Friday Daily Weather Summary

DAILY WEATHER SUMMARY

Friday, 9 July 2010

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

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/default.htm (USA Today)
or
http://www.weather.com/newscenter/nationalforecast/index.html (The Weather Channel)

A new moon and solar eclipse -- A new moon will occur this coming Sunday (officially 1940Z on 11 July 2010 or 3:40 PM EDT and 2:40 PM CDT, etc.).
This new moon will also be responsible for a total solar eclipse that can be seen by those across the South Pacific Ocean and sections of South America as the moon passes in front of the solar disk. The NASA Eclipse Web Site has more particulars and maps of this solar eclipse.

HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 9 July

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

...1860...A hot blast of air in the middle of a sweltering summer in Kansas pushed the mercury up to 115 degrees at Fort Scott and Lawrence, while Topeka reached 112 degrees. (David Ludlum) (Intellicast)
...1882...Ice formed on the streets of Cheyenne, WY during a rare summer freeze. (David Ludlum)
...1936...The temperature hit an all-time record high of 106 degrees at the Central Park Observatory in New York City, a record which lasted until La Guardia Airport hit 107 degrees on 3 July 1966. (The Weather Channel)
...1950...The town of York, NE was deluged with 13.15 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish a record for the Cornhusker State. (The Weather Channel)
...1968...Columbus, MS received 15.68 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Michigan. A tornado near Munising, MI destroyed part of a commercial dog kennel, and one of the missing dogs was later found unharmed in a treetop half a mile away. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
Tucson, AZ reached 102 degrees and set the all-time record for number of consecutive days of 100-plus temperatures (33 days!). Remarkably, the low for the date was 68 degrees, which marked the fourth record breaking low in the previous 5 days. (Intellicast)
...1988...Twenty-three cities in the eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Alpena, MI and Buffalo, NY suffered through their sixth straight day of record heat. The percentage of total area in the country in the grips of severe to extreme drought reached 43 percent, the fourth highest total of record. The record of 61 percent occurred during the summer of 1934. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Morning thunderstorms produced very heavy rain in southern Lower Michigan and northern Indiana. Up to 5.6 inches of rain was reported in Berrien County, MI. Sioux Falls, SD reported a record high temperature of 108 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

10 July

...1913...The mercury hit 134 degrees at Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, CA, the highest temperature reading of record for the North American continent. Sandstorm conditions accompanied the heat. The high the previous day was 129 degrees, following a morning low of 93 degrees. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
...1926...A lightning bolt struck an ammunition magazine in northern New Jersey, and a big red ball of fire leaped into the air triggering a series of explosions. All buildings within a half-mile radius were destroyed, and debris fell as far as twenty-two miles away. Sixteen persons were killed, and property damage was seventy million dollars. (David Ludlum)
...1936...Afternoon high temperatures of 112 degrees at Martinsburg, WV, 109 degrees at Cumberland, MD and Frederick, MD, 110 degrees at Runyon, NJ, and 111 degrees at Phoenixville, PA, established all-time record highs for those four states, and marked the hottest day of record for the Middle Atlantic Coast Region. (The Weather Channel)
...1979...The temperature at El Paso, TX hit 112 degrees, an all-time record for that location. The next day the reading was 110 degrees. (The Weather Channel)
...1980...The temperature in downtown Kansas City, MO hit 109 degrees, following a sultry overnight low of 89 degrees. The daily low of 89 degrees was the highest of record for Kansas City, and overall it was the hottest July day of record. It was the seventh of a record seventeen consecutive days of 100-degree heat, and the mean temperature for the month of 90.2 degrees was also an all-time record for Kansas City.
...1987...An early morning thunderstorm in Minnesota produced wind gusts to 91 mph at Waseca. Later that day, thunderstorms in South Dakota produced wind gusts to 81 mph at Ipswitch, and baseball size hail near Hayes and Capa. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Thunderstorms brought welcome rains to parts of the central U.S., but produced severe weather along the New England coast, in the Great Lakes Region, in North Carolina, and in the Southern Plateau Region. Strong thunderstorm winds gusting to 80 mph at Bullfrog, UT sank three boats on Lake Powell. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Severe thunderstorms spawned seventeen tornadoes in the northeastern U.S. A powerful (F-4) tornado struck Hamden, CT and New Haven, CT, causing 100 million dollars damage at Hamden, and another 20 million dollars damage around New Haven. Forty persons were injured in the tornado. Seventy persons were injured in a tornado that traveled from Watertown, CT to Waterbury, CT, nearly wiping out the town of Bantam. Another powerful (F-4) tornado touched down near Ames, NY injuring twenty persons and causing $20 million in damage along its 43.5-mile track through Montgomery, Schoharie, Albany and Greene counties in New York. It was the strongest tornado of record for eastern New York State. Other tornadoes struck New York City, northern New Jersey, central and eastern Massachusetts. Oxford, CT had over 4.4 inches in just 30 minutes from the same complex that spawned the tornadoes in New York and Connecticut. That complex in the first 5 hours produced well over 12,500 lightning strikes. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) (Intellicast)
...1994...Offshore winds sent temperatures at Homer, AK to 81 degrees, an all-time high temperature reading for that location. (Intellicast)

11 July

...1825...Boston, MA temperature reached 102 degrees Fahrenheit, capping a 13-day heat wave. (Intellicast)
...1888...Heavy snow reached almost to the base of Mt. Washington, NH, and the peaks of the Green Mountains in Vermont were whitened. (David Ludlum)
The temperature at Bennett, CO reached 118 degrees, setting a record high temperature for the state. (NCDC)
...1987...Early morning thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 90 mph at Parkston, SD, and wind gusts to 87 mph at Buffalo, MN. Later in the day strong thunderstorm winds at Howard, WI collapsed a circus tent injuring 44 persons. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Thunderstorms produced heavy rain in southern Texas, with totals ranging up to 13 inches near Medina. Two men drowned when their pickup truck was swept into the Guadalupe River, west of the town of Hunt. Ten cities in the eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Baltimore, MD reported a record high reading of 102 degrees for the second day in a row. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather from North Dakota to Indiana. Thunderstorms in North Dakota produced tennis ball size hail at Carson. Thunderstorms in Indiana produced wind gusts to 75 mph at Fort Wayne. Five cities in the Southern Atlantic Coast Region reported record high temperatures for the date, including Lakeland, FL with a reading of 100 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1990...Most costly hailstorm in U.S. history battered the Colorado Front Range from Estes Park to Colorado Springs. A supercell dropped a swath of hail the size of baseballs which dented tens of thousands of cars, defoliated thousands of trees, knocked out power and phone service for thousands. Denver was hardest hit. Total damage reached $625 million. (Intellicast)

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