in the eastern U.S. spawned five tornadoes from northeastern North Carolina to southern Pennsylvania. Thunderstorms over southeast Louisiana deluged the New Orleans area with four to eight inches of rain between 7 AM and Noon. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
The Record Flood of 1990 occurred across the Lower Trinity River Basin due to heavy North Texas rainfall earlier in the month. 4,000 homes were flooded in Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto, Madison, Walker, and Chambers counties. The major brunt of the damage was felt in Liberty County where around 2,500 homes were flooded. 200 homes were declared a total loss. 7,000 people across the county were evacuated. The hardest hit area was Dayton Lakes estate in the Trinity River bottom where flood waters isolated the community from around the 13th to well into July. The only way in or out of the subdivision was by boat. Total Liberty County property damage was around $100 million. In addition, the brown shrimp and oyster crop was totally wiped out in Trinity and Galveston Bays due to prolonged fresh water intrusion.
1994 - An MCS developed across Central Texas and moved to the east into all of Southeast Texas during the morning. Nearly every county reported damage due to either wind, hail, or tornadoes. The costliest damage was in near Stagecoach (Montgomery County) where an F1 tornado cut a 4 mile long and 50 yard wide path of destruction...and in western Washington County where an F2 tornado damaged several homes.
1995 - Severe thunderstorms were widespread across the Mississippi Valley from Arkansas northward to Iowa and east to Indiana. This outbreak produced tornadoes extending from the Mississippi River near Burlington, IA, to west of Bloomington, IL. Two violent tornadoes, each ranked at F4 intensity, were reported. The first tornado traveled 60 miles from near Fort Madison, IA, to southeast of Galesburg, IL producing over $10 million dollars damage. The second violent tornado traveled 7 miles across Fulton County from Ipava to Lewistown, IL producing $6 million dollars damage. Another strong tornado took a 25 mile path across parts of Fulton, Mason, and Tazewell Counties. The storms also produced softball-size hail south and northwest of Macomb. Five men were injured in Lawrence County, Indiana when lightning struck one of them and traveled to the other four. There were 184 reports of severe weather, including over three dozen tornadoes. A thunderstorm produced a downburst over Grissom AFB in Peru, IN where a wind gust to 136 mph was recorded. Softball sized hail was reported at Terre Haute, IN and at Monte, AR.
1996 - Several towns near Tangail in northwest of Dhaka, Bangladesh were leveled by a large tornado that lasted about 20 minutes. The final death toll exceeded 1,000, with 34,000 injuries and 100,000 are left homeless.
1998 - A tornado hit Homeland, CA damaging mobile homes. Funnel clouds were observed in Homeland as well and in Moreno Valley. 1.14 inches of rain fell at Santa Ana, the greatest daily total on record for May. 7.9 inches of snow fell at Big Bear Lake, the greatest daily snowfall on record for May.
2001 - Two brothers hiking with their family in the Zion National Park in Utah were swept away when flash flooding suddenly struck after a burst of heavy rain. The youngsters were ahead of the rest of their family when they came to a part of the trail that was underwater. They were swept away as they attempted the cross the flooded part of the trail.
2002 - Water runoff from storms on the 12th caused a continuation of flooding problems across central and southeast Illinois. Several state highways in southeast Illinois were closed due to flooding. In Jasper County, an elderly woman had to be evacuated from her home due to rising flood waters, and another person had to be rescued after driving into a flooded area. In Effingham County, several motorists drove into flooded roadways and had to be rescued. In Douglas County, several people in Villa Grove had to be evacuated via boat due to rising waters. Near Riverton, a levee breeched on the Sangamon River, flooding nearby farmland. Several water treatment plants around Sangamon County and the power plant in Springfield had to be sandbagged, to prevent flooding of the facilities.
2007 - A torrential rainstorm dumped 1.97 inches of rain near the Qumran archaeological site in the Judean desert close to the Dead Sea in Israel. The resulting flash flood drowned four Israeli hikers. The area typically receives about 2 inches of rain each year.
http://www.weatherforyou.com/weather_hi ... p?m=5&d=13
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/?n=severe_events_may
http://www.examiner.com/article/weather ... nd?cid=rss
http://www.wxresearch.com/almanac/houflood.html
1866 - A tornado destroyed a toll bridge near Barnet, VT.
1908 - An F4 tornado ripped through Gilliam, Bolinger, and Belcher, LA. 49 people were killed and 135 were injured.
1922 - A mid-afternoon hailstorm dropped hailstones 0.5 inches in diameter at Montpelier, VT. Along the 550 yard wide and 3 to 4 mile long hail swath, ice laid 4 inches deep with local piles up to two feet deep.
1930 - A man was killed when caught in an open field during a hailstorm northwest of Lubbock TX. It was the first, and perhaps the only, authentic death by hail in U.S. weather records. (David Ludlum)
1943 - The latest significant snow, 2 inches or more, for Sioux Falls, SD occurred as 2 inches fell.
1961 - A late season storm covered Cheyenne, WY with 10.3 inches of snow.
1968 - Thunderstorms caused flooding over the Vince and Sims Bayous. 6 inches of rain fell in 24 hours. 2.74" of rain fell in 1.6 hours at the Houston City Office.
1975 - Severe thunderstorm winds lasting 20-30 minutes damaged over 90 of the 600 planes based at the Ft. Lauderdale International Airport. The FAA tower measured winds gusting to 101 mph. Tied down aircraft were ripped from their moorings. The roof of the terminal was slightly damaged, hail was reported and two inches of rain fell in an hour.
Tennis-ball size hail fell at Wernersville, PA. Hail accumulated to a depth of 10 inches.
1980 - An F3 tornado ripped directly through the center of Kalamazoo, MI, killing five people, injuring 79, leaving 1,200 homeless and causing $50 million in damage. The tornado passed directly over the American Bank, where a barograph reported a pressure drop of 0.59 inches.
1981 - A tornado 450 yards in width destroyed ninety percent of Emberson TX. People did not see a tornado, but rather a wall of debris. Homes were leveled, a man in a bathtub was hurled a quarter of a mile, and a 1500 pound recreational vehicle was hurled 500 yards. Miraculously no deaths occurred in the tornado. (The Weather Channel)
1982 - A thunderstorm dumped 5 inches of rain in less than one hour just south of Platte, SD. The runoff from the rain was sufficient to move a 54 foot cultivator up against a fence.
15 to 20 inches of snow fell near Fort Collins, CO.
1985 - Widespread severe weather occurred for two days across the state of Oklahoma on the 12th and this date. The city of Moore reported baseball size hail and winds of 70 to 80 mph. Even larger hail fell in south Oklahoma City, with some stones as large as grapefruits. Hail larger than baseballs fell as far southwest as Sterling, in Comanche County. Two weak tornadoes also occurred, but caused little additional damage.
1986 - A Kentucky State Trooper’s car was hit by lightning as he was on patrol near Carrolton, TX. The strike burned a hole in the trunk lid and rear tires. The trooper was unhurt.
1987 - A cold front brought an end to the early season warm spell in the north central U.S., but not before the temperature at Sioux City IA soared to a record warm 95 degrees. Strong southwesterly winds ahead of the cold front gusted to 52 mph at Marais MI. Evening thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail at Rockford MN, and wind gusts to 75 mph at Belmond IA. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Strong winds along a cold front ushering cold air into the northwestern U.S. gusted to 69 mph at Myton UT. Temperatures warmed into the 80s ahead of the cold front, as far north as Montana. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Thunderstorms developing along a warm front produced severe weather in the Southern Plains Region during the afternoon and night. A thunderstorm at Killeen TX produced wind gusts to 95 mph damaging 200 helicopters at Fort Hood causing nearly 500 million dollars damage. Another thunderstorm produced softball size hail at Hodges TX. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front spawned ten tornadoes from eastern Wyoming to northern Kansas, including seven in western Nebraska. Thunderstorms forming ahead of a cold front in the eastern U.S. spawned five tornadoes from northeastern North Carolina to southern Pennsylvania. Thunderstorms over southeast Louisiana deluged the New Orleans area with four to eight inches of rain between 7 AM and Noon. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
The Record Flood of 1990 occurred across the Lower Trinity River Basin due to heavy North Texas rainfall earlier in the month. 4,000 homes were flooded in Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto, Madison, Walker, and Chambers counties. The major brunt of the damage was felt in Liberty County where around 2,500 homes were flooded. 200 homes were declared a total loss. 7,000 people across the county were evacuated. The hardest hit area was Dayton Lakes estate in the Trinity River bottom where flood waters isolated the community from around the 13th to well into July. The only way in or out of the subdivision was by boat. Total Liberty County property damage was around $100 million. In addition, the brown shrimp and oyster crop was totally wiped out in Trinity and Galveston Bays due to prolonged fresh water intrusion.
1994 - An MCS developed across Central Texas and moved to the east into all of Southeast Texas during the morning. Nearly every county reported damage due to either wind, hail, or tornadoes. The costliest damage was in near Stagecoach (Montgomery County) where an F1 tornado cut a 4 mile long and 50 yard wide path of destruction...and in western Washington County where an F2 tornado damaged several homes.
1995 - Severe thunderstorms were widespread across the Mississippi Valley from Arkansas northward to Iowa and east to Indiana. This outbreak produced tornadoes extending from the Mississippi River near Burlington, IA, to west of Bloomington, IL. Two violent tornadoes, each ranked at F4 intensity, were reported. The first tornado traveled 60 miles from near Fort Madison, IA, to southeast of Galesburg, IL producing over $10 million dollars damage. The second violent tornado traveled 7 miles across Fulton County from Ipava to Lewistown, IL producing $6 million dollars damage. Another strong tornado took a 25 mile path across parts of Fulton, Mason, and Tazewell Counties. The storms also produced softball-size hail south and northwest of Macomb. Five men were injured in Lawrence County, Indiana when lightning struck one of them and traveled to the other four. There were 184 reports of severe weather, including over three dozen tornadoes. A thunderstorm produced a downburst over Grissom AFB in Peru, IN where a wind gust to 136 mph was recorded. Softball sized hail was reported at Terre Haute, IN and at Monte, AR.
1996 - Several towns near Tangail in northwest of Dhaka, Bangladesh were leveled by a large tornado that lasted about 20 minutes. The final death toll exceeded 1,000, with 34,000 injuries and 100,000 are left homeless.
1998 - A tornado hit Homeland, CA damaging mobile homes. Funnel clouds were observed in Homeland as well and in Moreno Valley. 1.14 inches of rain fell at Santa Ana, the greatest daily total on record for May. 7.9 inches of snow fell at Big Bear Lake, the greatest daily snowfall on record for May.
2001 - Two brothers hiking with their family in the Zion National Park in Utah were swept away when flash flooding suddenly struck after a burst of heavy rain. The youngsters were ahead of the rest of their family when they came to a part of the trail that was underwater. They were swept away as they attempted the cross the flooded part of the trail.
2002 - Water runoff from storms on the 12th caused a continuation of flooding problems across central and southeast Illinois. Several state highways in southeast Illinois were closed due to flooding. In Jasper County, an elderly woman had to be evacuated from her home due to rising flood waters, and another person had to be rescued after driving into a flooded area. In Effingham County, several motorists drove into flooded roadways and had to be rescued. In Douglas County, several people in Villa Grove had to be evacuated via boat due to rising waters. Near Riverton, a levee breeched on the Sangamon River, flooding nearby farmland. Several water treatment plants around Sangamon County and the power plant in Springfield had to be sandbagged, to prevent flooding of the facilities.
2007 - A torrential rainstorm dumped 1.97 inches of rain near the Qumran archaeological site in the Judean desert close to the Dead Sea in Israel. The resulting flash flood drowned four Israeli hikers. The area typically receives about 2 inches of rain each year.
http://www.weatherforyou.com/weather_hi ... p?m=5&d=13
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/?n=severe_events_may
http://www.examiner.com/article/weather ... nd?cid=rss
http://www.wxresearch.com/almanac/houflood.html
For May 31st
1830 - A tornado with a 400 yard wide track swept through Shelbyville, KY. The tornado, which killed many people, was described in the "American Journal of Science".
1858 - A tornado moved across Warren County and devastated the town of Ellison, IL about 14 miles southwest of Monmouth. Only 3 cabins were left standing. 19 people were killed, and 60 injured, along the tornado's 5 mile long track.
1889 - The Johnstown disaster occurred, the worst flood tragedy in U.S. history. Heavy rains collapsed the South Fork Dam sending a thirty foot wall of water rushing down the already flooded Conemaugh Valley. The wall of water, traveling as fast as twenty-two feet per second, swept away all structures, objects and people. 2100 persons perished in the flood. (David Ludlum)
1910 - Fresno and Bakersfield, CA hit 110°; the earliest 110 degree reading on record and a record high for the month of May.Lemon Cove, CA soared to 118°, their highest May temperature.
1911 - Violent Derby Day thunderstorms killed four horses on Epsom Downs in Southeastern England. Local flooding, landslides, lightning, and wind gusts caused damage across lowland England. 17 people are killed in the London area.
1927 - Springtime of 1927 saw 18.64 inches of rain fall in the Peoria, IL area. This established their wettest Meteorological Spring (March, April, May period) on record.
1934 - Early season heat gripped central Illinois. Springfield reported its earliest triple-digit high temperature on record, with a temperature of 101°.
1941 - Thunderstorms deluged Burlington KS with 12.59 inches of rain to establish a 24 hour rainfall record for the state. (The Weather Channel)
1951 - Unseasonal late season snow fell across parts of the northern Rockies. Snowfall totals included: Mystic Lake, MT: 7 inches, Red Lodge, MT: 6 inches, Pryor, MT: 5 inches, Billings, MT: 4 inches. At Red Lodge, MT 15 inches of snow fell from this date through June 2nd; 3 inches of snow fell at Sheridan and Wyola, WY on June 1st.
1954 - Sioux Falls, SD recorded their latest snowfall on this date when a half inch was reported.
1961 - A late freeze did severe damage to crops across parts of New England. This was the latest freeze on record for the suburbs of Boston, MA. The temperature in Burlington, VT dropped to 25°.
1970 - A 7.7 magnitude earthquake just off the coast of Peru triggered the most catastrophic avalanche in history. The initial avalanche became a tremendous landslide traveling at over 100 mph. The landslide fell nearly vertically into the valley and villages below Mount Huascaran. It took less than three minutes for the landslide to reach the town of Yongui, where 20,000 people died, entombed in ice, snow and rock. It flowed on like a river to bury another village. A total of 66,000 people died in the disaster.
1973 - Canada's sunniest month ended as Eureka in the Northwest Territories recorded 621 hours of sunshine.
1982 - It was the wettest May ever for parts of northern Texas and Oklahoma. Wichita Falls, TX established record with 13.22 inches. Oklahoma City, OK recorded 12.07 inches for the month to set a record. Pilot Point, TX set a record of 30.30 inches.
May 1982 established the record for number of U.S. tornadoes in any month with 365. The record would be broken in 1995 and again in 2003, each time in May.
1983 - Albany, NY experienced its wettest spring season in 109 years of records with 19.54 inches while Philadelphia, PA also had their wettest spring with 21.85 inches of precipitation.
1985 - Severe thuunderstorms spawned forty-one tornadoes across the Lower Great Lakes Region and southeastern Ontario which killed 74 persons. (Storm Data)
1987 - Thunderstorms in New England produced wind gusts up to 90 mph at Worcester, MA, and Northboro, MA, and hail an inch and a half in diameter at Williston, VT. Unseasonably hot weather prevailed in the northeastern U.S. The afternoon high of 94 degrees at Portland, ME, was a record for the month of May. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Hot and humid weather prevailed in the eastern U.S. Thirteen cities reported record high temperatures for the date. Cape Hatteras, NC, reported their first ninety degree day in May in 115 years of records. "Dust buster" thunderstorms in northwest Texas drenched Amarillo with more than three inches of rain. (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather and torrential rains in northern Indiana, northern Ohio and southern Lower Michigan. Saint John IND was drenched with four inches of rain in two hours, and Woodland MI was deluged with two inches in twenty minutes. Pittsburgh PA reported a record 6.55 inches of rain for the month of May, with measurable rain reported on twenty-five days during the month. (The National Weather Summary)
1990 - Afternoon and evening thunderstorms developing along a warm front produced severe weather from northwest Texas to southeastern Louisiana. The thunderstorms spawned sixteen tornadoes, including thirteen in northwest Texas. One tornado hit the town of Spearman, TX, causing more than a million dollars damage, and seven other tornadoes were reported within twenty-five miles of Spearman. Thunderstorms over northwest Texas also produced baseball size hail at Monahans, and wind gusts to 80 mph at Paducah. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1991 - Norfolk, VA hit 100° setting a new all-time record high for the month of May and Philadelphia, PA hit 97° tying their May record high set the previous day.
This was the warmest May on record in Washington, D.C. The city also observed a record 11 days of 90-degree heat.
Severe Thunderstorms struck eight counties across central Florida. Hail from nickle up to golfball size was reported in Pinellas, Putnam, Citrus, Marion, and Brevard counties.
The largest hail was in Putnam County where it broke windows and tree limbs. Severe thunderstorm winds were reported in Sumter, Citrus, Marion, Levy, Alachua and Putnam Counties. Winds destroyed a carport and blew down trees and power lines in Sumter County and many trees and power lines were blown down in the other counties. A firefighter was injured by lightning at Largo in Pinellas County.
1992 - This May was the driest on record for Chicago, IL and Rockford, IL. Only 0.30 inches of rain fell at Chicago and Rockford had a paltry 0.48 inches.
The total rainfall at El Paso, TX of this past month was 4.22 inches, making this the wettest May ever for the city. The normal rainfall for May is only 0.24 inches, which means that this month's rainfall total was 1,758% of normal.
1993 - May of 1993 was very wet across the state of Iowa, which was just of prelude of flooding to come in the summer of 1993. Statewide, rain was recorded somewhere in Iowa on 26 of the 31 days in the month and statewide precipitation averaged 5.68 inches or 143% of normal. Flood warnings were issued for the Rock River and the upper portion of the Des Moines River in northwest Iowa during the second week of May. A record crest occurred on the Rock River at Rock Rapids measuring 12.53 feet, which was 6 feet above flood stage. Damage in Lyon County alone was near $2 million dollars and the city of Rock Rapids had 56 houses damaged.
1995 - The U.S. set a new monthly tornado record in May, 1995 with 408 twisters reported. The record would be surpassed in the busy month of May 2003, when over 500 twisters were reported.
1997 - Mount Washington, NH recorded 95.8 inches of snow for the month which exceeded the previous May snowfall record by 43.6 inches.
1998 - During the early morning hours, a derecho struck southeast Michigan across the Saginaw Valley, Thumb and Flint areas. Wind gusts reached 70 to 120 mph which resulted in two deaths, two injuries and widespread damage. Thousands of trees are knocked down and hundreds of homes and businesses suffer damage. Sections of the state are declared a major disaster area and thousands are without power, some for several days. The storm had formed over Wisconsin late the previous night where damage totaled about $60 million dollars to property and $1.82 million dollars to crops.
During the afternoon, lines of severe thunderstorms formed and moved rapidly east across New York and Western New England. Several of these storms became tornadic over Saratoga, Albany, Rensselaer, and Washington counties in New York and Bennington County in Vermont. Straight-line winds in excess of 60 mph caused damage occurred across a wide area. Cloud to ground lightning rates over the region reached 15,000 strikes per hour, rates not observed before over this region. Lightning hit a car traveling on the New York State Thruway--traveled through the car to a door handle--burning the arm of 16 year old female passenger. Lightning throughout the area shattered trees and set a number of fires. At Locust Hill Country Club, the nationally televised Ladies Pro Golf Association tournament was delayed four times by the storms. There were reports of numerous trees and wires down as well as power outages. Tens of thousands were without power. In Niagara and Orleans counties, about 50% of the apple crop was damaged by the pelting hail stones. Top wind gusts included: 79 mph at Hamlin, NY, 77 mph at Ontario, NY and 70 mph at Buffalo, NY.
These storms resulted 68 injuries but no fatalities, tens of millions of dollars in damage to homes and businesses, and extensive forest damage. An F3 tornado moved through the northern section of Lyons in Berks County, Pennsylvania causing much damage, but only a few injuries and no fatalities. Worcester, MA reported a downburst wind gust of 94 mph.
Fresno, CA reached a high of only 85°and at Bakersfield the high reached 84°.This was the warmest reading of the month at both locations and only the 3rd May on record in both cities that the high temperature never cracked 90 degrees (also occurred in May 1917 and 1961).
2001 - Death Valley National Park, CA recorded a high temperature of 118°, setting a daily record.
Fresno, CA reached 106°,marking the 9th time this month the high reached into the triple digits.This set a record for the most triple digit high temperatures in May. Further south, Palomar Mountain, CA set their all-time May high temperature record with 91° and Idyllwild, CA tied their high temperature for May with 93° (5/29/1984).
2003 - Birmingham, AL recorded 17.23 inches of rain during the month to establish a new rainfall record for the month of May. It also was the third wettest month ever in the Magic City. Amazingly, the month came very close to being the all-time wettest month ever there, eclipsed only by July 1916 when a dying tropical storm hovered over Alabama, dumping 20.12 inches of rain on the city.
543 tornadoes were recorded in the U.S. for May, 2003; by far the most tornadoes ever recorded in a single month. May of 2003 was an unusual year for tornadoes in the central United States, as most outbreaks occurred during the first two weeks of the month. A record breaking 384 tornado's occurred in 19 states during these first two weeks, which resulted in 42 fatalities.
2005 - For the first time since official records began, no tornados were reported anywhere in Oklahoma for May 2005. This was unusual because May typically marks the peak of tornado season for the state, with an average of 21 tornados for the month.
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1830 - A tornado with a 400 yard wide track swept through Shelbyville, KY. The tornado, which killed many people, was described in the "American Journal of Science".
1858 - A tornado moved across Warren County and devastated the town of Ellison, IL about 14 miles southwest of Monmouth. Only 3 cabins were left standing. 19 people were killed, and 60 injured, along the tornado's 5 mile long track.
1889 - The Johnstown disaster occurred, the worst flood tragedy in U.S. history. Heavy rains collapsed the South Fork Dam sending a thirty foot wall of water rushing down the already flooded Conemaugh Valley. The wall of water, traveling as fast as twenty-two feet per second, swept away all structures, objects and people. 2100 persons perished in the flood. (David Ludlum)
1910 - Fresno and Bakersfield, CA hit 110°; the earliest 110 degree reading on record and a record high for the month of May.Lemon Cove, CA soared to 118°, their highest May temperature.
1911 - Violent Derby Day thunderstorms killed four horses on Epsom Downs in Southeastern England. Local flooding, landslides, lightning, and wind gusts caused damage across lowland England. 17 people are killed in the London area.
1927 - Springtime of 1927 saw 18.64 inches of rain fall in the Peoria, IL area. This established their wettest Meteorological Spring (March, April, May period) on record.
1934 - Early season heat gripped central Illinois. Springfield reported its earliest triple-digit high temperature on record, with a temperature of 101°.
1941 - Thunderstorms deluged Burlington KS with 12.59 inches of rain to establish a 24 hour rainfall record for the state. (The Weather Channel)
1951 - Unseasonal late season snow fell across parts of the northern Rockies. Snowfall totals included: Mystic Lake, MT: 7 inches, Red Lodge, MT: 6 inches, Pryor, MT: 5 inches, Billings, MT: 4 inches. At Red Lodge, MT 15 inches of snow fell from this date through June 2nd; 3 inches of snow fell at Sheridan and Wyola, WY on June 1st.
1954 - Sioux Falls, SD recorded their latest snowfall on this date when a half inch was reported.
1961 - A late freeze did severe damage to crops across parts of New England. This was the latest freeze on record for the suburbs of Boston, MA. The temperature in Burlington, VT dropped to 25°.
1970 - A 7.7 magnitude earthquake just off the coast of Peru triggered the most catastrophic avalanche in history. The initial avalanche became a tremendous landslide traveling at over 100 mph. The landslide fell nearly vertically into the valley and villages below Mount Huascaran. It took less than three minutes for the landslide to reach the town of Yongui, where 20,000 people died, entombed in ice, snow and rock. It flowed on like a river to bury another village. A total of 66,000 people died in the disaster.
1973 - Canada's sunniest month ended as Eureka in the Northwest Territories recorded 621 hours of sunshine.
1982 - It was the wettest May ever for parts of northern Texas and Oklahoma. Wichita Falls, TX established record with 13.22 inches. Oklahoma City, OK recorded 12.07 inches for the month to set a record. Pilot Point, TX set a record of 30.30 inches.
May 1982 established the record for number of U.S. tornadoes in any month with 365. The record would be broken in 1995 and again in 2003, each time in May.
1983 - Albany, NY experienced its wettest spring season in 109 years of records with 19.54 inches while Philadelphia, PA also had their wettest spring with 21.85 inches of precipitation.
1985 - Severe thuunderstorms spawned forty-one tornadoes across the Lower Great Lakes Region and southeastern Ontario which killed 74 persons. (Storm Data)
1987 - Thunderstorms in New England produced wind gusts up to 90 mph at Worcester, MA, and Northboro, MA, and hail an inch and a half in diameter at Williston, VT. Unseasonably hot weather prevailed in the northeastern U.S. The afternoon high of 94 degrees at Portland, ME, was a record for the month of May. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Hot and humid weather prevailed in the eastern U.S. Thirteen cities reported record high temperatures for the date. Cape Hatteras, NC, reported their first ninety degree day in May in 115 years of records. "Dust buster" thunderstorms in northwest Texas drenched Amarillo with more than three inches of rain. (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather and torrential rains in northern Indiana, northern Ohio and southern Lower Michigan. Saint John IND was drenched with four inches of rain in two hours, and Woodland MI was deluged with two inches in twenty minutes. Pittsburgh PA reported a record 6.55 inches of rain for the month of May, with measurable rain reported on twenty-five days during the month. (The National Weather Summary)
1990 - Afternoon and evening thunderstorms developing along a warm front produced severe weather from northwest Texas to southeastern Louisiana. The thunderstorms spawned sixteen tornadoes, including thirteen in northwest Texas. One tornado hit the town of Spearman, TX, causing more than a million dollars damage, and seven other tornadoes were reported within twenty-five miles of Spearman. Thunderstorms over northwest Texas also produced baseball size hail at Monahans, and wind gusts to 80 mph at Paducah. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1991 - Norfolk, VA hit 100° setting a new all-time record high for the month of May and Philadelphia, PA hit 97° tying their May record high set the previous day.
This was the warmest May on record in Washington, D.C. The city also observed a record 11 days of 90-degree heat.
Severe Thunderstorms struck eight counties across central Florida. Hail from nickle up to golfball size was reported in Pinellas, Putnam, Citrus, Marion, and Brevard counties.
The largest hail was in Putnam County where it broke windows and tree limbs. Severe thunderstorm winds were reported in Sumter, Citrus, Marion, Levy, Alachua and Putnam Counties. Winds destroyed a carport and blew down trees and power lines in Sumter County and many trees and power lines were blown down in the other counties. A firefighter was injured by lightning at Largo in Pinellas County.
1992 - This May was the driest on record for Chicago, IL and Rockford, IL. Only 0.30 inches of rain fell at Chicago and Rockford had a paltry 0.48 inches.
The total rainfall at El Paso, TX of this past month was 4.22 inches, making this the wettest May ever for the city. The normal rainfall for May is only 0.24 inches, which means that this month's rainfall total was 1,758% of normal.
1993 - May of 1993 was very wet across the state of Iowa, which was just of prelude of flooding to come in the summer of 1993. Statewide, rain was recorded somewhere in Iowa on 26 of the 31 days in the month and statewide precipitation averaged 5.68 inches or 143% of normal. Flood warnings were issued for the Rock River and the upper portion of the Des Moines River in northwest Iowa during the second week of May. A record crest occurred on the Rock River at Rock Rapids measuring 12.53 feet, which was 6 feet above flood stage. Damage in Lyon County alone was near $2 million dollars and the city of Rock Rapids had 56 houses damaged.
1995 - The U.S. set a new monthly tornado record in May, 1995 with 408 twisters reported. The record would be surpassed in the busy month of May 2003, when over 500 twisters were reported.
1997 - Mount Washington, NH recorded 95.8 inches of snow for the month which exceeded the previous May snowfall record by 43.6 inches.
1998 - During the early morning hours, a derecho struck southeast Michigan across the Saginaw Valley, Thumb and Flint areas. Wind gusts reached 70 to 120 mph which resulted in two deaths, two injuries and widespread damage. Thousands of trees are knocked down and hundreds of homes and businesses suffer damage. Sections of the state are declared a major disaster area and thousands are without power, some for several days. The storm had formed over Wisconsin late the previous night where damage totaled about $60 million dollars to property and $1.82 million dollars to crops.
During the afternoon, lines of severe thunderstorms formed and moved rapidly east across New York and Western New England. Several of these storms became tornadic over Saratoga, Albany, Rensselaer, and Washington counties in New York and Bennington County in Vermont. Straight-line winds in excess of 60 mph caused damage occurred across a wide area. Cloud to ground lightning rates over the region reached 15,000 strikes per hour, rates not observed before over this region. Lightning hit a car traveling on the New York State Thruway--traveled through the car to a door handle--burning the arm of 16 year old female passenger. Lightning throughout the area shattered trees and set a number of fires. At Locust Hill Country Club, the nationally televised Ladies Pro Golf Association tournament was delayed four times by the storms. There were reports of numerous trees and wires down as well as power outages. Tens of thousands were without power. In Niagara and Orleans counties, about 50% of the apple crop was damaged by the pelting hail stones. Top wind gusts included: 79 mph at Hamlin, NY, 77 mph at Ontario, NY and 70 mph at Buffalo, NY.
These storms resulted 68 injuries but no fatalities, tens of millions of dollars in damage to homes and businesses, and extensive forest damage. An F3 tornado moved through the northern section of Lyons in Berks County, Pennsylvania causing much damage, but only a few injuries and no fatalities. Worcester, MA reported a downburst wind gust of 94 mph.
Fresno, CA reached a high of only 85°and at Bakersfield the high reached 84°.This was the warmest reading of the month at both locations and only the 3rd May on record in both cities that the high temperature never cracked 90 degrees (also occurred in May 1917 and 1961).
2001 - Death Valley National Park, CA recorded a high temperature of 118°, setting a daily record.
Fresno, CA reached 106°,marking the 9th time this month the high reached into the triple digits.This set a record for the most triple digit high temperatures in May. Further south, Palomar Mountain, CA set their all-time May high temperature record with 91° and Idyllwild, CA tied their high temperature for May with 93° (5/29/1984).
2003 - Birmingham, AL recorded 17.23 inches of rain during the month to establish a new rainfall record for the month of May. It also was the third wettest month ever in the Magic City. Amazingly, the month came very close to being the all-time wettest month ever there, eclipsed only by July 1916 when a dying tropical storm hovered over Alabama, dumping 20.12 inches of rain on the city.
543 tornadoes were recorded in the U.S. for May, 2003; by far the most tornadoes ever recorded in a single month. May of 2003 was an unusual year for tornadoes in the central United States, as most outbreaks occurred during the first two weeks of the month. A record breaking 384 tornado's occurred in 19 states during these first two weeks, which resulted in 42 fatalities.
2005 - For the first time since official records began, no tornados were reported anywhere in Oklahoma for May 2005. This was unusual because May typically marks the peak of tornado season for the state, with an average of 21 tornados for the month.
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1860 - The Great Camanche Tornado or the Great Tornado of the Northwest was actually a group of tornadoes that moved across Iowa and Illinois. It was one of the most damaging group of tornadoes ever to strike the US and resulted in more farm fatalities than any other tornado except for the TriState tornado. The town of Camanche, IA on the Mississippi River was completely destroyed. The greatest death toll of 124 people occurred in an area extending from near Cedar Rapids, IA, to Albany, IL. A total of 175 people were killed and 329 were injured. Total damage was $945,000 dollars.
Several tornadoes struck northern Illinois killing 100 people and injuring 220 others. The death toll included 23 people on a raft which was destroyed as a tornado moved across the Mississippi River. The twisters destroyed numerous businesses and farms and even threw several homes into the Mississippi River where 10 occupants drowned.
1887 - A tornado or waterspout touched down on the Wabash River, about 5 miles north of its mouth with the Ohio River. Three people drowned when a boat was overturned at Old Shawneetown.
1902 - The widest-known tornado in Europe raced across Javaugues, France. Although the path length was only 4.4 miles long, it was 3,270 yards wide. Remarkably, there was only one fatality.
1905 - Seattle, WA received their heaviest ever 24-hour June rainfall as 1.42 inches fell.
1921 - A cloudburst near Pikes Peak CO killed 120 people. Pueblo CO was flooded by a twenty-five foot crest of the Arkansas River, killing 70 persons. Fourteen inches of rain was reported at Boggs Flat, where a hard surface road through nearly level country was washed out to a depth of seven feet. (The Weather Channel)
1951 - Sheridan, WY dropped to 27°; their coldest June temperature on record. Denver, CO received a trace of snow.
1959 - Thunderstorms in northwestern Kansas produced up to eighteen inches of hail near Salden during the early evening. Crops were completely destroyed, and total damage from the storm was about half a million dollars. Hail fell for a record eighty-five minutes. The temperature dropped from near 80 degrees prior to the storm to 38 degrees at the height of the storm. (David Ludlum)
1970 - Edmonton, Alberta's Municipal Airport in Canada broke their high temperature record for June when the mercury soared to 94°.
1975 - Severe thunderstorms erupted across central sections of South Dakota. During the evening hours the storms stretched from the southern border to the northern border of the state and were packing strong winds and large hail. In several areas, including Mobridge, hail as large as baseballs did damage to crops, homes, and vehicles and in some areas piled up to two feet deep. Strong thunderstorm winds also uprooted trees, and damaged numerous farm buildings. Numerous funnels and small tornadoes were observed, including three in Charles Mix County, but little additional damage occurred. Four small tornadoes touched down very late in the day. One landed in a park near Elk Point, SD that damaged a house and trees. Another tornado touched down four miles southeast of Le Mars which lifted a car off the road and uprooted trees. The third tornado was five miles southeast of Le Mars and it destroyed four farm buildings. Finally, the fourth twister destroyed two livestock sheds and damaged two grain bins in McNally southeast of Hawarden.
1980 - The Grand Island, NE area was plagued by a slow moving supercell thunderstorm that produced 7 tornadoes over a 3-hour period. One of the twisters was an F4 while 3 others rated as F3’s. Five fatalities and 193 injuries resulted from the storm. Damage exceeded $300 million dollars.
Damaging thunderstorms marched across southeastern Pennsylvania during the afternoon accompanied by high winds. Reading reported a wind gust to 70 mph and Allentown gusted to 69 mph. Thousands of trees were felled. One man was killed when a tree fell on his pick-up truck in Philadelphia. Many roads were completely blocked by fallen trees.
1981 - The worst tornado to ever hit Denver, CO struck Thornton. Coming from the same thunderstorm, the Thornton tornado tore a swath through the heart of the city. 87 homes were destroyed and 110 others sustaining at least moderate damage. In all, 600 homes in a 100 block area sustained some damage. The twister also hit shopping centers, several restaurants and other buildings. Seven of the 42 injured were serious. The storm was strong enough to snap lamp posts in half and drive a 6-inch slab of wood two feet into the ground. Damage was estimated up to $50 million dollars.
1982 - Alberto was a minimal hurricane west of the Florida Keys for about six hours on this date, before gradually dissipating off the southwest coast on the 6th. Maximum winds observed at a land station were 70 mph at Dry Tortugas at 1800z on this date, with the center less than 20 miles from the island. Key West measured 6.25 inches of rain during the 24 hours ending at 1200z on the 4th. Two tornadoes occurred in the lower Keys, producing the only damage from the storm. The lower Keys were the only parts of Florida directly affected by Alberto.
1987 - Six days of flooding in South Texas culminated with five to six inch rains from Bexar County to Bandera County, and five to nine inches rains in Gonzalez and Wilson Counties. Total crop damage was estimated at 500 million dollars. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Early morning thunderstorms in southern Texas produced wind gusts to 86 mph at Port Isabel, and wind gusts to 83 mph at South Padre Island. Unseasonably hot weather prevailed from the Southern Plateau Region to the Northern High Plains. Fourteen cities reported record high temperatures for the date. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Thunderstorms developing over the Southern Plains Region during the afternoon hours produced severe weather into the night. Thunderstorms spawned eleven tornadoes, and there were 169 reports of large hail and damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 80 mph at Newcastle, OK, and Wilson, OK. Softball size hail was reported at Monahans, Childress and Groesbeck TX. Monahans TX reported six million dollars damage. Five inches of rain deluged Geronimo OK. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - Deep low pressure across the upper Great Lakes brought strong southwest winds to the extreme western end of New York. Peak gusts of 63 mph at Niagara Falls and 59 mph at Buffalo were recorded. Several cars were damaged when large tree limbs, and in two cases uprooted trees, fell on them. About 6,000 were without power as many scattered power outages were reported. A local public television station was knocked off the air for just over an hour when falling trees disrupted power to their transmitter. Wind damage was reported in Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Grand Island, Batavia, Medina, Dunkirk and Chautauqua.
1993 - Early morning severe thunderstorms dumped huge hailstones across northern Oklahoma. Hail up to 6 inches in diameter in Enid went through roofs of homes, damaged three jets at Vance Air Force Base, and did $500,000 in damage at a car dealership. Winds gusts reached 70 mph at Vance Air Force Base as well. Hail damage to the wheat crop was estimated at $70 million dollars.
Heavy snow blanketed the higher elevations of west central Wyoming. Worthen Reservoir west of Lander picked up a foot of new snow.
1995 - Hurricane Allison formed in the northwest Caribbean Sea and moved north through the eastern Gulf of Mexico, weakening to tropical storm strength before crossing the coast at St. Teresa, near Alligator Point in the Florida Big Bend area at 0900z on the 5th. At landfall, maximum sustained winds were 69 mph with a minimum central pressure of 990 millibars. Maximum rainfall amounts were between 4 and 6 inches. Storm surge heights were estimated at 6 to 8 feet from Dixie through Wakulla counties. Damage was greatest in the coastal sections of Levy, Dixie, Taylor and
Wakulla counties, mainly from storm surge effects, with 60 homes and businesses damaged. About 5,000 people evacuated from the coast. Most beach erosion was minor, except locally heavy in Pinellas County, with damage to sea walls and coastal roadways.
Several small boats were sunk. Four confirmed tornadoes, associated with outer rainbands, touched down in Polk, Duval and Nassau counties. Otherwise, minor wind damage to roofs, signs, power lines and trees occurred over north Florida. Total storm damage in Florida was estimated at $860,000 dollars.
This was the beginning of our current multi-decadal period. The 1995 Atlantic Hurricane Season went down in the record books as one of the busiest hurricane seasons since 1871. There were a total of 19 named storms, 11 of which reached hurricanes.
Heavy rain resulted in significant flooding in Wheatland, WY, with water up to 3 feet deep reported on some streets.
1997 - It was a chilly day in the East. The high temperature at Philadelphia International Airport, PA was only 59°, tying a record-low maximum for the date set back in 1881. The mercury at Middletown, PA only rose to 58°, breaking the record-low maximum for the date of 59° set back in 1915. Washington D.C. only reached 58°, breaking the old record-low maximum of 59° set back in 1915. At Williamsport, PA, the high temperature of 52° tied the old record-low maximum, which was set in back in 1945. Central Park in New York City only reached 61°.
1999 - June snow in Southern California is a rare event, only occurring in the mountains of Los Angeles County a few times in recorded history. On this date, light snow was reported at Frazier Park, north of Los Angeles. The snow melted on contact with the ground and there was no accumulation. Three inches of snow was reported at Mt. Laguna and one inch at Wrightwood. The high temperature at Mount Wilson, CA was only 38°, breaking the record for the coldest high temperature in June of 43° set back in June 1968. Palomar Mountain and Mt. Laguna only reached afternoon highs of 42°.
2002 - An impressive heat burst at Amarillo, TX caused the temperature to jump to 90° at 3:21 am. The heat burst was accompanied by winds of 55 mph.
2007 - As low pressure moved east from the western Great lakes, the remains of Tropical Storm Barry moved northeast from the Carolinas. Severe thunderstorms developed along a lake breeze over Niagara County in western New York State. The thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in North Tonawanda and Lockport. As the localized storms crossed the Finger Lakes region, several inches of rain fell in a short amount of time washing out roads and driveways.
2009 - Across western Canada, Victoria, British Columbia's temperature reached 86° for the second straight day. Across the waters, the mercury also climbed to 86° in downtown Vancouver.
2010 - An EF-1 water spout-turned-tornado struck the Australian coastal town of Lennox Head in northern New South Wales. Unseasonably warm ocean temperatures created a pocket of warm air which collided with a cold air mass, leading to a cluster of severe thunderstorms that spawned the twister. This was an extremely unusual event, as it occurred during austral winter and the region's severe thunderstorm season is typically November - April. With wind speeds reaching more than 90mph, dozens of homes were damaged or destroyed.
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1860 - The Great Camanche Tornado or the Great Tornado of the Northwest was actually a group of tornadoes that moved across Iowa and Illinois. It was one of the most damaging group of tornadoes ever to strike the US and resulted in more farm fatalities than any other tornado except for the TriState tornado. The town of Camanche, IA on the Mississippi River was completely destroyed. The greatest death toll of 124 people occurred in an area extending from near Cedar Rapids, IA, to Albany, IL. A total of 175 people were killed and 329 were injured. Total damage was $945,000 dollars.
Several tornadoes struck northern Illinois killing 100 people and injuring 220 others. The death toll included 23 people on a raft which was destroyed as a tornado moved across the Mississippi River. The twisters destroyed numerous businesses and farms and even threw several homes into the Mississippi River where 10 occupants drowned.
1887 - A tornado or waterspout touched down on the Wabash River, about 5 miles north of its mouth with the Ohio River. Three people drowned when a boat was overturned at Old Shawneetown.
1902 - The widest-known tornado in Europe raced across Javaugues, France. Although the path length was only 4.4 miles long, it was 3,270 yards wide. Remarkably, there was only one fatality.
1905 - Seattle, WA received their heaviest ever 24-hour June rainfall as 1.42 inches fell.
1921 - A cloudburst near Pikes Peak CO killed 120 people. Pueblo CO was flooded by a twenty-five foot crest of the Arkansas River, killing 70 persons. Fourteen inches of rain was reported at Boggs Flat, where a hard surface road through nearly level country was washed out to a depth of seven feet. (The Weather Channel)
1951 - Sheridan, WY dropped to 27°; their coldest June temperature on record. Denver, CO received a trace of snow.
1959 - Thunderstorms in northwestern Kansas produced up to eighteen inches of hail near Salden during the early evening. Crops were completely destroyed, and total damage from the storm was about half a million dollars. Hail fell for a record eighty-five minutes. The temperature dropped from near 80 degrees prior to the storm to 38 degrees at the height of the storm. (David Ludlum)
1970 - Edmonton, Alberta's Municipal Airport in Canada broke their high temperature record for June when the mercury soared to 94°.
1975 - Severe thunderstorms erupted across central sections of South Dakota. During the evening hours the storms stretched from the southern border to the northern border of the state and were packing strong winds and large hail. In several areas, including Mobridge, hail as large as baseballs did damage to crops, homes, and vehicles and in some areas piled up to two feet deep. Strong thunderstorm winds also uprooted trees, and damaged numerous farm buildings. Numerous funnels and small tornadoes were observed, including three in Charles Mix County, but little additional damage occurred. Four small tornadoes touched down very late in the day. One landed in a park near Elk Point, SD that damaged a house and trees. Another tornado touched down four miles southeast of Le Mars which lifted a car off the road and uprooted trees. The third tornado was five miles southeast of Le Mars and it destroyed four farm buildings. Finally, the fourth twister destroyed two livestock sheds and damaged two grain bins in McNally southeast of Hawarden.
1980 - The Grand Island, NE area was plagued by a slow moving supercell thunderstorm that produced 7 tornadoes over a 3-hour period. One of the twisters was an F4 while 3 others rated as F3’s. Five fatalities and 193 injuries resulted from the storm. Damage exceeded $300 million dollars.
Damaging thunderstorms marched across southeastern Pennsylvania during the afternoon accompanied by high winds. Reading reported a wind gust to 70 mph and Allentown gusted to 69 mph. Thousands of trees were felled. One man was killed when a tree fell on his pick-up truck in Philadelphia. Many roads were completely blocked by fallen trees.
1981 - The worst tornado to ever hit Denver, CO struck Thornton. Coming from the same thunderstorm, the Thornton tornado tore a swath through the heart of the city. 87 homes were destroyed and 110 others sustaining at least moderate damage. In all, 600 homes in a 100 block area sustained some damage. The twister also hit shopping centers, several restaurants and other buildings. Seven of the 42 injured were serious. The storm was strong enough to snap lamp posts in half and drive a 6-inch slab of wood two feet into the ground. Damage was estimated up to $50 million dollars.
1982 - Alberto was a minimal hurricane west of the Florida Keys for about six hours on this date, before gradually dissipating off the southwest coast on the 6th. Maximum winds observed at a land station were 70 mph at Dry Tortugas at 1800z on this date, with the center less than 20 miles from the island. Key West measured 6.25 inches of rain during the 24 hours ending at 1200z on the 4th. Two tornadoes occurred in the lower Keys, producing the only damage from the storm. The lower Keys were the only parts of Florida directly affected by Alberto.
1987 - Six days of flooding in South Texas culminated with five to six inch rains from Bexar County to Bandera County, and five to nine inches rains in Gonzalez and Wilson Counties. Total crop damage was estimated at 500 million dollars. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Early morning thunderstorms in southern Texas produced wind gusts to 86 mph at Port Isabel, and wind gusts to 83 mph at South Padre Island. Unseasonably hot weather prevailed from the Southern Plateau Region to the Northern High Plains. Fourteen cities reported record high temperatures for the date. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Thunderstorms developing over the Southern Plains Region during the afternoon hours produced severe weather into the night. Thunderstorms spawned eleven tornadoes, and there were 169 reports of large hail and damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 80 mph at Newcastle, OK, and Wilson, OK. Softball size hail was reported at Monahans, Childress and Groesbeck TX. Monahans TX reported six million dollars damage. Five inches of rain deluged Geronimo OK. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - Deep low pressure across the upper Great Lakes brought strong southwest winds to the extreme western end of New York. Peak gusts of 63 mph at Niagara Falls and 59 mph at Buffalo were recorded. Several cars were damaged when large tree limbs, and in two cases uprooted trees, fell on them. About 6,000 were without power as many scattered power outages were reported. A local public television station was knocked off the air for just over an hour when falling trees disrupted power to their transmitter. Wind damage was reported in Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Grand Island, Batavia, Medina, Dunkirk and Chautauqua.
1993 - Early morning severe thunderstorms dumped huge hailstones across northern Oklahoma. Hail up to 6 inches in diameter in Enid went through roofs of homes, damaged three jets at Vance Air Force Base, and did $500,000 in damage at a car dealership. Winds gusts reached 70 mph at Vance Air Force Base as well. Hail damage to the wheat crop was estimated at $70 million dollars.
Heavy snow blanketed the higher elevations of west central Wyoming. Worthen Reservoir west of Lander picked up a foot of new snow.
1995 - Hurricane Allison formed in the northwest Caribbean Sea and moved north through the eastern Gulf of Mexico, weakening to tropical storm strength before crossing the coast at St. Teresa, near Alligator Point in the Florida Big Bend area at 0900z on the 5th. At landfall, maximum sustained winds were 69 mph with a minimum central pressure of 990 millibars. Maximum rainfall amounts were between 4 and 6 inches. Storm surge heights were estimated at 6 to 8 feet from Dixie through Wakulla counties. Damage was greatest in the coastal sections of Levy, Dixie, Taylor and
Wakulla counties, mainly from storm surge effects, with 60 homes and businesses damaged. About 5,000 people evacuated from the coast. Most beach erosion was minor, except locally heavy in Pinellas County, with damage to sea walls and coastal roadways.
Several small boats were sunk. Four confirmed tornadoes, associated with outer rainbands, touched down in Polk, Duval and Nassau counties. Otherwise, minor wind damage to roofs, signs, power lines and trees occurred over north Florida. Total storm damage in Florida was estimated at $860,000 dollars.
This was the beginning of our current multi-decadal period. The 1995 Atlantic Hurricane Season went down in the record books as one of the busiest hurricane seasons since 1871. There were a total of 19 named storms, 11 of which reached hurricanes.
Heavy rain resulted in significant flooding in Wheatland, WY, with water up to 3 feet deep reported on some streets.
1997 - It was a chilly day in the East. The high temperature at Philadelphia International Airport, PA was only 59°, tying a record-low maximum for the date set back in 1881. The mercury at Middletown, PA only rose to 58°, breaking the record-low maximum for the date of 59° set back in 1915. Washington D.C. only reached 58°, breaking the old record-low maximum of 59° set back in 1915. At Williamsport, PA, the high temperature of 52° tied the old record-low maximum, which was set in back in 1945. Central Park in New York City only reached 61°.
1999 - June snow in Southern California is a rare event, only occurring in the mountains of Los Angeles County a few times in recorded history. On this date, light snow was reported at Frazier Park, north of Los Angeles. The snow melted on contact with the ground and there was no accumulation. Three inches of snow was reported at Mt. Laguna and one inch at Wrightwood. The high temperature at Mount Wilson, CA was only 38°, breaking the record for the coldest high temperature in June of 43° set back in June 1968. Palomar Mountain and Mt. Laguna only reached afternoon highs of 42°.
2002 - An impressive heat burst at Amarillo, TX caused the temperature to jump to 90° at 3:21 am. The heat burst was accompanied by winds of 55 mph.
2007 - As low pressure moved east from the western Great lakes, the remains of Tropical Storm Barry moved northeast from the Carolinas. Severe thunderstorms developed along a lake breeze over Niagara County in western New York State. The thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in North Tonawanda and Lockport. As the localized storms crossed the Finger Lakes region, several inches of rain fell in a short amount of time washing out roads and driveways.
2009 - Across western Canada, Victoria, British Columbia's temperature reached 86° for the second straight day. Across the waters, the mercury also climbed to 86° in downtown Vancouver.
2010 - An EF-1 water spout-turned-tornado struck the Australian coastal town of Lennox Head in northern New South Wales. Unseasonably warm ocean temperatures created a pocket of warm air which collided with a cold air mass, leading to a cluster of severe thunderstorms that spawned the twister. This was an extremely unusual event, as it occurred during austral winter and the region's severe thunderstorm season is typically November - April. With wind speeds reaching more than 90mph, dozens of homes were damaged or destroyed.
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1805 - A group of tornadoes tracked from southeast Missouri across the southern third of Illinois, and may also have moved into Indiana. These moved across the Mississippi River about 20 miles downstream from St. Louis, MO. Fish were reportedly "scattered all over the prairie" on the Illinois side of the river. Some pine tree tops, not native to that area of Illinois, were believed to have been blown in from at least 50 miles away. The easternmost documented damage was south of present-day Albion, in Edwards County. A straight line between these areas would indicate the tornadoes also tracked across present-day Mount Vernon, but an exact track could not be determined due to lack of settlements in the area at the time.
1859 - Frost was reported from Iowa to New England. The temperature dipped to 25 degrees in New York State, and up to two inches of snow blanketed Ohio. The cold and snow damaged the wheat crop. (David Ludlum)
1908 - Helena MT was deluged with 3.67 inches of rain to establish their all-time 24 hour rainfall record. (4th-5th) (The Weather Channel)
1916 - A tornado struck the town of Warren AR killing 83 persons. There were 125 deaths that day in a tornado outbreak across Missouri and Arkansas. (David Ludlum)
1917 - Residents near Topeka KS reported disk-shaped hailstones six to ten inches in diameter, and two to three inches thick. The hailstorm was accompanied by a tornado. (The Weather Channel)
1925 - Washington, D.C. & Philadelphia, PA had their earliest triple digit readings on record.
1945 - Unusually cold air moved in to parts of the upper Midwest. Chicago, IL dropped to 37° after setting a record low the previous morning with 35° while Rockford, IL dropped to 35° on both mornings. Both 35 degree readings established June record lows.
1976 - When water began leaking from Idaho's new Teton Dam, there seemed to be no cause for alarm. On this date, warnings were frantic that the dam was about to break. As workers tried to shore up the crumbling dam, it crumbled shortly after 11am, sending 180 billion gallons of water pouring through Teton Canyon. 11 people lost their lives, but the toll would have been much higher if the dam had failed at night and residents had been asleep.
1982 - A severe thunderstorm containing large hail and damaging winds tore through Fall River County in extreme southwest South Dakota. Strong winds drove baseball sized hail through windows and severely dented mobile homes near Smithwick. In Butte County, also in southwest South Dakota, large hail up to baseball size and some jagged hailstones up to 7 inches in diameter piled up to half a foot deep. The large hail tore limbs from trees, punched holes in roofs, and killed cattle.
1985 - A persistent heat wave in the southeast states set many new high temperature records. In Montgomery, AL, the record high reading of 103° is also the hottest ever recorded this early in the season. At Tampa, FL, the 99° high temperature established a new all-time record high, dating back to 1890 when official weather records began.
Wichita Falls, TX reported 5.36 inches of rain, their greatest rainfall ever for a calendar day.
1987 - International Falls, MN, dipped to a record low reading of 34 degrees during the morning. Williston, ND, and Glasgow, MT, reported record warm afternoon highs of 94 degrees. Major flooding was reported along the Guadelupe River in South Texas, with the water level at Cuero reaching 18 feet above flood stage. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Twenty cities in the south central and eastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Asheville NC with a reading of 40 degrees. Fifteen cities in the north central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. The high of 108 degrees at Glasgow MT was a record for June. (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Lower Mississippi Valley to the Southern Atlantic Coast during the day and into the night. Four tornadoes were reported, and there were 87 reports of large hail and damaging winds. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1991 - Severe thunderstorms dumped 5 to 7 inches of rain in less than 5 hours over parts of Osage County in Oklahoma. The hardest hit area was between Pawhuska and Shidler. Highway 60 west of Pawhuska was closed, and a few people were forced to evacuate their homes in Pawhuska. A severe thunderstorm produced wind gusts to 70 mph at the Scotts Bluff County airport in Nebraska.
1993 - An unusually strong late spring storm moved into California. 3.24 inches of rain fell in 24 hours at Lake Gregory, 1.26 inches at Santa Ana, 0.91 inches at Riverside, 0.85 inches at Big Bear Lake and 0.76 inches at Los Angeles, each new rainfall records for June. This was only one of two days Fresno received more than an inch of rain with 1.30 inches. The other day was 6/6/1998 when 1.88 inches fell. An F0 tornado touched down in south Fresno. Lodgepole received 13 inches of snow, their biggest June snowfall on record while Mammoth Mountain Ski Area received over 12 inches of snow.
The lowest temperature for the month of June was recorded at Columbia, MO as they dropped to 40°.
1994 - An approaching cold front spawned thunderstorms over South Dakota and northern Nebraska. The storms rolled eastward into much of northwest Iowa creating small tornadoes and a lot of strong straight-line winds. The first report of severe weather came from Plymouth County. Winds of 70 to 80 mph toppled trees and caused damage to a farm about ten miles north of Sioux City. The storms then moved into Sioux City, uprooting trees and downing power lines. Also, a mobile home park was hit with high winds overturning several mobile homes. Two small tornadoes were spawned. One was near Galva in Ida County which caused minimal damage. The other touched down in Buena Vista County, just south of Sulphur Springs, where it destroyed a garage at a farm. The last report of damage was near Newell, where several trees were downed.
1995 - Hurricane Allison became the earliest hurricane on record to cross the Florida coast at when it came ashore in Taylor County at Apalachee Bay with 75 mph winds. Hardest hit was Dixie County, but damage was relatively minor. Minor storm surge flooding was reported along the eastern shoreline of Apalachee Bay. Minor wind damage was reported in northwest Florida.
1998 - An F1 tornado touched down near the town of New Hope, MS creating a path one mile long and 50 yards wide. 13 houses had major damage and another 129 homes had minor damage. 22 mobile homes were either damaged or destroyed. Damages were estimated near $250,000 dollars. Another F1 tornado created a path two miles long and 50 yards wide 10 miles southeast of Hattiesburg, MS. This tornado blew down trees and a couple of signs as well as part of a roof building. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across Hattiesburg, MS blocking many of the roads and highways. Winds heavily damaged 25 homes and 25 mobile homes. 45 people were injured and two people were killed. The two fatalities were both in automobiles which ran into falling trees or the trees fell on them.
1999 - Winds gusting to 74 mph knocked down several trees throughout Groton. One tree took out a major transmission line and ripped the electrical service line off of a house. Power was out for parts of Groton for several hours. The high winds shattered the windows at a store on Main Street and also tore a sign loose which damaged five new vehicles at a dealership in Groton. The high winds also destroyed a small service building and the surrounding fence at a main juncture of natural gas pipelines in Groton. In Henry, winds around 70 mph brought several trees and many large tree branches down. Winds gusting to 80 mph snapped off several trees, blew a garage down, and brought power lines down in Hazel. In Watertown, winds gusted to over 70 mph, blowing a portion of a roof off a house and destroyed the attached garage on another house. Near Watertown, a pole barn was destroyed, a hay bale was blown into a basement window of a house and part of their deck was torn away. Near Florence, winds up to 80 mph tipped over and damaged a small shed, destroyed another storage shed, and also completely demolished a three stall garage.
2001 - Tropical Storm Allison devastated a large portion of southeast Texas with an incredible amount of rain as she meandered around the area for over five days. Between the 5th and the 10th, much of Houston and the surrounding areas to the north, east and south received between 15 and 35 inches of rain which caused devastating flooding and flash flooding. The largest amount fell over a 6 to 12 hour period on the 8th and 9th resulting in 22 deaths in the Houston area. More than 48,000 homes were damaged (11,000 with major damage and 3,600 completely destroyed). More than 70,000 automobiles were flooded during the storm. In Harris County alone, an estimated 300 billion gallons of water fell. This amount was enough to fill the Astrodome more than 5,600 times! Allison ended up being the costliest tropical storm ever (>$5 billion) for the state of Texas and for the United States. Allison is still the only tropical storm to have her name retired by the World Meteorological Organization.
As the Northern Hemisphere is approaching summer, the Southern Hemisphere is coming up on their winter season. The warmest June day since 1957 pushed the temperature to 70° at Melbourne, Australia.
2007 - Tornadoes and nickel-sized hail hit the Edmonton, Alberta Canada area late in the afternoon. Residents observed one twister west of the city. A second tornado touched down south of Stony Plain. Heavy rain fell in the Edmonton neighborhood of Castle Downs: 2 inches in just 30 minutes.
2008 - Very heavy rains of 3 to 7 inches caused extensive flooding throughout Dewey County, South Dakota. Many roads, bridges, dams, culverts, along with some buildings were damaged or destroyed by the flooding. One man, west of Promise, used a boat to get back and forth from his ranch. A federal disaster declaration was issued for Dewey County and the Cheyenne River Reservation.
2010 - Several thousands of people were still stranded in northern Hungary as the flooding situation remained critical after over a month of near-continuous rainfall. Along the banks of the Hernad, Sajo and Boldva rivers some 2,300 people were evacuated due to the water flooding homes in the towns and villages in the northeast region. Over 12,000 police officers, soldiers and firemen are involved in the rescue operation, which has enjoyed a rare dry spell since Friday that is forecast to last for the next week. In Budapest the docks of the flooded river Danube were shut and the banks of Margaret island, a major tourist destination in the capital, were protected by sand bags.
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1805 - A group of tornadoes tracked from southeast Missouri across the southern third of Illinois, and may also have moved into Indiana. These moved across the Mississippi River about 20 miles downstream from St. Louis, MO. Fish were reportedly "scattered all over the prairie" on the Illinois side of the river. Some pine tree tops, not native to that area of Illinois, were believed to have been blown in from at least 50 miles away. The easternmost documented damage was south of present-day Albion, in Edwards County. A straight line between these areas would indicate the tornadoes also tracked across present-day Mount Vernon, but an exact track could not be determined due to lack of settlements in the area at the time.
1859 - Frost was reported from Iowa to New England. The temperature dipped to 25 degrees in New York State, and up to two inches of snow blanketed Ohio. The cold and snow damaged the wheat crop. (David Ludlum)
1908 - Helena MT was deluged with 3.67 inches of rain to establish their all-time 24 hour rainfall record. (4th-5th) (The Weather Channel)
1916 - A tornado struck the town of Warren AR killing 83 persons. There were 125 deaths that day in a tornado outbreak across Missouri and Arkansas. (David Ludlum)
1917 - Residents near Topeka KS reported disk-shaped hailstones six to ten inches in diameter, and two to three inches thick. The hailstorm was accompanied by a tornado. (The Weather Channel)
1925 - Washington, D.C. & Philadelphia, PA had their earliest triple digit readings on record.
1945 - Unusually cold air moved in to parts of the upper Midwest. Chicago, IL dropped to 37° after setting a record low the previous morning with 35° while Rockford, IL dropped to 35° on both mornings. Both 35 degree readings established June record lows.
1976 - When water began leaking from Idaho's new Teton Dam, there seemed to be no cause for alarm. On this date, warnings were frantic that the dam was about to break. As workers tried to shore up the crumbling dam, it crumbled shortly after 11am, sending 180 billion gallons of water pouring through Teton Canyon. 11 people lost their lives, but the toll would have been much higher if the dam had failed at night and residents had been asleep.
1982 - A severe thunderstorm containing large hail and damaging winds tore through Fall River County in extreme southwest South Dakota. Strong winds drove baseball sized hail through windows and severely dented mobile homes near Smithwick. In Butte County, also in southwest South Dakota, large hail up to baseball size and some jagged hailstones up to 7 inches in diameter piled up to half a foot deep. The large hail tore limbs from trees, punched holes in roofs, and killed cattle.
1985 - A persistent heat wave in the southeast states set many new high temperature records. In Montgomery, AL, the record high reading of 103° is also the hottest ever recorded this early in the season. At Tampa, FL, the 99° high temperature established a new all-time record high, dating back to 1890 when official weather records began.
Wichita Falls, TX reported 5.36 inches of rain, their greatest rainfall ever for a calendar day.
1987 - International Falls, MN, dipped to a record low reading of 34 degrees during the morning. Williston, ND, and Glasgow, MT, reported record warm afternoon highs of 94 degrees. Major flooding was reported along the Guadelupe River in South Texas, with the water level at Cuero reaching 18 feet above flood stage. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Twenty cities in the south central and eastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Asheville NC with a reading of 40 degrees. Fifteen cities in the north central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. The high of 108 degrees at Glasgow MT was a record for June. (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Lower Mississippi Valley to the Southern Atlantic Coast during the day and into the night. Four tornadoes were reported, and there were 87 reports of large hail and damaging winds. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1991 - Severe thunderstorms dumped 5 to 7 inches of rain in less than 5 hours over parts of Osage County in Oklahoma. The hardest hit area was between Pawhuska and Shidler. Highway 60 west of Pawhuska was closed, and a few people were forced to evacuate their homes in Pawhuska. A severe thunderstorm produced wind gusts to 70 mph at the Scotts Bluff County airport in Nebraska.
1993 - An unusually strong late spring storm moved into California. 3.24 inches of rain fell in 24 hours at Lake Gregory, 1.26 inches at Santa Ana, 0.91 inches at Riverside, 0.85 inches at Big Bear Lake and 0.76 inches at Los Angeles, each new rainfall records for June. This was only one of two days Fresno received more than an inch of rain with 1.30 inches. The other day was 6/6/1998 when 1.88 inches fell. An F0 tornado touched down in south Fresno. Lodgepole received 13 inches of snow, their biggest June snowfall on record while Mammoth Mountain Ski Area received over 12 inches of snow.
The lowest temperature for the month of June was recorded at Columbia, MO as they dropped to 40°.
1994 - An approaching cold front spawned thunderstorms over South Dakota and northern Nebraska. The storms rolled eastward into much of northwest Iowa creating small tornadoes and a lot of strong straight-line winds. The first report of severe weather came from Plymouth County. Winds of 70 to 80 mph toppled trees and caused damage to a farm about ten miles north of Sioux City. The storms then moved into Sioux City, uprooting trees and downing power lines. Also, a mobile home park was hit with high winds overturning several mobile homes. Two small tornadoes were spawned. One was near Galva in Ida County which caused minimal damage. The other touched down in Buena Vista County, just south of Sulphur Springs, where it destroyed a garage at a farm. The last report of damage was near Newell, where several trees were downed.
1995 - Hurricane Allison became the earliest hurricane on record to cross the Florida coast at when it came ashore in Taylor County at Apalachee Bay with 75 mph winds. Hardest hit was Dixie County, but damage was relatively minor. Minor storm surge flooding was reported along the eastern shoreline of Apalachee Bay. Minor wind damage was reported in northwest Florida.
1998 - An F1 tornado touched down near the town of New Hope, MS creating a path one mile long and 50 yards wide. 13 houses had major damage and another 129 homes had minor damage. 22 mobile homes were either damaged or destroyed. Damages were estimated near $250,000 dollars. Another F1 tornado created a path two miles long and 50 yards wide 10 miles southeast of Hattiesburg, MS. This tornado blew down trees and a couple of signs as well as part of a roof building. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across Hattiesburg, MS blocking many of the roads and highways. Winds heavily damaged 25 homes and 25 mobile homes. 45 people were injured and two people were killed. The two fatalities were both in automobiles which ran into falling trees or the trees fell on them.
1999 - Winds gusting to 74 mph knocked down several trees throughout Groton. One tree took out a major transmission line and ripped the electrical service line off of a house. Power was out for parts of Groton for several hours. The high winds shattered the windows at a store on Main Street and also tore a sign loose which damaged five new vehicles at a dealership in Groton. The high winds also destroyed a small service building and the surrounding fence at a main juncture of natural gas pipelines in Groton. In Henry, winds around 70 mph brought several trees and many large tree branches down. Winds gusting to 80 mph snapped off several trees, blew a garage down, and brought power lines down in Hazel. In Watertown, winds gusted to over 70 mph, blowing a portion of a roof off a house and destroyed the attached garage on another house. Near Watertown, a pole barn was destroyed, a hay bale was blown into a basement window of a house and part of their deck was torn away. Near Florence, winds up to 80 mph tipped over and damaged a small shed, destroyed another storage shed, and also completely demolished a three stall garage.
2001 - Tropical Storm Allison devastated a large portion of southeast Texas with an incredible amount of rain as she meandered around the area for over five days. Between the 5th and the 10th, much of Houston and the surrounding areas to the north, east and south received between 15 and 35 inches of rain which caused devastating flooding and flash flooding. The largest amount fell over a 6 to 12 hour period on the 8th and 9th resulting in 22 deaths in the Houston area. More than 48,000 homes were damaged (11,000 with major damage and 3,600 completely destroyed). More than 70,000 automobiles were flooded during the storm. In Harris County alone, an estimated 300 billion gallons of water fell. This amount was enough to fill the Astrodome more than 5,600 times! Allison ended up being the costliest tropical storm ever (>$5 billion) for the state of Texas and for the United States. Allison is still the only tropical storm to have her name retired by the World Meteorological Organization.
As the Northern Hemisphere is approaching summer, the Southern Hemisphere is coming up on their winter season. The warmest June day since 1957 pushed the temperature to 70° at Melbourne, Australia.
2007 - Tornadoes and nickel-sized hail hit the Edmonton, Alberta Canada area late in the afternoon. Residents observed one twister west of the city. A second tornado touched down south of Stony Plain. Heavy rain fell in the Edmonton neighborhood of Castle Downs: 2 inches in just 30 minutes.
2008 - Very heavy rains of 3 to 7 inches caused extensive flooding throughout Dewey County, South Dakota. Many roads, bridges, dams, culverts, along with some buildings were damaged or destroyed by the flooding. One man, west of Promise, used a boat to get back and forth from his ranch. A federal disaster declaration was issued for Dewey County and the Cheyenne River Reservation.
2010 - Several thousands of people were still stranded in northern Hungary as the flooding situation remained critical after over a month of near-continuous rainfall. Along the banks of the Hernad, Sajo and Boldva rivers some 2,300 people were evacuated due to the water flooding homes in the towns and villages in the northeast region. Over 12,000 police officers, soldiers and firemen are involved in the rescue operation, which has enjoyed a rare dry spell since Friday that is forecast to last for the next week. In Budapest the docks of the flooded river Danube were shut and the banks of Margaret island, a major tourist destination in the capital, were protected by sand bags.
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http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/?n=severe_events_june