Wednesday Daily Weather Summary

DAILY WEATHER SUMMARY

Wednesday, 7 July 2010

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

HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 7 July

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

...1905...The mercury soared to 127 degrees at Parker, AZ to tie the state record established at Fort Mohave on 15 June 1896. (The Weather Channel)
...1915...A severe wind and thunderstorm caused heavy damage and 38 deaths in and near Cincinnati, OH. Many older buildings were demolished. The steamship "Dick Fulton" was overturned. (The Weather Channel)
...1981...Montana was in the midst of a snowstorm that dumped ten inches at Glacier National Park, and produced winds to 90 mph. Meanwhile, Denver, CO set a record high with a reading of 101 degrees. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Thunderstorms spawned eight tornadoes in Colorado, and three in West Texas. Thunderstorms also produced softball size hail at Bula, TX. In the midst of a record thirty-nine day string of 100-degree days, the temperature at Tucson, AZ dipped to 66 degrees, marking their third straight record low for the date. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
Temperatures fluctuated at Greensburg, KS from 75 degrees at 7 AM to 95 degrees in a few minutes then drop back to 86 degrees by 8 AM. Dust devils and strange clouds accompanied these temperature fluctuations. (Intellicast)
...1988...Thirty-eight cities in the north central and northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Youngstown, OH hit 100 degrees, and for the second day in a row, Flint, MI reached 101 degrees, equaling all-time records for those two cities. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Thunderstorms produced severe weather during the day, with more than 100 reports of large hail and damaging winds from Ohio to Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Thunderstorm winds reached 90 mph in Sullivan County, NH, and golf ball size hail was reported in Pennsylvania. Twenty-four cities, mostly in the southwestern U.S., reported record high temperatures for the date. Afternoon highs of 105 degrees at Cedar City, UT and 114 degrees at Moab, UT were all-time records for those locations. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

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