Wednesday Daily Weather Summary

DAILY WEATHER SUMMARY

Wednesday, 11 July 2012

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HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 11 July

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

...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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