Monday Daily Weather Summary

DAILY WEATHER SUMMARY

Monday, 26 July 2010

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

Full moon -- The moon reached full moon phase last evening (officially, 0136Z on Monday, 26 July 2010, or equivalently, 9:36 PM EDT and 8:36 PM CDT, etc. on Sunday) The July full moon is called the "Thunder" or "Hay Moon".
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HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 26 July

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

...1819...Twin cloudbursts of fifteen inches struck almost simultaneously at Catskill, NY and Westfield, MA. Flash flooding resulted in enormous erosion. (David Ludlum)
...1875..A windstorm (possibly a tornado) ripped through Erie, PA killing 134 and doing $500,000 damage. (Intellicast)
...1890...A powerful F3 tornado raked Lawrence, MA at 9:10 AM, killing eight and injuring 63. The storm destroyed 35 homes and damaged 60. Storms of this strength and occurring at this early hour are very rare in New England. (Intellicast)
...1943...Tishomingo, OK baked in the heat as the mercury soared to 121 degrees, a Sooner State record high temperature. (The Weather Channel)
...1960...The temperature at Salt Lake City, UT hit 107 degrees, an all-time record high for that location. (The Weather Channel)
...1963...Record high temperature of 96 degrees at Eastport, ME. (Intellicast)
...1987...Thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced hail two inches in diameter in McHenry County, IL, and wind gusts to 70 mph at Auburn, ME. A wind gust of 90 mph was recorded at Blairstown, NJ before the anemometer broke. The high winds were associated with a small tornado. The record high of 88 degrees at Beckley, WV was their sixth in a row. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds in the Middle Atlantic Coast Region, and in the south central U.S. Eight cities in the northwestern and north central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Salem, OR hit 103 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Morning thunderstorms produced heavy rain in southeastern Teas, with more than three inches reported at the Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Chambers County. Evening thunderstorms produced severe weather in Montana, with wind gusts to 62 mph reported at Helena. Eight cities from Maine to Minnesota reported record high temperatures for the date, including Newark, NJ with reading of 99 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

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