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http://www.crh.noaa.gov/abr/scripts/wxhistory.php?data=jul01
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1 July 1825 → Kentucky's first official weather observation was taken in Newport. The day was calm with sunny skies in the morning and increasing clouds in the afternoon. The temperature peaked around 80 degrees.
1 July 1931 → The Weather Bureau began regular early morning airplane observations at Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, and Omaha.
1 July 1931 → The summer flood along the Yangtze River during July and August 1931 was the most severe in history, with over 51 million Chinese affected. 3.7 million people perished from this greatest disaster of the century due to disease, starvation or drowning. This flood was preceded by a prolonged drought in China during the 1928-1930 period.
1 July 1988 → Mount Washington, NH reported 4 inches of snow.  (According to cli-MATE, 
5.1 inches fell on 30 June, followed by 0.2 inches on 1 July)
From http://www.weather.gov/abr/This_Day_in_Weather_History_July_01 
http://www.weather.gov/abr/This_Day_in_Weather_History_Jul_01 -- new 
1 July 1891: The U.S. Weather Bureau was born as the equipment, stations and personnel of the U.S. Army Signal Service were passed to the new agency, which was part of the Department of Agriculture.
1 July 1979: It snowed almost half a foot (5.8 inches) at Stampede Pass, Washington, a July record.
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2 July 1950 → Hail piled up to tremendous depths in St. Louis, drifting to the tops of tires on automobiles.
2 July 2002 → Steve Fossett became the first solo balloonist to circumnavigate the globe. He gave most of the credit for his successful mission to his team of meteorologists.

http://www.weather.gov/abr/This_Day_in_Weather_History_Jul_02
2 July 1833: The following is from the "History and Description of New England" published in 1860: "On the 2nd of July, 1833, this town (Holland, Vermont) was visited by a violent tornado, which commenced on Salem Pond in Salem, and passed over this place in a northeasterly direction. It was from half to three quarters of a mile wide, and prostrated and scattered nearly all the trees, fences, and buildings in its course. It crossed the outlet of Norton Pond, and passed into Canada, and its course could be traced through the forests nearly to Connecticut River."
http://www.weather.gov/images/abr/wxhistory/July/July%202%2C%201833%20New%20Holland%20tornado.jpg
2 July 1843: An alligator reportedly fell from the sky onto Anson Street in Charleston, SC during a thunderstorm.
http://www.weather.gov/images/abr/wxhistory/July/July%202%2C%201843%20Alligator%20Report.jpg
Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana), Tuesday, July 11, 1843, page 2. Image courtesy of Newspapers.com.
2 July 2001: In Michigan, frost and freezing temperatures were observed in some locations with Grant dropping to 29 degrees. Muskegon reported their coldest July temperature on record with 39 degrees. Other daily record lows included: Lansing: 38, Muskegon: 39, Flint: 40, Youngstown, Ohio: 40, and Grand Rapids, Michigan: 43 degrees.
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3 July 1987 → Lightning struck and killed three men playing golf near Kingsport, TN. They had sought shelter from the rain under a tall tree.
3 July 1992 → Daytona Beach, FL was smacked with a 27-mile long 18-foot high rogue wave that caused extensive damage to boats and vehicles but amazingly only resulted in several injuries and no deaths.
http://www.weather.gov/abr/This_Day_in_Weather_History_July_03
3 July 1873: A tornado in Hancock County, in far west central Illinois, destroyed several farms. From a distance, witnesses initially thought the tornado was smoke from a fire. A child was killed after being carried 500 yards; 10 other people were injured. Click HERE for more information from Illinois Genealogy Trails.  http://genealogytrails.com/ill/hancock/news_weather.html
3 July 2000: There is a certain irony about one of the driest places getting the greatest rainfall, and yet that is exactly what happened at usually rain-sparse Vanguard, Saskatchewan on July 3 when a carwash-like downpour flooded the community of 200 people, some 65 km southeast of Swift Current. As much as 375 mm (14.76") of rain fell in eight hours, the greatest storm for that duration on the Canadian Prairies and one of the largest rainfall intensities ever recorded in Canada.
The spectacular thunderstorm produced more cloud-to-ground lightning strikes than that part of southern Saskatchewan would expect in two years. A year's amount of rain left crops in the field drowning and rotting, and roads and rail-lines under water. The force of the water crushed cars and farm implements, swept away grain bins and soaked large bales. Stranded residents had to be rescued by boat, which rapidly became the carrier of choice on the main street in Vanguard. The flash flood also carried away herds of cattle and drowned dozens of deer and antelope. Some further irony, when millions of liters of contaminated water submerged the water-treatment plant and backed up into homes and businesses, officials had to ship in bottled water from Swift Current.
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4 July 1776 → Thomas Jefferson, on his way to Congress to sign the Declaration of Independence, purchased a thermometer. At 2 pm it was cloudy with a temperature of 76 degrees.
4 July 1946 → One of Europe's widest tornadoes, 3/4 of a mile across, struck Fairlight, England.
4 July 1956 → The world's greatest one-minute rainfall amount was recorded: 1.23 inches at Unionville, MD.
http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/087/mwr-087-08-0303.pdf
4 July 1969 → A line of powerful storms brought 105 mph winds to northeast Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania right at fireworks time. Wind speeds hit 104 mph in Toledo (where 5,000 trees were blown down) and 100 mph in Cleveland. Eighteen people were killed.
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos/casepages/jul41969page.htm
4 July 1977 → An intense squall line, or derecho, brought 115-mph winds to northern Wisconsin as the storms traveled from Minnesota to Lake Erie. A tremendous amount of forest was destroyed during the "blowdown."
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/?n=derecho
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos/casepages/jul41977page.htm
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/grb/events/070477.php
4 July 1980 → The first of 17 consecutive days with temperatures 100 degrees or hotter in Kansas City, MO.
4 July 1999 → A squall line with winds of 90 to 100 mph began in North Dakota and roared east all the way to Maine by the morning of the 5th. Huge swaths of forest were blown down.  http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos/casepages/jul4-51999page.htm  (BWCA Derecho)
http://www.weather.gov/abr/This_Day_in_Weather_History_July_04
4 July 1776: Thomas Jefferson paid for his first thermometer and signed the Declaration of Independence. According to his weather memorandum book, at 2 PM it was cloudy and 76 degrees.
4 July 1911: Record temperatures are set in the northeastern United States as a deadly heat wave hits the area that would go on to kill 380 people. In Nashua, New Hampshire, the mercury peaked at 106 degrees. Other high-temperature records were set all over New England during an 11-day period. Click HERE for more information from the History Channel.  http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/heat-wave-strikes-northeast
4 July 1969: During the afternoon of Friday, July 4, 1969, thunderstorms formed over southeast Lower Michigan (MI), several of which produced tornadoes, large hail, and high winds west and south of Detroit. As these storms moved southeastward during the early evening, they evolved into a strong derecho over extreme southeastern Michigan (MI) and Lake Erie (LE). The derecho then roared southeast across northern and eastern Ohio (OH) and western Pennsylvania (PA) during the next few hours. The hourly positions of the gust front (associated with multiple bow echoes) are shown in Figure 1 (above). Winds gusted to 104 mph in Toledo ("T"), and reached 100 mph in the Cleveland ("C") area. In towns and cities near Lake Erie, many people were outside, preparing to watch Independence Day fireworks. Also for the occasion, many small boat owners had anchored their craft just off the Lake Erie shore to watch the displays. As the derecho passed, untold thousands of trees were blown down, including 5000 in Toledo alone. Along the south shore of Lake Erie, eight people were killed by falling trees and over 100 boats were overturned, drowning at least three persons. A total of eighteen people were killed as a result of the derecho winds in Ohio. Some of the worst damage occurred in Lakewood, a suburb of Cleveland. The storm system continued to uproot trees, damage roofs, and produce power outages as it moved into Pennsylvania, where five people were injured by high winds in Meadville ("M"). Click HERE for more information from the Storm Prediction Center.   http://www.weather.gov/images/abr/google/Survey/sd_20150624131432_July%204,%201969%20Derecho.jpg
http://www.weather.gov/images/abr/wxhistory/July/July%204%2C%201969%20Derecho.jpg   Image Courtesy of the Storm Prediction Center
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5 July 1937 → Midale and Yellow Grass in Saskatchewan hit 113 degrees to establish an all-time record high for Canada.
5 July 1939 → Torrential rains caused Frozen Creek in eastern Kentucky to surge out of its banks shortly after 3 o'clock in the morning. Homes and businesses were swept away as a wall of water coursed down the creek's narrow valley. Kentucky Mountain Bible Institute was devastated. 58 people were killed.
5 July 1996 → A powerful thunderstorm packing over 100 mph winds and grapefruit-sized hail tracked from Belle Fourche Reservoir to Wall, SD. The storm caused an estimated $4.5 million in crop damage, killed numerous livestock, and stripped vegetation bare.
From http://www.weather.gov/abr/This_Day_in_Weather_History_July_05
5 July 1925: An immense hailstone weighing a half pound fell at Plumstead, just outside of London, England. This was the heaviest hailstone ever recorded in the United Kingdom.
5 July 1937: The temperature at Medicine Lake, Montana soared to 117 degrees to tie the state record. Glendive, Montana reached 117 degrees on July 20th, 1893.
5 July 1980: The "More Trees Down" started in western Iowa and tracked eastward affecting several states along its past before disipating in eastern Virginia. Click HERE for more information from the Storm Prediction Center.
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http://www.weather.gov/images/abr/wxhistory/July/July%205%2C%201980%20More%20Trees%20Down%20Derecho.jpg
http://www.weather.gov/images/abr/google/Survey/sd_20150624131657_July%205,%201980%20More%20Trees%20Down%20Derecho.jpg
Image Courtesy of the Storm Prediction Center
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6 July 1893 → Storm Lake and Pomeroy, IA were hit by an F5 tornado. 71 were killed and 80% of the homes in Pomeroy were destroyed.
6 July 1985 → Lightning struck a large transformer in Salt Lake City, UT sending a 200 foot fireball into the air and blacking out most of the state for almost 5 hours.
6 July 2007 → Missoula, MT soared to an all-time high of 107 degrees. The following week they would hit 103 on two separate days.
6 July 1893: A violent tornado killed 71 persons on its forty-mile track across northwestern Iowa. Forty-nine persons were killed around Pomeroy, where eighty percent of the buildings were destroyed, with most leveled to the ground. Click HERE for more information.  https://stormstalker.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/pomeroy/
http://www.weather.gov/images/abr/wxhistory/July/July%206%2C%201893%20Pomeroy%20Tornado.jpg 
6 July 1986: Thunderstorms during the mid-morning hours, and again during the evening, produced major flash flooding at Leavenworth, Kansas. The official rainfall total was 10.37 inches but unofficial totals exceeded twelve inches. At nearby Kansas City, the rainfall total of 5.08 inches was a daily record for July.
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7 July 1994 → The remnants of Tropical Storm Alberto finally departed, having drowned parts of Alabama, Georgia and Florida under several feet of water. Enterprise, AL recorded an incredible 21.58 inches of rain from July 1-7. At its peak, flood waters covered a total of 900,000 acres.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/outreach/history/#alberto
7 July 2012 → Three to six months' worth of rain fell in less than 48 hours on southern Russia. The resulting flooding, most of which happened at night while people were asleep, took 171 lives. The homes of 13,000 residents were damaged.
7 July 1905: The mercury soared to 127 degrees at Parker, Arizona to tie the state record established at Fort Mohave on the 15th of June in 1896. The current record for Arizona is 128 degrees set at Lake Havasu City on 6-29-1994.
7 July 1991: During the early daylight hours of Sunday, July 7, 1991, a bow echo developed over southeast South Dakota and began racing east, producing very damaging winds. This was the start of a long-lived derecho that lasted 17 hours and affected areas from the Great Plains into western New York and Pennsylvania. Wind gusts in some places reached 80 to 100 mph. The strongest gust, 103 mph, was measured at Sioux Center, Iowa around mid-morning, and the roof of a school was blown off in nearby Orange City. Click HERE for more information from the Storm Prediction Center.  ??
http://www.weather.gov/images/abr/wxhistory/July/July%207%2C%201991%20SD%20to%20PA%20Derecho.jpg
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7 July 2004: A tornado occurred in the Rockwell Pass area of Sequoia National Park, California. Since the elevation of the tornado's ground circulation was approximately 3705 m (12,156 ft) MSL, this is the highest-elevation tornado documented in the United States.
http://tornado.sfsu.edu/rockwellpasstornado/Funnel.jpg
http://www.weather.gov/images/abr/wxhistory/July/July%207%2C%201991%20SD%20to%20PA%20Derecho.jpg

Funnel cloud and cloud-base swirl associated with developing tornado above Rockwell Pass in Sequoia National Park at 2332 UTC 7 Jul 2004. (Photo by Scott Newton.)
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8 July 1680 → The earliest known tornado in the present-day U.S. killed one person in Cambridge, MA. (Other wind storms were recorded in the U.S. before 1680, but it is unknown if they were tornadoes or not.)
8 July 1788 → Canterbury, CT received hail reaching a depth of 34 inches.
8 July 1890 → An F1 tornado hit a dozen homes on the west side of Winthrop, ME. A woman was killed when the belfry of the neighboring church fell onto her home.
8 July 1975 → Three people were killed and six others were injured when lightning struck a walnut tree near Mayo, FL. The nine people were stringing tobacco under a tin shed when the bolt hit the nearby tree.
8 July 1999 → Las Vegas, NV saw up to 3 inches of rain, about two-thirds of its annual rainfall amount, in a period of 90 minutes. Many roads were covered in much of the city, including the Strip, and damages totaled over $20 million.  
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/vef/projects/flashflood1999/July%201999%20Las%20Vegas%20Flash%20Flood.pdf
8 July 2003 → The world's highest dew point, 95 degrees, and highest heat index reading, 172 degrees, were recorded at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia on the shore of the Persian Gulf at 3pm.
8 July 1680: The first confirmed tornado death in the United States occurred in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The funnel was filled with, stones, bushes, and other things. The tornado also unroofed a barn and snapped many large trees.
8 July 2003: What may be the world's highest dew point temperature was recorded at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, on the Persian Gulf. A dew point of 95 degrees was recorded at 3 PM while the air temperature was 108 degrees. The apparent temperature at that time would have been 172 degrees.
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9 July 1979 → A thunderstorm pelted Midland, TX with golfball-sized hail piling up over a foot deep. Winds howled up to 75 mph, and the temperature dropped from 101 to 56 degrees in 15 minutes! Other storms struck Foard and Wilbarger counties in north Texas. Near Vernon, 80 MPH winds blew cars off Highway 287, while in Foard County Highway 70 was temporarily closed when a tractor trailer was blown over onto its side. A second tractor trailer was turned over near Crowell by winds estimated at 80 MPH.
9 July 1982 → A Boeing 727 crashed in Kenner, LA. Pan Am Flight 759 took off during a thunderstorm and flew into wind shear, probably a microburst. All 145 people on board died and 8 people on the ground were killed as the plane crashed into a neighborhood, destroying six homes.
http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/recletters/1983/a83_13_26.pdf
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/?n=downburst
9 July 1979: Hurricane Bob was born in the Gulf of Mexico, becoming the first Atlantic Hurricane to be given a male name.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Bob_10_jul_1979_2128Z_TN.jpg
Hurricane Bob on July 10th, 1979. Image courtesy from NOAA.
9 July 1997: Torrential rains in the Carpathian Mountains cause serious flooding in the Czech Republic, Poland and German. In all, 104 people died as a result of the deluge. In the aftermath, authorities from each country blamed the others for the extent of the disaster. Click HERE for more information from the History Channel.  http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/torrential-rains-cause-flooding-in-europe
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10 July 1913 → Death Valley, CA recorded the world's hottest temperature: 134 degrees.
http://www.nps.gov/deva/index.htm
10 July 1968 → An F4 tornado struck Pforzheim, in Germany's Black Forest. It killed two people and injured 200.
10 July 1977 → Athens, Greece sweated with the hottest temperature ever recorded in Europe: 118 degrees.
10 July 1979 → Hurricane Bob became the first Atlantic Hurricane to be given a male name. It brought up to 5" to Indiana as the remnants moved across southern parts of the Hoosier State.
http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/bob1979.html
10 July 1887: A dam breaks in Zug, Switzerland, killing 70 people in their homes and destroying a large section of the town. Click HERE for more information from the History Channel.  http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dam-collapses-in-switzerland-kills-70
10 July 1911: The mercury hit 105 degrees at North Bridgton, Maine the hottest reading of record for Maine. North Bridgton also reached 105 degrees on the 4th of July in 1911.
10 July 1913: The mercury hit 134 degrees at Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, California, the hottest reading of record for the World. Sandstorm conditions accompanied the heat. Click HERE for more information from the World Meteorological Organization.  
http://wmo.asu.edu/world-highest-temperature
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11 July 1961 → In the first MLB All-Star Game of the day's doubleheader, Giants pitcher Stu Miller was pitching in the ninth with runners at first and second at Candlestick Park. As Miller was preparing to deliver his pitch, the wind whipped up and caused Miller to weave back and forth. Miller was called for a balk, and the AL tied the game. The NL eventually won 5-4 in 10 innings. Miller was the winning pitcher.
11 July 1990 → A hailstorm caused $1.6 billion damage along the Front Range of the Rockies from Colorado Springs to Fort Collins.
11 July 2000 → A heat wave across the Southeast killed 10 people in Alabama.
11 July 1936: From July 5-17, temperatures exceeding 111 degrees in Manitoba and Ontario claimed 1,180 Canadians (mostly the elderly and infants) during the longest, deadliest heat wave on record. Four hundred of these deaths were caused by people who drowned seeking refuge from the heat. In fact, the heat was so intense that steel rail lines and bridge girders twisted, sidewalks buckled, crops wilted and fruit baked on trees. Some record temperatures include; 112 degrees at St. Albans and Emerson, Manitoba, 111 at Brandon, Manitoba, 108 at Atikokan, Ontario, and Winnipeg, Manitoba.
11 July 1990: The costliest hailstorm in U.S. history occurred along the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies. (Denver, Colorado): Softball-sized hail destroyed roofs and cars, causing more than $600 million in total damage.
http://www.weather.gov/images/abr/wxhistory/July/July%2011%2C%201990%20Denver%20Hailstorm.jpg
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12 July 1950 → The U.S. Weather Bureau lifted its self-imposed ban on using the word "tornado" in forecasts.
12 July 1984 → A golfer in Tucson, AZ was killed as he was struck by lightning, even though it was not raining within 3 miles of where he was.
12 July 1984 → A severe thunderstorm moved across Germany and pounded Munich with hail. For 20 minutes hail averaged 2 inches in diameter, but hail stones up to five and half inches fell. The hailstorm caused damage to 700,000 homes and 200,000 cars, estimated at more than $1 billion. It is the most expensive natural catastrophe to ever occur in Germany.
12 July 1995: An intense heat wave affected much of the Midwest for a 4-day period beginning on this day. The worst effects of the heat were noted in the Chicago metropolitan area, where 583 people died from the heat. Temperatures across the area reached as high as 104 degrees, overnight lows on falling to the upper 70s to low 80s. Dew point temperatures in the upper 70s to low 80s created heat indexes peaking at 125 degrees. Electricity and water usage reached record levels, causing periodic outages. Click HERE for more information from the National Centers for Environmental Information.  
http://www.weather.gov/images/abr/wxhistory/July/July%2012%201995%20Chicago%20Heat%20Wave.jpg
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/news/month-climate-history-july-1995-heat-wave old
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/news/climate-history-july-1995-chicago-area-heat-wave new
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13 July 1924 → The northern half of Augusta, KS suffered $2,000,000 in damage as an F2 tornado swept through. Three hundred oil drilling rigs outside of town were destroyed.
13 July 1951 → After very wet weather in June, 8 to 16 inches of additional rain fell on Kansas from July 9 through today, resulting in catastrophic flooding along the Kansas River and her tributaries. In many cases river stages were unknown because the river rose far above the height of any gauge, but some crests were believed to be as much as 9 feet above the former record heights. At the apex of the disaster on the 13th 40,000 people were displaced and nearly two million acres of land were under water in northern Kansas and northwest Missouri.
http://ks.water.usgs.gov/pubs/presentations/flood.1951.html
http://ks.water.usgs.gov/1951-flood-photo-gallery
13 July 1977 → Four lightning strikes knocked out a key electrical transmission line in Westchester County, NY, plunging New York City into darkness for much of the night. The power company received much criticism for the blackout, while the power company said it was an act of God.
13 July 1980 → Afternoon highs of 108 degrees at Memphis, TN, 108 degrees at Macon, GA, and 105 degrees at Atlanta, GA, established all-time records for those three cities. The high of 110 degrees at Newington, GA, was just two degrees shy of the state record.
13 July 2000 → A deadly F3 tornado struck the Green Acres Campground near Pine Lake, Alberta killing 11 people.
13 July 2005 → The warmest temperature ever recorded in Greenland, 78 degrees, was measured at Tasiilaq.	
13 July 1895: A tornado that began in Cherry Hill, New Jersey made its way to Woodhaven, Long Island in New York. The image below, a hand-colored lantern slide in the Museum Library's Lantern Slide Collection, shows an area where the tornado caused massive destruction, though Cherry Hill sustained more damage.
http://www.weather.gov/images/abr/wxhistory/July/July%2013%2C%201895%20Cherry%20Hill%20Tornado.jpg
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13 July 1951: Rivers across eastern Kansas crest well above flood stage, causing the greatest destruction from flooding in the Midwestern United States to that time. Five-hundred-thousand people were left homeless and 24 people died in the disaster. Click HERE for more information from the History Channel. 
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/record-breaking-floods-hit-kansas
Click HERE for additional photos from the United States Geological Survey.  http://ks.water.usgs.gov/1951-flood-photo-gallery
http://www.weather.gov/images/abr/google/Survey/sd_20150624135115_July%2013,%201951%20Kansas%20Flooding.jpg
http://www.weather.gov/images/abr/wxhistory/July/July%2013%2C%201951%20Kansas%20Flooding.jpg
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http://www.weather.gov/images/abr/wxhistory/July/July%2013%2C%201951%20Kansas%20Flooding.jpg
The cloverleaf in North Topeka at the junction of U.S. Hwys. 24 and 75. The
recently opened Jayhawk Junior Motel was underwater up its roof. Photo 
looking southeast (photo courtesy of G.L. Sardou, Topeka, Kansas).
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14 July 1872 → This day broke an 18-day stretch of 90-degree temperatures in the state of Washington, where the average July temperature is a mere 70.
14 July 1911 → The greatest 24-hour rainfall in Asia occurred when 46 inches fell on Baguio, Luzon, Philippines. 
14 July 1995: On the evening of Friday, July 14th, thunderstorms producing severe weather were occurring over Upper Michigan and adjacent portions of Ontario near Sault Saint Marie. By late evening the storms had evolved into a bowing line just northwest of the Mackinac Bridge. At 10:17 PM EDT, the thunderstorm gust front hit the bridge and a gust to 90 mph was measured. Sustained winds above 80 mph continued on the bridge for 10 more minutes. Thus began the intense "Ontario-Adirondacks Derecho" that would cause hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage, several deaths, and many injuries as it raced southeast from the northern Great Lakes to the Atlantic coast. Click HERE for more information from the Storm Prediction Center. 
http://www.weather.gov/images/abr/google/Survey/sd_20150624135348_July%2014,%201995%20Ontario-Adirondacks%20Derecho.jpg
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http://www.weather.gov/images/abr/wxhistory/July/July%2014%2C%201995%20Ontario-Adirondacks%20Derecho.jpg
Image Courtesy of the Storm Prediction Center
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15 July 1881 → A family of tornadoes, likely up to F5 in strength, was on the ground for 40 miles in southern Minnesota. Five farms had every building completely swept away. One of the tornadoes was about to pass just to the west of New Ulm, but then turned and plowed into the town. Twenty people were killed along the entire path length, including six in New Ulm.
15 July 1995 → An unusually strong cluster of thunderstorms (a derecho) raced at more than 70 mph through New York and New England during the early morning hours. Major wind damage occurred across the Adirondacks where thousands of trees were toppled. Three fatalities occurred. Winds reached 92 mph in Otis, MA and small tornadoes occurred at Greenfield and Huntington.
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos/casepages/jul1995derechopage.htm
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/bgm/laborday/715z.gif
15 July 2003 → It was the hottest night in history for a city known for its sizzling temperatures as the mercury in Phoenix, AZ managed to fall to only 96 degrees. The high that day was 115.
15 July 1888: The Bandai volcano erupts on the Japanese island of Honshu on this day in 1888, killing hundreds and burying many nearby villages in ash. Click HERE for more information from the History Channel.  
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/volcano-buries-victims-in-fiery-mud
15 July 1901: The city of Marquette, Michigan set their all-time record high temperature with 108-degree reading.
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16 July 1914 → The U.S.'s 30-minute rainfall record was set at Cambridge, OH with exactly seven inches.
16 July 1969 → A "wrong way" tornado touched down in Iowa near Churdan and moved slowly west. Three farms were damaged.
16 July 1979 → Wyoming's costliest tornado on record struck the north side of Cheyenne as an F4. The airport was heavily damaged along with over 450 nearby buildings to the tune of $22 million in damage. The only fatality occurred in a trailer, where a baby was killed.
16 July 1999 → A plane piloted by John F. Kennedy, Jr. crashed into Long Island Sound as haze or a dark night sky caused him to lose control of the aircraft.
16 July 1979: The most damaging tornado in Wyoming history touched down 3 miles west-northwest of the Cheyenne airport. This strong tornado moved east or east-southeast across the northern part of Cheyenne, causing $22 million in damage and 1 fatality. 140 houses and 17 trailers were destroyed. 325 other houses were damaged. Four C-130 aircraft and National Guard equipment sustained $12 million damage. Municipal hangars and buildings suffered $10 million damage.
http://www.weather.gov/images/abr/wxhistory/July/July%2016%2C%201979%20Wyoming%20Tornado.jpg
Cheyenne Wyoming...July 16, 1979 F3/F4 tornado. Wow...
Add from http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/news/investigating-the-great-flood-of-1916
16 July 1916:  The “Great Flood of 1916” swept through Asheville and other nearby areas of western North Carolina.  Torrential rain across the region caused the normally shallow French Broad and Swannanoa Rivers to jump their banks.  Several dozen people lost their lives in Asheville and hundreds of homes, businesses were either destroyed or damaged.  The flooding appears to have been the result of the slow moving remnants of two tropical systems from off the Gulf of Mexico and the western North Atlantic brought heavy rainfall to western North Carolina. 
See also http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/attachments/Asheville-and-Western-North-Carolina-Great-Flood-of-1916-Brochure.pdf
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17 July 1934 → One of the worst heat waves in the nation's history began. During the last two weeks of July, extreme heat claimed 679 lives in Michigan, with 300 of them in Detroit alone.
17 July 1972 → South America's coldest temperature, -38 degrees, was attained at San Juan, Argentina.
17 July 1995 → 739 people in Chicago died in a record heat wave that lasted for 6 days, ending today. 141 people in nearby southeast Wisconsin succumbed to the heat as well.
17 July 2001 → Lightning struck a Minnesota National Guard field training site located in Camp Ripley. Nearly two dozen Marine Corps reservists were sent to hospitals. Most were released after treatment.
17 July 1942: A great flood developed over the Smethport area in Pennsylvania, resulting in an estimated 34.50 inches of rain in just one day, including 30.60 inches in only six hours, setting a world record. The official observing site, Smethport Highway Shed, reported only 13.08 inches for the entire month, because the flood consumed the guage after 6.68" of rain. The total results from the substitution of the official estimated amount for the amount measured.
17 July 1987: Slow moving thunderstorms caused flooding on the Guadalupe River in Texas resulting in tragic loss of life. A bus and van leaving a summer youth camp stalled near the rapidly rising river, just west of the town of Comfort, or about 50 mile northwest of San Antonio. The powerful surge of water swept away 43 persons, mostly teenagers. Ten drowned in the floodwaters. Most of the others were rescued from treetops by helicopter.
For 16 and 17 July 
From DLH 
Bayfleld WI flood of 1942
http://www.weather.gov/dlh/Bayfield_WI_Flood_of_1942

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18 July 1889 → The U.S.'s record 130-minute rainfall amount was set at Rockport, WV with exactly 19 inches. 
Note: From http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/extremes/scec/records  as of 11 Jul 2016:
"It is widely accepted that the greatest precipitation in a 24 hr period for West Virginia was an estimated 19.00 inches that reportedly fell in 2 hrs and 10 minutes on July 18, 1889 at Rockport during a cloudburst that caused Tygart Creek to rise 22 feet in one hour. However, this value has not been confirmed."
18 July 1942 → Smethport, PA reported the U.S.'s record 3 hour rainfall (28.50"), 4.5 hour rainfall (30.70"), and 12 hour rainfall (34.30").
Note: From http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/extremes/scec/records  as of 11 Jul 2016:
"Arguably the greatest 24-hour rainfall on record outside of the tropics occurred around Smethport, PA on July 17, 1942. A post-event survey by the Weather Bureau provided a widely accepted maximum storm rainfall of 34.50 inches within a 12 hour period, of which an estimated 30.60 inches fell in just 6 hours. However, the greatest observed 24-hr rain fall for Pennsylvania occurred in conjunction with Hurricane Agnes in 1972."
18 July 1986 → A KARE TV news helicopter captured live footage of a tornado as it hit the northern suburbs of Minneapolis. The twister touched down in Brooklyn and continued to Fridley. An F2 in magnitude, it caused $650,000 in damages.
18 July 1986 → At the second round of the British Open at the Turnberry Course in Western Scotland, Greg Norman shot a 63 in wind and rain. A low pressure system in the Atlantic brought 35 mph winds, dropped temperatures into the 50s, and lowered visibilities to less than a mile.
18 July 1996 → An F5 tornado moved to the ESE, then E, then NE as it destroyed much of Oakfield, WI. Homes were swept clean of their foundations east of town. Canceled checks were later found 125 miles away in Lower Michigan.  http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/document/tor/oakfield_7-18-96.php 
18 July 64: The great fire of Rome breaks out and destroys much of the city on this day. Despite the well-known stories, there is no evidence that the Roman emperor, Nero, either started the fire or played the fiddle while it burned. The fire began in the slums of a district south of the legendary Palatine Hill. The area's homes burned very quickly and the fire spread north, fueled by high winds. Click HERE for more information from the History Channel.  http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/neros-rome-burns
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http://www.weather.gov/images/abr/wxhistory/July/July%2018%2C%2064%20Rome%20Fire.jpg
The Fire of Rome, 18 July 64 A.D., Hubert Robert, 1785
18 July 1986:  In the afternoon, an F2 tornado that touched down in the northern suburbs of Minneapolis, MN became one of the most observed and photographed tornadoes ever. The photographic coverage included video from a Minnesota DOT traffic camera and a remarkable aerial video taken from a helicopter by a television camera crew. The tornado began in Brooklyn Park and moved slowly northeast, causing light to moderate damage. It then turned east and slowed as it crossed the Mississippi River. Also on this day, an F2 tornado touched down two miles southeast of Bryant, in Hamlin County. This tornado traveled near Dolph Creek, and moved east along the creek to the Lake Norden area. The tornado damaged many trees and destroyed a barn. A second F2 tornado touched down three miles west of Toronto and moved southeast. The tornado destroyed a barn, silo, and six other buildings and caused extensive damage to farm equipment on a farm one mile south and a half mile west Astoria.
http://apps.startribune.com/blogs/user_images/kare2_6.jpg

This image is from the StarTribune. They credit the image from the 1986 Brooklyn Park, Springbrook Nature Center tornado courtesy of KARE-11 and tcmedia.com.
18 July 1996: A massive rainstorm in north central and northeast Illinois led to widespread flooding. Aurora reported 16.94 inches of rain, establishing a state record for the most rain in a single day. Other heavy totals included 13.60 inches at Joliet, 9.24 inches in Wheaton, 8.09 inches in DeKalb, and 7.82 inches at Elgin. This event is often called "the second most damaging weather disaster in Illinois History."  
http://www.weather.gov/images/abr/wxhistory/July/July%2018%2C%201996%20Chicago%20Floods.jpg
Rainfall from July 17-18, 1996 event
Click HERE for more information from the NWS office in Chicago.  http://www.weather.gov/lot/1996Jul1718_rain
See also http://www.isws.illinois.edu/pubs/pubdetail.asp?CallNumber=ISWS+MP-182 
http://www.isws.illinois.edu/pubdoc/MP/ISWSMP-182.pdf
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19 July 1977 → Thunderstorms produced torrential rains over parts of southwestern Pennsylvania. Some places received more than 12 inches in a 7 hour period. Johnstown flooded with up to 10 feet of water. The flooding in Johnstown resulted in 78 deaths. This was the second major Johnstown flood, with the first occurring in 1889.  http://www.erh.noaa.gov/ctp/features/historical/JST30.php
19 July 1986 → The 115th British Open at Turnberry was the site of some truly terrible weather. During the 3rd round, only one player broke par 70 with a day of strong winds and pelting rain.
19 July 1886: A hurricane from the Gulf of Mexico crossed Florida causing great damage from Cedar Keys to Jacksonville. Three early season hurricanes striking Florida made the Hurricane Season of 1886 one of the busiest on record.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/1886_Atlantic_hurricane_season_map.png/1280px-1886_Atlantic_hurricane_season_map.png
http://www.weather.gov/images/abr/wxhistory/July/July%2019%2C%201886%20Hurricanes.jpg 
19 July 2006: A derecho impacted a sellout crowd of almost 44,000 St. Louis Cardinals fans, packed into the new Busch Stadium, to see the Cardinals versus the Atlanta Braves. Winds of about 80 mph whirled around the St. Louis area, sending the fans running for shelter. The winds knocked out power and broke windows out of the press box. Nearly two minutes after the winds began at 100 mph, they stopped, and it began to rain. In all, about 30 people were injured at the stadium.
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20 July 1934 → The highest temperature ever recorded in Iowa was measured at Keokuk. The mercury reached 118 degrees.
20 July 1951 → An F3 tornado tore across the southwest portion of Minneapolis from Lake Minnetonka to the international airport. At the airport 100 planes were damaged or destroyed. The anemometer at the NWS office measured a 100mph wind gust. The tornado was accompanied by powerful downbursts that caused widespread damage.
20 July 2002 → Heavy rain and winds buffeted the leaders of the British Open in Muirfield, Scotland causing scores to soar and washing away Tiger Woods's dream of a golfing Grand Slam.
20 July 1915: An all-time record high temperature of 115 degrees was set at Yosemite Valley at the National Park Headquarters, California (around 4,000 feet elevation). This was the warmest day in a streak of 7 consecutive days of 110 degrees or higher at Yosemite Valley from the 19th through the 25th.
20 July 1977: A flash flood hits Johnstown, Pennsylvania, on this day in 1977, killing 84 people and causing millions of dollars in damages. This flood came 88 years after the infamous Great Flood of 1889 that killed more than 2,000 people in Johnstown. Click HERE for more information from the History Channel.  http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/second-great-flood-hits-johnstown
20 July 1915: An all-time record high temperature of 115 degrees was set at Yosemite Valley at the National Park Headquarters, California (around 4,000 feet elevation). This was the warmest day in a streak of 7 consecutive days of 110 degrees or higher at Yosemite Valley from the 19th through the 25th.
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21 July 1983 → Vostok, Antarctica recorded Earth's coldest surface temperature ever measured by a thermometer: 129 degrees below zero.
21 July 1987 → An F4 tornado swept through Yellowstone National Park leaving a path of destruction up and down a 10,000 ft mountain, the highest elevation an F4 has been recorded. 15,000 acres of trees were downed.
Out -- 21 June 1947 -- 21 July 1947: Holt, Missouri sets a world record with 12 inches of rain in only 42 minutes.  
Check was this 22 June 1947? 
21 July 1987: An F4 tornado ravages the Teton Wilderness and Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Its violent winds destroy millions of trees on a 24.3-mile track that traverses the Continental Divide at an elevation of 10,170 feet.
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22 July 1890 → An F4 tornado near Taunton, MN leveled houses and carried chickens for over two miles.
22 July 1918 → A single bolt of lightning struck 504 sheep dead in their tracks in the Wasatch National Forest in Utah. Sheep often herd together in storms, and as a result the shock from the lightning bolt was passed from one animal to another.
22 July 1993 → During the Great Flood of 1993, levees near Kaskaskia, IL ruptured, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers.
22 July 1988: Dust devils are not a unique phenomenon, but usually they stay extremely small. This was not the case in Dickinson County, Iowa where a very strong dust devil developed on the edge of Lake Okoboji. It picked up whole sections of several docks and swept away all of the loose dirt in the area. Winds were estimated in excess of 60 mph.
22 July 1993: The levee holding back the flooding Mississippi River at Kaskaskia, Illinois, ruptures, forcing the town's people to flee on barges. The incident at Kaskaskia was the most dramatic event of the flood. The town, virtually an island, was protected by a levee that the town attempted to shore up even after the bridge connecting the town to the riverside was wiped out by the rising river. At 9:48 a.m., the levee broke, leaving the people of Kaskaskia with no escape route other than two Army Corp of Engineers barges. By 2 p.m., the entire town was underwater. Click HERE for more information from the History Channel. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kaskaskia-is-inundated-by-flood-of-93
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23 July 1946 → Eight homes were damaged when an F1 tornado hit the northwest edge of Concord, NH. A boy was killed when a shed collapsed.
23 July 2003 → Betsy the Giraffe was killed when struck by lightning at the Disney Animal Kingdom. The animals are usually brought into shelter during severe weather, but this storm came with too little warning.
23 July 2010 → The U.S.'s largest (by diameter) and heaviest hailstone on record fell on Vivian, SD. The stone was 8 inches in diameter and weighed 1.9 pounds. The person who found the stone reported that some melting had occurred before the official measurement was taken.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/abr/?n=stormdamagetemplate
23 July 1788: Called the George Washington's Hurricane, this storm originated near Bermuda on the 19th before making landfall in Virginia. It passed directly over the Lower Chesapeake Bay and Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington. This track is very similar to the track of the Chesapeake-Potomac hurricane of 1933. At Norfolk, winds increased at 5 p.m. on the 23rd with the wind originating from the northeast. At 12:30 a.m., the wind suddenly shifted to the south and "blew a perfect hurricane, tearing down chimneys, fences"...some corn was also leveled. In addition, large trees were uprooted and houses were moved from their foundations.
Port Royal and Hobb's Hole experienced a violent northeast gale which drove several vessels ashore. In Fredricksburg, great quantities of corn, tobacco, and fruit were destroyed. Houses and trees fell in great numbers across Northumberland, Lancaster, Richmond, and Westmoreland counties. Crops were destroyed and many livestock perished in Lower Mathews County. Many plantations saw their houses leveled. Homes were flooded with water six feet deep... several inhabitants drowned.
Historical figures of the time logged the storm's antics. George Washington noted the sinking of the small ship Federalist and uprooted trees. Colonel James Madison, father of the future president, experienced the passing of great winds and rains near Orange. In Alexandria, damage to wheat, tobacco, and corn was "beyond description."  The information above is from the Weather Prediction Center and noted American historian David Ludlum.
23 July 2010:  A United States record setting hailstone fell from a very strong supercell thunderstorm moving southeast across central South Dakota. The record setting hailstone fell near Vivian, South Dakota and measured 8 inches in diameter, 18.625 inches in circumference, and weighed 1.9375 pounds. This hailstone broke the previous United States record for diameter (7.0 inches - 22 June 2003 in Aurora, NE) and weight (1.67 pounds - 3 September 1970 in Coffeyville, KS). The Aurora, Nebraska hailstone will retain the record for circumference (18.75 inches). Several other stones of 6 inches or more in diameter were measured during the storm survey.
Along with the very large hail, damaging winds in excess of 70 mph along with an isolated tornado occurred. The large hail and high winds caused extensive damage to homes, outbuildings, and vehicles as it moved southeast across the region. Some of the hail went completely through car windshields, roofs, garages, and campers. The hail caused five minor injuries to motorists on Interstate 90 as it went through their windshields. A minor was severely injured when the glass in the mini-van he was traveling was completely shattered by the large hail. The child suffered numerous cuts, many requiring stitches.  http://www.weather.gov/images/abr/wxhistory/July/July%2023%2C%202010%20Vivian%20Hailstone.jpg
http://www.noaa.gov/features/02_monitoring/hailstone.html
23 July 2011: Chicago set an all-time daily record rainfall when 6.86 inches fell during the early morning hours of Saturday, July 23, 2011, at O'Hare airport. The previous daily record was 6.64 inches set on September 13, 2008. Click HERE for more information from the State Climatologist Office for Illinois. 
https://climateillinois.wordpress.com/2011/07/25/heavy-rain-in-chicago-on-july-23/
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24 July 1928 → Wahluke, WA hit a high temperature of 118 degrees, which set the record high for the state. The record would be tied in 1961.
24 July 1930 → An EF5 tornado ripped through Treviso and Udine in Italy, just northeast of Venice. It claimed 22 lives.
24 July 1965 → Middlesboro, KY recorded 4.70" of rain in just two hours. An amazing total of 8.44" of rain fell on this date, making it Middlesboro's wettest day on record, beating the second wettest day on record by nearly three and a half inches. Yellow Creek left its banks and did about $100,000 (1965) damage in Middlesboro.
24 July 1994 → A dust storm near Moses Lake, WA caused a three vehicle accident, resulting in 1 death and 14 injuries.
24 July 1952: The temperature at Louisville, Georgia soared to 112 degrees to establish a state record. The temperature also hit 112 degrees in Greenville, Georgia on August 20, 1983.
24 July 2008: A tornado fluctuated between the category EF1 and the more destructive EF2 strikes Northwood and Pittsfield, as well as nine other towns in New Hampshire. It first touches down in Deerfield, then travels through Northwood, Epsom, Pittsfield, Barnstead and Alton. From there, it rages through New Durham, Wolfeboro, Freedom, Ossipee and Effingham. The storm destroys several homes, damages dozens of others and kills at least one person.
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/gyx/SevereWeather/2008July24Tornado/ossipee2.jpg
or
http://www.weather.gov/images/abr/wxhistory/July/July%2025%2C%201956%20Andrea%20Doria%20Sank.jpg
Image Courtesy of the NWS in Gray / Portland, Maine.
Check out history of Eastland disaster in Chicago http://www.history.com/news/chicagos-deadliest-day-100-years-ago
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25 July 1956 → In a dense fog bank off Nantucket Island, the Italian passenger ship Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish liner Stockholm at full speed. Eleven hours later the Andrea Doria sank. However, 1660 were rescued and only 51 were lost.
25 July 1988 → A storm system brought heavy rains to Tasmania, Australia. Coastal areas were flooded by high tides and storm surge.
25 July 2003 → Lightning struck a home during an overnight thunderstorm southwest of Oslo, Norway. The charge moved into the bedroom and through an iron bed, with a Norwegian couple sleeping in it. The couple was unharmed, but the lightning strike caused the room to flash "like 10 welder's torches" and burned out all of the electrical sockets.
25 July 2006 → Through today, a two week long heat wave in California killed 140 people.
25 July 2007 → Canada's highest humidex (roughly analogous to the U.S.'s heat index) reading of 127F at Carman, Manitoba.
25 July 1956: The Andrea Doria sank in dense fog near Nantucket Lightship, Massachusetts. The Swedish-American liner, Stockholm, hit the ship forty-five miles off the coast of Massachusetts. Fifty-two persons drowned, or were killed by the impact. Click HERE for more information from PBS.
http://www.pbs.org/lostliners/andrea.html
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Andrea Doria Sinking. Courtesy of the Mariner's Museum, photo by Harry Trask, PB17136.
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26 July 1874 → A flash flood claimed 134 lives in Pittsburgh, PA.
26 July 1972 → A sweltering two-week heat wave in New York City finally came to an end after causing 891 fatalities.
26 July 1979 → The U.S. record for 24-hour rainfall was set at Alvin, TX, with exactly 45 inches (thanks to Tropical Storm Claudette).
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/claudette1979filledrainwhite.gif
26 July 1993 → In Pueblo, CO the record high for today, 101, and the record low for today, 52, were both set! 
26 July 1921: On the summit of Mt. Wellenkuppe, in Switzerland, the temperature reached 100 degrees by 10 am. The summit has an elevation of 12,830 feet and was covered in snow.
26 July 1931: A swarm of grasshoppers descends on crops throughout the American heartland, devastating millions of acres. Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota, already in the midst of a bad drought, suffered tremendously from this disaster. Click HERE for more information from the History Channel.  http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/grasshoppers-bring-ruin-to-midwest
26 July 1979: Tropical Storm Claudette stalled over Alvin, Texas, inundating the town with 45 inches of rain in 42 hours. The total included 43 inches in 24 hours, which is the maximum 24-hour rainfall in American history.
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Tropical Storm Claudette from TIROS-N on July 24th, 1979.
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27 July 1819 → Several dozen people were killed in the Bay St. Louis Hurricane. Some of the fatalities were from alligator and snake bites when the animals were driven into the streets of Mobile, AL.
27 July 1926 → A hurricane came ashore near Daytona Beach, FL resulting in $2.5 million damage to a large part of eastern Florida including Jacksonville. It had been a Category 4 storm when it crossed the Bahamas.
27 July 1819: Hurricane affected coast from Louisiana to Alabama. It struck Bay St. Louis. New Orleans was at the fringe of the storm and suffered no severe damage. Ships at the Balize suffered a strong gale for 24 hours that only grounded three ships. Lakes Pontchartrain and Borgne rose five to six feet during the storm, with farms along the lakes flooded by the storm tide. Forty one lives were lost on the U.S. Man of War schooner Firebrand, a 150 ton gun ship, while it lay off the west end of Cat Island. At 15 least 43 people died in all.  (Last sentence does not make sense.)
27 July 1989: Thunderstorms produced locally heavy rains in the southwestern U.S. Yuma, Arizona experienced their most severe thunderstorm of record. Strong thunderstorm winds, with unofficial gusts as high as 95 mph, reduced visibilities to near zero in blowing dust and sand. Yuma got nearly as much rain in one hour as is normally received in an entire year. The storm total of 2.55 inches of rain was a record 24-hour total for July. Property damage due to flash flooding and high winds was in the millions. 
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28 July 1945 → A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building due to reduced visibility from thick fog. Three people on the plane and 11 people in the building were killed. A million dollars damage was done though the building's integrity was not compromised.
28 July 1952 → A severe storm with hail up to an inch and a half in diameter broke windows, ruined roofs, and stripped trees of leaves near Benson, AZ. The temperature dropped to 37 degrees, and hail was three to four inches deep with drifts 46 inches high.
28 July 1997 → Fort Collins, CO was inundated by a flood that sent a 20-foot wall of water rushing through the city. Five people died. 
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gsd/publications/forum/mar1998/f398a.html
From http://www.weather.gov/abr/This_Day_in_Weather_History_July_28 :
28 July 1898: A severe thunderstorm produced considerable hail (some stones to 11 ounces) in Chicago, Illinois business district. A number of people were hurt, not by hail, but by several hundred runaway horses spooked by the hailstones.
28 July 1976: At 3:42 a.m., an earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 magnitude on the Richter scale flattens Tangshan, a Chinese industrial city with a population of about one million people. An estimated 242,000 people in Tangshan and surrounding areas were killed, making the earthquake one of the deadliest in recorded history, surpassed only by the 300,000 who died in the Calcutta earthquake in 1737, and the 830,000 thought to have perished in China's Shaanxi province in 1556. Click HERE for more information from the History Channel.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/worst-modern-earthquake
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29 July 1916 → Lightning ignited a forest fire that burned down the towns of Cochrane and Matheson, Ontario killing 273 people.
29 July 1981 → Lightning struck a tree then spread across the ground near Vance, NC. The lightning strike killed 50 cows weighing around 800 pounds each.
29 July 2005 → A hike up Mount Whitney in California turned deadly when the tarp belonging to camping Boy Scouts was struck by lightning. A boy scout and the scout leader were killed.
29 July 1958: The U.S. Congress passes legislation establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a civilian agency responsible for coordinating America's activities in space. Click HERE for more information from the History Channel. Click HERE for wonderful pictures from NASA's Earth Observatory. 
 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nasa-created  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/index.php
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http://www.weather.gov/images/abr/wxhistory/July/July%2029%2C%20NASA%20picture%20of%20Hurricane%20Katrina.jpg
Images courtesy GOES Project Science Office. The picture is Hurricane Katrina on August 29th, 2005. http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/
29 July 1960: Severe thunderstorms brought damaging winds, possibly as high as 100 mph to central Oklahoma. Eight planes and several hangars were damaged at Wiley Post Airfield, while two planes and additional hangars were damaged at Will Rogers World Airport. The winds caused seven injuries in the area, including two youths who were injured by flying debris.
29 July 2004: A record setting flash flood occurred over part of the Greenville, South Carolina, during the morning hours. Six to eight inches of rain fell just east of Berea, a northwestern suburb, which caused the Reedy River through downtown Greenville crested 9 feet above flood stage. This was the highest level since 1908. Click HERE for more information from the NWS in Greenville-Spartanburg. http://www.erh.noaa.gov/gsp/localdat/cases/2004/29July_ReedyFlood/29July_ReedyRiverFlood.html
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Reedy River about 9 ft. above flood stage in Greenville at 2:00 pm, 29 July 2004. Image Courtesy of the NWS in Greenville-Spartanburg. 
http://www.weather.gov/images/abr/wxhistory/July/July%2029%2C%202004%20Greenville%2C%20South%20Carolina%20Flooding.jpg
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30 July 1119 → The earliest tornado reported on the European mainland struck Vysehrad, Czechia (today Prague, Czech Republic). It destroyed the palace of a Czech duke.
30 July 1997 → Two waterspouts moved onshore in northern Virginia Beach, VA. One tracked into Norfolk.
30 July 1999 → At nine o'clock in the morning Chicago recorded its highest ever dew point temperature of 82 degrees. The temperature at the time was 88, resulting in a heat index of 108. The dew point is an indication of the amount of moisture in the air.
From http://www.weather.gov/abr/This_Day_in_Weather_History_July_30th 
30 July 1979: A forty-minute hailstorm bombed Fort Collins, Colorado with baseball to softball size hail. Two thousand homes and 2500 automobiles were damaged, and about 25 persons were injured, mainly when hit on the head by the huge stones.
Grapefruit-sized hailstones that fell near 2700 Trenton Way from July 31, 1979 Coloradoan http://www.weather.gov/images/abr/wxhistory/July/July%2030%2C%201979%20Fort%20Collins%20Hailstorm.jpg
Grapefruit-sized hailstones that fell near 2700 Trenton Way from July 31, 1979. Image from the Fort Collins Museum and Discovery Science Center 
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31 July 1861 → The world record for one-year rainfall was set: 1,042 inches at Cherrapunji, India.
31 July 1964 → Country singer "Gentleman Jim" Reeves flew his single-engine Beechcraft plane into a thunderstorm near Brentwood, TN. The plane crashed, killing Reeves and his manager. Reeves was 40 years old at the time of the crash.
31 July 1976 → A stationary thunderstorm produced more than 10 inches of rain which funneled into the narrow Thompson River Canyon of northeastern Colorado. A mass of water 20 feet high and traveling at 50 mph wreaked a 25 mile path of destruction from Estes Park to Loveland. 144 people were killed, mostly in vehicles. Ten miles of U.S. Highway 34 were totally destroyed.
http://www.assessment.ucar.edu/flood/flood_summaries/07_31_1976.html
31 July 1993 → Alabama finished its hottest July on record since 1879, while receiving less than half the normal rainfall. Meanwhile, the Great Flood of 1993 was reaching its peak in the Midwest and was eventually responsible for 48 deaths and $23.1 billion in damage.
31 July 1987: The second deadliest tornado in Canadian history occurred in Edmonton, Alberta. An F4 tornado killed 27 people, injured over 300, and caused a quarter of a billion dollars in damage. Click HERE for more information.  http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/black-friday
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http://www.weather.gov/images/abr/wxhistory/July/July%2031%2C%201987%20Edmonton%20Alberta%20Tornado.jpg
Steve Simon/Edmonton Journal/Files
31 July 1997: South Pole, Antarctica recorded their coldest July ever. The average temperature of -86.8 degrees broke the previous record of -83.6 degrees set in July 1965. Click HERE for a live camera from the South Pole Observatory.  http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/obop/spo/livecamera.html
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>>>> http://www.gendisasters.com/wi/
See also From MPX "This Day in Weather History"  http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mpx/WxHistory.php
Now From MPX "This Day in Weather History"  http://www.weather.gov/mpx/wxhistory 
This "Day in Weather History" contains some memorable weather events and trivia from 1805 to the present day for much of Minnesota and west central Wisconsin. Many sources were used to research and compile the data. The Twin Cities/Chanhassen National Weather Service would especially like to thank the Minnesota State Climatology Office and its contributors for their input into this database.

July 1
1 July 1964: Tyler picked up over 6 inches of rain in 24 hours.
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/arx/ThisDayInHistory
July 2
2 July 1989:  Softball sized hail fell near Dorset, and baseball sized hail was reported at Nevis in Hubbard County.
2 July 1972:  A low temperature of 32 degrees was recorded at Big Falls in Koochiching County.
July 3
3 July 1947: Tornadoes hit Marshall and Polk Counties.
July 4
4 July 1999: A severe windstorm knocked down millions of trees in the BWCA, 19 people were injured.  
See also http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos/casepages/jul4-51999page.htm
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/mqt/today_in_history
4 July 1962: An extremely heavy downpour fell at Jackson, where 7.5 inches of rain fell in two hours.
4 July 1977: An intense squall line, or derecho, brought 115 mph winds to northern Wisconsin as the storms traveled from Minnesota to Lake Erie. A tremendous amount of forest was destroyed during the blowdown.  (Not included in recent listing) 
See also http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos/casepages/jul41977page.htm
July 5
5 July 1999: Flooding occurred over the Arrowhead. The largest 24-hour rainfall total was 8.84 inches in central St. Louis County.
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/mqt/today_in_history
July 6
6 July 1936: A high temperature of 104 degrees was recorded at Minneapolis.
(NOTE: All-time highest temperature in Minnesota was 114 degrees at Moorhead set on 6 July 1936.  All-time highest temperature for the Twin Cities was 108 degrees on 14 July 1936 -- according to NOWData) 
July 7
7 July 2000: Torrential rains doused the southern Twin Cities metro area with 8 inches in a three to five-hour span in northern Dakota county. The city of Eagan received the most damage; many homes were flooded.
7 July 1955: A tornado hit Marshall, leaving one dead and 13 injured. Hail caused one million dollars in damage.
July 8
8 July 2002: A three-day deluge ended in central Minnesota with 10 inches falling in northern Kanabec County and 9.5 inches in southwest Aitkin County.
8 July 1974: Minnesota experienced an intense heat wave, with the Twin Cities reaching 101 degrees, the highest temperature in 26 years.
July 9
9 July 1932: A tornado touched down near Springfield and traveled into St. James, causing 500 thousand dollars in damage.
July 10
10 July 2002: Intense rainfall caused extensive street flooding in St. Cloud, with  2.70 inches of rain falling in 1 hour  and 45 minutes at St. Cloud State University. People were stranded in their cars and had to be rescued by the fire department.
July 11
11 July 1903: The temperature plummeted down to 26 degrees at Leech Lake Dam.
July 12
12 July 1863:  Unseasonably cool air was felt across the state. Frost was reported in the Twin Cities area.

See ftp://hdsc.nws.noaa.gov/pub/hdsc/data/aep/201607_Wisconsin/AEP_Northern_Wisconsin_July2016.pdf
for annual exceedance probabilities (AEP)  map for Northern Wisconsin, 11-12 July 2016  (6-hour duration) for selected significant storm events for which observed precipitation amounts for at least one duration have AEP of 1/500 or less over a large area. 
(See http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/hdsc/aep_storm_analysis/index.html )
July 13
13 July 1933: An intense heat wave affected Grand Marais with a high temperature of 90 degrees, extremely rare for that location. Most of Minnesota would exceed 100 degrees on this date.
13 July 1890: A tornado hit Lake Gervais north of St. Paul. People rushed from St. Paul to help victims and look for souvenirs. One reporter noted that 'nearly everyone who returned from the disaster last evening came laden with momentoes (sic) denoting the cyclone's fury.' 
July 14
14 July 2003: At least eleven tornadoes hit Minnesota. Baseball-sized hail was reported at Indus in Koochiching County.
14 July 1936: The all-time record high temperature was reported in the Twin Cities, with 108 degrees at the downtown Minneapolis office. As many as 71 people died in the Twin Cities on this day due to the extreme heat.
See entry for day at  http://www.weather.gov/arx/ThisDayInHistory
14 July 1916: Heavy downpours at New Ulm dumped over seven inches of rain in seven hours.
July 15
15 July 1980: Straight-line winds of nearly 100 mph caused enormoud damage, mainly in Dakota County. 43 million dollars in damage was reported and 100 thousand people lost power. 
See entry for the date in http://www.weather.gov/arx/ThisDayInHistory
See also This Day in Wisconsin History 
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/thisday/index.asp?month=7&day=15&submit_form=Go
15 July 1980 - Western Wisconsin Derecho 
The Western Wisconsin Derecho was a severe weather system that moved through several western counties on July 15, 1980. It cut a 20-mile-wide swath through St Croix, Pierce, Dunn, Eau Claire, Chippewa, and Clark counties. Although much of the storm's damage was caused by straight-line winds in excess of 100 mph, several tornadoes were also reported. The storm caused nearly $160M in damage (1980 dollars) and killed three people.
[See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Wisconsin_Derecho 
http://www.weau.com/weather/weathernotebook/headlines/35-years-pass-since-the-devastating-1980-Wind-Storm-315523731.html
Note -- This derecho was not listed in the SPC 
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos/derechofacts.htm ]

15 July 1881: A family of tornadoes, likely up to F5 in strength, was on the ground for 40 miles in southern Minnesota. Five farms had every building completely swept away. One of the tornadoes was about to pass just of the west of New Ulm, but then turned and plowed into the town. Twenty people were killed along the entire path length, including 6 in New Ulm. 
(Entry not on recent lists)
July 16
16 July 2006: A heat burst occured over west central and central Minnesota. The temperature at Canby jumped from 91 degrees to 100 degrees in 40 minutes from 10:35pm to 11:15pm. At the same time the dew point temperature dropped from 63 to 32 degrees. Heat bursts are caused by dying thunderstorms with very warm air aloft.
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/mqt/today_in_history
16 July 1963: A downpour fell at St. Charles, where half a foot of rain accumulated in one day.
For 16 and 17 July 
From DLH 
Bayfleld WI flood of 1942
http://www.weather.gov/dlh/Bayfield_WI_Flood_of_1942
July 17
17 July 2001: Lightning struck a Minnesota National Guard field training site located in Camp Ripley. Nearly two dozen Marine Corps reservists were sent to hospitals. Most were released after treatment.
17 July 1952: 5.20 inches of rain fell in 3 1/2 hours at Moose Lake. Numerous basements were flooded and Highway 61 was impassable at Willow River.
17 July 1934: Frost damaged crops across the north with low temperatures of 34 degrees in Baudette and Roseau.
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/mqt/today_in_history
July 18
18 July 2000: Fall apparel made an early debut on this cold day with a 60-degree high temperature at the Twin Cities, 54 degrees at Brainerd and 52 degrees at Cambridge.
18 July 1986: A KARE TV news helicopter captured live footage of a tornado as it hit the northern suburbs of Minneapolis. It touched down in Brooklyn Park and continued to Fridley. The tornado, an F-2 in magnitude, caused $650,000 in damages.  (Not included in 2017)
18 July 1970: A tornado sliced right through the center of Miltona.
18 July 1867: Possibly the greatest "unofficial" rainstorm in Minnesota history was reported as  36 inches was recorded in 36 hours near Sauk Center. Disasterous flooding occurred in central Minnesota. The Pomme De Terre River became impassible; a courier attempted to cross the river on horseback and drowned. Flooding was also on the Mississippi River with millions of logs lost on the river.
July 19
19 July 2000: A National Weather Service cooperative observer south of Tower reported a morning low of 29 degrees. Embarrass reported 31 degrees.  (Not included in recent list.)
19 July 1987: The town of Floodwood lived up to its name with nearly 6 inches of rain in two days.
July 20
20 July 1951:  A tornado hit Minneapolis and Richfield, killing five people.
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/arx/ThisDayInHistory
20 July 1909: 10.75 inches of rain fell in 24 hours at Beaulieu in Mahnomen County. This record would stand for over 50 years. Bagley received an estimated 10 inches.
July 21
21 July 2002: Dewpoint temperatures reached 84 degrees at Madison, Morris, and Olivia. This reading tied the all- time highest dewpoints  in Minnesota, as recorded by the State Climatology Office.
21 July 1934: Extreme heat hit western Minnesota, as the temperature topped out at 113 degrees at Milan.   (NOTE: All-time highest temperature in Minnesota was 114 degrees at Moorhead set on 6 July 1936.) 
July 22
22 July 1972: A significant downpour occurred over a portion of Minnesota, with 10.84 inches of rain in 24 hours at Ft Ripley, while 14 inches of rain fell at a farm in Morrison County.
July 23
23 July 1987:  The greatest deluge ever recorded in the Twin Cities began, with 10 inches of rain falling in six hours at MSP airport.
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/arx/ThisDayInHistory
July 24
24 July 1987:  A historic deluge ended in the Twin Cities. Two-day totals included over a foot of rain at Bloomington. Nearly 10 inches fell in downtown Minneapolis, and near 9 inches was recorded in St. Paul. At one time the water reached a depth of 13.5 feet on I-494 near East Bush Lake Road. I-494 in Bloomington would be closed for nearly 5 days.
24 July 1891: Heavy frost hit Elkton in Mower County in southeast Minnesota. The frost killed all vegetables and corn. The low temperature in Elkton was 34 degrees and the Twin Cities had a low of 49 degrees.
July 25
25 July 2000: An F4 tornado hit the town of Granite Falls. One person was killed and there was 20 million dollars in damage.
25 July 1915: Frost hit northeastern Minnesota.
July 26
26 July 1981:  A chilly morning occured across the Northland, with 33 degrees at Roseau and Wannaska.
July 27
27 July 1910: Giant hailstones fell in Todd and Wadena Counties. One stone weighed in at 5 pounds.
July 28
28 July 1987: Heavy rain fell at La Crosse, WI. Their rain bucket picked up 5 inches.  
(This precipitation total does not appear in ARX entry for date, but they noted at http://www.weather.gov/arx/ThisDayInHistory 
Galesville, WI (4.25", wettest July day), La Crescent, MN (3.70"), and Lynxville, WI (3.12") rain)
July 29
29 July 1917:  The highest temperature ever recorded in Minnesota, 114.5 degrees, occured at Beardsley.
29 July 1849: Severe storms hit the newly constructed post of Ft. Ripley between 3 and 5 AM.  W.J. Frazier, Head Surgeon noted: "Rain and hail with much thunder and lightning and very high winds breaking many trees."
July 30
30 July 1971:  A cool spell across Minnesota brought frost to northern Minnesota. Freezing temperatures were reported as far south as Pipestone.
July 31
31 July 1961: Very heavy rain fell at Albert Lea, where 6.7 inches was recorded in 24 hours.
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MQT Today in History http://www.weather.gov/mqt/today_in_history
This "Day in Weather History" contains memorable weather events for much of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Many sources were used to research and compile the data.
July 1
1992: On July 1, 1992, a daily record cold high temperature of 51F and daily record rainfall of 0.97 inches occurred at WFO Marquette.
1988: On July 1, 1988, fire started out in grass around an old stockyard east of Rapid River. It consumed more than 1,000 acres and seriously injured a firefighter with second and third degree burns over 20 percent of his body. The fire jumped U.S. 2 which closed the highway at the start of the busy holiday driving time. 60 families were evacuated from the Stonington Peninsula. The fire was under control on the 4th.
1918: On July 1, 1918, the wood, bulk freighter Cream City, while in a 2 barge tow, was groping for False Detour Passage in fog when she struck Wheelers Reef near False Detour Passage in Lake Huron. One of her tows, Grace Holland, a wood schooner-barge, 2-mast, was lost along with her. Not in danger, but tugs were unable to budge Cream City, though they tried for two seasons.
1974: On July 1, 1974, a severe thunderstorm produced an 81-mph wind gust in Marquette in the late evening.
2000: On July 1, 2000, moth ball to golf ball sized hail (1.75 inch) fell out of a severe thunderstorm at Lake Gogebic, stop signs were blown down in Wakefield and 10 to 12 inch diameter trees down and power out 12 miles west of Watersmeet. A 70-mph wind gust occurred at Redridge at 1930 EST.
2006: On July 1, 2006, trees and power lines down near Indian Lake in a severe thunderstorm 5 miles north of Manistique at 1545 EST caused $2000 in damage.
2008: On July 1, 2008, a strong cold front passed through northwest Wisconsin and western Lake Superior, producing isolated strong and severe thunderstorms with damaging winds. The GLOS station at Port Wing measured a 50-knot (58-mph) wind gust.
2011: On July 1, 2011, a cold front moving through a warm and unstable airmass triggered a line of severe thunderstorms which affected portions of the Keweenaw Peninsula in the evening. Approximately 2-foot diameter pine tree was uprooted in the backyard of a house on Rockland Street 1 mile east of Calumet causing a $1000 in property damage. The tree was lying in a north-northeast direction. The 911 call center reported trees and power lines downed 1 mile east of Calumet and at Chassell causing $10000 in property damage. A small wooden shed rolled once over a fence at Calumet Elementary School. The shed was about 8 feet high and 12 feet wide. Some playground equipment at the school was also tipped over 1 mile north of Laurium. Multiple locations along Caledonia Street had tree damage 1 mile north northeast of Laurium causing $1000 in property damage. One house had a tree branch 1.5 feet in diameter fall onto a deck. Other locations had 6 to 12-inch diameter branches down. All of the branches were broken off in a north to northeast direction. 1 mile north of Laurium, a home on Mine Street sustained $1500 in property damage. Windows were partially broken and a garage door was bowing inward. Rollers were blown off the garage door. Garage was shifted one inch off of foundation. Garage door and damaged windows were on the windward side of house facing the southwest. A damage path stretched from Mine Street through the intersection of US-41 and Church Street in North Calumet. The damage path was oriented from southwest to northeast and estimated to be one-quarter mile wide. Metal building housing a travel trailer destroyed. Several trees estimated to be between 18 to 24 inches in diameter were uprooted. A drill shop roof near the elementary school sustained significant damage. The Calumet Golf Club sustained tree damage. Several oak trees approximately one-foot in diameter were snapped. Several pine tree branches six inches in diameter were broken off. A one-foot diameter pine tree was also uprooted. Trees all fell to the northeast. The Keweenaw County Sheriff reported a 150-yard stretch of approximately 40 trees uprooted or snapped just west of Copper Harbor. The trees ranged from 6 to 18 inches in diameter and fell in the same general direction. Several of the trees fell across Highway M-26 closing the highway. Damage in Keweenaw County was $4000. A 59 mph wind gust was measured at Rock of Ages C-MAN station at 2202 EST. A 66 mph wind was measured by the Passage Island C-MAN station at 2254 EST and a 62 mph gust was measured at the Stannard Rock C-MAN site at 2329 EST.
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/arx/ThisDayInHistory
July 2
1992: On July 2, 1992, record daily rainfall of 2.01 inches fell at WFO Marquette. Republic saw 5.5 inches of rain while Bruce Crossing saw 6.5 inches of rain. A cold record low high temperature of 53F was also set at WFO Marquette.
1997: On July 2, 1997, a severe thunderstorm dropped ping-pong ball sized hail (1.5 inch) in Schaffer, MI in Delta County. 8 to 10 inch diameter trees were downed 3 miles northeast of Eagle Harbor at 1100 EST in another severe thunderstorm. 1.75 inch hail (golf ball sized) fell 5 miles north of Gwinn at 1006 EST.
2003: On July 2, 2003, a seven-inch diameter tree was blown down from a severe thunderstorm at Windigo on Isle Royale National Park in the early morning. 
July 3
1945: On July 3, 1945, the steel tug, fishing [net boat] Rockaway was sunk by a sudden, very violent, NW squall off Grand Marais, Michigan in Lake Superior. May also have exploded. All 4 members aboard perished.
1949: On July 3, 1949, the wood fish tug, [trolling boat] Roamer, swamped and sank in a sudden squall in the Munising West Channel in Lake Superior. Out of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. One person perished.
1999: On July 3, 1999, a waterspout damaged a boat house and storage building on a marina dock at Drummond Island. Property damage was $200,000.
2006: On July 3, 2006, a severe thunderstorm dropped golf ball sized hail (1.75 inch) 2 miles east of Lathrop, MI in Delta County.
July 4
1988: On July 4, 1988, record heat for the summer continued. A record high of 91F was set at WFO Marquette.
1985: On July 4, 1985, 1.25 inch hail (half dollar sized) fell out of a severe thunderstorm in Negaunee and 1.75 inch hail (golf ball sized) fell 0.7 miles southeast of Palmer in the late afternoon.
1986: On July 4, 1986, a tornado tore across a portion of northeast Wisconsin into Michigan's northern Menominee County in the early evening. It touched down 2 miles south of Niagara, WI, at highways 8 and 141, destroyed a building next to a restaurant and slashed some trees. It then skipped east southeast to 4 miles southeast of Niagara, WI, and destroyed a home and garage, carrying its roof 1/4 of a mile. The tornado heavily damaged another home before crossing the Menominee River into Michigan one mile west of Faithorn. It then intensified and produced its maximum intensity damage just north of Nadeau, ending 5 miles east northeast of Nadeau. It was on the ground for 24 miles with a width at one point of 400 yards and injured 12 people. It destroyed a number of homes and barns. This tornado was accompanied by golf-ball sized hail (1.75 inch) and rated an F-3 on the Fujita Scale and at one point was 1/4 mile wide. $2.5 million in property damage was done.
1883: On July 4, 1883, the wood, bulk freight 'steambarge' Mary Jarecki, while carrying iron ore, went ashore on the west side of Au Sable Point, west of Grand Marais, MI in Lake Superior in a heavy fog. Despite the efforts of the tug Mystic with a 14-inch steam pump, the vessel remained in place and was later pounded to pieces by a storm.
1999: On July 4, 1999, 1-inch hail (quarter sized) fell out of a severe thunderstorm in Bergland at 1930 EST. 
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/mpx/wxhistory
July 5
1884: On July 5, 1884, snow flurries were reported in Negaunee during the morning.
1988: On July 5, 1988, a record high temperature of 94F was set at WFO Marquette.
1992: On July 5, 1992, a severe thunderstorm produced wind gusts to 58 mph 1.3 miles northeast of Mount Horace Greeley in Keweenaw County in the evening.
1993: On July 5, 1993, an F1 waterspout touched down less than a mile east of Round Island in the Straits of Mackinac in Lake Huron in the evening and was 2.7 miles SE of Mackinac Island. It was on the water for a mile and was 220 yards wide.
1999: On July 5, 1999, many trees and power poles were down at Bessemer with gusts up to 69 mph. A 63 mph wind gust occurred in Rockland at 1750 EST. The top of a 40 foot spruce tree was broken off in Ontonagon at 1806 EST. Over 100 trees down on Lake Rd and two houses and a car were damaged by falling trees in Ironwood with $15,000 in property damage. Several trees were down in Marenisco. Many trees down with several houses and vehicles damaged by falling trees in Marquette at 1858 EST causing $50,000 in property damage. Trees down blocking M-35 in Palmer at 1905 EST. A peak wind gust to 67 mph was measured at Munising out of a severe thunderstorm that downed trees blocking roads and a hiker was injured by a falling tree. Severe thunderstorms rolled through Baraga County earlier. Trees were uprooted - power lines down - some trees on houses in Three Lakes. A resort at Lake Ruth suffered wind damage to its main lodge, three cabins, and two sheds. Six of its twelve 14 foot fishing boats were damaged beyond repair. Two houses on Lake George were seriously damaged by falling trees. $100,000 in property damage occurred in Baraga County. Many trees were downed in Baltic at 1800 EST. Numerous thunderstorms moved across eastern Upper Michigan with isolated severe wind reports. Gusts to 69 mph were reported in De Tour Village. Several small trees were down in Cornell from severe thunderstorms. Numerous trees were down along CR-413 in Newberry. Large tree limbs down along M-77 in Germfask at 2040 EST.
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/mpx/wxhistory
July 6
1953: On July 6, 1953, an F0 tornado touched down near Munising in the early afternoon. The width was 33 yards, and the length was about one mile. This tornado caused a reported $2,500 worth of property damage.
1988: On July 6, 1988, a record high temperature of 98F was set at WFO Marquette.
1869: On July 6, 1869, the wood schooner Dolphin, while carrying coal, collided with the bark Badger State and sank in the narrow channel west of Waugoschance Point in Lake Michigan during a storm. Badger State rescued her crew.
2003: On July 6, 2003, a warm front that moved across the Upper Peninsula touched off afternoon and evening thunderstorms that produced damaging winds. Trees and power lines were knocked down 6 miles south of Harvey in the late afternoon.
2008: On July 6, 2008, heavy rain fell out of thunderstorms in Baraga County. An observer 3 miles north of Nestoria measured 3.30 inches in the evening.
July 7
1936: On July 7, 1936, the start of a heat wave began with Ironwood topping out at 98F, Menominee had 99F, Marquette had a high temperature of 103F.
1962: On July 7, 1962, a 63-mph wind gust occurred out of a severe thunderstorm 1.3 miles east of Negaunee in the early afternoon.
1988: On July 7, 1988, a record high temperature of 98F was set at WFO Marquette with a record high low temperature of 73F. Spaulding had a high of 98F.
1980: On July 7, 1980, a severe thunderstorm hit the south side of Escanaba in the early morning with near 100-mph wind gusts, injured 8 people and caused heavy damage at the Delta County Airport. 25 planes and two buildings including the main terminal were damaged at the airport. Numerous homes and vehicles were damaged by falling trees and limbs and a few were damaged by hail as well. 6 mobile homes near the airport were flipped over with one home completely demolished. Thousands were left without power in Escanaba and the city manager declared a state of emergency from the severe thunderstorm. Two to four inches of rain fell in a short period of time causing flash flooding in Escanaba with streets flooded in the city. Damage at the airport and the trailer park alone was $600,000 with total damage of $2 million in the Escanaba area.
2003: On July 7, 2003, hail 2 1/2 inches in diameter (tennis ball sized) was reported near the shore at Two Heart 9 miles east of Deer Park in the late afternoon out of a severe thunderstorm. 
July 8
1936: On July 8, 1936, a high temperature of 104F occurred in Escanaba, 102F in Menominee, and 101F in Marquette.
1988: On July 8, 1988, Spaulding had a high of 98F, part of 11 days of greater than 90F this month.
2007: On July 8, 2007, severe thunderstorms pounded west and central Upper Michigan with large hail and damaging wind in the morning. 1-inch hail (quarter sized) fell in Rockland. Trees were stripped of leaves with some vehicle damage caused by 1.75 inch (golf ball sized hail) at Twin Lakes. Many trees and branches downed along the highway 5 miles south of Copper Harbor causing $3000 in damage. Several one-foot diameter pine trees downed along Camp Five Road one mile south of Highway M-69 10 miles east of Crystal Falls with a damage path approximately 0.6 mile in width. South Range had golf ball sized hail (1.75 inch) early in the morning. Numerous trees were down along Leeman Road 2 miles east of Sagola. Many trees and branches were down along the highway 41 2 miles south of Alberta with gusts up to 63 mph. 1 inch hail (quarter sized) fell 1 mile south of Harvey and 4 miles east of Gulliver. An isolated severe thunderstorm moved southeast from Eastern Upper Michigan with 1 inch hail (quarter sized) falling 4 miles south southeast of Cedarville in northern Lake Huron at 1102 EST and 5 Miles Northeast of Bois Blanc Island at 1109 EST. Flooding was reported under the M-35 viaduct in Escanaba and water above the curb along Main Street also in Escanaba. Storm sewers could not keep up with heavy rainfall throughout Escanaba and Gladstone in the evening. Severe thunderstorms later in the afternoon dropped golf ball sized hail (1.75 inch) 3 miles west of Rapid River. The majority of hail was walnut-sized or 1.5 inches in diameter. Trees were down in East Kingsford and large trees down on Pine Mountain Road one mile northwest of Iron Mountain. Numerous trees knocked down 4 miles east of Cooks at 1819 EST causing $2000 in damage.
1996: On July 8, 1996, a severe thunderstorm dropped 1.5-inch hail (walnut sized) 3 miles southeast of Rapid River in the early afternoon. A thunderstorm induced windstorm began around Cornell and moved east to Gladstone. The wind damaged 3 utility poles in Cornell, and trees up to one foot in diameter were downed in Gladstone. Damage included one vehicle with a cracked windshield, one vehicle with a dented hood and broken grill, and 3 trailers with minor damage with gusts up to 65 mph. $2000 in property damage occurred.
July 9
1936: On July 9, 1936, high temperatures of 102F in Escanaba, and 101F occurred in Marquette. This was the first time since 1901 that Marquette had 3 days in a month of 100F or better and the first time this had happened on consecutive days. Sailors on an ore carrier 10 miles northeast of Marquette on Lake Superior had a temperature of over 100F.
1901: On July 9, 1901, the wood sidewheel tug, logging, Sir Luke, had logs in tow. This small river tug was no match for a summer storm on the big lake. She was caught in heavy weather a few miles from Garden, Michigan, stranded and wrecked near Vans Harbor, Michigan in Garden Bay of the Big Bay De Noc . Her crew made it to shore safely in her smallboat, but the tug was a total loss.
1906: On July 9, 1906, a thunderstorm over Escanaba caused lightning to strike the lighthouse and this produced tremendous damage. 3 members of the lightkeeper's family were home and uninjured. Every window on the first floor was broken. None of the occupants even felt a shock from the lightning. Despite the damage, the lighthouse was still operating.
1987: On July 9, 1987, an F1 tornado touched down in the late afternoon 3 miles east of Munising. It was on the ground for 2.7 miles and had a damage path width of 400 yards.
1895: On July 9, 1895, the wood schooner, 2-mast Nina, while carrying lumber, was waterlogged in a storm and was put ashore on Green Island, WI in the bay of Green Bay, where she became a total wreck.
1969: On July 9, 1969, a severe thunderstorm produced a 63 mph wind gust 3.7 miles southwest of Laurium in the mid evening.
2006: On July 9, 2006, golfball-sized hail (1.75-inch) fell out of a severe thunderstorm at Birch Creek and County Road 577 5 miles north of Menominee at 1303 CST and two-inch hail (hen egg sized) found 20 minutes after storm had passed near Highway 41 and Willow Tree Road in the same spot. Hail up to golf ball size combined with strong winds resulted in significant damage to roofs, siding, and automobiles 3 miles northeast of Menominee at 1312 CST causing $100,000 in damage. Numerous 8-inch cedar trees snapped in cemetery near Birch Creek Road and Bay De Noc Road 5 miles north of Menominee at 1310 CST causing $2000 in damage. Many roads closed across southern Menominee County due to trees and power lines down 5 miles north of Menominee at 1315 CST. A few trees were on fire. Three-foot diameter older willow tree snapped near base at Highway 41 and Willow Tree Road. 
July 10
1992: On July 10, 1992, the cold summer continued. A record cold high temperature of 61F was set at WFO Marquette.
1869: On July 10, 1869, the wood schooner Grey Eagle, while carrying lumber, was down bound for Lake Michigan when she grounded on Whitefish Point on Lake Superior and was heavily damaged in a storm. Declared a total loss on July 17th, the hulk was destroyed by arson on September 20th.
1911: On July 10, 1911, the wood, bulk freight John Mitchell, while carrying wheat, was rammed broadside by coal-laden steel steamer William Henry Mack. The Mack tried to keep her bow in the hole, but the Mitchell still sank in 7 minutes off Whitefish Point in Lake Superior. Quick work saved most of her crew and all 7 passengers. Mack got most of the blame for the accident. 3 of 34 people perished in this collision.
1980: On July 10, 1980, a 71-mph wind gust was reported at the Ford Airport in Iron Mountain in the early evening from a severe thunderstorm.
2007: On July 10, 2007, an intense low pressure center moving over Lake Superior helped spawn severe thunderstorms over Dickinson and Marquette counties in the afternoon. An eight-inch diameter poplar tree was blown down 4 miles north of Felch. Non-thunderstorm wind damage was also reported over Gogebic and Houghton counties with power knocked out in Ironwood. Large branches were blown down near Ironwood and Bessemer. Power lines were blown down in Wakefield. An eighteen inch diameter tree was blown down near the high school in Calumet at 1501 EST.
July 11
1936: On July 11, 1936, the high temperature was 102F in Ironwood.
1969: On July 11, 1969, 2.25-inch hail (billiard ball sized) fell out of a severe thunderstorm at 2000 CST 1.4 miles east northeast of Ingalls.
1992: On July 11, 1992, a record low temperature of 40F was set at WFO Marquette.
1987: On July 11, 1987, 3 tornadoes touched down in the U.P. The first tornado was an F0 tornado that touched down 2.7 miles SSE of Mohawk, MI in the late morning and lifted 0.6 mile NW of Lake Linden as it moved southwest for 6 miles with a damage width of 23 yards that did $5000 worth of property damage. There was also a 66 mph wind gust 2.6 miles west of Hubbell in the late morning. The 2nd tornado was an F3 tornado that touched in the early afternoon and went across Dickinson, Menominee, Delta and Schoolcraft Counties. It skipped and was a family of tornadoes that carried on for 72 miles with a damage width path at one point of 150 yards. It skipped from one mile south of Vulcan to Cooks. This tornado had a long, nearly continuous damage path, mostly through near-wilderness. A farm building was destroyed and roads were blocked by trees near Vulcan with $25,000 worth of property damage. Near Cunard, a house and several outbuildings were damaged. A house was destroyed in an isolated area in northern Menominee County with $25,000 worth of property damage there. The tornado crossed into Delta County near Schaffer and downed trees and did $25,000 worth of property damage. It was observed by a number of people in a farming area 7 miles west of Gladstone, where it moved a large barn off its foundation. Part of the barn collapsed, killing 3 steers. It was described as looking like 'a thousand tires, stacked up, burning and smoking.' A few buildings were knocked down at Cooks, just before the funnel disappeared and caused $25,000 worth of property damage. Later on in the afternoon at 1630 EST, an F0 tornado touched down 4.7 miles north of Eckerman, MI in Chippewa County. The tornado was on the ground for 2 miles and was 500 yards wide at one point. Property damage was $300. There was a 60 mph wind gust in St. Ignace in the late afternoon.
1975: On July 11, 1975, an F0 tornado touched down in the early afternoon 4.8 miles southwest of Steuben.
2008: On July 11, 2008, severe thunderstorms downed trees over portions of western Upper Michigan in the evening. Several one to two-foot diameter trees were snapped off or uprooted by the strong winds. Branches from the fallen trees damaged a vehicle, a boat and roofs of several cabins at Cisco Lake with $40,000 worth of property damage. A severe thunderstorm downed a large poplar tree across Highway 107 7 miles west of Silver City. A 66 mph wind gust was measured by the GLOS station at Port Wing, WI near Lake Superior. 
July 12
1910: On July 12, 1910, the wood, bulk freight Trude R. Wiehe, while having several barges in tow, was driven ashore on Parker's Reef in Portage Bay, 23 miles southwest of Manistique, MI in Lake Michigan in a storm while waiting to dock for a lumber cargo. She stranded and later burned to the waterline.
1936: On July 12, 1936, the high temperature was 103F in Ironwood.
1918: On July 12, 1918, the wooden bulk freighter, Agnes W, which was carrying grain, was stranded while attempting to enter the St. Mary's River in a storm. Later pounded to pieces near Canada Point on Drummond Island.
1909: On July 12, 1909, the steel, bulk freighter John B. Cowle, while carrying iron ore, was rammed by the large steel bulker Isaac M. Scott and sank in 3 minutes 1 mile northwest of Whitefish Point, MI in Lake Superior. Heavy fog covered the area at the time. The Scott and the passing bulker Goodyear picked up survivors. 14 out of 24 crew members perished.
1972: On July 12, 1972, an F0 tornado touched down in the mid afternoon 10 miles northwest of Detour Village, MI in Chippewa County.
1987: On July 12, 1987, an F1 tornado touched down in the mid afternoon 5.1 miles WSW of Detour Village, MI in Chippewa County. It was on the ground for 5.1 miles as it headed northeast with a damage width of 40 yards. It did $300 worth of property damage and lifted 2.7 miles NW of Detour Village.
1995: On July 12, 1995, a severe thunderstorm produced wind gusts to 63 mph in Bumbletown in the mid morning.
July 13
1936: On July 13, 1936, the all time high temperature record of 104F occurred in Ironwood with 13 deaths blamed on heat in the Gogebic range. High temperatures topped out at 104F in Marquette with high humidity with the temperature above 100F for 4 hours in the late afternoon and early evening, and the temperature stayed above 100F in Munising from noon to 7 pm. A high temperature of 107F occurred at Republic. 
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1893: On July 13, 1893, the wood, bulk freight Smith Moore, while carrying iron ore, was rammed in a hit-and-run by steamer James Pickands in dense fog. Dead in the water, she remained afloat for some time, until the fog lifted and the steamer M.M. Drake came to her assistance. She was taken in tow for Munising, but sank enroute east northeast of Grand Island, near Munising, MI in Lake Superior.
1995: On July 13, 1995, an unconfirmed tornado reported by the public occurred at the Cut River Bridge in Mackinac County at 1240 EST. Damage was limited to 0.1 mile and was 10 yards wide. Gales with three funnel clouds sighted over Lake Superior at 1057 EST in Munising. At 0934 EST, trees down with power outages in L'anse with a severe thunderstorm. A flagpole was bent when a large potted plant blew away in Republic at 1015 EST. Trees were blown down east of Foster City at 1100 EST. Winds gusted to 58 mph at Gladstone at 1111 EST in a severe thunderstorm. Many trees down along M-38 and M-64 in Ontonagon and Houghton counties at 0915 EST. Winds blew a dock away in Ontonagon at 0850 EST and trees were blown down on cars in Ontonagon at 0855 EST. Trees down with gusts to 70 MPH in Chassell at 0900 EST. Many trees down with a funnel cloud sighted in Rockland at 0900 EST. Numerous trees down in Greenland at 0930 EST. Measured wind gust of 67 mph in Curtis at 1156 EST. Numerous trees down in and around Curtis. Numerous trees were blown down in Engadine at 1210 EST. Estimated winds of greater than 60 mph and big trees down in Epoufette at 1230 EST. Over 100 trees in Brevort Lake Campground fell over tents and campers at 1300 EST causing $50,000 in damage. A trailer tipped over on the Mackinac Bridge by the wind out of a thunderstorm caused $5000 in damage at 1320 EST.
2000: On July 13, 2000, a weak cold front moved across the Great Lakes region during the afternoon and evening. This front caused scattered thunderstorms to develop across the northern Great Lakes region. A couple of these storms produced large hail with golf ball sized hail (1.75 inch) falling in Brimley. 1 inch hail (quarter sized) fell in Cooks at 1235 EST.
2004: On July 13, 2004, a strong upper air disturbance and cold front passed through Michigan's Upper Peninsula triggered showers and thunderstorms late in the day. Some of these storms became severe and bombarded Menominee, Delta, Marquette, Iron and Dickinson counties with quarter-sized hail. Wind gusts in excess of 60 mph also downed trees near Norway in Dickinson County. Trees were blown down along U.S. Highway 2 between Norway and Waucedah. One-inch diameter hail (quarter sized) was reported in Gwinn and at Spalding. Severe thunderstorms that formed during the afternoon and passed through northeast Wisconsin produced large hail and strong winds as they moved over the nearshore waters of Lake Michigan and the bay of Green Bay. A wind gust to 48 knots (55 mph) was measured at Sister Bay at 1403 CST and one-inch diameter hail (quarter sized) was reported 13 miles southwest of Escanaba Lighthouse at 1503 EST. A 60 mph wind gust was reported 8 miles east of Beaver Island at 1644 EST.
July 14
1901: On July 14, 1901, the high temperature was 103F in Houghton.
1974: On July 14, 1974, an F1 tornado touched down early in the morning in Escanaba, MI. It travelled 5.2 miles with a damage width path of 27 yards and did $25,000 worth of property damage as it moved SE, crossed the Little Bay De Noc and lifted 5.7 miles ESE of Escanaba in the Stonington Peninsula. 98 mph wind gusts with the thunderstorm was also reported in Escanaba.
1995: On July 14, 1995, an F0 tornado touched down in the early evening near the Michigamme Reservoir in Iron County with a damage path of 0.1 mile and 10 yards wide. Trees 18 inches in diameter were downed. Trees were downed in Iron River. A few trees down over roads and hail dented a few cars in Powers at 1900 EST. A ship reported a measured wind gust of 70 mph in Whitefish Bay with severe thunderstorms and on Sugar Island winds estimated at greater than 58 mph blew over several eight-nine inch diameter trees. Lightning started a fire and blew a 30 square feet hole in the roof of a house in Cedarville causing $5000 in damage. A severe thunderstorm produced wind damage to U.P. Fabricating building in Rock along with golf ball sized hail (1.75 inch). Trees were down and 60 mph wind gusts reported 10 miles east of Rapid River. Trees were reported down at Ralph and were blocking U.S 2 in Dickinson County. Many trees down north of U.S. 2 and along M-69 for 10 miles starting at Waucedah and trees were down at Foster City. Winds gust of 90 mph were measured on Mackinac Bridge out of a severe thunderstorm. Sustained wind of 85-88 mph lasted for about 10 minutes. Lightning damaged the main bridge power generator causing $500 in damage in the mid evening. Trees were down in Gwinn and eight inch trees down in Northland at 1900 EST. Power was out until the following morning in Little Lake and Shag Lake areas. Trees down in Diorite at 2009 EST. Earlier in the morning, severe thunderstorms procued wind damage with 55 mph gusts with large tree limbs broken in Hancock at 0919 EST. Wind damage with highway M-26 closed because of trees down and power outages at Dollar Bay at 0925 EST. Wind damage with trees down along Post Road at Lake Linden at 0939 EST. Bumbletown had a wind gust to 67 mph at 0935 EST.
1984: On July 14, 1984, an F2 tornado touched down in the mid evening 11.4 miles NE of Manistique, MI and travelled 27 miles with a damage path of 100 yards wide. It caused one injury and $25,000 worth of property damage as it headed east and lifted 2.7 miles ESE of Manistique Lake. The path took it from Schoolcraft into Mackinac County. A 58 mph gust occurred in St. Ignace in the late evening out of a severe thunderstorm.
2006: On July 14, 2006, lightning struck a tour boat for Shipwreck Cruises in Munising Bay in the early afternoon. Three people were treated and released at a local hospital for minor injuries.
1998: On July 14, 1998, severe thunderstorms rolled through Watton in the early evening with gusts to 63 mph downed two large trees. One landed on a garage. 65 mph wind gusts downed 18 to 24 inch diameter trees in Covington causing $10,000 worth of property damage. Thunderstorms downed trees that blocked several roads 7 miles north of Iron Mountain. Several trees were downed between Iron River and Crystal Falls. A 61 mph wind gust was reported at WFO MQT office. Several trees down along US 41 2 miles west of Ishpeming. A 70 mph wind gust was reported 5 miles northwest of Big Bay and 2 large trees were downed in Harvey.
2010: On July 14, 2010, lightning from thunderstorms moving through the area caused a house fire just south of Harvey in the Chocolay Township in the evening. $15,000 in damage occurred.
July 15
1896: On July 15, 1896, the wood schooner, 2-mast Volunteer was driven ashore by a northwest gale and pounded to pieces 4 miles west of Au Sable Point in Lake Superior. Owned by Beams, Grand Marais, and often used to haul lumbering supplies to the camps.
Editor's note:  
1901: On July 15, 1901, the city of Marquette recorded its hottest temperature ever of 108F in the middle of a 3-day heat wave. Several people died from this heat wave in Houghton.
According to ThreadEx, the 108F remains the highest temperature ever recorded in the Marquette area since temperature records began in Jan 1875.  (As of 15 Jul 2017) EJH 
2010: On July 15, 2010, a wake low formed from a thunderstorm complex passing through Wisconsin that produced wind damage in Escanaba in the early morning. The Delta County Sheriff reported numerous large trees down blocking several roadways in the Escanaba area. One large tree fell on the cab of a pickup truck on Lakeshore Drive. The damaging winds up to 69 mph were attributed to the passage of a wake low from a thunderstorm complex which passed just south of the area.
1999: On July 15, 1999, heavy rain from thunderstorms partially washed out several secondary roads and sections of highway US-2 in the Iron Mountain area. Two to seven and a half inches of rain fell over southern Iron County between 2200 EST, July 14 and 0300 EST July 15. Considerable damage was done to area roads with many secondary roads down to one lane. Several roads were washed out and closed. Seventy-five homes in southern Iron County had flooded basements and some businesses in the low lying area of downtown Iron River were flooded and closed. $225,000 in property damage occurred. Trees were blown down on power lines in Stambaugh in the early morning. 
July 16
1997: On July 16, 1997, a peak wind gust was measured at 63 mph out of a severe thunderstorm 3 miles west of Grand Marais, MI. A severe thunderstorm dropped golf ball sized hail (1.75 inch) 2 miles southeast of Stonington at 1645 EST. Strong winds ahead of a line of thunderstorms damaged a boat dock at Black River Harbor on the Lake Superior shoreline at 0455 CST and several trees were downed 15 miles northeast of the Ironwood Airport at 0515 CST. 1 inch hail (quarter sized) fell in Bergland at 0520 CST and 10 to 16 inch trees downed in Bergland at 0536 EST. 12 inch diameter tree downed at Bond Falls 4 miles east of Paulding at 0545 EST. A 16 inch diameter tree was downed 6 miles south of Kenton at 0555 CST.
2006: On July 16, 2006, severe thunderstorms in Grand Marais with gusts up to 63 mph brought trees down across roads and caused power outages which caused $4000 worth of property damage early in the morning. A dozen six to eight-inch diameter trees were blown down between Copper Harbor and Delaware at 0428 EST 5 miles south of Copper Harbor causing $4000 in damage. 2 inch hail fell (hen egg sized) 7 miles north of Hancock in the early morning. Several trees down along Highway M-77 and adjoining side roads 8 miles north of Seney at 0501 EST. Numerous trees down across Salo Road, Bear Lake Road and along Highway M-203 south of McLain State Park 7 miles north of Hancock. A wind gust to 69 mph was measured at the Michigan Tech Research Center at the Houghton County Airpport at 0728 EST. A four-inch tree was down at Freda. Numerous trees and power lines were down in Newberry at 0518 EST causing $4000 in damage. 12-14 trees up to twelve inches in diameter down across Highway M-123 between Newberry and Tahquamenon Falls or 10 miles north of Newberry at 0525 EST. One tree fell on a house causing $10,000 in damage. An upper disturbance interacting with a very warm airmass and frontal boundary over southern Lake Superior helped set the stage for severe thunderstorms across portions of northern Upper Michigan during the late evening of the 15th into the morning hours of the 16th. The hardest hit area was over the north half of Houghton County where numerous thunderstorms caused damaging winds, large hail and flash flooding from torrential downpours. Spotters measured nearly four inches of rain in Laurium with street and basement flooding reported. 3.67 inches of rain fell mainly between 3 and 5 am EST in Laurium. 2.99 inches of rain was reported at the Houghton County Airport with a washout of County Road 203 in Calumet Township in the morning. Keweenaw, Alger, Luce and northern Schoolcraft counties also observed damaging winds and/or large hail from the storms. Numerous trees and power lines downed in western Chippewa County in Eckerman and trees downed and a scoreboard at the Pickford High School football field was destroyed. Trees and power lines downed in Curtis causing $5000 in damage.
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1999: On July 16, 1999, a severe thunderstorm in the mid afternoon brought trees down across a road in Channing and trees were down at Randville. A large tree was brought down at Sawyer AFB.
1991: On July 16, 1991, a severe thunderstorm produced a 70 mph wind gust 5.8 miles east southeast of South Range in the late evening.
July 17
1870: On July 17, 1870, the wood schooner-barge Schuyler Colfax sank in a thunderstorm near Detour, MI In Lake Huron from damage done by lightning.
1934: On July 17, 1934, one of the worst heat waves in the nation's history began. During the last two weeks of July, extreme heat claimed 679 lives in Michigan with 300 of them in Detroit alone.
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1997: On July 17, 1997, 1.5 inch hail (walnut sized) fell at Sand River at the border of Marquette and Alger Counties in the early morning with a severe thunderstorm. The hail produced minor damage to several vehicles and caused $5000 worth of damage. 10-inch diameter trees downed with a severe thunderstorm 3 miles northeast of Skanee. Several trees and power lines were downed in Lake Linden causing $1000 in property damages. Several trees were downed up to 12 inches in diameter in Calumet. A 12 inch diameter tree was downed 3 miles northeast of Big Bay.
2006: On July 17, 2006, a severe thunderstorm with wind gusts up to 69 mph caused numerous trees up to ten inches in diameter to be uprooted along Old Seney Road 5 to 10 miles south of Grand Marais during the late morning. This caused $5000 worth of property damage. Trees were down near Lower Tahquamenon Falls 8 miles west southwest of Paradise. A twelve-inch diameter tree snapped near base along County Road 416 10 miles northwest of Pine Stump Junction causing $1,000 in damage.
1981: On July 17, 1981, 2-inch hail (hen egg sized) fell 0.5 mile north northeast of Bark River, 1.5 inch hail (walnut sized) fell 1.2 miles west of Felch, and 2-inch hail (hen egg sized) fell 3.7 miles northwest of Schaffer in the early afternoon.
2008: On July 17, 2008, a severe thunderstorm brought down numerous large trees 8 miles south southwest of Island View in Delta County in the late afternoon. Some trees were as large as 24 inches in diameter and the downed trees caused some slight structural damage with $10,000 in property damage. Wind gusts up to 90 mph in an EF1-rated microburst snapped off or uprooted numerous large trees in the OB Fuller County Park and Campground in Delta County 6 miles south southwest of Island View. The fallen trees also caused damage to a motorcycle and camping trailer causing $20,000 in property damage. Eight-inch diameter tree limbs were knocked down 3 miles west southwest of Daggett at 1545 CST. These severe thunderstorms caused damage over portions of Menominee and Delta counties. Lightning struck a power pole and ignited a fire at a home in Negaunee in the evening. The lightning bolt traveled from the power pole to a metal dryer vent on the side of the house, starting the fire. Negaunee firefighters responded to the blaze and all people inside the house escaped without injury. $20,000 in damage occurred.
2011: On July 17, 2011, a cold front moving through a warm unstable airmass produced numerous thunderstorms over central Upper Michigan in the evening. A few storms turned severe over Menominee County. Trees were reported down on power lines along Anderson Road in Daggett between 2100 and 2130 CDT. 
July 18
1986: On July 18, 1986, golf ball sized hail (1.75 inch) fell 8.1 miles east northeast of Gladstone out of a severe thunderstorm in the early afternoon.
1987: On July 18, 1987, a severe thunderstorm produced a 64 mph wind gust at K I Sawyer Base in the mid evening.
July 19
1909: On July 19, 1909, Hancock had flooding from heavy rain with cellars flooded. Houghton had 1.73 inches of rain. A large portion of Front Street in Hancock was washed away.
1915: On July 19, 1915, the wood barge Pup, while carrying 50 bags of cement, sprang a leak and foundered in a storm off Plum Island in the mouth of Green Bay in Lake Michigan while in tow of the gas tug Challenger. Former ferry and fish tug, converted to a barge shortly before this date.
1992: On July 19, 1992, an F2 Tornado touched down in Gladstone, MI at 1905 EST with a damage path of 0.2 mile and width of 10 yards. Widespread destruction occurred along its half mile wide path. Several businesses sustained major damage including one housing several large tanks. The tornado picked up an empty 20,000 gallon tank and threw it 200 yards slamming it into another tank. The valve broke on this second tank spilling 250,000 gallons of tar. Half the residents of Gladstone were without power after the storm with telephone service knocked out. A number of houses and garages were damaged. Only 2 minor injuries were reported with $2.5 million in damage from the tornado. Plywood and styrofoam from the building supply store were found in the woods 10 miles east of town. A separate F0 tornado touched down in Alger county at 1625 EST about 4 miles NNE of Shingleton, was on the ground for 0.10 mile and had a damage path of 10 yards. 1.75 inch hail (golf ball sized) fell 5.9 miles south southeast of Crystal Falls in Iron County at 1728 CST and 65kt winds occurred in Dickinson County earlier that afternoon.
1879: On July 19, 1879, the wood schooner Annie Coleman, accidentally ran on a reef in fog at the mouth of the Hurricane River, 9 miles west of Grand Marais on Lake Superior. One source says the crew walked 70 miles to Marquette for assistance.
1978: On July 19, 1978, 3.5-inch hail (tea cup to grapefruit size) fell out of a severe thunderstorm 1 mile west of Chatham, MI in Alger County in the late afternoon. 2.5-inch hail (tennis ball sized) fell 4.7 miles southwest of Painesdale in the early afternoon. Ping pong ball sized (1.5-inch) hail fell 5.8 miles east southeast of South Range in the mid afternoon.
1998: On July 19, 1998, a severe thunderstorm caused wind gusts to 60 mph that were reported by ships along the Soo Locks in the early afternoon.
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1983: On July 19, 1983, a severe thunderstorm produced wind gusts up to 58 mph in Ironwood in the early morning.
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2004: On July 19, 2004, a cold front moved across Upper Michigan and caused scattered thunderstorms. Some of the storms over the central and eastern parts became severe during the afternoon. Golf ball-sized hail (1.75 inch) pummeled areas in Schoolcraft County north of Manistique. Quarter-sized hail (1 inch) fell near Northland in southern Marquette County and just east of Ralph in Dickinson County.
2010: On July 19, 2010, severe thunderstorms generated large hail and heavy rain in Marquette in the afternoon. 1-inch hail (quarter sized) fell 1 mile west of Marquette at 1256 EST.
July 20
1992: On July 20, 1992, cold temperatures continue during the summer. A cold record low high temperature of 59F with a record low temperature of 39F at WFO Marquette.
1972: On July 20, 1972, a tornado hit near Spalding, MI. Some homemade wooden lawn chairs were lifted 12 feet in the air, hit a tree and blew apart. A large Chinese elm tree was uprooted. Telephone poles were slanted with a 6 inch gap on the northwest side of them. Some screening was blown off a mobile home, but no serious damage reported. The tornado hit a sewer pond later with the water from the pond sucked into it creating a huge whirling geyser. A separate F2 tornado touched down in the mid afternoon in Rock, MI in Delta County. This tornado was on the ground for 0.8 mile and was 70 yards wide. It did $250,000 worth of property damage with one injury.
2010: On July 20, 2010, an upper level disturbance triggered scattered severe thunderstorms over south central Upper Michigan in the afternoon and evening. Numerous trees and power lines were reported down and damage was also reported to homes and cars from downed trees 1 mile southeast of Iron Mountain Airport. Street flooding also occurred. $75,000 in property damage in Iron Mountain occurred with this thunderstorm. Seven large trees were blown down in the Meyer Township Cemetery in Hermansville, one of which was a 60-foot, 40-inch diameter basswood. Widespread tree damage occurred...most extensively in the 1st Street area of Menominee. A tree fell on a car and another had roots exposed. A boat and a trailer were overturned. Two trees fell into power lines and a power pole...snapping the pole. $50,000 in damage was done in the Menominee area from this storm.
2003: On July 20, 2003, the Ironwood Airport (IWD) reported a 75 mph wind gust out of a severe thunderstorm in the late afternoon. Golf ball sized hail (1.75 inch) and several 2 to 3 inch diameter trees were uprooted in Powers in the early evening. A weak short-wave moving across Michigan's Upper Peninsula triggered evening thunderstorms that produced large hail and damaging winds.
2011: On July 20, 2011, record heat at WFO Marquette. A daily record high temperature of 94F with a daily record warm minimum temperature of 68F occurred. An approaching warm front produced a few severe thunderstorms and heavy rain over portions of Houghton County in the early morning. 1.75 inch (golf ball sized) hail fell 2 miles northwest of Jacobsville. Most of the hail observed was between dime and quarter-sized, but a few stones were the size of golf balls. A public report of heavy rain was received from Toivola of 4.5 inches of rain in six hours. 
July 21
2002: On July 21, 2002, a cold front moving across Michigan's Upper Peninsula interacted with a moist and unstable airmass to set off thunderstorms during the late afternoon and evening. Some of the storms produced large hail, high winds and heavy rain. A bow echo moved across Upper Michigan producing some wind damage. The high winds downed thousands of trees across Marquette County. The trees ranged in size from three inches to three feet in diameter, and damaged several homes in western Marquette County. The automated weather station at Sawyer International Airport reported a wind gust to 55 kt or 63 mph as the bow echo plowed across central and eastern Upper Michigan. Two inch hail (hen egg sized) was reported in Republic at 1645 EST. One to two foot diameter trees were blown down 9 miles southwest of Ishpeming at 1700 EST. Sixty foot tall trees blown down and power lines were knocked down 10 miles south of Marquette and numerous 1 to 2 foot diameter trees blown down or broken off 5 miles east of Sawyer AFB at 1720 EST. Numerous 1 to 2 foot diameter trees blown down or broken off 7 miles south of Marquette at 1740 EST. Gusts up to 69 mph were seen across Alger County in the evening as the bow echo went across with 4 inch diameter tree branches broken off trees 5 miles north of Shingleton, MI. Numerous trees were down in Curtis at 1855 EST and 2 miles south of St. Ignace at 1945 EST. A line of thunderstorms moved across eastern Upper Michigan during the evening hours. The wind gusts associated these storms downed trees across a few locales. Golf ball sized hail (1.75 inch) was reported 3 miles south of Three Lakes, MI. Two foot diameter tree blown down 7 miles east of Iron Mountain. A ten inch diameter tree branch was broken off 10 miles southwest of Watersmeet. Fourteen trees were blown down along the roadway 3 miles southeast of Kenton. Six trees were blown down along highway U.S. 45 13 miles south of Bruce Crossing. Numerous trees were blown down in Alpha. Several large trees and power lines were blown down in Ingalls and 2 miles west of Stephenson at 1709 CST. Tourist Park in Marquette flooded with 3 to 5 inches of water over the roads in the early evening. A waterspout was sighted over Lake Superior offshore from Au Train at 1800 EST. A wind gust to 69 mph was reported at Beaver Island and at Pt Aux Chenes in Lake Michigan at 1945 EST. Thunderstorms that produced severe weather across parts of northeast and east central Wisconsin produced strong wind gusts as they moved over the Bay of Green Bay and the nearshore and open waters of Lake Michigan with wind gusts to 81 mph at Ellison Bay, WI at 2100 EST.
1909: On July 21, 1909, 6.72 inches of rain fell in Ironwood with basements and cellars flooded. 2.41 inches of rain fell in Iron Mountain, 2.4 inches fell in Watersmeet and 2.75 inches of rain fell in Stambaugh.
1992: On July 21, 1992, a record low temperature of 37F was set at WFO Marquette. A low temperature of 24F occurred at Rapid River.
1994: On July 21, 1994, a 37-year-old woman was struck in her house in Forsyth Township at 1545 EST as she placed a portable radio in a window sill. The lightning entered on her right middle finger and exited her left middle finger. She was hospitalized in stable condition.
2001: On July 21, 2001, high pressure over the east coast and low pressure over the central plains produced a strong southwest flow over the Upper Great Lakes region. The strong southwest flow advected ample Gulf of Mexico moisture into Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The high humidity fueled the development of numerous showers and thunderstorms. Two of the thunderstorms became severe over Schoolcraft and Delta counties. A severe thunderstorm caused numerous trees to be uprooted with 6-inch diameter branches down 18 miles east of Rapid River. Large tree down across the road 5 miles south of Steuben and two trees down, one over the main highway 5 miles southeast of Steuben in the late afternoon.
1971: On July 21, 1971, a severe thunderstorm had 60 mph gusts in Ironwood in the mid evening. Golf ball sized hail (1.75 inch) fell 1.3 miles north northeast of Trout Creek in the early evening.
1983: On July 21, 1983, a severe thunderstorm produced wind gusts up to 58 mph in Ironwood in the early morning.
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2010: On July 21, 2010, a 62-year-old Wisconsin man drowned near Picnic Rocks in the afternoon. A wave pushed him away from the sandbar at Picnic Rocks, and he was pulled under the water by the strong longshore current which had developed from gusty north winds of 10 to 20 mph.
July 22
1909: On July 22, 1909, Bergland Dam reported 4.10 inches of rainfall, Iron Mountain had 1.87 inches, Watersmeet had 2.98 inches and Stambaugh had 2.64 inches of rain. From July 19th to the 22nd, nearly 10 inches of rain fell across Upper Michigan and Northwest Wisconsin. 5.00 inches of rain fell in Ironwood with basements and cellars flooded. The Montreal River rose over a foot higher than ever observed before with a water main breaking during this second rainstorm in Ironwood.
July 23
1936: On July 23, 1936, the Escanaba lighthouse keeper reported a heavy electrical storm. Hailstones the size of hen's eggs (2 inch) fell and were declared the largest ever seen in Escanaba.
1994: On July 23, 1994, a thunderstorm moving through Menominee County caused wind damage and blew some trees over on Deadman's Point, just north of Cedar River at about 1610 EST.
1999: On July 23, 1999, severe thunderstorms in the early morning with wind gusts to 69 mph blew 10 inch diameter trees down across the road to Craig Lake near Nestoria, MI. 8 to 10 inch trees were blown down in King Lake Campground at Covington. 4 inch branches down along the southwest shore of Lake Gogebic and trees were down across US-2 at Watersmeet. A 12 inch diameter pine tree was blown down across CR 657 in Iron River and trees were down across CR 643 with power lines down in Iron River. Many 8 to 10 inch diameter trees were blown down across a road in Amasa. 3 inch diameter trees and large branches down in Van Riper State Park. Later on, a 68 mph wind gust report from the Passage Island C-MAN station on the north end of Isle Royale happened at 1937 EST. 
July 24
1902: On July 24, 1902, the wood, bulk freight Henry J. Johnson, while carrying iron ore, was groping through the Straits of Mackinac in a dense fog, when she collided with the steel steamer Fred Pabst and sank quickly, in deep water off Spectacle Reef, eastern Straits of Mackinac in Lake Huron. Her crew abandoned and was adrift for several hours before being picked up by the tug Parker. Bound Escanaba for Cleveland.
1998: On July 24, 1998, a wind gust to 58 mph in a severe thunderstorm brought down sixteen inch diameter trees around noon. Other smaller trees were down 4 miles northeast of Melstrand in Alger County. 
July 25
1911: On July 25, 1911, the wood, bulk freight Rappahannock, while carrying coal, was bound for Duluth with the big barge Montezuma in tow, when she was put on the beach in an attempt to save her from a terrific 75-mph storm and fog, but pounded to pieces anyway. She later drifted into 80 feet of water and sank near Jackfish Point, Ontario in Lake Superior. The wreck was later clamshelled to remove her cargo.
2008: On July 25, 2008, a cold front moving into a warm and humid airmass spawned severe thunderstorms over portions of west and central Upper Michigan in the afternoon. Numerous large trees were reported down along East Shore Road eastward to Paulding 2 miles south southeast of Bergland in the early afternoon. Two large trees were reported down across Bond Falls Road 1 mile east of Paulding in the early afternoon. An F0 tornado touched down 1 mile south of Masonville, MI in Delta County. An NWS storm survey found a 50-yard wide by 150-yard long EF0-rated tornado track near the intersection of Bayshore Drive and 26th Road. The tornado uprooted large trees, drove a sheet of plywood through a motor home and tore off a portion of a trailer roof and did $10,000 worth of property damage. Another weak tornado also caused some damage near Rapid River in Delta County. An 18 inch diameter spruce tree and a 10 inch diameter cedar tree were felled by the severe thunderstorm 2 miles west northwest of Garden Corners. Numerous eight to ten-inch diameter trees were knocked down 7 miles north northeast of Elmwood in Iron County. Some 12-inch diameter trees reported down along Highway 16. $3000 in property damage occurred. Trees were reported down around Cable Lake 5 miles southwest of Parks Siding.
2010: On July 25, 2010, golf ball sized hail (1.75-inch) fell out of a severe thunderstorm 8 miles north of Rapid River in the late afternoon. The thunderstorm also downed trees along a road due to excessive winds during the same time.
2011: On July 25, 2011, increasing afternoon instability led to the formation of a severe storm in the mid afternoon a few miles north of Rapid River or 5 miles north of Maplewood. This storm downed trees due to the excessive downburst winds and produced golf ball sized hail (1.75 inch) along a road.
July 26
1905: On July 26, 1905, the wood, bulk freight George Presley, while carrying iron ore, was groping her way through fog when she ran aground in Washington Harbor on Washington Island, WI, in the bay of Green Bay, caught fire in a paint locker and burned to a total loss.
1955: On July 26, 1955, the high temperature reached 102F in Iron Mountain. This was part of the warmest month in 55 years of record keeping at that time with average highs of 84.8F.
1912: On July 26, 1912, the wood packet ship J.L. Beckwith wrecked in a gale in Lake Superior near Sandy Island or Sandy Point.
1885: On July 26, 1885, the wood, passenger and package freight Isle Royale, while carrying merchandise, sprang a leak and sank in a storm. Her passengers and crew made it to Susick Island, off Isle Royale in Lake Superior.
2003: On July 26, 2003, a cold front triggered evening thunderstorms as it moved across Upper Michigan. Some of the thunderstorms produced damaging wind. Eighteen-inch diameter trees were knocked down 13 miles north of Wakefield and four-inch diameter tree tops were broken off 4 miles north of Baraga with severe thunderstorm wind gusts up to 63 mph. A ten-inch diameter tree was blown over at Twin Lakes.
2007: On July 26, 2007, a strong cold front moved through northwest Wisconsin during the late afternoon and early evening. A line of severe thunderstorms developed in Minnesota and moved quickly east over western Lake Superior, producing strong wind gusts. A 59-mph wind gust was measured at the Port Wing Marina and was later topped by a 66-mph wind gust.
2011: On July 26, 2011, a severe thunderstorm dropped golf ball sized hail (1.75 inch) 8 miles north of Rapid River in the late afternoon and also downed trees along a road.
July 27
1992: On July 27, 1992, a record low high temperature of 62F was set at WFO Marquette.
1884: On July 27, 1884, the steamer, steel, passenger/package freighter Alberta, collided with the steambarge John M. Osborne in a fog 3.5 miles from Whitefish Point on Lake Superior and sank in shallow water near Whitefish Point. A single casualty was lost in attempt to rescue crewmen from the sinking Osborne. She was recovered soon after. This was Alberta's 1st year. The John M. Osborne, a wood, bulk freight, 'steambarge', while carrying iron ore, was bound Marquette for Ashtabula with two barges in tow, when she collided with the steel passenger steamer Alberta, which stayed in the gash until most of Osborne's crew had scrambled aboard. The Osborne then sank in 20 fathoms of water 6 miles north northwest of Whitefish Point. The accident happened in fog. This was the Alberta's third serious collision of the year. *3 or 4 lives lost on Osborne, one from Alberta in a brave rescue attempt.
2010: On July 27, 2010, two EF0 tornadoes containing winds of 70 mph touched down near Iron Mountain in the early evening. The first one had a path length of 1/3 of a mile and path width of 100 yards. It touched down along 7th Avenue in the eastern sections of Norway and then crossed US-2 as it moved east northeastward towards Norway Mountain. The maximum wind speeds were estimated at 70 mph which made it a EF0 tornado. Several trees were knocked down or snapped off from the tornado. Some minor damage also occurred to structures from falling trees and tree limbs causing $10,000 worth of property damage. The second EF0 tornado touched down in a wooded area about one mile northeast of Vulcan. The tornado was on the ground for about one-quarter mile and had a width of less than 100 yards. Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped off from this tornado as its peak winds were estimated at 70 mph. Property damage with this tornado was $3,000. Nearly three inches of heavy rainfall flooded a large section of US-2 from Douglas to Lowell Street in Ironwood. Several houses and building were flooded near Hemlock Street on the west side of Ironwood with $10,000 in property damage in Ironwood. Numerous trees were reported down along the snowmobile/ATV trail in La Branche at 2010 CST. A six-inch diameter tree limb was reported down on Birch Street 3.4 miles north northwest of Manistique near Indian Lake at 2230 EST. Storms also dumped three to four inches of rain between Manistique and Gulliver.
1973: On July 27, 1973, an F0 waterspout touched down 6.3 miles SSE of Escanaba or 6.8 miles east of Ford River, MI in the Little Bay De Noc in the early afternoon.
2002: On July 27, 2002, a cold front moving across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan triggered thunderstorms during the late afternoon and evening. Some of the storms produced high winds that knocked down trees and power lines. Power lines were knocked down in Ironwood and three to four inch diameter tree branches were broken off 16 miles northeast of Crystal Falls. 
July 28
1949: On July 28, 1949, heavy thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front with nearly 5.5 inches of rain in Marquette in just over 2 hours causing considerable damage while Ishpeming had 5.35 inches of rain. Flash flooding caused washouts on streets and sidewalks and damage to buildings near downtown Marquette. A huge washout at Lake and Spring Streets caused a fuel tank to tumble into a gully leading to the loss of 12,000 gallons of fuel oil. A pipe then broke allowing 50,000 cubic feet of gas to escape. The washout caused a water main to break cutting off fresh water to a large part of the City of Marquette. Train service was interrupted as three miles of track washed out near Goose Lake in Marquette County while in Ishpeming, damage to homes and stores mounted to many thousands of dollars due to flooding. L'anse had 2.04 inches of rain, Munising had 2.12 inches, Chatham had 2.00 inches while thunderstorms took down some power poles around Iron Mountain which knocked out electricity until the next morning.
1988: On July 28, 1988, record heat in the summer continues. WFO Marquette ties its all time record high temperature of 99F. A record high low temperature of 67F was also set at WFO Marquette.
2005: On July 28, 2005, an F0 tornado/waterspout touched down on Lake Superior 3 miles north of Christmas, MI in the late afternoon. The tornado came ashore and downed several tree branches on Grand Island. The tornado path was 30 yards wide and a 0.10 of a mile long.
1980: On July 28, 1980, a 69-mph wind gust was reported out of a severe thunderstorm 1 mile west of Chatham in Alger County and 1.5 inch hail (ping pong ball sized) fell 5.6 miles south of Gwinn in the early afternoon. 1 inch hail (quarter sized) fell 0.6 mile north northeast of Bergland in the late afternoon.
2006: On July 28, 2006, an approaching cold front interacting with an extremely unstable air mass triggered a widespread outbreak of severe weather across west and central Upper Michigan from late afternoon on the 28th to just after sunrise on the 29th. Of the 13 counties in west and central Upper Michigan, only Alger and Keweenaw counties escaped without severe weather, as there were at least 40 individual reports of damaging wind or large hail during the event. The storms also produced torrential downpours and minor flooding over Gogebic County during the early morning hours of the 29th. Golf ball sized hail (1.75 inch) lasted for five to ten minutes 6 miles east of Bessemer. Wakefield had up to 4 inch hail (grapefruit sized) which resulted in significant damage to roofs, siding, and automobiles with up to $750,000 in property damage. 2 inch hail (hen egg size) fell 5 miles east of Ironwood. Outbuildings on farm destroyed and highway construction signs blown down in Ewen in the early evening. Hundreds of trees were either uprooted or snapped along a greater than 20 mile damage path with wind gusts up to 81 mph in Baraga County. The more concentrated wind damage began near the Covington Rest Home where an outbuilding was damaged and several large tree limbs were knocked down. As the storm tracked east, numerous trees were uprooted and/or snapped mainly in an area bounded by Cemetery Road, Besonen Road and Highway M-28. Within this area, just behind the VFW building off of VFW Road, there was a localized area where nearly twenty trees were blown down. The wind damage continued across Highway M-28 and eastward along the entire length of old M-28. A resident near the intersection of old M-28 and Foy Road in Covington had a large spruce tree snap off and fall to the ground missing his house by inches. Two eyewitnesses in Covington reported hail greater than the size of quarters during the peak of the storm. Sporadic tree damage was also reported in rural areas north of King Lake Road eastward to Three Lakes. Some tree damage was also noted along Highway M-28/US-41 in Three Lakes and a resident from near Petticoat Lake reported some tree damage. Many large trees were down, one on a hood of truck 5 miles north of Kenton causing $5000 in property damage. Four to five-inch diameter trees down at Bond Falls Campground at 1900 EST 4 miles east of Paulding. Ten-inch diameter tree snapped along Highway M-28, a couple of metal TV attennas down in Trout Creek at 2015 EST. A few large trees blown down along Highway M-94 just north of the Indian River Bridge 2 miles north northwest of Manistique at 2030 EST. Many large trees down 10 miles east northeast of Kenton causing $5000 in property damage. $50,000 in property damage occurred with the storms in Baraga County. 1.25 inch hail (half dollar sized) fell 10 miles south of Ishpeming. Several trees down mainly south of Highway M-28 in Michigamme and trees were down along paths 2 miles northwest of Marquette. Trees were down on power lines 2 miles north of Garden and 1.5 inch hail (walnut size) fell 2 miles south of Sagola. Trees one foot in diameter were blown down 3 miles south of Newberry. Quarter-sized hail (1 inch) reported 8 miles southwest of Thompson. 
July 29
1852: On July 29, 1852, a severe thunderstorm struck Mackinac Island with hail the size of walnuts (1.5 inch). Almost every window was broken on one side of the Mission House Hotel.
1901: On July 29, 1901, the barge, steel whaleback, bulk freight Sagamore, while carrying iron ore, was riding at anchor waiting out fog when she was rammed by the 300-ft steel steamer Northern Queen. Sagamore was riding very low in the water and was practically invisible because of the normal low profile of whalebacks. She split amidships and sank very quickly off Iroquois Pt., Whitefish Bay in Lake Superior. She had been the tow of the whaleback steamer Pathfinder. 2 members of the crew perished.
1988: On July 29, 1988, a record high of 94F was set at WFO Marquette with a record high low temperature of 66F.
1909: On July 29, 1909, a severe thunderstorm hit Ironwood in the early morning hours. Buildings were unroofed, windows smashed and trees uprooted throughout Ironwood and the surrounding area. This storm might have produced a tornado and it produced thousands of dollars in damage, but no deaths or serious injuries occurred. Heaviest losses were incurred by the Newport Mining Company in Ironwood. Three buildings were unroofed. The power plant had its 14-inch brick walls blown in from the storm. The plant sustained severe damage to the machinery as the west wall caved in. 60 feet of the south wall imploded bringing down the steel-trussed roof. The mine was forced to suspend underground mining operations for several days afterward. 200 feet of the dry house blew away and roof timbers 12 feet long were hurled several hundred feet from the site. One man at the mining company in the engine house said he jumped out of the window as the funnel descended on the building and when he came to earth again, he was sprawled out among the wreckage some 250 feet from the engine house. Another man ran out the front door and claimed he was picked up and carried to the company barn about 100 yards away.
1980: On July 29, 1980, 1-inch hail (quarter sized) fell out of a severe thunderstorm 2.7 miles northwest of Powers in the mid afternoon and 1.5-inch hail (ping pong ball sized) fell 0.7 miles west northwest of Cedar River.
1999: On July 29, 1999, a severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust up to 86 mph in Bark River in the early morning. 6-inch trees were down along Highway US-41 at Rapid River. A 1-foot diameter tree was down across Kimberly Road in Norway. Numerous trees were downed in Kenton. A 6-inch diameter tree was broken in Diorite. A 12 inch maple tree was snapped off in Menominee.
2006: On July 29, 2006, thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall of 4 to 6 inches over much of western Gogebic County during the early morning hours. Minor street flooding was reported in the Bessemer, Wakefield and Marenisco areas as well as flooding on Bingham Creek near Lake Gogebic. An approaching cold front interacting with an extremely unstable airmass triggered a widespread outbreak of severe weather across west and central Upper Michigan from late afternoon on the 28th to just after sunrise on this day.
2011: On July 29, 2011, the Grapevine Wildfire started on the afternoon of the 29th and burned into the 31st. The wildfire burned between 80 and 100 acres near the Silver Lake Basin north of Ishpeming. Numerous local fire departments responded and helped suppress the fire around its edges. Heavy equipment was also used to build up barriers around the fire. No structures were lost in the fire.
July 30
2006: On July 30, 2006, one to two-inch diameter branches down with wind gusts up to 63 mph in a severe thunderstorm 5 miles south of Chatham in the early morning and two to four inch diameter branches down 5 miles south southwest of Rapid River. Two large trees down in Manistique in the early morning.
1999: On July 30, 1999, trees were down on camping vehicles at Bessemer in the early evening causing $10,000 in property damage. A 20-inch diameter pine tree was toppled in Wakefield with 6-inch trees down on power lines at Watersmeet. A satellite dish was destroyed and one to two-foot diameter pine trees were blown down in Wakefield causing $5000 in property damage. 6 to 8 inch diameter apple trees down in Bruce Crossing causing $60,000 in damage. Severe thunderstorms produced a 58-mph gust in Covington in the mid evening and three 10-inch diameter trees toppled in Cornell and two 3-foot white pine trees down in Gladstone. 24-inch diameter trees were blown down in Iron River. 10-inch diameter trees down in Gwinn and trees down across power and phone lines in Witch Lake. Scattered reports of trees down across Dickinson County. Part of the roof on the North Dickinson School was torn off and carried several hundred yards east over the football field. The wood framed, sheet metal-sided bus garage was considered a total loss and a bus inside the garage was slightly damaged. Near Merriman, an all-terrain vehicle was crushed, two houses suffered roof damage, and a shed and a van were seriously damaged by falling trees. A pick-up truck was crushed by a falling tree in Hardwood. $500,000 in property damage came from the severe thunderstorms in Dickinson County. 14-inch diameter trees down in Spalding at 2238 EST. Damage to camping trailers in Indian Lake at 2223 EST causing $10,000 in damage and scattered reports of 1 to 2-foot diameter trees down in Schoolcraft County.
2003: On July 30, 2003, a short wave rotating around an upper low over northern Minnesota triggered severe thunderstorms as it passed over Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Numerous large trees were knocked down in a severe thunderstorm with gusts up to 75 mph one mile east of L'anse and quarter sized hail (1-inch) was reported 1 mile north of Ewen in the early evening.
2002: On July 30, 2002, golf ball sized hail (1.75-inch) fell out of a severe thunderstorm in Garden in the late evening. One-inch hail (quarter sized) was reported 4 miles northwest of Iron River and several trees were blown down on Irish Street in Iron River. Several trees were blown down across the road in Daggett. Several trees were blow down across Range Lind Road and Birch Creek Road 6 miles north of Menominee. A moist and unstable airmass over Upper Michigan interacted with a swiftly moving cold front to produce severe thunderstorms during the night. Large hail and damaging winds were reported over the south and west portions of the Upper Peninsula.
See entry for the day in http://www.weather.gov/arx/ThisDayInHistory
2005: On July 30, 2005, quarter sized hail (1-inch) fell out of a severe thunderstorm 8 miles southwest of Ontonagon in the late morning.
2011: On July 30, 2011, the approach of an upper disturbance from Minnesota heralded one of the most significant severe weather events of the season. Widespread damage was reported from Ontonagon and Baraga Counties east through Marquette and Delta Counties. A cluster of severe thunderstorms with a derecho moved across the western and central U.P. in the afternoon and early evening hours. Numerous reports of trees and power lines down were received in Menominee County, especially across the southern part of the county in the Carney, Wallace, Powers, Banat, Stephenson and Menominee areas. A 40-foot by 70-foot section of the Fontana Terminal Building at the Ford Airport in Iron Mountain was torn off by winds exceeding 60 mph. Two flights were cancelled due to the damage and the passengers were bussed to Escanaba to catch alternate flights. The Iron Mountain ASOS weather instrument registered a 66-mph wind gust. A tree toppled on to a car in Iron Mountain and a 7-inch diameter tree was taken down 3 miles north northeast of Iron Mountain. A few trees were down across roads near Rapid River and 4 miles west southwest of Chicago Lake in Delta County and also 3 miles southwest of Escanaba in Ford River. Trees were also down in Paulding, near Bruce Crossing and Ewen and south of Bergland in Ontonagon County and a 6-inch diameter limb was brought down in Watton in Baraga County. Trees reported down over road near M-35 in Ford Township 1 mile west of the Delta County airport. Trees were reported down across Forest Highway 13 6 miles north northwest of Moss Lake. A 59 mph wind gust was measured by the Sawyer Airport AWOS at 1602 EST. Numerous 3 to 4-inch diameter tree branches down in Austin at 1610 EST. A tree fell onto a power line in Little Lake at 1615 EST. Power lines and trees reported down in Lake Township 3 miles west southwest of Stephenson at 1505 CST. Approximately one-foot diameter trees reported down along with multiple reports of power lines down and various 6-8 inch diameter branches were also reported down 1 mile north of Banat at 1515 CST. Three to four-inch diameter branches were reported down, a tree also fell on power lines, and a metal lawn chair was blown across the yard 1 mile northeast of Carney at 1515 CST. Three-foot diameter tree downed in yard on County Road G18 1 mile west northwest of Carney at 1515 CST. Five to six-inch diameter tree limbs were reported down in Menominee at 1515 CST. The Menominee County Sheriff's Office reported numerous trees and power lines down across the northern portion of Menominee County 1 mile north of Powers at 1515 CST. Various trees reported down on power lines in Wallace at 1515 CST. Trees reported down across roads and over power lines. County Road 38 was closed 2 mile east northeast of Carney at 1516 CST.
July 31
2006: On July 31, 2006, high temperatures well into the 90s combined with dew points in the lower to mid 70s sent heat indices into the 100F to 105F range over much of west and central Upper Michigan.
1921: On July 31, 1921, July was the warmest month on record. Average temperature was 73.0F which exceeds the 68.7 average temperature registered during the heat wave of 1936 in Ishpeming.
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/arx/ThisDayInHistory
1992: On July 31, 1992, July ended up with an average temperature of 58.4 degrees which is 6.2 degrees below normal at WFO Marquette. Only other July that was close to being that cold was 59.7 degrees in 1891 in the Marquette area.
2002: On July 31, 2002, hail the size of a ping pong ball (1.5 inch) was reported at Gaastra and one and a quarter inch diameter hail was reported in Crystal Falls in the early morning. Quarter sized hail (1 inch) was reported 8 miles southwest of Paulding. An apple tree 1 foot in diameter was blown down in Mass City. A tree 10 inches in diameter was blown down 8 miles southeast of La Branch in the early morning. A spotter estimated 65 mph wind gusts out of a severe thunderstorm 14 miles southwest of Munising in the mid afternoon. Severe thunderstorms were set off over Michigan's Upper Peninsula as warm, moist air over the area interacted with a warm front that moved north from Wisconsin. Large hail and damaging winds were reported. Power lines and 10 to 12 inch diameter trees were blown down 5 miles north of Shingleton with gusts up to 75 mph. Numerous small trees were blown down in Cornell and three to four inch diameter trees were blown down across River Road in Gladstone. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the Iron Mountain area and trees and branches were blown down 2 miles southeast of Foster City and numerous trees 1 to 2 feet in diameter were blown down at Hardwood. A tree was blown down across the road in La Branch. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down 10 miles north of Manistique and a 10 inch diameter tree branch was broken off in Steuben at 1625 EST.
2003: On July 31, 2003, another short wave rotating across the Upper Peninsula triggered severe thunderstorms with large hail over extreme southern Upper Michigan. Quarter sized hail (1 inch) was reported in Stephenson at 1600 CST and hail an inch and a half in diameter (ping pong ball sized) was reported 2 miles southwest of Stephenson at 1615 CST.
1999: On July 31, 1999, trees and power lines were down with a severe thunderstorm that moved through Brimley in the early morning. A bow echo moved east across much of eastern upper and northern lower Michigan ahead of a cold front moving over the upper Midwest. Numerous reports of straight line wind damage were associated with the bow. Storms with heavy rain ahead of the bow echo caused some flooding across Mackinac County. A few inches of standing water on local streets in Engadine. A gust to 68 mph was reported at the Newberry Luce County Airport. Trees were brought down in Curtis.
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From La Crosse  http://www.weather.gov/arx/ThisDayInHistory
"This Day in Weather History" contains come memorable weather events and trivia across southeast Minnesota, northeast Iowa and southwest into central Wisconsin. Many sources were used to research and compile the data.
July 1
2011: During the early evening severe thunderstorms produced wind damage across southeast MN into central WI - with some damage also across northeast IA. Winds were measured/estimated from 50 to 75 mph. There was not much hail with these storms, generally 1/2 inch or less.
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/mqt/today_in_history
1997: 90-mph thunderstorm wind gusts were reported in Loyal, WI causing an estimated $40, 000 in damage.
1988: Osage, IA (40, coldest July temperature).
1983: Preston, MN (3.13") rain.
1978: An F1 tornado was reported during the evening in Vernon County, WI. Rainfall totals for this day: In IA: Dorchester (3.51"). In MN: Theilman (8", wettest day on record), Lake City (5.25"), La Crescent (4.43", wettest day ever), Winona (4.30", wettest July day), Elgin (4.28"), Minnesota City (4.21"), Caledonia (4.20"), Wabasha (3.96"). In WI: Genoa (6.02"), Ontario (6.00", wettest day on record), Richland Center (4.92", wettest July day), La Crosse (4.79", wettest July day), Cashton (4.75", wettest day on record), Sparta (4.55"), Neillsville (4.38", wettest July day), Westby (4.30", wettest day on record), Dodge (4.22", wettest July day), Blair (4.17", wettest July day), Viroqua (4.16"), Alma (4.15"), Hatfield (4.12"), Galesville (4.04"), Readstown (3.89"), Trempealeau (3.85", wettest July day), Mather (3.64"), Mondovi (3.48"), Mauston (3.4").
1964: Minnesota City, MN (3.45") rain.
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/mpx/wxhistory
1963: Hillsboro, WI (100, hottest July temperature).
1956: A small F0 tornado cut a path to the northeast passing east of Calmar, IA. Three farms sustained heavy damage. Two men saw a funnel and ran for cover.
1948: Austin, MN (41, coldest July temperature). Remarkably, just 5 days later, theyhad their hottest July temperature (99).
1924: Winona, MN (43, coldest July temperature).
July 2
2000: An F0 tornado briefly touched down east of Hanover, IA. It only damaged a few corn fields.
1993: Theilman, MN (3.10") rain.
1992: A weak F0 tornado touched down briefly in Hayfield, MN. It destroyed a three season porch and damaged the local high school. The concrete portion of a scoreboard was pulled from the ground and a flag pole was bent over. Trees were blown down over most of the town.
1969: 3" hail fell across Grant County, WI.
1962: Platteville, WI (4.67"), Harmony, MN (3.60"), Lansing, IA (3.25"), and Guttenberg, IA (3.1") rain.
1944: Austin, MN (4.32", wettest July day) and Osage, IA (3.05") rain.
1933: Decorah, IA (4.5"), Cuba City, WI (3.9"), and Lansing, IA (3.89") rain.
1928: A tornado moved through Blair, WI around 2 AM. Even though it occurred during the early morning hours, it caused no deaths or injuries.
1904: Fayette, IA (38, coldest July temperature).
July 3
1983: An F3 tornado touched down 4 miles north of Cutler, WI. Eyewitnesses reported that 2 vorticies reportedly merged over the Eagle's Nest Resort. One vortex moved from the south and the vortex from the north briefly became a waterspout as it moved across a small lake. The tornado picked up a mobile home and lifted it over a 10-foot tree, dropping it 40 feet from its original site. Eight people were injured and briefly trapped in the wreckage. One person was seriously injured with head and chest wounds. Other trailers were also blown over and damaged by falling trees. Damage at the resort was in excess of $100, 000. An F2 tornado briefly touched down near a home 6 miles west of Unity, WI inflicting minor damage. It lifted and then touched down again 5 miles west of Unity leaving a 50-foot path through a corn field. A farmer spotted the tornado touching down for a third time 1 mile west of Unity where it hit some power lines. The tornado crossed Highway 13 into Marathon County, where it did much more damage. In addition to these, weak F0 and F1 tornadoes occurred in Lyndon Station and just west of Mauston in Juneau County, WI; near Arcadia, WI; 8 miles northwest of West Union, IA; and Dellwod, Lake Mason, and Plainville in Adams County, WI.
1979: An F2 tornado caused extensive damage to 4 farms and transmission towers just north of Simpson, MN. Also, two F0 tornadoes touched down in Crawford County, WI. One of the tornadoes there caused 3 injuries.
1977: La Crosse, WI (2.45") rain.
1973: 4" hail was reported in Buffalo County, WI.
1968: Sparta, WI (40, coldest July temperature).
1966: An F2 tornado leveled 2 barns near Polley, WI.
1960: Caledonia, MN (3.66") rain.
1954: Blair, WI (4.11") and Cashton, WI (4.02") rain.
1951: An F2 tornado touched down briefly 3 miles southwest of Cazenovia, WI. A barn and sheds were destroyed and scattered over a wide area. Shingles from the barn roof were dropped eight miles away. Estimated damage was $20, 000.
1907: A family of 7 tornadoes (with two or three on the ground at the same time) tracked south-southeast crossing a total of 5 counties (Clark, Jackson, Juneau, Monroe, and Sauk) in Wisconsin. At least 20 homes were leveled. Three people were killed just outside of Oakdale). A hundred people were left homeless in town. Four people died at "Tunnel Siding" north of Elroy. The railroad station at Tunnel Siding on the Omaha railroad near Elroy Wis was demolished and the telegraph operator killed.  At least four, and possibly six, people were killed north of Tomah.
See http://www.gendisasters.com/wisconsin/7909/elroy-wi-tornado-destruction-july-1907
1903: Caledonia, MN (3.43") rain.
1900: Minnesota, MN (4.20") rain.
1860: A home was unroofed by what the owner called a "waterspout" a few miles west of Wasioja, MN. 
July 4
2012: The start to July of was a hot one as a strong ridge of high pressure allowed for a persistent feed of very warm and humid air from the south. This ridge also served to "cap" the atmosphere, preventing relief in the form of showers and thunderstorms. Highs climbed into the 90s for the 2nd through 6th, with some locations topping 100 degrees on the 4th and 6th. When the high humidity was factored in, afternoon and early evening heat indices ranged from 100 to 115. Heat Advisories were in effect Monday for portions of the region, with Excessive Heat Warnings covering much of the Upper Mississippi River Valley from Tuesday through Friday. Tragically, the extreme heat was deadly as several people lost their lives from heat related factors.
See also The Upper Midwest Heat Wave of July 2012 http://www.weather.gov/arx/jul0412 
1994: Five homes, two sheds, and two farms were damaged near Dickeyville, WI (Grant County) by an F1 tornado. Damage was estimated at $200, 000.
1972: Blair, WI (36) and Jump River, WI (27) had their coldest July temperature. Also, Jump River has the coldest temperature ever recorded in July for Wisconsin.
1967: Decorah, IA (41), Elkader, IA (46), and Genoa, WI (46) recorded their coldest July temperature.
1912: Hatfield, WI (3.5") rain.
1911: Osage, IA (103, hottest temperature on record).
1907: Neillsville, WI (3.5") rain.
1901: Neillsville, WI (3.8"), St. Charles, MN (3.43"), and.Caledonia, MN (3.1") rain.
July 5
2004: A couple of tornadoes occurred in northeast Iowa during the early evening. The first one hit a barn that housed turkeys near Protivin (Howard County). The other tornado touched down in a corn field just north of Arlington (Fayette County). Both of these tornadoes were F0.
1995: An F1 tornado moved east across Chickasaw County, IA from 2.5 miles south of New Hampton to 3 miles south of Lawler. One farm building was destroyed and several others were damaged. Several trees were also knocked down. The tornado tracked across fields to the southeast of New Hampton and did not directly effect another farmstead before lifting south of Lawler. $100, 000 in property damage - $4, 000 in crop damage.
1978: A weak F1 tornado touched down causing 2 injuries in Trempealeau County, WI. Rochester, MN (6.22", 2nd highest one-day rainfall ever).
1975: Elgin, MN (3.12") rain.
1935: An F2 tornado moved east-southeast and passed just south of Fairchild, WI (Eau Claire County) into Jackson County. Two barns, a house, and a filling station were destroyed with damage estimates at $12, 000.
1934: La Crosse, WI (3.27") rain.
1907: Hatfield, WI (4.5") rain.
July 6
1994: An F1 tornado occurred in Floyd County, IA. In addition, F0 tornadoes touched down in the Mississippi River just east of Harpers Ferry, IA and in a field near Hawkeye, IA.
1993: Cuba City, WI (3.79") rain.
1978: Rainfall totals on this day: Minnesota City, MN (5.3", wettest day on record), Alma, WI (4.75"), Marble Rock, IA (3.42"), Preston, MN (3.41"), Elgin, MN (3.23").
1972: Richland Center, WI (38, coldest July temperature).
1965: Preston, MN (42, coldest July temperature).
1964: An F2 tornado touched down several times just northwest of Medford, WI. It caused 2 injuries and no deaths.
1948: Austin, MN (99, warmest July temperature). Remarkedly, just 5 days earlier, they had their coldest July temperature (41).
1943: Winona, MN (3.32") rain.
1922: Fayette, IA (3") rain.
July 7
2003: An F0 tornado hit a farm near New Hampton, IA just after 3 AM. This tornado demolished a barn and damaged some trees. No livestock were in the barn, but three tractors and two combines were buried under debris.
1997: Osage, IA (41, coldest July temperature).
1994: An F2 tornado moved northeast across Chickasaw County, IA from 9 miles southwest of New Hampton to 3 miles east of New Hampton. It hit a truck repair shop at the intersection of Highway 63 and County Road B54, removing the roof. Most of the tornado track was through open country, which kept damage to a minimum. Damaging wind from the parent thunderstorm also caused extensive damage around New Hampton and in Fredericksburg. Also, an F0 tornado touched down in an open field 5 miles north of Clermont, IA. Black River Falls, WI (4.08") rain.
1991: Two tornadoes occurred in Mower County, MN. The first tornado was an F1 and it touched down just northeast of Lyle where it sheared the top of a large evergreen tree, flattened field crops, damaged five large grain bins, and snapped many power poles. Lyle was without power for 5 hours. The second tornado touched down briefly in an athletic field in Adams, cutting power but doing little damage. This tornado was ranked an F0.
1990: Elgin, MN (5") rain.
1984: These areas experienced their coldest July temperatures: Elkader, IA (35), Viroqua, WI (36), Theilman, MN (39), Trempealeau, WI (43). Elkader, IA tied Neola, IA (July 9, 1895) and Logan, IA (July 9, 1895) for Iowa's coldest July temperature.
1980: Lynxville, WI (101, hottest temperature on record). This was later tied on 8/17/1988.
1951: Strum, WI (3.81") rain.
1934: Mather, WI (35, coldest July temperature).
1925: Lansing, IA (3.8") rain.
July 8
1999: An F2 tornado touched down just northwest of Lewiston, MN, then moved into the middle of town and intensified. Numerous homes along Main Street had extensive damage with broken windows, damaged roofs, and downed trees. One home had the entire roof taken off, while at least 4 cars were demolished from debris landing on them. A farm on the southeast corner of town had every building destroyed, except the house. Only two injuries were reported. About an hour earlier, an F1 tornado sheared off trees and caused minor damage to homes and barns before hitting the town of Mondovi, WI. Two homes in Mondovi had roofs removed or garages damaged. This tornado caused 3 injuries. Jump River, WI (3") rain.
1993: An F1 tornado touched down 3 miles north of Platteville, WI. Three houses, two barns, and two sheds were damaged. Trees were blown down as well. Another F1 tornado occurred just east of Beetown, WI. It damaged a mobile home, car, pole shed, and nearby trees. Finally, an F0 tornado touched down briefly 7 miles north of New Hampton, IA. Oelwein, IA (3 ") rain.
1990: Minnesota City, MN (3.03") rain.
1959: An F2 tornado destroyed a barn and farm machinery 8 miles north of Charles City, IA. Medford, WI (4.77") and Jump River, WI (4.02") had their wettest July day.
1957: Owen, WI (3.66") and Curtiss, WI (3.51") had their wettest July day.
1955: Caledonia, MN (3.84"), Mondovi, WI (3.68"), Oelwein, IA (3.6"), Lake City, MN(3.37"), Alma, WI (3.37"), and Minnesota City, MN (3.21) rain.
1951: Platteville, WI (4.92", wettest July day), Cuba City, WI (4.62", wettest July day), Strawberry Point, IA (3.93"), Mondovi, WI (3.24"), Hatfield, WI (3.22"), and Elkader, IA (3")rain.
1901: Lancaster, WI (42, coldest July temperature).
1896: Prairie du Chien, WI (41, coldest July temperature).
1885: An F2 tornado moved east northeast from 4 miles south of Rochester, MN damaging buildings on 2 farms. The roof and part of a home were torn off. Two members of a family were injured as they ran for cover. Another farm home was shifted and torn apart and the adjoining barn was destroyed. 
July 9
2000: An F1 tornado touched down at the Intersection of County Road T and Levi Road about 2 miles southeast of Norwalk, WI. A large machine shed was demolished while a nearby house was left untouched. At the next residence on the road, a large barn and smaller shed were demolished. The roof of the house was peeled up several inches and the wall unit air conditioner was blown into the living room. Spring Valley, MN received (3.21"), Rochester, MN (3.13"), and Austin, MN (3.10") rain.
1999: Mather, WI (4.22", wettest July day) and Neillsville, WI (3.03") rain.
1993: Guttenberg, IA (3.21") rain.
1985: A wind gust of 125 mph was reported in La Crosse County, WI.
1984: baseball size hail was reported in Trempealeau County, WI.
1972: Cresco, IA (3.85") rain.
1965: Austin, MN (3.26") rain.
1964: An F0 tornado touched down during the evening in Mower County, MN.
1963: Osage, IA (3.01") rain.
1959: Goodrich, WI (4.74", wettest day on record) and Lake City, MN (3.40") rain.
1938: An F2 tornado tracked through parts of Freeborn and Mower Counties (MN), moving 6 miles southwest of Austin. At least one barn was destroyed and several headof cattle were killed.
1912: La Crosse, WI (2.44") rain.
1909: Decorah, IA (3.09") rain.
1903: West Union, IA (4.20"), Elkader, IA (4.06"), Postville, IA (4.04"), Caledonia, MN (3.55"), New Hampton, IA (3.42"), and Lancaster, WI (3.17") rain.
1897: Grand Meadow, MN (37, coldest July temperature).
July 10
2000: Readstown, WI (4.33", wettest July day), Lansing, IA (3.6"), and Spring Valley, MN (3.6") rain.
1994: Theilman, MN (3") rain.
1993: An F2 tornado moved southeast from Nora Springs to 7 miles west of Charles City in Floyd County, IA. It damaged several farmsteads.
1985: Lansing, IA (3.85") rain.
1984: An F2 tornado touched down in the Dellwood subdivision along Castle Rock Lake, WI. A total of 59 homes were hit and 14 were destroyed. More than 2, 000 trees were downed. Winds from the accompanying thunderstorm also flattened a potato warehouse 12 miles north of Friendship. An F1 tornado touched down south of Decorah, IA and wrought significant damage to more than one farmstead. The storm turned a 40, 000 bushel grain bin inside out and wrapped it around a chicken house. Holes were punched in the roof of a storage building by a grain elevator and a door was ripped off. Numerous trees were knocked down, and fencing destroyed at another farm. A wagon was blown into a new pickup, and at still another farm a branch flew through a house window and sprayed glass all over the furniture. A good deal of corn was knocked down by this storm as well. In addition, to these tornadoes, an F0 tornado touched down briefly in a corn field just west of Lewiston, MN. Platteville, WI (3.31") and Mondovi, WI (3.11") rain.
1966: An F2 tornado occurred near Merrillan, WI and F1 tornadoes touched down near La Crosse and Onalaska in La Crosse County, WI. The tornadoes caused 3 injuries in Jackson County and an injury in La Crosse County.
1940: Gays Mills, WI (3.40") and Rochester, MN (3.01") rain.
1934: An F2 tornado skipped southeast from 2 miles southeast of Alta Vista, IA ), tearing apart barns 3 miles southeast of Alta Vista and 5 miles north of New Hampton. The final damage was just northeast of Valier with $5, 000 estimates. Another F2 tornado unroofed or tore apart a dozen homes in West Union, IA. The tornado moved southeast and lifted in Clayton County. It caused one injury occurred in Clayton County. Damage estimates totalled $80, 000.
1932: Viroqua, WI (3.5") rain.
1897: Prairie du Chien, WI (3.39") rain.
July 11
1987: An F0 tornado touched down briefly two and a half miles southeast of Rollingstown, MN.
1984: Wabasha, MN (3.94") and Neillsville, WI (3.13") rain.
1981: Rochester, MN (7.47", wettest day on record), Preston, MN (7.3", wettest day on record), Lanesboro, MN (5.85", wettest day on record), Grand Meadow, MN (3.27"), Zumbro Falls, MN (3.17"), and La Crosse, WI ( 3.10") rain.
1940: Genoa, WI (3.9") rain.
1936: Rochester, MN (108, hottest day on record).
1898: Neillsville, WI (34, coldest July temperature).
July 12
1991: Charles City, IA (3.25") rain.
1987: Theilman, MN (4.42") and Blair, WI (3.36") rain.
1981: Hokah, MN (5.00", wettest day on record), Richland Center, WI (4.49"), Soldiers Grove, WI (3.70"), Minnesota City, MN (3.16"), and Viroqua, WI (3") rain.
1972: Cresco, IA (3.9"), Waucoma, IA (3.54"), Lynxville, WI (3.17"), and Medford, WI (3") rain.
1971: An F4 tornado moved southeast through Howard, Chickasaw, and Fayette Counties in northeast Iowa from 2 miles west of Elma to just southwest of Waucoma. The tornado hit 50 farms. Three homes and barns were swept away. Damage estimates were $1.5 million. Both Fayette and Howard Counties reported 4 injuries apiece. In addition to this tornado, an F3 tornado moved northeast from southeast of Grafton, IA, passing 5 miles east-southeast of St.Ansgar and south of Stacyville, IA. Homes, barns, and other farm buildings were torn apart and scattered. Fifteen farms were severely damaged, and over 5, 000 acres of grain were destroyed. A potato sack was carried for 7 miles. Known as the "St. Ansgar Tornado". An F2 tornado touched down 4 miles northeast of Sumner, IA destroying 8 barns. Also, on this date, wind gusts of 87 mph were produced by thunderstorms in Olmsted County, MN.
1953: La Crosse (2.65") rain.
1936: Winona, MN (108, hottest day on record).
1912: Grand Meadow, MN (3.4") rain.
1896: Medford, WI (3.05") rain.
July 13
1995: the following locations had their hottest July temperature: Genoa, WI (109, also hottest day on record), La Crosse, WI (108, also tied for the hottest day on record with 7/14/1936), Necedah, WI (104), Trempealeau, WI (103), Decorah, IA (102), and Guttenberg, IA (102).
1975: Oelwein, IA (40, coldest July temperature).
1966: An F2 tornado touched down briefly in Platteville, WI during the afternoon. It caused no injuries or deaths.
1936: Record high temperatures were recorded at the following locations: Wisconsin Dells, WI (114, also hottest day on record in WI). New Hampton, IA (110), Viroqua, WI (108), Medford, WI (104).
See entry for date in  http://www.weather.gov/mqt/today_in_history
1929: Oelwein, IA (3.1") rain.
1912: Hatfield, WI (5.4", wettest day on record).
1900: Lancaster, WI (3.18") rain.
July 14
2010: Numerous rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms moved through the region on Wednesday, July 14. The first batch moved across northern and central Wisconsin bringing wind damage between noon and 2 pm. A second line of storms then formed from near Eau Claire, WI into southeast Minnesota. This line brought large hail, damaging winds to 75 mph, and tornadoes between 3pm and 8pm. A cold front then moved through Minnesota ignited a third and final round of severe storms. This line developed over southeast Minnesota and built northeast into north central Wisconsin bringing more damaging winds and flash flooding. There was one confirmed tornado touchdown (EF0/EF1) with the EF1 damage near Lake Arbutus, WI. Some rainfall totals from this event…in MN: Wabasha 2.37, Kellogg 2.15, Caledonia 1.74, Winona 1.67. In WI: Warrens 6.02, Camp Douglas 4.32, Hillsboro 3.64, Tunnel City 3.40, Necedah 3.28, Blair 2.54, Four Corners 2.49, Ontario 2.46, Owen 2.10, Westby 2.07, La Farge 2.01, Osseo 1.93, Onalaska 1.76
1995: 3" hail fell in Medford, WI. Also on this date: Blair, WI (105, tied for hottest day on record with 8/23/1948), Sparta, WI (105, hottest day on record), Waukon, IA (102, hottest day on record), Mauston, WI (103), Owen, WI (99).
1977: 80-mph thunderstorm wind gusts were reported in Mower County, MN and an F2 tornado severely damaged 3 churches in Wykoff, MN. A new residential area was hit there, and at least one home was unroofed. Several barns collapsed killing 23 head of cattle. In addition, the tornado caused 10 injuries.
1966: Rainfall amounts totaled: In WI: Muscoda (4.60", wettest June day), Lynxville (3.45"), Lancaster (3.35"), Platteville(3.01"), Prairie du Chien (3").In IA: Osage (3.6"), Elkader (3.5"), Waucoma (3.42"), Guttenberg (3.16").
1936: Record heat washed across the area, with the following locations recording their hottest day: In MN: Rochester (108), Grand Meadow (106).In WI: Mondovi (110), Richland Center (110), Hatfield (108), La Crosse (108), Lancaster (108), Mather (106).
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1935: An F3 tornado tracked south-southeast across southwest parts of the Fayette County, IA crossing into Buchanan County, IA about 6 miles west of Oelwein. At least one barn was destroyed. Total tornado and wind damage was estimated at $100, 000.
1900: La Crosse, WI (3.92") rain.
July 15
1995: Medford, WI (4.03") rain.
1988: Mather, WI (3.05") rain. Jump River, WI (98, warmest July temperature).
1980: an F1 tornado occurred in Clark County, WI.
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1965: A weak F1 tornado touched down during the afternoon 4 miles southeast of Cataract, WI. It caused no injuries or deaths.
1950: Fennimore, WI (5.80") and Richland Center, WI (4.81") rain.
1900: Minnesota City, MN (4.10"), Grand Meadow, MN (3.3"), and St Charles, MN (3") rain. 
July 16
1972: F1 tornadoes touched down during the afternoon in both La Crosse and Trempealeau Counties, WI. Also, 4" diameter hail was reported in La Crosse County.
1968: Elkader, IA (3.5") rain.
1957: Elgin, MN (5.27", wettest day on record), Lanesboro, MN (3.40"), Lake City, MN(3.30"), Theilman, MN (3.11"), Decorah, IA (3.06"), Rochester, MN (2").
1950: Rainfall amounts ranged from: In MN: Harmony (5.15", wettest July day), Caledonia (3.57").In WI: Steuben (6.95", wettest day on record), Lynxville (5.09", wettest July day), Muscoda (4.70", wettest July day), Lancaster (4.55"), Gays Mills (4.40", wettest July day), Prairie du Chien (4.13"), Genoa (3.04"). In IA: Cresco (4.75", wettest July day), Waukon (4.46", wettest July day), Decorah (4.22"), Lansing (3.33"), Osage (3.9"). Due to all the heavy rain, the Platte River at Rockville, WI had its greatest flood event, reaching a crest of 17.26 feet.
1903: Prairie du Chien, WI (3.73") rain.
1887: A tornado occurred in Clark County, WI around 2 PM.
July 17
2007: During the evening of July 17, thunderstorms began forming over parts of northeast Iowa and southwest Wisconsin and continued well through the overnight hours dumping nearly 10 inches of rain from far northern Clayton County, IA into Crawford and Grant Counties, WI. Significant flash flooding developed during the overnight hours in drainage areas. Mud and rock slides were also common given the steep terrain in that area. Some rainfall totals from the 17th-18th: In IA: McGregor (9.47), Marquette (8.09), Ion (4.89), Guttenberg (2.57). In WI: Prairie du Chien (7.31), Burton (3.52), Millville (2.99), Lancaster (2.60).
1999: Baseball sized hail (2.75") fell in Charles City, IA. This caused $60, 000 in combined property and crop damage.
1991: Necedah, WI (4.54", wettest July day) and La Crosse, WI (3.62") rain.
1983: Thunderstorm wind gusts of 90 mph blew through Vernon County, WI.
1978: Grand Meadow, MN (3.71") and Elgin, MN (3.61") rain.
1977: Lancaster, WI (3.23") rain.
1969: Rochester, MN (2.34") rain.
1968: Guttenberg, IA (5.7", wettest day on record) and Fayette, IA (4.86") rain.
1964: Dodge, WI (102, hottest July temperature).
1963: Elgin, MN (3.28") rain.
1958: Necedah, WI (37, coldest July temperature).
1956: An F2 tornado touched down during the afternoon in Chickasaw County, IA.
1911: Mondovi, WI (39), Mauston, WI (40), and Rochester, MN (40) had their coldest July temperature.
1908: Postville, IA (5.93") and Fayette, IA (4.14") rain.
1903: Elkader, IA (5"), Lancaster, WI (3.9"), West Union, IA (3.56"), Fayette, IA(3.42"), Postville, IA (3.20"), and New Hampton, IA (3") rain.
July 18
2012: Severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon, resulting in heavy rain, large hail and damaging winds. Winds did the most damage, knocking down trees and limbs. A barn was detroyed in IA. Wind gusts ranged from 50 to 70 mph. Rainfall was also heavy - 1.75" in 1/2 hour was recorded at Monona, IA. Rainfall in IA: Dorchester (2.07"). In WI: LaFarge (2.68").
1999: Osage, IA (5.75", wettest July day), Austin, MN (3.13"), Lake City, MN (3.08"), and Postville, IA (3.05") rain.
1998: A short-lived F1 tornado hit a dairy barn near Retreat, WI, killing five cows and injuring 1 person. It skipped along the ground and stacked trees together after its passage. It dissipated 5 miles west of Westby, WI.
1991: La Crescent, MN (3.90"), Grand Meadow, MN (3.11"), Trempealeau, WI (3.04"), and Viroqua, WI (3.02") rain.
1981: Blair, WI (3") rain.
1977: Platteville, WI (4.15") and Muscoda, WI (3.53") rain.
1971: An F2 tornado moved east from 2 miles south of Melrose, WI to Cataract, WI. It destroyed several barns.
1969: Preston, MN (3.55"), New Hampton, IA (3.14"), and Harmony, MN (3.10") rain.
1964: La Crosse County, WI reported baseball size hail and La Crosse received 2.12" of rain. Preston, MN (101, tied with 8/2/1964 for hottest day on record).
1963: Fayette, IA (3.60") and Preston, MN (3.5") rain.
1936: This day marked the end of the hottest period on record for La Crosse, WI. From the 5th through the 18th, temperatures climbed to 90 degrees or better everyday, and at or above 100 degrees eight times. During this time 6 record temperatures were set and the average high temperature for the period was 101.0 degrees.
1895: Wabasha, MN (4.34") rain.
July 19
1999: Grand Meadow, MN (5.22", wettest July day), Charles City, IA (5.16"), New Hampton, IA (4.75"), Cresco, IA (3.61"), Spillville, IA (3.55"), Hatfield, WI (3.25"), and Waucoma, IA (3.08") rain.
1998: Wind gusts reached more then 80 mph in the Grant County communities of Platteville and Bagley WI. Property and crop damage was estimated to be around $125, 000.
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/mqt/today_in_history
1994:  One farmstead was completely destroyed while 3 others sustained heavy damage as an F3 tornado tracked intermittently across Howard and Winneshiek Counties in northeast Iowa, from just west of Schley to 7 miles north of Decorah. Numerous farm buildings were flattened. This same storm produced a wind gust of 98 mph in Cresco and caused over $500, 000 in damage - one of the worst storms to hit Cresco ever. An F2 tornado crossed primarily open farm land but did destroy a few farm buildings just northwest of Schley, IA. An F1 tornado moved east across Allamakee County, IA from two and a half miles west northwest of Waukon to 2 miles south of Churchtown. There were numerous reports of barns and sheds being damaged or destroyed. Trees and powerlines were also knocked down. Also, an F1 tornado did significant damage to a farmstead just west of Elma, IA. Finally, an F0 tornadoes touched down briefly 7 miles southwest ofDecorah, IA, 6 miles north northeast of New Hampton, IA, and 3 miles northeast of Alta Vista, IA.
1986: Jump River, WI (3.48") rain.
1983: An F1 tornado hit a farm 7 miles south of Thorp, WI ripping the top off a barn and cutting a silo in half. Also destroyed were a chicken shed, pig house, heifer shed, and farm machinery.
1980: Baseball size fell in Fillmore County, MN and an F2 tornado touched down in Adams County, WI.
1964: Charles City, IA (3.67") rain.
1963: Oelwein, IA (4.63", wettest July day) and Osage, IA (3.41") rain.
July 20
1999: An F1 tornado touched down during the afternoon just north of Nashua, IA and it caused extensive damage to two farms, including a blown down silo, several damaged barns and outbuildings, sheared trees, and damaged crops. Rainfall totals for this day: Osage, IA (5"), Waukon, IA (3.64"), Oelwein, IA (3.51"), Lansing, IA (3.41"), Hokah, MN (3.06").
1998: 3" hail fell in Lime Springs, IA. The hail caused over 100 thousand dollars in both property and crop damage. This same cluster of storms also produced wind gusts in excess of 90 mph in Mt. Sterling, WI. A total of 130 thousand dollars worth of damage was estimated for this county. The city of Winona, MN also had wind gusts up to 85 mph on this day.
1997: Thin F0 tornadoes ("landspouts") touched down briefly 2 miles southwest of Dodge Center and 8 miles west of Byron in Dodge County, MN. Also, an F0 tornado damaged a home west of Cresco, IA.
1994: New Hampton, IA (4.7") rain.
1980: Hillsboro, WI (3.16", wettest July day).
1970: Alma, WI (43, coldest July temperature).
1966: Owen, WI (35, coldest July temperature).
1952: West Salem, WI (4.46") and Richland Center, WI (3.56") rain.
1951: Alma, WI (4.08") and Dodge Center, MN (3.16") rain.
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/mpx/wxhistory
1912: Mauston, WI (3.75", wettest July day) and La Crosse, WI (2.38") rain.
July 21
2013: Several nights of thunderstorms brought extensive flooding to the region June 21-26, 2013. Parts of the area saw 48-hour rainfall amounts that have a statistical frequency of about once every 500 years. A persistent weather pattern, which included a fetch of warm and moist air coupled with various upper level disturbances. Nearly every night thunderstorms formed and swept through the area with torrential rainfall and other sporadic severe weather (damaging wind, large hail). 1-2" per hour rainfall rates resulted in flash flooding and mudslides for many locations. There were numerous flooded and damaged roads across far southeast MN, far northeast IA, and southwest WI. As grounds became saturated, this rain ran off into area waterways and led to significant rises on rivers. The Upper Iowa, Turkey, Root, and Kickapoo Rivers flooded with several crests as each round of rain fell. Damage costs are well into the millions of dollars.
1999: The Cedar River in Charles City, IA reached its all-time crest of an estimated 22.8 feet. Approximately 100 homes had flood damage in Charles City. Elsewhere across Chickasaw and Floyd counties, nearly every creek, stream and river was at bankfull and flooding. Many roads were impassible. Almost 12" of rain fell in a 48 hours period over these counties. Rainfall totals that day: New Hampton, IA (7.10", wettest day on record), Charles City, IA (6.65"), West Union, IA (4"), Richland Center, WI (3.73"), Waucoma, IA (3.7"), Spillville, IA (3.15"), Necedah, WI (3.12").
1991: Torrential rains fell during the evening hours over the town of Stockton in Winona County, MN, about 4 miles southwest of Winona. The headwaters of Garvin Brook and the drainage area of Stockton Valley Creek received about 5.5" of rain between 6 and 7 pm. This is about 1.9 times the 100-year, 1-hour rainfall of 2.9 inches for that area. Damages from this flash flood included 3 homes destroyed and 112 damaged, amounting to about $1.5 million.
1983: Alma, WI (100, hottest July temperature).
See entry for date on http://www.weather.gov/mqt/today_in_history
1982: Mondovi, WI (3.43") rain.
1980: Viroqua, WI (3.1") rain.
1978: Ontario, WI (3.40") and Viroqua, WI (3.25") rain.
1951: Heavy rains on this day caused one of the worst floods to affect the Kickapoo River Valley in WI. Soldiers Grove was hit by a 5-foot wall of water that caused severe damage to the town and contributed to it's decline over time. At Steuben the peak flow (10, 300 cfs) is still the 4th highest on record. Flooding was also severe in southeast MN. The Zumbro River at Zumbro Falls had its highest recorded stage and discharge, at 30.8 feet and 35, 900 cfs on the 22nd. Th crest on the South Fork Zumbro at Rochester, MN was also among the highest (4th since 1951) on record. Flood impacts were severe in the city of Rochester, with widespread residential and business district flooding. Rainfall totals from this day: In MN: Caledonia, MN (6.60", wettest day on record), Hokah (4.43"), Rushford (4.3", wettest July day), Theilman (4.25"), Lake City (3.54"), Minnesota City (3.5"), Winona (3.46"), La Crescent (3.30"), Rochester (3.18"), Elgin (3.05"). In WI: Viroqua (8.30"), Genoa (6.13", wettest day on record), La Farge (5.50", wettest day on record), Richland Center (3.85"), La Crosse (3.78"), Coon Valley (3.63"), Trempealeau (3.2"), Mauston (3.09"), Cashton (3.00").
1949: Richland Center, WI (3.15") rain.
1945: Rochester, MN (2.02") rain.
1907: Viroqua, WI (6.83"), La Crosse, WI (4.48"), Hillsboro, WI (3.70", wettest July day), Mauston, WI (3.44").
1901: Charles City, IA (108) and Caledonia, MN (103) had their hottest day on record.
1883: An F4 tornado moved east northeast from 4 miles southeast of Dodge Center, MN to just south of Kasson and passing 1 mile north of Byron, MN. The tornado turned to the north and dissipated after passing southeast of Douglas. About 20 homes, 30 barns, and three schools were damaged or destroyed. Three people were killed as two of "the finest homes in the county" were leveled in Dodge County. A half dozen farms "not a wall left standing." The damage may have been from two parallel tracks. Also, on this date, an F2 tornado moved northeast through Olmsted and Wabasha Counties, MN. The hardest hit area was the town of Elgin where there was $60, 000 damage. About 20 homes and 8 businesses were torn apart. Every building in town was damaged to some degree. This tornado caused 1 death and 8 injuries. 
July 22
2013: A cold front crossed the Upper Mississippi River Valley during the afternoon and evening hours, with severe thunderstorms firing along it. Large hail accompanied many storms, with an EF0 tornado hitting the Trempealeau Wildlife Refuge. Some wind gusts around 50 mph were reported.
1991: Wabasha, MN (3.28") rain.
1967: An F2 tornado destroyed 3 barns and 16 cattle were killed at Spokeville, WI (Clark County). It also hit Marshfield, WI (Wood County) where it destroyed buildings and trailers and it caused 2 injuries.
1947: La Crosse, WI (41, coldest July temperature).
1942: Alma, WI (5.91", wettest day on record).
1917: Viroqua, WI (8.57", wettest day on record) and Sparta, WI (3") rain.
1907: Mather, WI (3.91") rain.
1901: Prairie du Chien, WI (110, hottest day on record).
1884: A tornado occurred in Trempealeau County, WI shortly after noon.
July 23
2010: From July 22nd through July 24th, a frontal boundary with tropical moisture pooled into it wavered across Iowa, northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin, and southern Minnesota. Several rounds of thunderstorms with heavy rainfall resulted, with the most significant rains falling on the afternoon of the 22nd into the morning of the 23rd. Flash flooding resulted, especially for portion of northeast Iowa and southwest Wisconsin. 3 day rainfall totals…in IA: Strawberry Point 12.23, Oelwein 12.18, Guttenberg 6.69, Volga 6.43, Fayette 5.43, Nashua 3.64, Waucoma 3.25, Waukon 3.08, Ionia 3.06, Charles City 2.90, Calmar 2.84, Lansing, 2.49, Cresco 2.34, Dorchester 2.22, St. Ansgar 2.11. In MN: Zumbro Falls 3.37, Theilman 3.12, Byron 2.86, Elgin 2.70, Preston 2.66, Austin 2.57, Minnesota City 2.50, La Crescent 2.46, Highland 2.43, Spring Grove 2.43, Winona 2.41, Lanesboro 2.28, Grand Meadow 2.06. In WI: Rockville 8.96, Sinsinawa 8.70, Burton 7.44, Cuba City 6.59, Lancaster 5.97, Steuben 4.22, Gays Mills 4.13, Necedah 4.12, Warrens 3.95, Alma 3.40, Soldiers Grove 3.29, Lynxville 3.28, Taylor 3.28, Ontario 3.24, Black River Falls 2.93, Wilton 2.93, Tunnel City 2.74, West Salem 2.69, Hillsboro 2.65, Richland Center 2.62, Osseo 2.59, La Crosse 2.52, Sparta 2.48, La Farge 2.43, Mondovi 2.27, De Soto 2.16, Holmen 2.10, Neillsville 2.01.
1987: Lake City, MN (4") rain.
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/mpx/wxhistory
1973: An F0 tornado was reported during the late evening in Fillmore County, MN.
1968: Cresco, IA (3") rain.
1965: An F1 tornado occurred in City Point, WI. It caused no injuries or deaths.
1950: Hatfield, WI (3.54") rain.
1853: A tornado occurred in Monroe County, WI.
July 24
2009: Several rounds of severe thunderstorms developed across southeast Minnesota, northeast Iowa, and southwest Wisconsin. The first round occurred between 9:00 AM and 2:30 PM. Meanwhile additional rounds of severe thunderstorms moved repeatedly across northeast Iowa and southwest Wisconsin between 3:00 and 7:00 PM. Hail up to 2 inches fell during the morning event, but got bigger for the late afternoon and evening event with close to softball sized hail (4 ¼) falling in Ossian, IA. In addition, heavy rainfall through the day led to some mudslide and flash flooding. Some rainfall amounts…in IA: Calmar 2.94, Strawberry Point 2.63, Volga 2.56, Lansing 2.23, Elkader 2.07, Edgewood 1.90, Eldorado 1.80, Cresco 1.60. In MN: Caledonia 1.64. In WI: Lynxville 2.30, DeSoto 2.15, Steuben 1.97, Sinsinawa 1.90.
1987: Zumbro Falls, MN (4.80") and Theilman, MN (3.15") rain.
1973: Elgin, MN (3.36") rain.
1901: Elkader, IA (111), Fayette, IA (110), and Neillsville, WI (106) had their hottest day ever.
1875: A weak F1 tornado moved southeast across the city of La Crosse, WI. Many homes had roof damage. A circus tent was torn apart with some injuries during the ensuing panic. 
July 25
2013: Strong to severe thundestorms developed around a cold front during the early afternoon hours. These thunderstorms produced widespread rainfall to the I-90 corridor and south, as well as severe hail across parts of Fillmore and Houston counties in southeast MN and La Crosse County in west-central WI. Hail stone sizes ranged from quarters to tennis balls. Hail: La Crosse (2.5"), Onalaska (2.5"), West Salem (2"). Rainfall in MN: Spring Valley (2.43").
2012: A cold front sparked thunderstorms over north central IA at mid evening, shifting east into southern WI by midnight. The storms produced damaging winds from 60 to 70 mph, downing power lines and trees. Some large hail and very heavy rain also occurred. Rainfall in IA: Oelwein (2.79"), Elkader (2.28"). In WI: Millville (3.23"), Richland Center (2.62"), Prairie du Chien (2.41").
1997: Lanesboro, MN (3.04") rain.
1985: Soldiers Grove, WI (5.45", wettest day on record) and Fayette, IA (4.03") rain.
1982: a small F1 tornado moved from north to south in Irving Township, WI (Jackson County), extending from County Road X to County Road H. 
July 26
2000: A brief F0 tornado touched down causing minor damage to a home just northwest of Chaseburg, WI and knocking down nearby trees and corn.
1999: Jump River, WI (3.84") and Elgin, MN (3.01") rain.
1972: Cashton, WI (3.27") rain.
1953: Elkader, IA (5.49"), Elgin, MN (4.6"), Guttenberg, IA (4.04"), Goodrich, WI (3.5"), and Medford, WI (3.2") rain.
1949: Rochester, MN (5.24") rain.
1944: Elkader, IA (3.8") rain.
1940: Lancaster, WI (6.17", wettest day on record). Other rainfall totals in IA: Elkader (6.67", wettest day on record), Charles City (6.66", wettest day on record), New Hampton (6.36"), Postville (6.15", wettest day on record), Oelwein (4.55"), Fayette (4.99", wettest July day).
1934: Hillsboro, WI (3.55") rain.
1918: Postville, IA (3.10") rain.
July 27
2009: During the afternoon of Monday, July 27th, a low pressure system moved southeast across the area. With an unstable atmosphere and favorable winds to tap into, the low produced thunderstorms, some of which became severe. Large hail and damaging winds resulted. There was even a tornado (EF1) near Fairview and Soldiers Grove, WI, leading to barn and outbuilding damage. A wind gust up to 73 mph was reported near Viola, WI. Most of the hail was an inch or less.
1995: An F2 tornado touched down in Adams, MN and moved northeast touching down several times. Several buildings were damaged or destroyed. Many trees were uprooted. A church in Adams lost its steeple and bell tower.
1993: There was a brief touchdown of an F0 tornado 4 miles north of Altura, MN in a cornfield. It cut a swath 1/8 mile by 50 feet wide near a farm home. The tornado ripped shingles and a large door from a building.
1990: Charles City, IA (3.84") and Marble Rock, IA (3.50", wettest July day) rain.
1987: La Crosse, WI (5.24", wettest day on record) and Hokah, MN (4.10") rain.
1986: Winona, MN (3.25") rain.
1966: Curtiss, WI (3.15") rain.
1957: Decorah, IA (3.46") rain.
1955: Platteville, WI (102, hottest July temperature).
1947: Mondovi, WI (3.8", wettest July day).
1940: Prairie du Chien, WI (5.46", wettest day on record), Guttenberg, IA (3.68"), and Platteville, WI (3.42") rain.
1935: An F2 tornado moved northeast from 2 miles south of Chatfield, MN to 3 miles north of Lewiston, MN. It was accompanied by a five mile wide downburst. Every home was damaged at Utica and barns were swept away on at least 4 farms. Wind-related damage totaled $350, 000, with flooding also causing damage. It also caused 8 injuries. Rochester, MN (2.37") rain. 
July 28
1997: Fayette, IA (3.31") rain.
1995: Platteville, WI (3.03") rain.
1990: Caledonia, MN (3.82") rain.
1987: Galesville, WI (4.25", wettest July day), La Crescent, MN (3.70"), and Lynxville, WI (3.12") rain.
1976: Elgin, MN (4.92"), Lancaster, WI (4.24"), Guttenberg, IA (3.56"), Fayette, IA(3.44"), Oelwein, IA (3.3"), and Elkader, IA (3.21") rain.
1970: Dorchester, IA (3.36") and Cresco, IA (3") rain.
1964: 80-mph thunderstorm wind gusts were reported in Juneau County, WI. Grand Meadow, MN (3.90") and La Crescent, MN (3.15") rain. 
July 29
1987: An F2 tornado moved through mainly rural areas along the Winneshiek-Allamakee County, IA line until it hit a lumber yard south of Waukon. There it destroyed 2 buildings and threw 2x4 boards through the walls of others. Damage at the lumber yard alone was around $250, 000.
1973: Near 100-mph thunderstorm wind gusts (98 mph) blew through Wabasha County, MN during the morning.
1970: Decorah, IA (6.08", wettest July day), Waukon, IA (4.05"), Lansing, IA (3.77"), Elkader, IA (3.7"), and Charles City, IA (3.02") rain.
1952: Platteville, WI (42, coldest July temperature).
1948: Two farms were hit, and one barn destroyed east of Lancaster, WI as an F2 tornado moved northeast across Grant County. One man was killed in the barn and another was injured. Total damage estimates were $25, 000. Another tornado moved through La Crosse County, WI around 6:30 PM. It caused no injuries or deaths.
1926: Fayette, IA (3.05") rain.
July 30
2002: A line of severe thunderstorms tracked across southeast Minnesota and into Wisconsin causing widespread damaging winds. Wind gusts were measured at 70 mph in Rochester, MN and up to 80 mph in central Wisconsin. Some buildings sustained damaged in Abbotsford, WI and a mobile home park was heavily damaged near the town of New Rome, WI. The La Crosse National Weather Service office issued 14 warnings for this event.
See entry for the day in http://www.weather.gov/mqt/today_in_history
1994: High Forest, MN reported 2.75" hail.
1988: Theilman, MN (103, hottest July temperature).
1987: Lancaster, WI (3.17") rain.
1980: Lynxville, WI (46, coldest July temperature).
1979: Fayette, IA (3.33") rain.
1977: An F3 tornado tracked east and northeast from just northwest of Cornell, WI, to near Jump River, WI, and lifted in Rusk County. A man was killed south of Holcombe when a car was lifted, then dropped 70 yards off Hwy-27 "into a crumpled ball." His body was found 385 feet from the car. Five homes near Cornell were destroyed and 25 were damaged. Total estimated damage costs were $800, 000. All injuries and deaths occurred in Chippewa County.
1959: Dodge Center, MN (4.84", wettest day on record).
1955: Blair, WI (3.36") rain.
1950: Zumbro Falls, MN (3.07") rain.
1938: Rochester, MN (2.06") rain.
1899: Medford, WI (34), Charles City, IA (39), and Osage, IA (42) had their coldest July temperatures.
1888: A tornado occurred in Trempealeau County, WI around 6 PM.
July 31
1999: Lansing, IA (3.35") rain.
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/mqt/today_in_history
1994: Two farms were hit by an F1 tornado west of Stacyville, IA. The first farmstead had several buildings destroyed, while the second farm sustained building damage.
1988: Oelwein, IA (103, ties 8/17/1988 for hottest temperature on record).
1972: Preston, MN (3.58") and.Harmony, MN (3.25") rain.
1961: Waucoma, IA (6.55", wettest day on record), New Hampton, IA (4.74"), Fayette, IA (4"), and Austin, MN (3.75") rain.
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/mpx/wxhistory
1956: Osage, IA (3.7") rain.
1955: Cresco, IA (102, hottest day on record).
1950: Lansing, IA (3.26") rain.
1921: New Hampton, IA (41, coldest July temperature).
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/mqt/today_in_history
Above from La Crosse  http://www.weather.gov/arx/ThisDayInHistory
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From http://www.lib.noaa.gov/collections/imgdocmaps/monthly_weather_review.html 
Check "Wisconsin weather service, efforts to establish 1882, MWR 768-769. 
For Rupert Batz  

URL to cite for this work: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/EcoNatRes.WGB100
A tornado climatology for Wisconsin
Source:
Knox, Pamela Naber; Norgord, Douglas G.
A tornado climatology for Wisconsin
Bulletin 100
Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey,, 2000
vi, 29 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

See tornado stats for WI, MN & IA from ARX CWA 
Start with http://www.crh.noaa.gov/arx/?n=tornadomain 
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/arx/?n=tornstatestats
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/arx/?n=tornoutbreaks
For documentation http://www.crh.noaa.gov/arx/?n=torndocum
For EF Scale  http://www.crh.noaa.gov/arx/efscale.php
SEE 
http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/index.php
From  http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/Wisconsin/map 
All tornadoes 1950-2013
Tornado Summary 
Date(s) (yyyy-mm-dd)	Tornadoes	Fatalities	Highest Fatalities	Injuries	Highest Injuries	Longest Path	Widest Path
1950-06-25 - 2013-10-05	1284	104 people	21 people	1711 people	200 people	162 miles	3520 yards
Highest Fatalities (single tornado)  http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19580604.55.4
Tornado Summary
Date (y/m/d)	Time	Fujita	Fatalities	Injuries	Width	Length	Damage	Crop Loss	Touchdown Lat/Lon	Liftoff Lat/Lon	SPC #	State #
1958-06-04	17:30:00 3	5	21	74	880	33.7	$5M-$50M	-	44.9 / -92.33	45.05 / -91.67	203	4
Affected States	Affected Counties
Wisconsin	St. Croix, Dunn
Highest Injuries   http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19840607.55.15
Tornado Summary
Date (y/m/d)	Time	Fujita	Fatalities	Injuries	Width	Length	Damage	Crop Loss	Touchdown Lat/Lon	Liftoff Lat/Lon	SPC #	State #
1984-06-07	23:41:00 3	5	9	200	450	36	$50K-$500K	-	42.97 / -89.98	43.28 / -89.52	516	15
Affected States	Affected Counties
Wisconsin	Iowa, Columbia
Longest Path   http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19530510.19.9 

Tornado Summary
Date (y/m/d)	Time	Fujita	Fatalities	Injuries	Width	Length	Damage	Crop Loss	Touchdown Lat/Lon	Liftoff Lat/Lon	SPC #	State #
1953-05-10	17:30:00 3	4	2	24	100	162	-	-	43.45 / -92.4	45.5 / -90.42	157	9
Affected States	Affected Counties
Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin	Howard, Fillmore, Olmsted, Winona, Buffalo, Trempealeau, Eau Claire, Chippewa, Taylor, Price

State Segments
Date (y/m/d)	Time	Fujita	Fatalities	Injuries	Width	Length	Damage	Crop Loss	Touchdown Lat/Lon	Liftoff Lat/Lon	SPC #	State #
1953-05-10	17:30:00 3	4	0	2	100	1.9	-	-	43.45 / -92.4	43.5 / -92.38	157	9
Affected States	Affected Counties
Iowa	Howard
Date (y/m/d)	Time	Fujita	Fatalities	Injuries	Width	Length	Damage	Crop Loss	Touchdown Lat/Lon	Liftoff Lat/Lon	SPC #	State #
1953-05-10	17:45:00 3	4	2	17	100	46.4	$500K-$5M	-	43.5 / -92.38	43.85 / -91.85	157	4
Affected States	Affected Counties
Minnesota	Fillmore, Olmsted, Winona
Date (y/m/d)	Time	Fujita	Fatalities	Injuries	Width	Length	Damage	Crop Loss	Touchdown Lat/Lon	Liftoff Lat/Lon	SPC #	State #
1953-05-10	18:30:00 3	4	0	5	100	113.7	$500K-$5M	-	44.2 / -91.85	45.5 / -90.42	157	2
Affected States	Affected Counties
Wisconsin	Buffalo, Trempealeau, Eau Claire, Chippewa, Taylor, Price
Widest path  http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/20080607.55.1125

Tornado Summary
Date (y/m/d)	Time	Fujita	Fatalities	Injuries	Width	Length	Damage	Crop Loss	Touchdown Lat/Lon	Liftoff Lat/Lon	SPC #	State #
2008-06-07	13:32:00 3	2	0	6	3520	8.63	$2500000	$500000	43.53 / -89.26	43.5 / -89.1	1125	0
Affected States	Affected Counties
Wisconsin	Columbia

Also Pernin, Peter. The great Peshtigo fire : an eyewitness account. Madison, Wis.: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1971. Reprinted from the Wisconsin Magazine of History, 54: 246-272 (Summer, 1971). Copyright © 1971 by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
From the State Historical Society of Wisconsin: Pam 78-4295.
http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/WIReader/WER2002-1.html
John W. Sterling, the University's first faculty member, was described as a professor of mathematics, natural philosophy, and astronomy
Stephen Haskins Carpenter a lterature professor. 
http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/wireader/Thwaites/Chapter03.html#Footnote05

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derecho
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos/derechofacts
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos/climatologypage.htm
  "Sap flow" followed by "Physiological Explanation for Sap Flow" in 
http://employees.csbsju.edu/ssaupe/biol327/lab/maple/maple-sap.htm
Climate Change and Maple Syrup 
http://environment.about.com/od/globalwarming/fl/Climate-Change-and-Maple-Syrup.htm
http://www.cara.psu.edu/about/publications/Maple_syrup.pdf
http://climatewisconsin.org/story/sugaring
http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Wisconsin/Publications/Crops/maple.pdf  -- 
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Add http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/odd/archives/003283.asp to WI-History
Check http://climatehistorynetwork.com/ XXX
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http://www.crh.noaa.gov/abr/scripts/wxhistory.php
Also run off http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk 
From http://www.weatherforyou.com/weather_history/index.php?m=2&d=1&y=2014   
Weather History
For Saturday, February 1, 2014
1893 - Thunder and lightning accompanied sleet and snow at Saint Louis MO during the evening hours, even though the temperature was just 13 degrees above zero. (The Weather Channel)
1951 - The greatest ice storm of record in the U.S. produced glaze up to four inches thick from Texas to Pennsylvania causing twenty-five deaths, 500 serious injuries, and 100 million dollars damage. Tennessee was hardest hit by the storm. Communications and utilities were interrupted for a week to ten days. (David Ludlum)
1951 - The temperature at Taylor Park Dam plunged to 60 degrees below zero, a record for the state of Colorado. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987)
1985 - Snow, sleet and ice glazed southern Tennessee and northern sections of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The winter storm produced up to eleven inches of sleet and ice in Lauderdale County AL, one of the worst storms of record for the state. All streets in Florence AL were closed for the first time of record. (1st-2nd) (The Weather Channel)
1987 - A storm in the Pacific Northwest produced wind gusts to 100 mph at Cape Blanco OR, and up to six inches of rain in the northern coastal mountain ranges. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Thirty cities in the eastern U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date, including Richmond VA with a reading of 73 degrees. Thunderstorms in southern Louisiana deluged Basile with 12.34 inches of rain. Arctic cold gripped the north central U.S. Wolf Point MT reported a low of 32 degrees below zero. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - While arctic cold continued to invade the central U.S., fifty-four cities in the south central and eastern U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date. Russell KS, the hot spot in the nation with a high of 84 degrees the previous day, reported a morning low of 12 above. Tioga ND reported a wind chill reading of 90 degrees below zero. (The National Weather Summary)
1990 - Thunderstorms associated with an upper level weather disturbance produced severe weather across the eastern half of Texas during the late afternoon and evening. Four persons were injured at Waco TX where thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 80 mph. Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 97 mph at Cotulla TX injuring two other persons. Golf ball size hail was reported at Whitney and northeast of Whitsett. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 
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Weather History
For Sunday, February 2, 2014
1952 - The only tropical storm of record to hit the U.S. in February moved out of the Gulf of Mexico and across southern Florida. It produced 60 mph winds, and two to four inches of rain. (2nd-3rd) (The Weather Channel)
1956 - A record snowstorm in New Mexico and west Texas began on Ground Hog's Day. The storm produced 15 inches of snow at Roswell NM, and up to 33 inches in the Texas Panhandle. (David Ludlum)
1987 - A fast moving arctic front brought snow and high winds to the north central U.S. Winds gusted to 69 mph at Brookings SD. Big Falls MN reported nine inches of snow. Record warmth was reported just ahead of the front. Burlington IA reported a record high of 59 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - A dying low pressure system over southern California deluged the San Diego coastal mountains with more than four inches of rain causing half a million dollars damage. Arctic air invading the north central U.S. sent the mercury plunging to 38 degrees below zero at Park Rapids MN. Raleigh NC reported a record high of 75 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Bitter cold air covered much of the central U.S. Butte MT reported a wind chill reading of 91 degrees below zero, Salt Lake City UT was blanketed with 11.9 inches of snow in 24 hours, and winds around Reno NV gusted to 80 mph. Unseasonably warm weather continued in the southeastern U.S. Twenty-eight cities reported record high temperatures for the date, including Wilmington NC with a reading of 80 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced severe weather in the Lower Mississippi Valley during the late afternoon and evening hours. One person was injured in a tornado near Reidheimer LA. Thunderstorms northeast of Brandon MS produced hail three inches in diameter along with high winds which downed or snapped off one hundred trees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
2006 - New Orleans is struck by two tornadoes, collapsing at least one previously damaged house and battering Louis Armstrong International Airport. The Weather Doctor
2008 - Hilo, HI, is deluged by 10.82 inches of rain in a period of 24 hours, breaking the previous record set in 1969 by 3.5 inches. The Weather Doctor
2011 - A high temperature of 44°F registered at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, AZ, sets an all-time February record for the coldest high temperature for the city. The Weather Doctor 
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Weather History
For Monday, February 3, 2014
1917 - Downtown Miami, FL, reported an all-time record low of 27 degrees. (David Ludlum)
1947 - The temperature at Tanacross, AK, plunged to a record 75 degrees below zero. (David Ludlum)
1987 - Wintry weather was confined to freezing drizzle and light snow in the northeastern U.S., and light rain and snow in the western U.S. (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Arctic air continued to invade the central U.S. The temperature at Midland TX plunged from a record high of 80 degrees to 37 degrees in just three hours. Morning lows in the higher elevations of Wyoming were as cold as 38 degrees below zero. Heavy snow blanketed southwestern Colorado, with 16 inches reported at Steamboat Springs. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - A winter storm brought heavy snow and high winds to the western U.S. Up to three feet of snow blanketed the Sierra Nevada of California, and buried parts of northeastern Washington State under three feet of snow in five days. High winds across Washington State reached 75 mph, with gusts to 105 mph. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Severe cold gripped the north central U.S. The morning low of 29 degrees below zero at Casper WY was a record for the month of February. Wisdom MT hit 53 degrees below zero. Missoula MT reported a wind chill reading of 85 degrees below zero. (The National Weather Summary)
1990 - Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced severe weather over the central Gulf coast states during the afternoon and evening hours. Thunderstorms spawned seven tornadoes in Alabama, including one which touched down north of Birmingham injuring fifteen people and causing nearly three million dollars damage. A tornado at Margaret injured eleven persons and caused a million dollars damage. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 
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Weather History
For Tuesday, February 4, 2014
1961 - The third great snowstorm of the winter season struck the northeastern U.S. Cortland NY received 40 inches of snow. (David Ludlum)
1987 - Gales lashed the northern Pacific coast and the coast of northern New England. A storm in the central U.S. produced five inches of snow at Rapid City SD. (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - A winter storm produced heavy snow from the Upper Ohio Valley to New England, with up to 12 inches reported in Vermont and New Hampshire. Strong northerly winds in the Upper Midwest produced wind chill readings as cold as 60 degrees below zero. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Two dozen cities in the south central and northwestern U.S. reported new record low temperatures for the date. The low of 14 below zero at Boise ID was a February record. A winter storm continued in the southwestern U.S. Alta UT reported 49 inches of snow in four days, Wolf Creek CO reported 66 inches in six days, including 28 inches in 24 hours, and up to 84 inches buried the ski resorts of northern New Mexico in three days. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - A winter storm produced heavy snow in the northeastern U.S. Snowfall totals in Maine ranged up to 13 inches at Gorham, with 11 inches reported at Portland. Totals in New Hampshire ranged up to 14 inches at Franconia, with 13 inches reported at Portsmouth. A mixture of snow, sleet and freezing rain caused numerous traffic accidents in eastern New York State resulting in three deaths and fourteen injuries. Subzero cold also gripped parts of the northeastern U.S. Caribou ME and Houlton ME reported morning lows of 15 degrees below zero. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
2004 - 7.15 inches of rain deluges Pinson, AL, setting an all-time record rainfall over 24 hours for the town. The Weather Doctor
2007 - Kahului reports a minimum temperature of 54°F, a daily low temperature record for the date. The Weather Doctor 
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Weather History
For Wednesday, February 5, 2014
1887 - San Francisco experienced its greatest snowstorm of record. Nearly four inches was reported in downtown San Francisco, and the western hills of the city received seven inches. Excited crowds went on a snowball throwing rampage. (David Ludlum)
1987 - Thunderstorms in the Southern Plains Region caused flooding in parts of south central Texas. Del Rio TX was soaked with two inches of rain in two hours prior to sunrise. (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Cold and snow invaded the southern U.S. Roswell NM was buried under 16.5 inches of snow in 24 hours, an all-time record for that location. Parts of the Central Gulf Coast Region reported their first significant snow in fifteen years. Strong winds in Minnesota and the Dakotas produced wind chill readings as cold as 75 degrees below zero. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Severe cold gripped much of the nation. Thirty cities reported new record low temperatures for the date. Morning lows of 9 above at Astoria OR and 27 below zero at Ely NV were records for February. In Alaska, Point Barrow warmed to 24 degrees above zero, and Nome reached 30 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
1990 - For the second time in two days, and the third time in a week, high winds plagued the northwestern U.S. Winds in Oregon gusted to 60 mph at Cape Disappointment, and wind gusts in Washington State reached 67 mph at Bellingham. The first in a series of cold fronts began to produce heavy snow in the mountains of Washington and Oregon. Ten inches of snow fell at Timberline OR. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
2006 - Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire reaches a high of 41°F, the warmest February 5th on record at the summit and two degrees off the monthly mark, where records have been kept since 1932. The Weather Doctor
2008 - The deadliest round of tornadoes in nearly a quarter century kill 58 people in the south. The storms kill 32 people in Tennessee, 14 in Arkansas, seven in Kentucky and five in Alabama. Damage is likely to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars. The Weather Doctor
2010 - A mega-snowstorm, which President Obama dubbed Snowmageddon, buried the Washington D.C. area with more than 30 inches of snow in some areas. At American University in Washington the official snowfall was 27.5 inches. Snowfall totals in the Washington DC area range from a low of 17.9 inches at Ronald Reagan National Airport to 40 inches in the northern suburb of Colesville, MD. Dulles Airport reported 32.4 inches, which established a new two-day snowfall record. The Baltimore-Washington International Airport, MD, measured 24.8 inches from the storm breaking the record for the largest two day snowfall there. It is one of the worst blizzards in the city's history. 
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Weather History
For Thursday, February 6, 2014
1807 - It was the famous "Cold Friday" in the Midwest and South. The temperature did not rise above zero in Ohio and Kentucky. (David Ludlum)
1978 - A massive nor'easter buried the cities of the northeastern U.S. Storm totals included 18 inches at New York City, 16 inches at Philadelphia, and 14 inches at Baltimore. The Boston MA area received 25 to 30 inches in "The Great New England Blizzard" and the mayor outlawed travel in the city for an entire week. (David Ludlum)
1987 - Brownsville, TX, was deluged with seven inches of rain in just two hours, and flooding in some parts of the city was worse than that caused by Hurricane Beulah in 1967. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Arctic cold invaded the south central and eastern U.S. Sixteen cities reported new record low temperatures for the date. Squalls in the Great Lakes Region produced a foot of snow at Arcade NY in three hours. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Forty-one cities in the western U.S. reported new record low temperatures for the date. Lows of -30 degrees at Ely NV and -33 degrees at Richfield UT were all-time records. Morning lows of 31 degrees at San Francisco CA and -15 degrees at Reno NV were records for February. Logan Canyon UT was the cold spot in the nation with a low of 54 degrees below zero, and Craig CO hit 51 degrees below zero. (The National Weather Summary)
1990 - A second cold front brought more heavy snow to the high elevations of Oregon, with 12 inches reported at Sunset Summit. Ten inches of snow blanketed Crater Lake and Mount Bachelor. Heavy snow also blanketed northeastern Nevada and parts of Washington State. In Nevada, up to a foot of snow was reported between Spring Creek and Lamoille. Stevens Pass WA received 14 inches of snow in 24 hours. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 
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Weather History
For Friday, February 7, 2014
1861 - The temperature at Gouverneur, NY, bottomed out at -40 degrees, a drop of 70 degrees in one day. Two days later the mercury hit 55 degrees. (David Ludlum)
1861 - Hanover, NH, plunged from 37 degrees at 1 PM on the 7th to 32 degrees below zero at 7 AM on the 8th, and West Cummington MA plummeted 80 degrees to -32 degrees. Boston MA plunged from 46 degrees to -14 degrees, and on the 11th was back up to 60 degrees. (7th-8th) (The Weather Channel)
1934 - A deep freeze made it possible to drive from Bay Shore to Fire Island NY. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987)
1978 - The worst winter storm of record struck coastal New England. The storm produced 27.5 inches of snow at Boston, and nearly 50 inches in northeastern Rhode Island. The fourteen foot tide at Portland ME was probably the highest of the century. Winds gusted to 79 mph at Boston, and reached 92 mph at Chatham MA. A hurricane size surf caused 75 deaths and 500 million dollars damage. (David Ludlum)
1987 - Low pressure in Manitoba, Canada, pulled warm air up from the Gulf of Mexico, and more than forty cities in the north central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, including North Platte NE and Rapid City SD with readings of 73 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
1988 - Twenty-two cities in the eastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Binghamton NY with a reading of 5 degrees below zero. Snow blanketed southern Louisiana, with three inches reported at Cameron. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - Twenty-five cities in the western U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date. Lows of 16 at Las Vegas NV, 26 at Bakersfield CA, -29 degrees at Milford UT, and -16 degrees at Reno NV were February records. The low of 43 degrees below zero at Boca CA was a state record for the month of February. In Utah, lows of -32 degrees at Bryce Canyon, -27 degrees at Delta, -29 degrees at Dugway, and -38 degrees at Vernal were all-time records for those locations. (The National Weather Summary)
1990 - A slow moving cold front spread heavy snow across the state of Utah. Storm totals ranged up to 31 inches at Alta, with 24 inches at reported Brighton and 23 inches at Snowbird. Bitter cold weather prevailed across Alaska for the thirteenth day in a row, with morning lows of -42 degrees at Fairbanks, -48 degrees at Nenana, and -54 degrees at Bettles. Anchorage AK reported a record low of 23 degrees below zero. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 
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Weather History
For Saturday, February 8, 2014
1835 - A severe cold wave gripped the southeastern U.S. The mercury dipped to 8 above at Jacksonville FL, and to zero at Savannah GA. Orange trees were killed to the roots. (David Ludlum)
1936 - The temperature at Denver CO plunged to a record 30 degrees below zero. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
1985 - Blue Canyon, CA, set a 24-hour February snowfall record by receiving 42 inches of snow from February 7th-8th.
1987 - A powerful storm produced blizzard conditions in the Great Lakes Region. Winds gusted to 86 mph at Janesville WI and Cleveland OH received 12 inches of snow. North winds of 50 to 70 mph raised the water level of southern Lake Michigan two feet, and produced waves 12 to 18 feet high, causing seven million dollars damage along the Chicago area shoreline. It was the most damage caused by shoreline flooding and erosion in the history of the city of Chicago. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Arctic air invaded the north central U.S. Hibbing MN reported a morning low of 30 degrees below zero. (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - A winter storm over California produced snow from the beaches of Malibu to the desert canyons around Palm Springs, and the snow created mammoth traffic jams in the Los Angeles Basin. Sixteen cities in the western U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date. Marysville CA reported an all-time record low reading of 21 degrees above zero. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - Unseasonably mild weather prevailed across the south central and eastern U.S. Twenty-two cities, including five in Michigan, reported record high temperatures for the date. The afternoon high of 53 degrees at Flint MI surpassed their previous record by ten degrees, and the high of 66 degrees at Burlington IA exceeded their old record by eight degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
2009 - Snow falls at levels above elevations of 11,000 feet on the Big Island's Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea in Hawaii. The Weather Doctor 
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Weather History
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1933 - The temperature at Moran, WY, located next to Teton National Park, plunged to 63 degrees below zero to establish a state record. The temperature at the Riverside Ranger Station in Montana dipped to 66 below zero to establish a record for the state, and a record for the nation which stood until 1954. (David Ludlum)
1934 - The mercury dipped to 51 degrees below zero at Vanderbilt to establish a record for the state of Michigan. The temperature at Stillwater plunged to 52 degrees below zero to establish a record for the state of New York. (David Ludlum)
1987 - A storm off the Atlantic coast produced high winds and heavy snow in the northeastern U.S., with blizzard conditions in eastern Massachusetts. Wind gusted to 80 mph and 23.4 inches of snow produced drifts eight feet high at Cape Cod MA. It was the worst blizzard in thirty years for the Cape Cod area. Winds in some of the mountains and ridges of the Appalachian Region gusted to 100 mph. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Arctic cold invaded the north central U.S. Alliance NE plunged from 44 degrees to 12 above in just two hours, and Mobridge SD reported a wind chill of 64 degrees below zero. Winds along the eastern slopes of the Rockies gusted to 90 mph at Cheyenne WY, and reached 96 mph at Boulder CO. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - A winter storm continued to bring rain and snow to southern California. Snowfall totals ranged up to 18 inches at Olancha, with three inches at Palmdale. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front erupted over eastern Texas late in the morning, and produced severe weather as they swept across the southeastern states. Early evening thunderstorms spawned a tornado which injured one person at Nat TX, and produced tennis balls size hail which caused more than half a million dollars damage around Shreveport LA. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 
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Weather History
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1899 - The temperature at Monterey plunged to 29 degrees below zero, establishing record for the state of Virginia. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987)
1973 - A major snowstorm struck the southeastern U.S. It produced as much as 18 inches in Georgia, and up to two feet of snow in South Carolina. (David Ludlum)
1978 - As much as eight inches of rain drenched southern California resulting in widespread flooding and mudslides. The heavy rainfall produced a wall of water which ripped through the mountain resort community of Hidden Springs drowning at least thirteen persons. The storm was one of the most destructive of record causing fifty million dollars damage. (David Ludlum)
1982 - Bismarck, ND, experienced its 45th consecutive day of subzero temperature readings which tied the previous record long string of subzero daily lows ending on the same date in 1937. (David Ludlum)
1987 - A storm in the northeastern U.S. produced heavy snow in southeastern Maine. Grand Falls and Woodland received 15 inches, mainly during the early morning hours, while most of the rest of the state did not even see a flake of snow. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Bitter cold arctic air gripped the north central U.S. International Falls MN was the cold spot in the nation with a low of 35 degrees below zero. Record warm readings were reported in southern California, with highs of 78 at San Francisco and 88 at Los Angeles. San Juan Capistrano CA was the hot spot in the nation with a high of 92 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - For the first time all month winter relaxed its grip on the nation. The temperature at Brownsville TX warmed above 60 degrees for the first time in six days, ending their second longest such cold spell of record. (The National Weather Summary)
1990 - Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front continued to produce severe weather across the southeastern U.S. through the morning hours and into the late afternoon. There were a total of twenty-nine tornadoes in twenty-nine hours, and 245 reports of large hail or damaging winds. Pre-dawn thunderstorms produced high winds which injured at least seventy persons in Alabama and Georgia, and caused more than twelve million dollars property damage. A tornado at Austell GA prior to daybreak injured two persons and caused two million dollars damage. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
2010 - A second major snowstorm, dubbed Snoverkill and Snowmaggedon 2.0, further buries the Nation's Capital with 10.8 inches of new snow. Schools, businesses and even parts of the Federal government are shut down by blizzard conditions. The city now has a deeper snowpack, 28 inches, than the 20 inches in Anchorage, AK, or 27 inches in Marquette, MI.
2011 - The coldest day in Oklahoma history sees the temperature plunge to -31°F at Nowata, OK. A US National Weather Service station at Bartlesville recorded a reading of -28°F. Both locations break the previous low temperature mark of -27°F set in 1905 and tied in 1930. The Weather Doctor 
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See also http://www.weatherforyou.com/weather_history/
See also http://climate.umn.edu/pdf/day_in_weather_history/may_wx_history.pdf 
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/?n=thisdayinhistory
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/arx/history/request_history.php
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/iwx/program_areas/wxhisttdy/calendar.php
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http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/wisconsin/waukeshaWI1912/waukeshaWI1912.pdf
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/wisconsin/jefffersonWI1914/jeffersonWI1914.pdf
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/wisconsin/daneWI1915/daneWI1915.pdf

http://research.chicagobooth.edu/economy/research/articles/125.pdf

http://weather.about.com/od/weatherhistory/tp/Signal_Service.htm
http://www.thestormking.com/Weather/Nevada_Climate_History/Weather_Observations/weather_observations.html
http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/027.html
https://webapps8.dnr.state.mn.us/volunteer_index/past.../article_pdf?id..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_meteorology
http://nldr.library.ucar.edu/repository/assets/technotes/TECH-NOTE-000-000-000-597.pdf
http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/civil/gillett2/amedd_1818-1865_bib.html
http://climate.umn.edu/pdf/Fort_Ridgely_Boulay.pdf

See http://siarchives.si.edu/search/sia_search/Smithsonian%20Meteorological%20Project
esp. http://siarchives.si.edu/history/exhibits/henry/meteorology
http://siarchives.si.edu/blog/civil-war-reconnaissance-takes-flight
http://siarchives.si.edu/history/exhibits/henry/lightning

also http://siarchives.si.edu/blog/smithsonian-recycling-1862