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1 October 1752 → A second severe hurricane in two weeks hit the Carolinas. The Onslow County Courthouse was destroyed along with all of its records, while Beacon Island disappeared until waters receded.
1 October 1945 → A Navy plane that went down in a typhoon in the South China Sea was the first Hurricane Hunter flight to be lost.
1 October 1976 → Hurricane Liza brought heavy rains and winds to Mexico, causing a dam to break on the Cajoncito River, flooding the town of La Paz, and killing at least 435 people.  http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/liza1976.html
1 October 1890: The weather service was first identified as a civilian agency when Congress, at the request of President Benjamin Harrison, passed an act transferring the meteorological responsibilities of the US Army Signal Service to the newly-created U.S. Weather Bureau in the Department of Agriculture.
1 October 1893: On this day, the village of Caminadaville was wiped out by a massive hurricane. Caminadaville was a vibrant fishing community in the late 19th century, located on Cheniere Caminada, adjacent to Grand Isle in coastal Jefferson Parish in Louisiana. Click HERE for more information from The Times-Picayune, Greater New Orleans.   http://www.nola.com/175years/index.ssf/2012/03/our_times_the_cheniere_isle_hu.html
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2 October 1894 → What was likely an F3 tornado ripped apart several blocks of Little Rock, AR as it tore right through downtown. The funnel passed over or very near the Weather Bureau office at 8:28pm, providing a rare look at how barometric pressure behaves in a tornado. The office's instrument shelter was blown away and windows shattered. Debris from the upper floor of a nearby building showered down on the observer's office.
2 October 1898 → A hurricane striking the Georgia coast washed away Campbell Island. Jekyll Island had a storm surge of 19 feet. It is estimated that this storm was a category 3 or 4 hurricane with winds around 130 mph.
2 October 1858: The only hurricane to impact California struck San Diego on this day. Two researchers with NOAA Michael Chenoweth and Christopher Landsea reconstructed the path of the hurricane using accounts from newspapers of the strong winds. They estimated that if a similar storm were to have hit in 2004, it would have caused around US$500 million in damage.
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3 October 1841 → A severe gale struck New England. The storm was originally a powerful hurricane off the Carolina coast that merged with an unseasonably cold air mass over the region. Forty ships were washed ashore on Cape Cod and 57 people lost their lives in Truro, MA alone. The storm also caused an unusual early season snowfall across portions of the region. A foot and a half of snow fell on Middletown, CT.
3 October 1907 → Around the turn of the 20th Century the NWS attached meteorological instruments to specially designed kites, tethered to the ground, to get upper air data. On this date a record kite flight level was achieved at a height of 23,111 feet.
3 October 1964 → Hurricane Hilda crossed the Louisiana coastline with sustained winds of 120 mph at Franklin. Hilda killed 38 and produced a total damage of $125 million. An F4 tornado spawned by Hilda cut a 2 mile path through Larose, LA, killing 22 people and injuring 165. Eight people were crushed to death in Erath, LA when the town's 10,000 gallon water tower fell onto City Hall.  http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/hilda1964.html
3 October 1979 → The first killer tornado of record in October in Connecticut destroyed sixteen vintage aircraft at the Bradley Air Museum in Windsor Locks. The F4 tornado damaged more than 100 homes causing $200 million damage. Three persons were killed, and 500 others were injured.
3 October 1780: A hurricane, which formed on October 1st, destroyed the port city of Savanna-la-Mar on the island of Jamaica on this day. By some estimates, this storm caused 3,000 deaths. This storm is documented in the Jamaica Archives and Record Department. Click HERE for more information, including a Petition to the Governor requesting urgent relief.   http://archives.jard.gov.jm/news/21-the-1780-hurricane.html
3 October 1903: An unusual late season tornado moved northeast from west of Chatfield, Minnesota, passing through and devastating St. Charles, Minnesota. Seven people were killed and 30 injured as 50 homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed.
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Image Courtesy from the Minnesota Historical Society.
3 October 1979: An F4 tornado struck the towns of Windsor, Windsor Locks, and Suffield in Connecticut, causing an estimated $400 in million in property damage, on this day. The New England Air Museum, which housed more than 20 vintage aircrafts, was destroyed. This tornado also caused a United Airlines flight to abort landing at the Bradley International Airport because the pilot saw the tornado. Click HERE for pictures of the damage at the New England Air Museum courtesy from the Hartford Courant.  
http://www.courant.com/courant-250/moments-in-history/hc-1979-windsor-locks-tornado-20130701-photogallery.html

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The newspaper article is from the Spokane Daily Chronicle on October 5, 1979. 
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4 October 1777 → The Battle of Germantown, on the northwest side of Philadelphia, was fought in a morning fog that grew more dense with the smoke of battle, causing great confusion. Americans firing at each other contributed to the casualties during the battle.
4 October 1987 → Southern California experienced temperatures well over 100F in the afternoon. On the same day, 18 inches of wet, heavy snow fell from eastern New York into New England.  http://www.erh.noaa.gov/aly/Past/1987_Oct/Oct_4_1987.htm
4 October 1995 → Hurricane Opal, a Category 4 storm when it was over the open Gulf of Mexico, brought 10 to 15 inches of rain to Alabama and the Florida panhandle.  http://www.srh.noaa.gov/bmx/?n=event_opal1995  
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4 October 1998 → Kansas City's second worst flash flood on record struck the city during a game between the Chiefs and the Seattle Seahawks. Up to five inches of rain drenched the metro area, including four inches at Arrowhead Stadium, and delayed the start of the game by 54 minutes. The Chiefs won the Mud Bowl 17-6.  http://www.crh.noaa.gov/eax/?n=oct041998kcflashflood
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/?n=football_weather#october
4 October 2012 → Former Hurricane Nadine finally dissipated over the Azores. The system had maintained at least tropical storm strength for three weeks, tying it with 1971's Hurricane Ginger as the Atlantic Ocean's longest-lived tropical storm.   http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2012/NADINE_graphics.shtml
4 October 2013 → A record breaking blizzard roared into the Black Hills, dumping up to four feet of snow propelled by winds to nearly hurricane strength. By the time the snow ended in Rapid City on the 5th a new all-time 2-day snowfall record of 23.1" had been set. Rapid City also set a new one-day October snowfall record on the 4th of 19 inches, beating the old record by over nine inches!
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=unr&storyid=97450&source=2
4 October 1777: The Battle of Germantown was fought in a morning fog that grew denser with the smoke of battle, causing great confusion. Americans firing at each other contributed to the loss of the battle.
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4 October 2005: Hurricane Stan, a minimal Category 1 Hurricane with 75-mph maximum sustained surface winds, made landfall near Punta Roca Partida, Mexico at 4 AM EDT on this day. While not a particularly strong hurricane the torrential rains caused flooding and landslides, which resulted in 1,513 deaths in Guatemala. Click HERE for more information from the History Channel. 
 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hurricane-stan-bears-down-on-mexico

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Hurricane Stan was moving southwest at 12 mph with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph and gusts of 92 mph. GOES-12 from NOAA Satellite and Information Service.
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5 October 1786 → The Pumpkin Flood of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania got its name because the river was filled with pumpkins that were washed away by the high waters.
5 October 1864 → A devastating cyclone that killed 80,000 people in Calcutta, India, prompted the British East India Company to establish a telegraphic storm-warning service in 1865.
5 October 1893 → On the southeast coast of Louisiana a 22 foot surge was brought by a Category 4 hurricane that killed more than two thousand people.
5 October 1917 → Sentinel, AZ reached the hottest October temperature ever in the U.S. of 116F.
5 October 2010 → Huge hail stormed down on Phoenix, AZ during the evening rush hour. Hailstones were up to three inches in diameter and caused extensive damage.  http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/psr/pns/2010/October/Oct5storms.php
5 October 1864: A tropical cyclone hit India near Calcutta, devastating the city and killing about 60,000 people in the region.
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"Effects of the cyclone at Calcutta," from the Illustrated London News, 1864
5 October 1972: Tropical Storm Joanne, earlier a hurricane, moves across the Baja California peninsula and came ashore in western Mexico south of Ajo. The storm brought heavy rain and flooding to much of Arizona. This is the first documented tropical storm to reach Arizona with its cyclonic circulation intact. Over 5.00 inches of rain is reported on the Mogollon Rim southeast of Flagstaff. Additional rainfall amounts included 4.44 inches at Flagstaff, 3.80 at Prescott, 2.21 at Yuma, 1.95 at Phoenix, 1.63 at Nogales, and 1.63 at Tucson.
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This ESSA 9 weather satellite image of Hurricane Joanne was taken on October 2, 1972 at 2233 UTC.
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6 October 1963 → For five days along the coast of Cuba, Hurricane Flora lashed the island with winds up to 100 mph and dumped over 70 inches of rain. The storm killed 7,000 people.  http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/flora1963.html
6 October 1972 → Arizona experienced a topical storm when the remnants of Pacific Hurricane Joanne made their way to the state. Up to 5 inches of rain fell.   http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/twc/tropical/joanne_1972.htm
6 October 1981 → A Fokker F28 passenger flight flew into a tornado near Moerdijk, Holland at an altitude of about 3,000 feet shortly after take-off. The plane experienced nearly 7 g of force, resulting in detachment of the starboard wing. On-board instruments recorded significant pressure variations as the plane entered, or neared, the vortex. The plane crashed, killing all 17 aboard.
6 October 2010 → Eight tornadoes tore through northern Arizona during the pre-dawn hours. It was the greatest number of tornadoes ever recorded in Arizona in a single day. One of the twisters was an EF3.  http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/fgz/News/06Oct2010tor/06Oct2010.html
6 October 1967: A Canadian weather record one-day rainfall of 19.3 inches falls at Brynnor Mines at Ucluelet.
6 October 1981: The Netherlands four worst aircraft accident (at the time) occurred on this day. At 5:09 PM, the crew noted heavy rainfall in thunderstorms on the weather avoidance radar and received clearance to avoid this area. At 5:12 pm, the aircraft entered a tornado, which caused the right wing to separate from the plane. All 17 occupants of the aircraft perished in the accident. The Accident description can be found HERE.
http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19811006-0
6 October 2010: A major severe weather event struck northern Arizona with at least 8 confirmed tornadoes. This event will go down in history as the most tornadoes to strike Arizona in a single day. An EF2 tornado was on the ground for 34 miles, ranking as the longest tracked tornado in Arizona history. Click HERE for more information from the NWS Office in Flagstaff.  http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/fgz/News/06Oct2010tor/06Oct2010.html
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A home damaged by an EF2 tornado in Bellemont, Arizona. Image courtesy from the National Weather Service office in Flagstaff, Arizona.
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7 October 1844 → A major hurricane swept over Jamaica, Cuba, and the Bahamas. 158 vessels were wrecked and 2546 houses were destroyed along the Cuban coast.
7 October 2007 → A record temperature of 87 degrees during the Chicago Marathon led officials to cancel the race to protect the participants. There was still one fatality. 
7 October 1825: Raging forest fires in Miramichi region of New Brunswick, Canada, destroys over 3 million acres of forest. As many as 500 people were killed. The blaze has been partly attributed to unusually hot weather in the fall and summer of 1825, coupled with outdoor fires by settlers and loggers.
New Brunswick's Great Fire  
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Article from The Independent Record, 16 Nov 1878, Sat, Page 1.
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8 October 1871 → Prolonged drought and gusty winds led to massive destruction with the Chicago Fire and Peshtigo Fire. The Chicago Fire destroyed 17,000 buildings. The Peshtigo Fire killed at least 1200 people making it our nation's deadliest fire. There were other major fires this day at Holland, Port Huron, and Manistee in Michigan.  http://www.crh.noaa.gov/grb/peshtigofire.php
8 October 1982 → An unusually early snowstorm struck the Black Hills of Wyoming and South Dakota. In parts of the region, more than four and a half feet of snow were reported.
From http://www.weather.gov/abr/This_Day_in_Weather_History_Oct_08

8 October 1871: The Great Chicago Fire burns much of the city to the ground, fanned by strong southwest winds. An estimated 250 were killed. On same night, forest firestorm sweeps Peshtigo, Wisconsin. An estimated 1,500 to possibly as many as 2,500 die as gale-force winds push flames across town. Severe drought blamed for tinder-dry conditions. An additional 200 die in Michigan fires.
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Image Courtesy from The Sheboygan Press, Oct. 8, 1929.
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Panorama of Chicago after the 1871 Fire. Attributed to George N. Barnard (1819 - 1902), American photographer.
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9 October 1963 → A 820-foot wall of water inundated the town of Longarone, Italy, killing almost 2,500 people after a massive landslide pushed a wave over a dam.
9 October 2001 → Hurricane Iris struck Belize as a category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds near 140 mph. Rainfall totals of 5-8 feet and storm surges of 13-18 feet were measured. It was the worst storm to hit the area in over 60 years. Thirty-one people were killed.
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Storm_pages/iris2001/sat.html
9 October 1804: The famous Snow Hurricane moved ashore near Atlantic City on this day. After briefly passing through Connecticut and into Massachusetts, cool air was entrained in the circulation with heavy snow falling between New York to southern Canada. The Berkshires in Massachusetts and Concord, New Hampshire recorded two feet of snow with this hurricane. This was the first observation of snow from a hurricane, but not the last. Hurricane Ginny of 1963 brought up to 18 inches (400 mm) of snow to portions of Maine.  (check next day)
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The second steeple of the Old North Church in Boston, which replaced the original toppled by the 1804 hurricane.
9 October 2001: An unusually strong fall outbreak of tornadoes spawned at least 23 twisters across parts of Nebraska and Oklahoma. Hardest hit was the town of Cordell, OK, but a 22 minute lead time led to an amazingly low casualty count: only 9 injuries and no fatalities. Click HERE for more information from the NWS office in Norman, Oklahoma.  http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/?n=events-20011009
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Image was taken by a Kiowa County Deputy, Doug Beamon, one mile north of Cordell, OK at ~5:30 PM CDT on 10/09/2001.
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10 October 1804 → A "snow hurricane" occurred, dumping heavy snow across much of the Northeast, from a foot in the Berkshires of Connecticut to three feet in the Green Mountains in Vermont.
10 October 1925 → Weekend football games were played in deep snow across New England as up to two feet of snow fell in northern Vermont and New Hampshire. 
10 October 1780: The Great Hurricane of 1780 made landfall on the island of Barbados on this day with estimated wind gusts of 200 mph. This hurricane went on to affect the islands of St. Vincent where only 14 of 600 homes stood at Kings Town. St. Lucia, Martinique, Dominica, and Puerto Rico were all impacted from this hurricane. This is the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record with between 20,000 and 22,000 deaths.
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Estimated Tracks of October 1780 Hurricanes.
10 October 2009: Nome, Alaska, experienced its first ever October thunderstorm with five lightning strikes between 8 and 9 PM ADT.
10 October 1928:  The temperature reached 90 degrees at Minneapolis, Minnesota their latest such reading on record.
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11 October 1737 → Some records indicate that on this date Calcutta, India was struck by a powerful hurricane while simultaneously experiencing a devastating earthquake...resulting in a death toll of 300,000. However recent research has shown that while the city was indeed struck by a terrible cyclone that day, evidence of an earthquake is slim. Also, the death toll was more likely 3,000 rather than 300,000.
11 October 1846 → The most intense Atlantic hurricane of the 19th century ravaged Havana and Key West. At Havana the entire city was demolished and at Key West 594 of the town's 600 buildings were destroyed. The storm eventually traveled up the entire U.S. East Coast and into the Canadian Maritimes.
11 October 1909 → A disastrous hurricane of at least Category 3 strength traveled from southwest to northeast up the length of the Florida Keys and through Miami, resulting in 13 fatalities and the destruction of 400 buildings. The weather station on Sandy Key was swept away.
11 October 2002 → 45 vehicles crashed on I-43 near Cedar Grove, WI. The accident was caused by speed and fog. Thirty-eight people were hospitalized and ten were killed.
11 October 1846: A major hurricane, likely a Category 5, moved through the Caribbean Sea. This Great Havana Hurricane struck western Cuba on 10 October. It hit the Florida Keys on 11 October, destroying the old Key West lighthouse and Fort Zachary Taylor.
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Damage wrought by the 1846 hurricane in Havana, Cuba. Image Courtesy from Sea Heritage Journal.
11 October 1906: Games 1 and 2 of the all Chicago World Series were played amid snow flurries. This would not happen again in a World Series until 1997. 
See https://chicagology.com/baseball/1906worldseries/
Check dates == Game 1 was 9 Oct, Game 2 was 10 Oct 
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1954/12/15/page/55/article/sports-great-upsets
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12 October 1886 → A powerful hurricane swept into the Sabine Lake region of southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana. Around 200 people and 20,000 cattle were killed. The Gulf of Mexico swept several miles inland, covering Cameron Parish with water twelve feet deep.
12 October 1962 → Powerful low pressure caused sustained winds of greater than 150 mph on the Oregon coast with gusts of 179 mph. This event is referred to as the Columbus Day Windstorm which killed 46 people. The storm was an equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane.
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/pqr/gallery6.php
12 October 1979 → The world's lowest barometric pressure on record, 25.63", occurred in Super Typhoon Tip with 190-mph winds. Gale force winds extended 1,350 miles out from the eye making it the largest tropical cyclone on record.  http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream//tropics/tc_notable.htm#tip
12 October 1918: On October 10, 1918, two men working near a railroad siding northwest of Cloquet, Minnesota saw a passenger train pass by the siding, and soon thereafter discovered a fire burning through grass and piles of wood. The fire could not be contained, and by October 12, fires had spread through northern Minnesota. In total, 453 lives were lost and 52,000 people were injured or displaced, 38 communities were destroyed, 250,000 acres were burned.
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A residential area of Cloquet after the 1918 fire. Image Courtesy from the Minnesota Historical Society.
Also:   Forest fires ravaged parts of Minnesota from the Duluth area northeastward, claiming the lives of 600 persons. Smoke with a smell of burnt wood spread to Albany, NY and Washington, DC in 24 hours. Smoke was noted at Charleston, SC on the 14th.
12 October 1962: The Columbus Day Storm of 1962 was a Pacific Northwest windstorm that struck the West Coast of Canada and the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States on this day. It is considered the benchmark of extratropical wind storms. The storm ranks among the most intense to strike the region since at least 1948, likely since the January 9, 1880 "Great Gale" and snowstorm.
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Surface weather analysis of the Columbus Day Storm on 13 October 1962.
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13 October 1846 → A hurricane that roared across Cuba and Florida a couple of days earlier continued its path through Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia and Pennsylvania inflicting damage along its entire route. Philadelphia and Boston suffered damage.
13 October 1966 → Tonight into the 14th Denver experienced seven inches of wet early-season snow that caused extensive power outages as tree limbs broke under the weight of the snow
13 October 2006: The October 2006 Buffalo storm was an unusual early-season lake effect snow storm that hit the Buffalo, New York area and other surrounding areas of the United States and Canada on this day. Downtown Buffalo reported 15 inches from this event. Depew and Alden record 24 inches, the most from this lake affect storm. Click HERE for more information from the NWS office in Buffalo.  http://www.erh.noaa.gov/buf/storm101206.html
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Image courtesy from the NWS office in Buffalo, New York.
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14 October 1909 → A major tornado outbreak spread from the northeast corner of Arkansas through much of Tennessee and into the northern parts of Alabama and Georgia. The worst tornado was an F3 that devastated the Tennessee communities of Stantonville and Pittsburg Landing. Debris from Shiloh National Military Park was carried for three miles. Two dozen people were killed in this tornado, with forty fatalities from the entire outbreak.  http://www.nps.gov/shil/index.htm
14 October 1966 → A half mile wide F5 tornado in Iowa moved north northeast from Clarion to Belmond where a large section of town was devastated. About 109 homes were destroyed and 468 were damaged. Between Clarion and Belmond 27 farms were hit and several farm homes were leveled. The threatening skies forewarned a crowd at a homecoming parade and they successfully dispersed before the storm struck. Unfortunately there were still six fatalities in Belmond.
14 October 1984: Four days of heavy rain across northern Texas and southern Oklahoma came to an end. The heaviest rains fell in a band from southwest of Abilene Texas to McAlester Oklahoma, with up to 21 inches reported at Breckenridge, in north central Texas. The heavy rains were the result of decaying Hurricane Norma, which also spawned thirteen tornadoes across the region. Seven deaths were attributed to the flooding.
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Storm total rainfall map of Hurricane Norma during October 1981. Image courtesy from the Weather Prediction Center.
14 October 1984: Dense fog contributes to a 118 vehicle accident on I-94, just south of Milwaukee, the seventh day of an eight day stretch of dense fog. At the time of the accident the visibility was reportedly close to zero.
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15 October 1608 → Evangelista Torricelli, inventor of the barometer, was born.
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/libr0367.htm
15 October 1954 → Hurricane Hazel made landfall in the Carolinas as a Category 4 storm. As it crossed Hispaniola the storm killed about 1,000 people and destroyed much of Haiti's agriculture, the effects of which lasted for several years. In the U.S. 95 people were killed and the landfall happened to coincide with the highest lunar tide of the year, resulting in an 18-foot storm surge. As the tempest moved north it joined forces with a cold front and retained an amazing amount of strength, giving New York City and Washington DC their fastest wind gusts on record of 113 mph and 98 mph respectively, even though the storm was well inland. Continuing even further north, Hazel's torrential rains inundated Toronto and killed another 81 people in Canada.   http://www.erh.noaa.gov/mhx/EventReviews/19541015/19541015.php
15 October 1984 → Fifteen inches of snow fell during the Monday night football game in Denver (6" at the NWS office). The Broncos beat the Packers 17-14.  http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/?n=broncoblizzard
15 October 1989 → Hurricane Jerry made landfall on the upper Texas coast. The center of this very small storm passed closest to Galveston, Texas which reported sustained winds of 75 mph with gusts to 100 mph.  http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/jerry1989.html
15 October 1608: Evangelista Torricelli, the Italian physicist and mathematician who invented the barometer was born on this date. In 1644, Evangelista Torricelli, built the first barometer with mercury.
15 October 1954: By 11 pm on the 15th, Hurricane Hazel had reached and crossed the waters of Lake Ontario, still sporting sustained winds as high as 60 mph. Hazel took direct aim at the heart of Toronto as it roared past at 49 mph. Toronto saw heavy rainfall prior to Hurricane Hazel on the 14th. The previous storm, in combination with the hurricane resulted in significant flooding. Click HERE for more information from The Weather Doctor.
http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/almanac/arc2004/alm04oct.htm
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Flood waters surrounding a Toronto area church. Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Toronto Police Museum. 
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16 October 1780 → The most deadly Western Hemisphere hurricane on record raged across the Caribbean. It killed 22,000 people on the islands of Martinique, St. Eustatius, and Barbados. Thousands more died at sea.
16 October 1942 → The "Midnapore Cyclone" struck India and was accompanied by wind speeds of 140 mph.
16 October 2004 → A chain-reaction accident on I-95 near White Marsh, MD that injured 49 people was caused by the glare of sudden hail.
16 October 1944: The 1944 Cuba - Florida hurricane, also known as the Pinar del Rio Hurricane, stuck western Cuba on this day as a Category 4 hurricane. This hurricane killed an estimated 300 people in Cuba and nine in Florida. This is currently the 7th costliest U.S. Atlantic hurricane with an estimated $40.6 billion in damage.
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Image courtesy from the National Hurricane Center.
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Image courtesy from the Weather Prediction Center.
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17 October 1971 → Large balls of fire were observed just ahead of an F2 tornado moving down the main street of Wray, CO. This phenomena may be caused by dust particles gaining electrical charge as they are carried through the air by the wind.
17 October 1984 → Into the 18th Salt Lake City received a record-breaking 18 inches of lake effect snow in a 24-hour period. One million dollars damage was done. The storm was responsible for a fifty vehicle pile-up along Interstate 15 near Farmington, UT. 
17 October 1971: Great balls of fire were observed just ahead of a tornado moving down the main street of Wray, Colorado. However, little other electrical activity accompanied the storm. Nine persons were injured in the tornado, all at a trailer court at the edge of town.
17 October 1984: A snowstorm struck northern Utah producing a record 18 inches in 24 hours at Salt Lake City, and 40 inches at the nearby Alta Ski Resort. The town of Magna, located ten miles west of Salt Lake City, did not receive any snow at all. The storm was responsible for a fifty-vehicle pile-up along Interstate 15 near Farmington Utah.
17 October 1997: Late on October 17, Super Typhoon Ivan attained its peak intensity with winds of 185 mph and an official barometric pressure of 905 mbar. On the same day, while near peak intensity, Typhoon Joan was located about 1300 miles east of Typhoon Ivan.
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Typhoons Ivan (left) and Joan (right) from NOAA-14 on October 18. Image courtesy from NOAA.
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18 October 1985 → In the Philippines, Typhoon Dot produced 130 mph wind gusts.
18 October 1994 → A tremendous four-day rain came to an end in southeast Texas. 10 to 20 inches of rain were widespread, and 30.50 inches were reported at Liberty, TX. Massive flooding occurred with 18 lives lost, 13,000 evacuated, 22,000 homes destroyed or damaged. Total damage was $900 million.
18 October 1916: A tropical depression organized to a tropical storm on October 11 in the western Caribbean. It moved westward, reaching hurricane strength on the 13th before hitting the Yucatan Peninsula on the 15th as a 110-mph hurricane. It weakened over land, and it emerged over the southern Gulf of Mexico as a tropical storm. It quickly re-strengthened to a strong Category 2 hurricane, hitting Pensacola on October 18. This storm was a fast moving one so the damage was limited, but a ship sank offshore, killing 20 people.
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1916 Atlantic hurricane 14 track.
18 October 2005: Hurricane Wilma developed a tiny, well-defined eye and began intensifying rapidly, reaching Category 5 strength with a record-setting pressure of 882 millibars by October 19. The rapid intensification from tropical storm to Category 5 hurricane in 24 hours was the fastest ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean, and the second-fastest worldwide, after Super Typhoon Forrest.
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NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team,Goddard Space Flight Center.
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19 October 1844 → Hurricane-force winds drove water from Lake Erie into downtown Buffalo, NY drowning 78 people.
19 October 1984 → A thunderstorm produced an incredible 25 inches of rain in just 3 hours at Odem, TX, one of the greatest short term rains on record for the U.S.
19 October 1996 → The Head of the Charles rowing competition in Boston had to be canceled because of a major storm system that was affecting the East Coast.
19 October 2005 → Hurricane Wilma attained the lowest central pressure of any Western Hemisphere hurricane on record, bottoming out at 26.05 inches.  http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/extremeevents/specialreports/Hurricane-Wilma2005.pdf
19 October 2007: A total of 87 tornadoes were reported in the United States from Oct. 17-19, a new record outbreak for the month, according to NOAA's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma. The outbreak also contributed to the monthly total of 105 tornado reports - the second highest for October, behind the 117 tornadoes in October 2001. Records date back to 1950. Click HERE for more information from the Storm Prediction Center. http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/online/monthly/0710_summary.html
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20 October 1983 → The remains of Pacific Hurricane Tico left over a foot of rain in many areas of Oklahoma with 16.95 inches at Chickasha. http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/tico1983.html  
20 October 2004 → Typhoon Tokage became the tenth typhoon to strike Japan that year. Sixty people died.
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1956: While not a record, Esperanza Base in Antarctic warmed to 57.2 degrees on this date. The all-time warmest day at this base occurred on March 24, 2015 when the temperature reached 63.5 degrees. As of now, the 63.5 degrees has not been verified to be the warmest temperature recorded on the continent of Antarctica. Click HERE for more information from Weather Underground.
https://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/archive.html?year=2015&month=03

2004: Typhoon Tokage blasting across Japan triggers flash floods that wash away entire hillsides, killing 55 people and leaving at least 24 people missing. The last time storms killed more people was in September 1988.
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The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) flying aboard the Terra satellite captured this true-color image of Typhoon Tokage on October 19, 2004, at 2:15 UTC. At the time this image was taken Tokage was located approximately 23 miles south-southeast of Okinawa, Japan.
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21 October 1934 → A severe windstorm lashed the Pacific Northwest coast. In Washington, 22 deaths were reported and $1.7 million in damage was done, mainly to timber. Winds reached 87 mph at North Head, and waves reached 20 feet high on Puget Sound.
21 October 1975 → Carlton Fisk made history on this day because of a walk-off home run in the 1975 World Series, after it had been postponed by rain for three days.
21 October 1997 → The World Series game in Cleveland between the Indians and the Florida Marlins featured showers and very chilly weather for baseball: temperatures in the 40s with 25 mph winds. Florida won the game 14 to 11. The next day the two teams played in Cleveland again, with snow showers and temperatures only in the 30s. That time Cleveland won 10-3.
21 October 1966: An avalanche of mud and rocks buries a school in Aberfan, Wales, killing 148 people, mostly young students. The elementary school was located below a hill where a mining operation dumped its waste. In the days leading up to October 21, there was heavy rain in the area. After five months of investigation and the deposition of more than 100 witnesses, it was determined that the tip had blocked the natural course of water down the hill. As the water was soaked into the tip, pressure built up inside until it cracked, with devastating results. The site of the disaster later became a park. Click HERE for more information from BBC.  http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/october/21/newsid_3194000/3194860.stm
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Iain McLean & Martin Johnes, Aberfan:Disasters and Government (Cardiff: Welsh Academic Press, 2000)
21 October 1988: Hurricane Joan, the last hurricane of the season, neared the coast of Nicaragua packing 125 mph winds. Joan claimed more than 200 lives as she moved over Central America, and total damage approached 1.5 billion dollars. Crossing more than 40 degrees of longitude, Hurricane Joan never strayed even one degree from the 12-degree north parallel. After crossing Central America into the Pacific, the cyclone was renamed Tropical Storm Miriam, with the system's dissipation occurring southwest of Mexico.
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This image shows Hurricane Joan near peak intensity on October 22. The storm's maximum sustained winds at the time were about 140 mph. This image was produced from data from NOAA-10, provided by NOAA.
21 October 2010: Tornadoes to occur in South America. A tornado rampages through Poza del Tigre, a northern Argentinean town, leaving at least six dead and over 100 wounded. Click HERE for more information from the Associated Press.
http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/Argentina-Tornado/77dcf4e5c5fbced8bf4e2d33b4238acb?query=Tornado&current=12&orderBy=Relevance&hits=76&referrer=search&search=%2Fsearch%3Fquery%3DTornado%26allFilters%3DLocal%2520governments%3ASubject%2CGeneral%2520news%3ASubject&allFilters=Local+governments%3ASubject%2CGeneral+news%3ASubject&productType=IncludedProducts&page=1
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22 October 1965 → A heat wave of record duration hit southern California. Downtown Los Angeles had highs in the 90s to around 100 degrees each day from the 20th to the 29th. San Diego hit 104 on the 22nd.
22 October 2005 → Isla Mujeres, Mexico set the Northern Hemisphere's and Western Hemisphere's 24-hour rainfall record with 64.33 inches thanks to Hurricane Wilma.
22 October 1998: Tropical Depression Thirteen formed on October 22 over the southwestern Caribbean Sea. By the 24th, this tropical depression became Hurricane Mitch. This hurricane would rapidly intensify over the next two days, reaching Category 5 strength on the 26th. Hurricane Mitch would end up being the second deadliest hurricane in the history of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Hurricane Mitch at peak intensity on October 26 at 2028 UTC. This image was produced from data from NOAA-14, provided by NOAA.
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23 October 1091 → England's earliest known tornado was also one of its strongest on record. It has been rated as an EF4, and devastated central London. The church at St. Mary le Bow was badly damaged with four rafters, each 26 feet long, driven 22 feet into the ground. Other churches in the area were demolished, as were over 600 houses. London Bridge was destroyed.
23 October 1761 → A violent hurricane struck New England, causing tremendous damage in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
23 October 1920 → Tetsuya Fujita, inventor of the Fujita Scale, was born.
23 October 2002 → Visibility was reduced to less than 100 meters during the Australian Dust Storm. It was the worst dust storm in 30 years. 
23 October 1091: The earliest known tornado in Britain, possibly the most severe on record, hit central London. The church at St. Mary le Bow was badly damaged. Four rafters, each 26 feet long were driven into the ground with such force that only four feet protruded above the surface. Other churches in the area were also demolished along with over 600 houses.
Artist's impression of the St. Mary le Bow tornado
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Artist's impression of the St. Mary le Bow tornado (Chris Chatfield).
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24 October 1933 → A London high fog settled over the city causing "midnight at mid-day" as a temperature inversion formed, trapping fog and smoke beneath it. The sun turned yellow, red, and sometimes disappeared. A pilot said it looked like a huge black mushroom shrouding the city.
24 October 1992 → Near Flagstaff, AZ, three tornadoes touched down. One tornado tracked across the Crater National Monument.
24 October 1878: The Gale of 1878 was an intense Category 2 hurricane that was active between October 18 and October 25. It caused extensive damage from Cuba to New England. Believed to be the strongest storm to hit the Washington - Baltimore region since hurricane records began in 1851. Click HERE for more information from the Weather Prediction Center.  http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/research/roth/galeof78.htm

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Image courtesy from David Roth of WPC and Hugh Cobb from the NWS Office in Wakefield, Virginia.
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25 October 1805 → Snow began falling in west central Indiana during the afternoon and continued into the next day. At Fort Wayne, IN the snowfall reached a foot in depth.
25 October 1859 → The sinking of the British ship The Royal Charter in 1859 began a string of ships damaged by severe weather, which led to the issuance of gale warnings in England the following year.
25 October 1921 → A hurricane made landfall at Tarpon Springs, FL, as a Category 3 (after weakening from a Category 4), causing several million dollars in damage.  http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tbw/?n=tampabay1921hurricane 
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/nws/mitch1.html
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25 October 1977 → Dutch Harbor, AK set the U.S. record for lowest barometric pressure in a non-tropical storm: 27.35 inches.
25 October 1992 → The final tropical storm of the season, Zeke, was born in the eastern Pacific. It broke the record for the most named storms in one year in that region.
25 October 1918: The Canadian steamship Princess Sophia carrying miners from the Yukon and Alaska becomes stranded on Vanderbilt Reef. A strong northerly gale hampers rescue attempts the day before. The ship sinks on this day, killing the 268 passengers and 75 crewmen on board.
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Princess Sophia steamship, stranded on Vanderbilt Reef, Lynn Canal, Alaska October 24, 1918.
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Princess Sophia on Vanderbilt Reef. Image courtesy from Alaska's Digital Archives.
25 October 2008: A storm packing winds of more than 60 mph hits central Alberta. In Edmonton, the strongest October wind ever recorded reaches 64 mph, cutting power to 4,000. The winds blow loose sheet metal, parts of billboards, garbage cans and pieces of trees around the city.
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26 October 1865 → A hurricane sank the steamship USS Mobile in 1,700 feet of water off the Georgia coast. The wreck, laden with 20,000 gold coins, was found in 2003.
26 October 1998 → Hurricane Mitch, the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since 1780, struck Central America, killing more than 11,000 people. Winds peaked at 180 mph and maintained hurricane intensity for 24 hours after making landfall. The tropical system drenched the region with over a foot of rainfall.  http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/reports/mitch/mitch.html
26 October 2003 → A surfer was killed while he was surfing in the storm-tossed seas of the Gulf of Mexico when he was struck by lightning near Destin, FL.
26 October 2010 → The lowest barometric pressure ever recorded in the U.S. between the Rockies and the Appalachians with a non-tropical system was set at Big Fork, MN, with a pressure of 28.21".  http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dlh/?n=101026_pressurerecords
26 October 1952: There have been thousands of weather reconnaissance and research flights into hurricanes in the Atlantic and Pacific since the mid-1940s. There have been several close calls, but only four flights have been lost. A B-29 Super-fortress flight into Super Typhoon Wilma 350 miles east of Leyte in the Philippines disappeared on this date. No trace was ever found of the plane or crew. At last report, the flight was in the Super-typhoon's strongest winds, which were around 160 mph.
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26 October 1998: Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean, reached Category 5 strength on this day.
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Image courtesy from NOAA.
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27 October 1913 → The town of Edwardsville, in southern Wales, saw the deadliest tornado in United Kingdom history when a twister hit the mining town and may have killed as many as six people (accounts vary).
27 October 1929 → A winter storm established a record (at the time) for the state of Michigan by dumping 27 inches of snow on Ishpeming in 24 hours. 
27 October 1913: At least three people died and more than a hundred people were injured when the Abercynon Tornado struck an area from Edwardsville to Cilfynydd in South Wales. Click HERE for more information from BBC. 
 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-24676858
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The roofs of whole terraces of homes were ripped off.
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28 October 1971 → A severe early season blizzard raged through the plateau and Rocky Mountain region. Heavy snows blocked railroads and interstate highways. Lander, WY was buried under 21 inches of snow and the temperature at Big Piney, WY plunged to 15 degrees below zero.
28 October 1998 → The crew of 31 aboard the cruise ship Fantome were lost and never found because of Hurricane Mitch's 115 mph winds near Belize.
28 October 1999 → As a newlywed couple was having their pictures taken, the bride was swept away to her death because of tremendous waves from a Pacific storm at Pacific Grove, CA.
28 October 2000 → A tornado tore through Bognor Regis, England causing $7 million damage.
28 October 1846: In the spring of 1846, a group of nearly 90 emigrants left Springfield, Illinois, and headed west to California. The Donner party arrived at the Great Salt Lake and still needed to cross the Sierra Nevada Mountains late in the season. On this day, a heavy snowfall blocked the pass, thus trapping the emigrants. Only 45 of the original 89 emigrants reached California the following year. Click HERE for more information from the History Channel.  http://www.history.com/topics/donner-party
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Donner Lake Pass in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan.U.S. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel (King Survey). The King survey took place in the 1870s.
28 October 1999: A Super Typhoon, known as Cyclone 05B, reached the equivalent of the Category 5 hurricane on this day. This is the strongest tropical cyclone ever record in the North Indian Ocean. Cyclone 05B hit the Indian State of Odisha near the city of Bhubaneswar on October 29. An estimated 10,000 individuals would die from this cyclone and 1.67 million people were left homeless. Click HERE for more information from the History Channel.  http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cyclone-intensifies-near-india
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Cyclone 05B near peak intensity. October 28, 1999 at 09 UTC.
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29 October 1867 → A hurricane struck Puerto Rico, sinking 50 ships and killing over a thousand people along its path. This is still one of the strongest hurricanes in Puerto Rico's history.
29 October 1985 → When Hurricane Juan came ashore at Morgan City, LA it was only a Category 1. However its very slow and bizarre looping track caused torrential rains to inundate the Gulf Coast and Appalachians from October 28 to November 1. A foot of rain was recorded at Mobile.
29 October 1999 → A supercyclone swept in from the Bay of Bengal, killing at least 9,573 and leaving over 10 million homeless in Orissa state, India.
29 October 2012 → Hurricane Sandy roared into the New Jersey shore bringing 80 mph winds and 30 foot waves to the eastern seaboard from Chesapeake Bay to New England. There were 148 direct fatalities and millions were without electricity, some for up to 3 weeks after the storm.  
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/sigevents/Sandy_summary.pdf
29 October 1693: From the Royal Society of London: "There happened a most violent storm in Virginia which stopped the course of ancient channels and made some where there never were any." Known as the Accomack Storm, this event likely caused changes to the Delmarva shoreline, and coastal inlets.
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A map of the current day Delmarva Peninsula.
29 October 1948: An historic smog event occurred in the town of Donora, Pennsylvania. The smog killed 20 people and sickened 7,000 more.
Noon in the Donora Smog of 1948
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Taken at noon on October 29, 1948, this picture shows the deadly smog blanketing Donora. Image from the NOAA Ocean Service Education. Click HERE for more information from Penn State.  http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/DonoraSmog.html
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30 October 1948 → The Donora, PA smog disaster finally came to an end. For five days pollution from industry in the area was trapped in the lower atmosphere over the Monongahela Valley, killing 20 people and making 2000 people sick.
30 October 2004 → University of Hawaii students visiting the library had to escape through a window due to surging flood waters.
30 October 2011 → An unusually severe early season winter storm swept up the Appalachians into New England. Over a foot of snow fell from West Virginia to Maine, with more than two feet in the mountains of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Winds over 50 mph were reported on Nantucket Island and Martha's Vineyard.   http://www.erh.noaa.gov/aly/Past/2011/October_29-30_2011/Oct_29-30_2011.htm	
30 October 1991: The Perfect Storm, also known as the No-Name Storm, reached maximum strength on this day with a low pressure of 972 mb and sustained winds of 69 mph. Click HERE for more information from the History Channel.
 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/perfect-storm-hits-north-atlantic
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This image shows an extratropical low at peak intensity October 30 at 1226 UTC. This image was produced from data from NOAA-12, provided by NOAA.
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31 October 1991 → A severe winter storm dubbed the Great Halloween Mega Storm struck the upper Midwest. Minnesota bore the brunt of the storm. Blizzard conditions occurred with wind gusts frequently to 50 mph. By the time the storm finally ended on November 2, Duluth received 37 inches of snow, Minneapolis 28 inches, and International Falls 18 inches. For Duluth and Minneapolis, this set new all time records for single storm totals. These two cities received nearly half their normal seasonal snows in this one storm.
http://climate.umn.edu/doc/journal/halloween_blizzard_20th.htm  ??
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dlh/?n=1991halloweenblizzard
31 October 1994 → American Eagle Flight 4184 was completing its last turn in holding before being cleared for landing at O'Hare Airport in Chicago. After holding in pattern for an hour in wintry precipitation, enough ice accumulated on the aircraft that the plane became uncontrollable and crashed in Roselawn, IN. All 68 on board the ATR-72-212 aircraft were killed. 

31 October 1876: The Great Backerganj, also known as the Bengal cyclone of 1876 struck Bangladesh, then part of the province of Bengal in British India on this day. A maximum wind speed of 137 mph along with a storm surge of 10 to 45 feet inundated the coastal region. This storm likely caused 200,000 casualties along with displacing thousands of other individuals.
31 October 1991: A severe winter storm, dubbed the Great Halloween Mega Storm, struck the upper Midwest. Minnesota bore the brunt of this storm. Blizzard conditions occurred with winds gusting frequently to 40 and 50 mph. By the time it was all over on November 2nd, Duluth recorded 37 inches, Minneapolis 28 inches, International Falls 18 inches and 11.2 inches in 24-hours at Sioux Falls, SD, their earliest heavy snowfall of 6 inches or more and snowiest October on record. For Duluth and Minneapolis, the snow amounts set new all-time records for the greatest amount of snow in a single storm. The storm gave these two cities nearly half of their average seasonal snowfall.
October 31 to November 3, 1991, Snowfall Totals Map for Minnesota and Iowa
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Click HERE for more information from the National Centers for Environmental Information. 
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/news/month-climate-history-halloween-blizzard-1991

Needs to be added to WI list
31 Oct 1929 -- 
The 410-foot SS Senator -- Departed Kenosha with 268 factory new Nash automobiles (1929 and 1930 models) destined for Michigan and collided under dense fog conditions (100-foot visibility) with the steel bulk carrier, the 420-foot Marquette, bound for Indiana Harbor with 7,000 tons of iron ore from Escanaba.  The Senator sank in 8 minutes, with 10 fatalities from the 28 crew members.
The wreck is now located  approximately 15 miles east of Port Washington, Wis in more than 400 feet of water.
From 
http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/05/senator_shipwreck_nash_motors.html
Reference to The Senator -- 
"She is the lesser known among a trio of Lake Michigan shipwrecks that week. On Oct. 22, the SS Milwaukee train car ferry sank off Milwaukee with all 52 hands. On Oct. 29, the SS Wisconsin steamer sank off Kenosha with about 18 lost."
See also http://quod.lib.umich.edu/t/tbnms1ic/x-127543.163893/*
Also http://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/Vessel/Details/564?region=Index
http://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/59286/data

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See also From MPX "This Day in Weather History"  http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mpx/WxHistory.php
New version: From MPX "This Day in Weather History"  http://www.weather.gov/mpx/wxhistory 
This "Day in Weather History" contains come 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.

October 1
1 October 1999: One of the earliest significant snowfalls fell in a narrow track across southern Minnesota. Reported snowfall totals included 4.0 inches in Montgomery (LeSeur County) and Northfield (Rice County), 3.8 inches in Springfield (Brown County), 3.0 inches in Vesta (Redwood County), and 2.8 inches in Mankato (Blue Earth County).
See entry for date and following day in http://www.weather.gov/arx/ThisDayInHistory
1 October 1989: Daily high temperatures across central and southern Minnesota reached the 80's.  Later in the day, a cold front came through and dropped the mercury to the 40's.
October 2
2 October 1953: A record high temperature of 90 degrees Fahrenheit for the St. Cloud area was recorded in 1953 (and later tied in 1992). Minneapolis also set a record that same day in 1953 with a high of 89 degrees.
2 October 1849: Persistent rain at Ft. Snelling accumulated to  4 inches in a day-and-a half.
October 3
3 October 1999: The earliest ever single-digit temperature in Minnesota for Fall was recorded at Embarrass, where the low was 9 degrees.
See entry for date and for 2 Oct 1999 in http://www.weather.gov/arx/ThisDayInHistory
3 October 1922: A hot fall day occurred in Minnesota.  Notable high temperatures were 95 degrees in Ada and 93 degrees at Moorhead.
October 4
4 October 2005: Localized heavy rain fell in parts of central Minnesota. 4.61 inches of rain fell in the Minneapolis area, 3.42 inches was recorded in St. Cloud, 2.28 inches in Redwood Falls, 2.98 inches in New London, 3.23 inches in Buffalo, 1.43 inches in Little Falls, 1.92 inches in Alexandria, 1.10 inches in Glenwood, and 1.77 inches in Amery, WI.
recent version -- Widespread heavy rain falls in Minnesota. 4.61 inches of rain falls in the Minneapolis area, 3.42 inches is recorded in St. Cloud, 2.28 inches in Redwood Falls, 2.98 inches in New London, and 3.23 inches in Buffalo.
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/mqt/today_in_history
4 October 1939: A storm dumped 2.16 inches of rain at Fairmont.
4 October 1922: A record high temperature of 89 degrees Fahrenheit was set in the Minneapolis area.
October 5
5 October 1963: A heat wave hit part of Minnesota with high temperatures reaching 98 degrees at Beardsley, 96 degrees at Madison, and 94 degrees at Elbow Lake.
See entry for date in  http://www.weather.gov/arx/ThisDayInHistory
October 6
6 October 1997: Hail, wind, and an F0 tornado were reported in the early morning hours in several counties in west central Minnesota. Near Canby in Yellow Medicine County, hail combined with wind gusts nearing 60 mph damaged the roof of bus garage, elementary school windows and a school vehicle. Renville, McLeod, Carver, Scott, and Dakota counties also received hail and strong winds. Widespread pea to marble size hail accumulated to three inches deep in several areas, and severely damaged crops over a large part of Renville county. Many power lines and trees were blown down. Southeast of Bird Island, a barn collapsed and killed over 100 pigs. Near Brownton in McLeod County, hail accumulated to a depth of 3 inches with one foot drifts. A brief tornado touched down near Stewart in McLeod County, damaging a few trees.
6 October 1987: Snow fell over the Arrowhead region.
October 7
7 October 2003: Record high temperatures were seen across the area. St. Cloud's high was 86 degrees Fahrenheit. Minneapolis tied their record of 85 degrees set in 1997, and Alexandria set their record with 88 degrees. Forest Lake reached a record-setting 82 degrees, along with Stillwater at 84 degrees.
7 October 1980: Summer-like heat occurred over Minnesota with high temperatures of 92 degrees at Montevideo and 84 degrees at the Twin Cities.
October 8
8 October 1949: A record-setting 3.17 inches of rain fell at Eau Claire.
October 9
9 October 1970: Montevideo set a record low high temperature of 35 degrees Fahrenheit.
9 October 1938: Forest fires on the 9th and 10th claimed 21 lives in northern Minnesota.
October 10
10 October 1977: A few locations received early accumulating snow, including Minneapolis with 2.5 inches, Gaylord with 2 inches, and Jordan with 2 inches of snow.
10 October 1970: Early snowfall was recorded in west central Minnesota. Snow totals ranged from a trace to 4.2 inches in Benson. Other areas included Montevideo with 4 inches, Canby with 3.2 inches, Morris with 2.6 inches, Willmar with 2.5 inches. New London, New Ulm, and Buffalo all recorded 2 inches of snowfall.
10 October 1949: An incredibly strong low pressure system brought hurricane force winds across Minnesota. This was possibly the strongest non-thunderstorm winds seen in Minnesota. Top winds were clocked at 100 mph at Rochester, with a gust of 89 mph at the Twin Cities International Airport. Four deaths and 81 injuries were reported. Numerous store windows were broken, and large chimneys toppled. The top 10 floors of the Foshay building were evacuated with the tenants feeling seasick from the swaying building.
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/arx/ThisDayInHistory
10 October 1928: Record high temperatures were set across central Minnesota with highs in the upper 80s to lower 90s.
October 11
11 October 1909: A snowstorm hit the state, along with temperatures dropping to 7 degrees over northern Minnesota.
October 12
12 October 1969: Snow accumulated in several locations. Minneapolis received 2 inches, while St. Cloud recorded 3.6 inches, Redwood Falls had 1.7 inches, and Springfield recorded 1.5 inches.
12 October 1918: Dry fall weather set the stage for a dangerous fire threat. Several fires roared through large areas of Carlton and St. Louis Counties. Hardest hit were the towns of Cloquet, Moose Lake and Brookston. The Carlton County Vidette called it a "Hurricane of burning leaves and smoke." At least 453 people died, possibly as many as 1,000. Over 11,000 people were left homeless.
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/mqt/today_in_history
October 13
13 October 1917: Record low temperatures occurred across central Minnesota with temperatures ranging from the low to mid teens to the upper teens and lower 20s. St. Cloud had the lowest temperature of 10 degrees Fahrenheit; likewise, Mora recorded a low of 13 degrees Fahrenheit.
13 October 1880: An early blizzard struck southwest and west central counties in Minnesota. Huge drifts exceeding 20 ft in the Canby area lasted until the following spring.
13 October 1820: A snowstorm at Ft. Snelling dumped 11 inches of snow.
October 14
14 October 1966: An enormous hailstone crashed through the windshield of a truck near Claremont in Dodge County. It was reported to be 16 inches in circumference. 
See entry for date and following day in http://www.weather.gov/arx/ThisDayInHistory
October 15
15 October 1968: Unseasonably warm weather spread across central and southern Minnesota. The high temperature was 85 degrees  in the Twin Cities.
15 October 1899: Torrential rain fell with 3.2 inches of rain in the St. Cloud area and 2.1 inches in Willmar.
October 16
16 October 1996: Early evening storms produced 3/4 to 1 3/4 inch hail in Nicollet, Dakota, Brown, Watonwan, and Martin Counties. In Scott County near St. Patrick, hail fell intermittently for an hour and the area received 3 1/2 inches of rainfall. In Watonwan County, wind gusts up to 63 mph moved several garages off their foundations, destroyed a Cattle shed and a corn crib, and uprooted and toppled trees. Southwest of Lake Crystal in Blue Earth County, a garage was blown over onto a vehicle. A 250 gallon fuel tank was also blown over.
16 October 1937: A snowstorm left 10 inches at Bird Island.
16 October 1880: One of the earliest blizzards occurred in Minnesota.  The blizzard struck western Minnesota and the eastern Dakotas especially hard. Over a foot of snow in western counties. Railroads were blocked. Damage done to Great Lakes shipping. Huge drifts exceeding 20 ft formed in the Canby area lasted until the next spring when flooding occurred across the Minnesota River Valley.  (See the gale on Lake Michigan on this date in MQT 
http://www.weather.gov/mqt/today_in_history file)
October 17
17 October 1971: Heavy rains fell in NW Minnesota, with 4.02 inches at Georgetown (20 miles N of Moorhead).
17 October 1952: Record low temperatures were reported across central Minnesota with lows from 10 to 15 degrees, including a low of 10 degrees at St. Cloud, 12 degrees at Glenwood, and 14 degrees at Alexandria, Litchfield, and Mora.
October 18
18 October 1950: Record high temperatures were set across the area as highs reached the mid to upper 80s. Minneapolis and Farmington saw highs of 87 degrees Fahrenheit, while Albert Lea reached 86 degrees.
18 October 1916: A blizzard impacted Minnesota. A sharp temperature drop began as well as Hallock's temperature dropped from the 60's to 2 above by the 20th.
October 19
19 October 2000: The warmest October 19th in Minnesota history. Many cities had high temperatures in the 80s, with the Twin Cities hitting 84 degrees. Appleton in Swift County reported 90 degrees.
19 October 1972: A cold snap moved through Minnesota, with low temperatures of 1 degree above zeron in Tower and 9 degrees in St Peter and Luverne.
19 October 1916: Redwood Falls received a record-setting 7 inches of snow.
October 20
20 October 2002: Heavy snow impacted central Minnesota.  A 10-20 mile-wide heavy snow band extended from southeast North Dakota to around Grantsburg, Wisconsin. Little Falls picked up nine inches.
20 October 1916: Accumulating snow fell in south central Minnesota with 4.5 inches recorded in New Ulm, 4 inches in Farmington and Hutchinson, 3.5 inches in Montevideo, and 3 inches in Faribault.
20 October 1835: Six inches of snow fell at Ft. Snelling.
October 21
21 October 1916:  A three-day blizzard ended. A sharp temperature drop occurred at Bird Island, with temperature falling from 65 to 13 degrees.
October 22
22 October 1938: Sleet and wind caused damage along Minnesota/Wisconsin border. 100,000 dollars in damage at La Crosse.
22 October 1913: Long Prairie had a record low temperature of 8 degrees Fahrenheit.
October 23
23 October 1899: The Twin Cities experienced an unseasonably warm day with a high temperature of 82 degrees. 
See entry for following day in http://www.weather.gov/arx/ThisDayInHistory
October 24
24 October 1922: A powerful low pressure system over Minnesota brought 55-mph winds to  Collegeville.
October 25
25 October 1887: Albert Lea set a record low temperature of -6 degrees F.
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/arx/ThisDayInHistory
25 October 1830: A "heat wave" was recorded at Ft. Snelling. The high temperature reached 80 degrees.
October 26
26-27 October 2010:  The lowest pressure on record for Minnesota occurs in the town of Bigfork, with a reading of 28.21 inches of mercury (955.30 mb). Very strong winds were widespread throughout the state, with peak gusts of 65 mph recorded at both Georgeville (Stearns County) and Mehurin Township (Lac Qui Parle County).
See entries for date in  http://www.weather.gov/mqt/today_in_history 
and http://www.weather.gov/arx/ThisDayInHistory
Check this storm from 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2010_North_American_storm_complex
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=46662
See also  12-pg pdf report from WPC/NCEP "Midwest High Wind Event October 25th – October 27th 2010"
http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/winter_storm_summaries/event_reviews/2010/Midwest_High_Wind2010.pdf 
(Also check pg.4 -- Selected List of US Pressure Readings)
From Duluth "Pressure Records: The October 26-27, 2010 Significant Extratropical Cyclone"
http://www.weather.gov/dlh/101026_pressurerecords
"Bigfork, MN (KFOZ) had a minimum sea level pressure of 955.2 millibars (28.21") at 5:13 pm CDT on 26 Oct 2010.  This is recalculated slightly from the lowest altimeter reading of 28.20" that was initially reported for this storm. Both altimeter readings and sea level pressure are derived from the station pressure. Although the altimeter reading is a sea level reduction as well, it uses a US standard atmosphere assumption. The sea level pressure factors in observed temperatures. Therefore, the altimeter and sea level pressure readings are often very slightly different. 
"Our two climate reporting sites set low pressure records as well:
Duluth, MN had a minimum sea level pressure of 960.2 millibars (28.35") at 11:15 am CDT. This broke the old record at Duluth which was 964.3 millibars (28.48"), set on November 10, 1998. International Falls, MN had a minimum sea level pressure of 956.0 millibars (28.23") at 3:45 pm CDT. This broke the old record which was 971.9 millibars (28.70"), set on October 10, 1949."
In addition to the lowest observed sea level pressure record for Minnesota, a statewide record lowest observed sea level pressure reading for Wisconsin was reported in Superior at 1115 CDT with a pressure of 961.3 hPa (28.39 inches).  The previous record was 963.4 mb (28.45 inches) at Green Bay on 3 Apr 1982.   

Minnesota Climatology Working Group has page "Record Low Pressure Hits Minnesota  October 26-27, 2010" at http://climate.umn.edu/doc/journal/low_pressure_101026.htm  
Includes statements on low pressure records broken at DLH (as well as for Wis at Superior with 28.38 inches or 955.98 mb) and LSE (taken from below item at ARX).
(?? May be included in http://www.weather.gov/mpx/events )
See also "Rain/Snow and Wind Event October 26-27, 2010" from Fargo NWS at
http://www.weather.gov/fgf/October26_27_2010Summary
See "Wind Event of October 26-27, 2010"   http://www.weather.gov/arx/oct2610 
Record low pressure at LSE and RST (see list of lowest five barometric pressure readings, apparently for their current airport locations)
See "October 26, 2010 Windstorm and Record Low Pressure" from Green Bay http://www.weather.gov/grb/102610_cyclone
See "October 26, 2010 - Record Low Pressure, Tornado, Severe Winds" from Milwaukee/Sullivan
http://www.weather.gov/mkx/102610_historic-low-pressure
especially for the strong non-thunderstorm winds list. 
See also the entry for 26 Oct in the http://www.weather.gov/mqt/today_in_history 
26 October 1996: An unusual outbreak of severe weather combined with a blizzard occurred across north central Minnesota. Intense low pressure tracking into Minnesota produced blizzard conditions over portions of South Dakota, while farther east in Minnesota, unseasonably mild temperatures developed. Temperatures climbed near 70 degrees with dew points in the 50s. 1 to 1 3/4 inch hail and strong winds were reported in Lac Qui Parle, Yellow Medicine, Chippewa, and Swift Counties. These storms produced 12 tornadoes, the largest of which received F2 ratings. Southwest of Alexandria in Douglas County, an F2 tornado with a 9-mile track destroyed several homes. One women sustained broken bones and internal injuries when a portion of her house, with her inside, was flung 200 feet onto the interstate. This tornado also pushed over a 500-pound fuel tank. Tornadoes also touched down in Swift, Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, and Isanti Counties.
26 October 1985: Indian Summer across Minnesota. Twin Cities hit 70 degrees.
(Note: This entry was not included in 2016 version.)
 October 27
27 October 1943: Residents would describe this event as "one of the worst fogs in the Twin Cities in memory." A very dense area of fog, with an average of 75 feet in thickness, blanketed the area. At the worst, street lights could not be seen 25 yards away. Drivers refused to cross unmarked railroad crossings and traffic was brought to a standstill.
27 October 1931: A storm with an intense area of low pressure moved across  the Duluth area, where the barometer fell to 29.02 inches of mercury (982.8 millibars).
October 28
28 October 1960: A 29-day dry stretch in west central Minnesota ended.
October 29
29 October 2004: Exceptionally muggy conditions for October were felt over much of the state. Dew points surged into the middle to upper 60's over central and southern Minnesota. Ladybugs were extremely active.
29 October 1955: Early snow hit the Twin Cities,  accumulating to 2.2 inches.
29 October 1905: Snowfall accumulated in south central Minnesota. Snow totals included 7 inches at Fairmont, 6 inches at Farmington, 4.5 inches at Montevideo, 4 inches at Faribault, and 3 inches at New London. 
October 30
30 October 1951: An early snow storm dropped as much as 8 inches of snowfall in north central Minnesota. Mora had 8 inches, while Long Prairie received 6 inches. Glenwood, Little Falls, Morris, and New London all had 5 inches of new snow. Meanwhile, surrounding areas received a couple of inches.
30 October 1936: An intense dust storm with gale force winds caused damage in Central Minnesota. Heavy wind damage was reported in Stearns County.
October 31 
31 October 1991: The Great Halloween Blizzard began. Trick or Treating was memorable for the few who ventured out, as  8.2 inches of snow fell at MSP airport by midnight, with much more to come the following day.
See entries for following day in http://www.weather.gov/mpx/wxhistory
and in http://www.weather.gov/arx/ThisDayInHistory
See also http://www.weather.gov/dlh/1991halloweenblizzard 
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/climate/journal/9110_31_Halloween_Blizzard.html
"Halloween Blizzard/Ice Storm of 1991" http://www.weather.gov/arx/halloween1991
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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.

October 1
1843: On October 1, 1843, the wooden brig Albany, while carrying merchandise and passengers, went aground and was wrecked in a gale in the Straits of Mackinac, a few miles from Mackinaw City.
1881: On October 1, 1881, the wood schooner, 3-mast Lewis Day, while carrying cedar posts, missed her stays while beating to windward in company of the schooner South Side in a gale in the bay of Green Bay. Went ashore on the east side of Plum Island and was pounded to pieces. She had just the previous day escaped from being ashore on nearby Cedar River Point, and had escaped by throwing her deckload overboard.
1888: On October 1, 1888, the wood schooner, bulk freighter, 3-mast Fleetwing, while carrying barrel staves, went ashore in the narrow channel of Death's Door at the mouth of Green Bay and went to pieces in a gale. Salvagers put two pumps aboard to save her the next day, but she broke up soon after. Then the pumps themselves became a difficult salvage job.
1893: On October 1, 1893, the wood schooner-barge, bulk freight Windsor, while carrying telegraph poles, sprung a leak in a gale while bound for Chicago and was run for shore. She struck a rocky reef near Cana Island, in the bay of Green Bay* and capsized, but most of her crew was rescued by the Sturgeon Bay lifesaving crew. One person perished.  
*Should be Lake Michigan near Baileys Harbor 
http://wisconsinshipwrecks.org/Vessel/Details/646?region=UpprLakeMichigan
1918: On October 1, 1918, the wood, bulk freight Gale Staples, while carrying coal, was upbound when caught in a NW gale and driven on Au Sable reef in Lake Superior, where she broke up. The U.S. Lifesaving Service took her crew off.
October 2
1992: On October 2, 1992, after a very cold summer, WFO Marquette had a record high temperature of 87F on this date, the warmest day recorded ever for October at that site.
1901: On October 2, 1901, the wood, bulk freighter M. M. Drake, lost the line to her sinking consort the wood schooner-barge, 3-mast Michigan in a 55-mph gale, then collided with her while trying to take off her crew. The Michigan began to leak in vile weather during a gale. The Drake and Michigan both were carrying iron ore. Disabled and wallowing, the Drake began to sink, but the passing freighters Northern Wave and Crescent City stood by and rescued the crews in a feat of daring off Vermilion Point, MI in Lake Superior. One crew member perished.
October 3

1887: On October 3, 1887, the wood, passenger and package freighter California, while carrying general merchandise, was overwhelmed by a gale and sank about 7 miles due west of the current Mackinac Bridge north anchorage one mile off St. Helena, Island in the straits of Mackinac in Lake Michigan. Some of her lost crew are buried at Mackinac City. 9 members of the 25-member crew perished.

1903: On October 3, 1903, the wood, coaster Erie L. Hackley, while carrying general freight, was overwhelmed by a gale and sank in the bay of Green Bay, off Menominee, MI. 11 of the 19 on board perished.
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/arx/ThisDayInHistory

1911: On October 3, 1911, the wood, bulk freight A.L. Hopkins began to sink off Ontonagon, MI in Lake Superior and was abandoned by her crew in a gale. Apparently buoyed by her lumber cargo, she drifted up and down the shipping lanes with her decks awash for at least two weeks. Her crew was picked up by the steamer Alva C. Dinkey after 15 hrs adrift.

1890: On October 3, 1890, the wood, bulk freight 'steam barge' Fred McBrier, while carrying iron ore, collided with the propeller Progress in fog and sank in 7 minutes 7 miles east of Waugoschance Point, in the western Straits of Mackinac in Lake Michigan, having been struck squarely amidships. She had been downbound towing the barges A.Stewart and J.B. Lozen, and the two steamers had misunderstood signals while passing. 

October 4

1903: On October 4, 1903, the wood schooner-barge, 3-mast H.W. Sage, while carrying iron ore, was in tow of the prop Samoa and bound Escanaba for Lake Erie, when she was torn loose and foundered in a storm near Poverty Island in Lake Michigan. She was a total loss, but her crew was able to abandon to the steamer before she went down.

1911: On October 4, 1911, the wood schooner-barge Jura was seeking shelter from a gale, when she went on a reef in Lake Michigan opposite Cross Village, MI and was pounded to pieces.

2002: On October 4, 2002, a severe thunderstorm with wind gusts up to 69 mph caused trees up to 6 inches in diameter to be blown down at Cornell in the late afternoon. Trees were blown down 1 mile north of Amasa in the mid afternoon. Two trees 10 inches in diameter were blown down in Witch Lake at 1632 EST. Trees and power lines were blown down 7 miles north of Republic at 1645 EST. Trees were blown down across power lines in Harvey at 1711 EST. Tree branches as large as 12 inches in diameter were broken off 4 miles east of Wilson at 1747 EST. A large tree was knocked down at Ensign in the early evening and a large tree branch was broken off in Escanaba. A 61 mph wind gust was recorded at Manistique at 1854 EST and trees and power lines were blown down in Manistique with the broken power lines starting a fire at 1905 EST. Tree branches 2 to 3 inches in diameter were broken off 2 miles south of Newberry and a grandstand, a section of fence and the roof of a greenhouse were damaged at the Luce County Fairgrounds in Newberry. A few trees were blown down in Gould City at 1930 EST. An area of thunderstorms moved across eastern Upper Michigan during the evening hours. A few of the storms produced severe wind gusts.

2005: On October 4, 2005, three inches of rain in about two hours caused minor street flooding in Ironwood in the early morning. Two to three inches of rain caused minor street flooding in Iron River in the early afternoon.
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/mpx/wxhistory

October 5

1889: On October 5, 1889, the wood bulk freighter Bessemer while carrying iron ore, she and consort wood schooner Schuylkill that was also carrying coal, were struck by a rapidly-rising gale on Lake Superior, and ran for the North end of the Portage Ship Canal when it became apparent that the Bessemer was going to sink. The two went onto a reef at the mouth of the canal, collided and broke up quickly. Crew were able to jump onto the breakwater. Her remains partly blocked the canal until cleared by dynamiting the next fall.

1891: On October 5, 1891, the wood schooner, 3-mast William Young, while carrying 600 tons of coal, was bound for Racine in tow of the propeller Nashua when struck by disaster. Caught in a storm, the vessel broke her towline and began to sink. Her crew was able to rescue the vessels sails and rigging and escape in her boat before the Young went to the bottom at Straits of Mackinac, east of Mackinaw Bridge site in Lake Huron. The Nashua had lost the schooner Thomas Parsons earlier in the same trip. The wreck was found in August, 2002, during a search/recovery effort under the Mackinaw Bridge, and identified by her official number, which was still visible on her main beam. She lies in 117 feet of water.

1997: On October 5, 1997, an F1 tornado touched down 1 mile west of Garden Corners in Delta County in the early afternoon. It was on the ground 0.1 mile with a damage width of 50 yards for 5 minutes and left pine trees 15-20 inches in diameter uprooted. A camp suffered structural damage to a small building with $3,000 worth of property damage. An earlier severe thunderstorm had wind gusts up to 115 mph that started at Rock in the late morning and ended 3 miles east southeast of Garden Corners. Property damage with the winds was $300,000 with $2.3 million in crop damage. 8 to 12 inch diameter trees downed at Felch in the late morning. 20 trees averaging 16 inches in diameter were uprooted 1 mile north of Arnold. 1 inch hail (quarter sized) damaged several homes and vehicle in the city of Manistique causing $100,000 in damage. The hail started in Cooks and ended in Gulliver. A bow echo moved rapidly east through Delta and Schoolcraft Counties producing a series of damaging microbursts. The damaging winds started around Rock and proceeded east in a 12 mile wide swath that included Rapid River, Maplewood, and Garden Corners in Delta County; and Cooks, Thompson, Indian Lake, Manistique and Gulliver in Schoolcraft County. Several thousands of trees were downed by the winds, which were estimated to be in excess of 100 miles an hour. 600 buildings sustained wind and hail damage along with numerous vehicles. The most severe property damage locations included Maplewood, Thompson, 7 miles northeast of Manistique and 4 miles west of Gulliver. In Maplewood, a mobile home had its roof blown off and foundation shifted. Two sections of the Hiawatha National Forest suffered extensive tree damage. Those areas were along Delta County Road 509 between Rapid River and Haymeadow Falls (8 N of Rapid River) and east of Indian Lake north of Manistique in Schoolcraft County where 18 areas of damage were located. The U. S. Forest Service estimated 9000 acres of forest very seriously damaged in Delta County with 30 million board feet of timber down and a net loss of $2.25 million. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources suffered 500 acres of tree loss in Schoolcraft County between Cooks and Thompson with a net loss of $500 thousand. Corporate owned forest land also suffered over 200 acres of tree loss valued at $113 thousand between Cooks and Wiggins Point on the Garden Peninsula and near Gulliver. In Thompson, several trees, mostly 8-16 inch diameter pines, were snapped off between 6 and 12 feet above the ground. Three vehicles and several hundred structures sustained wind and/or hail damage. Northeast of Manistique, a roof was blown off a large metal garage and metal barn and a 30 inch diameter pine tree fell puncturing a roof on a house. Four miles west of Gulliver, a garage was destroyed by high winds. Other damage included a pole garage one mile east of Rock.

2005: On October 5, 2005, one home in the Breitung Township was totally destroyed by a lightning-strike induced fire. Another home on North Evergreen Drive sustained major damage when lightning struck a nearby pine tree. $140,000 in property damage was caused by the lightning. A six-inch poplar tree and an eight-inch diameter evergreen tree were downed along Highway US-2 in Crystal Falls and six to eight-inch tree branches broke and fell on power lines 3 miles west of Crystal Falls in the mid afternoon.

1905: On October 5, 1905, the wood schooner, 2-mast Northwest stranded in a gale and broke up east of Moran Bay in the Straits of Mackinac in Lake Huron.

October 6

1906: On October 6, 1906, the wood schooner-barge, 2-mast Samuel H. Foster, while carrying light, was driven ashore and wrecked by a gale/blizzard while in tow of the tug L. L. Barth with the barge Wayne in Misery Bay, near the base of the Keweenaw in Lake Superior. 

October 7

1897: On October 7, 1897, the wooden schooner 3-mast barge Antelope which was hauling coal, opened her seams and sank in a relatively mild gale off Michigan Island in the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior. She had been the tow of steamer Hiram W. Sibley, which took her crew off with some difficulty. Bound Sandusky, OH for Ashland, WI. Newspapers later claimed that the Sibley pulled Antelope's hull apart by towing her too fast.

1913: On October 7, 1913, the wood, bulk freight C.C. Hand, while carrying coal, stranded on Big Summer Island, MI in Lake Michigan in fog, but was able to pull herself off and came to anchor nearby. Soon it was realized that she was afire, and burned to a total loss despite the efforts of her 14-member crew. She burned out and sank in 30 feet of water.

2000: On October 7, 2000, an early season outbreak of cold Canadian air pushed across the relatively warm waters of Lake Superior. Away from the lake, rain turned to snow early on the 6th. As the southerly flow of colder air continued, lake effect snow began in earnest on the night of the 6th and during the day on the 7th over the high terrain in portions of west and central Upper Michigan. Bergland reported 8 inches of snow, 10 inches was recorded at Wakefield, 9 inches in Champion and almost 10 inches at the National Weather Service office in Negaunee. The 9.8 inches of snow on the 7th set a daily record at the NWS Marquette office and also set a record for the largest snowfall amount so early in the season.

October 8

1871: On October 8, 1871, the Great Chicago fire and the Peshtigo, WI fire occurred. The Peshtigo, WI fire started in the evening and swept northeast into the U.P. Amazingly, this fire avoided most of Marinette and Menominee and hit Birch Creek which was north of Menominee. It killed about a quarter of the town's residents. This fire created its own circulation and blew shingles out into the bay of Green Bay which caused some ships to catch fire. Burning lumber was transported over the Menominee River where fires sprang up on the Michigan side of the river. An estimated 25 people died in Birch Creek from the rapidly moving fire. 250 people died in the Chicago fire. In all, over 1200 people perished across the Upper Great Lakes this month from fires including about 1,000 in the Peshtigo, WI fire. The Peshtigo fire was the deadliest forest fire to ever occur in North America.

1887: On October 8, 1887, the wood tug Charles E. Pendell, while gathering logs, was caught in a deadly nor'wester and driven ashore 2 miles west of Whitefish Point in Lake Superior. She was broken in two and almost completely pounded to pieces by October 20th.

1892: On October 8, 1892, the wood side-wheel tug City of Sturgeon Bay was blown off her anchorage in the northern bay of Green Bay during a gale and wrecked ashore. She may have been in use as a lightship at Escanaba at the time.

1869: On October 8, 1869, the wood schooner, 2-mast D O Dickinson, while carrying lumber in a gale, was bound Oconto for Chicago, when she drove on Strawberry Shoal, near Chambers Island in the bay of Green Bay and was wrecked over the following ten days. Her skipper watched from a distant hill as she finally went to pieces in a gale.

1905: On October 8, 1905, the wood schooner-barge Noquebay, while carrying lumber, was in tow of steamer Lizzie Madden, she was bound for Bay City. She caught fire near her donkey boiler on the deck forward in a gale, then beached at Presque Isle Bay at Stockton Island in the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior and was destroyed by a combination of the gale and fire.

1906: On October 8, 1906, the wood barge, bulk freight Pasadena, while carrying coal, was bound for Superior, WI, and she was in tow of the steamer Gladstone when she went out of control in a gale. Her skipper had her towline cut, but she was thrown against a pier and wrecked, pounding to pieces in a few hours near Upper Entry to Keweenaw Waterway in Lake Superior. Eight crew made it to shore on wreckage and 2 perished. 

October 9

1870: On October 9, 1870, the wood schooner Bermuda, while carrying iron ore, sank in a gale near Grand Island in Lake Superior near Munising. It sank in almost the same spot in November of 1869. Raised July '70 and rebuilt and was on her 1st trip when cast into the shallows. She was tied up to trees ashore, but suddenly foundered when the bank gave way. At first it was reported that no lives had been lost, but later three lives were lost. Raised again in 1883, but abandoned in 1884 without repair even though she was lying above water at Grand Island waiting to be towed to Detroit in July.

1904: On October 9, 1904, the wood, bulk freight Sitka, while carrying iron ore, was driven aground by a gale at Au Sable Point, a few miles west of Grand Marais, MI in Lake Superior. She was pounded to pieces by waves. Her crew made it to shore in her yawl.
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/arx/ThisDayInHistory

1906: On October 9, 1906, the wood schooner-barge Wayne was in tow of steamer L. L. Barth in company with the schooner-barge S. H. Foster, when she stranded in a gale and was considered a total loss 14 miles southwest of Portage Canal, Keweenaw in Lake Superior. Her document was surrendered, but she was recovered and rebuilt.

1912: On October 9, 1912, the wood schooner, 2-mast Little Georgy foundered in a gale near Bois Blanc Island light, Straits of Mackinac in Lake Huron.

2007: On October 9, 2007, strong winds and high waves on Lake Independence near Big Bay resulted in the drowning deaths of two elderly men in the evening. High winds reportedly whipped up waves in the 4 to 6 feet range.

October 10

1895: On October 10, 1895, the wood schooner Red, White and Blue, while carrying coal, was driven on Whaleback Reef near Menominee, MI in the bay of Green Bay by a gale. She was wrecked and broke up. Tow of the steamer Otego, she was bound Toledo for Green Bay.

2007: On October 10, 2007, strong winds caused tree damage in Marquette in the evening. Strong winds broke a 12-inch diameter tree limb off near the corner of Pine Street and Lakeshore Avenue.

October 11

1995: On October 11, 1995, WFO Marquette had a record high temperature of 77F.

1907: On October 11, 1907, the steel, bulk freighter Cyprus, while carrying iron ore, was downbound Superior, Wis. for Buffalo. She was pushed sideways into a deadly wave trough, where her cargo shifted and she turned turtle and sank. She may have been leaking before that. The ship was only 21 days old and on her 2nd trip. Sank 19 miles off Deer Park, MI in Lake Superior with 21 of the 22 crewmembers perishing in the gale.

1922: On October 11, 1922, the steel, bulk freight Huronton was rammed by the 4700 t. prop Cetus (US#200374) in fog. Cetus skipper kept his engine running full ahead and kept the steamer's nose in the hole caused by the collision long enough for the Huronton's crew to scramble aboard. When Cetus was backed away, the other sank quickly, in 800' of water near Whitefish Point, MI in Lake Superior.

1871: On October 11, 1871, the wood schooner, 2-mast W.S. Lyons, while carrying iron ore, piled onto White Shoals reef near Waugoschance Point, MI in Lake Michigan during a gale and wrecked, a total loss. The wrecking tug Magnet tried for weeks to salvage her, but was only able to remove her masts and some gear before she broke up in November.

October 12

1899: On October 12, 1899, the Stone City, while carrying salted fish, was bound for Big Cedar, when she lost her way in the fog and ran aground near Cedar River, Michigan in the bay of Green Bay. She broke up soon after, a total loss. Out of Milwaukee.

1871: On October 12, 1871, the wood schooner, 2-mast Plover, while carrying grain, had been bound Duluth for Buffalo when she stranded and went to pieces in a gale near Whitefish Point in Lake Superior. The crew was at first supposed lost, but showed up at the Soo in her little yawl 2 days later.

1995: On October 12, 1995, WFO Marquette had a record high temperature of 85F and the city of Marquette also had a high of 85F.

1918: On October 12, 1918, the wood dredge scow, dipper dredge Duluth, was tied up at her dock, when she was destroyed when a forest fire swept the dock area in Duluth, MN. John H. Jeffrey Jr., a wood steam tug, the wood steam tug Mentor and tug Ella G. Stone were also destroyed in the fire.
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1882: On October 12, 1882, the wood barge or schooner-barge George H. Ely, while carrying coal, was in tow of tug J.W. Bennett, when she struck bottom in heavy weather, swamped and sank in shallow water just inside Detour Point during a gale near Detour, MI on Lake Huron. Later, she broke in two and was given up as a total loss Nov 10.

1882: On October 12, 1882, the cargo vessel, lumber camp supply Grace, while carrying camp supplies, ran ashore in heavy weather and wrecked while enroute to Goulais Bay, Ontario after her engine failed. Driven 25 miles to the east by the gale before she finally went ashore 2-3 miles south of Whitefish Point in Lake Superior. 2 of the 8 crew members perished.

1882: On October 12, 1882, the wood schooner, 2-mast Ardent, while carrying wood and bark, broke her anchor chain and drove ashore in a storm at Hedgehog Harbor in the bay of Green Bay. She was later stripped and abandoned. Reported as a total loss in a number of sources and her last known registry was December, 1879. Out of White Lake, Michigan.

2006: On October 12, 2006, a strong low pressure system developing over the Plains moved through the Upper Great Lakes on the 10th and then into Ontario on the 11th. Gusty west to northwest winds in excess of 30 mph in the wake of the low brought heavy lake effect snow showers to portions of western Upper Michigan from the 11th through the 13th. In addition to the snow, there were localized wind gusts over 50 mph reported in northern Houghton county on the evening of the 12th. Heavy lake effect snow closed schools in Baraga on the 12th and some schools in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties on the 13th. Minor traffic accidents were also reported in Ontonagon and Gogebic counties due to the snowpacked highways. Storm total snowfall reports included 14 inches at Marenisco and 10 inches or more in the Ironwood area. Eight inches of snowfall in 12 hours was observed in Marenisco ending on the morning of the 12th. Eight inches of snowfall measured in 12 hours at Mohawk and ten inches measured in 24 hours in higher terrain near Eagle River. Eight inches of snowfall was observed in 24 hours at White Pine. Storm total snowfall of 19 inches was reported by a spotter in Rockland from the afternoon of the 11th into the early morning of the 14th.

October 13

1901: On October 13, 1901, the wood schooner, 2-mast Wm. Stone, while carrying lumber, was lying at the lumber dock at Cecil Bay in the Straits of Mackinac in Lake Michigan when a NW gale rose and blew two large piles of lumber from the dock to the ship. The unmanageable schooner broke loose and was driven ashore, where she pounded to pieces. One of the last lake schooners ever built.

1902: On October 13, 1902, the unrigged barge, steel whaleback, bulk freighter Barge 129, while carrying iron ore, broke towline from steamer Maunaloa in heavy weather. While trying to reconnect, she was rammed by the steamer and sank quickly after her side was penetrated by an anchor. Maunaloa picked up her crew. Went down in 125 ft. of water at Vermillion Point, MI on Lake Superior.

1908: On October 13 or 14th, 1908, an unnamed dump scow possibly 'Chuck's Barge' foundered in a storm. She was reported by fishermen the next day, lying on her side in 35 feet of water, 1/4 mile south of the St. Helena lighthouse in the Straits of Mackinac in Lake Michigan.

1927: On October 13, 1927, the steel barge, pulpwood Ontario, while carrying pulpwood, was in tow of the tug Butterfield, when she foundered in a gale east of Outer Island of the Apostle Islands Group in Lake Superior.

2002: On October 13, 2002, a waterspout was reported 5 miles northwest of Sault Ste Marie at 1428 EST in the St. Mary's River.

October 14

1859: On October 14, 1859, the wood freighter Oriental, while carrying 2 big wrecking pumps, plus flour, beef and hides, went aground in a gale at Skillagalee Shoal, east of the Beaver Islands in Lake Michigan and was holed in the shallows. The Potomac and the big wrecking tug Leviathan tried to save her, and pumps were placed aboard to try to lower the water in her, but she slid into deeper water and sank, pumps and all.

1893: On October 14, 1893, the wood schooner John B. Merrill, while carrying hard coal, was in tow of the steamer F. E. Spinner, when she broke up near Holdridge Shoal off Drummond Island, MI in Lake Huron in a gale and sank. Her crew abandoned just before she went down and were rescued by local fishermen. Hailed from Buffalo.

1893: On October 14, 1893, the wood schooner James D. Sawyer, while carrying corn, broke away from the steamer B.W. Arnold, was driven ashore at Seul Choix Point, in Lake Michigan and pounded to pieces. After a falling mast cut the lifeboat in two, the crew made it to shore on a makeshift raft. In a seperate incident, the wood schooner, 2-mast Willard A. Smith, while carrying wood, tried to ride out a storm tied to Anderson's Dock, Horseshoe Bay, Wisconsin but broke loose and went into the shallows. Her skipper, who had been left behind when she drifted away, was able, with the help of a colleague to save her crew, but the schooner broke up, a total loss in the bay of Green Bay.

1893: On October 14, 1893, the wood schooner, bulk freight Annie Sherwood, while carrying lumber, was bound for Chicago in tow of steamer White and Friant, when she broke away and began to founder south of Caribou Island. The crew abandoned in her yawl and were picked up by steamer Sitka. The wreck washed ashore near Deer Park, MI on Lake Superior. 2 lost men died of exposure in a freezing gale.

1897: On October 14, 1897, the schooner, wood, 3-mast Kate Winslow, while carrying 1,200 tons of pig iron, was bound Gladstone, MI for Sandusky, OH, in tow of the prop Queen Of The West with the schooner May Richards, when she broke her towline in a gale 15 miles off Beaver Island in Lake Michigan and was on her own. She was blown down and foundered 10 miles off Seul Choix Point, Beaver Passage while trying to make shelter at 'sole Choice' [Seul Choix.] Crew escaped in lifeboat and made it to shore.

2008: On October 14, 2008, west winds gusted to 60 mph at Freda early in the morning in the wake of a strong front.

2011: On October 14, 2011, a rapidly deepening low pressure system lifting northeast of Upper Michigan into Ontario caused damaging winds across much of Upper Michigan near Lake Superior from the 14th into the early morning of the 17th. The Lac La Belle Fire Department reported an 18-inch diameter tree down across the road at the fire station. Several trees were down on power lines near Eagle Harbor. Several healthy pine trees were knocked down near Merriweather along Highway M-28. Exact size of the trees was unknown. 

October 15

1876: On October 15, 1876, the wood tug Ormsby went ashore in heavy weather near Escanaba in the bay of Green Bay in October and her crew had been living aboard, preparing to get her off. On the 15th, while they were ashore getting provisions, she was struck by another blow, thrown on her beam and then caught fire. She burned to a total loss of $6,000.

2011: On October 15, 2011, a rapidly deepening low pressure system lifting northeast of Upper Michigan into Ontario caused damaging winds across much of Upper Michigan near Lake Superior from the 14th into the early morning of the 17th. Numerous large trees down on a private residence in Trowbridge Park during the early morning of the 15th causing $2000 in damage. Numerous trees were reported down near Laurium including two 24-inch diameter trees next to the Calumet High School. Several trees were reported down across the road near Pine Stump Junction. Several three-foot diameter trees were reported down near the Pike Lake area along County Road 414. A rapidly deepening low pressure system lifting northeast into Ontario kicked up storm force winds on Lake Superior from the 15th into the 16th. A 64 mph wind gust was measured at the Grand Marais GLOS site. A 75 mph wind gust was measured at the Granite Island Light weather station. A 59 mph wind gust was measured at Stannard Rock.

October 16

1877: On October 16, 1877, the wood tug and yacht Minnie F. Sutton had a lighter scow in tow. She was bound Cheboygan for Drummond, Island, MI, when she was caught in a northwest squall and took shelter behind Spectacle Reef. Pounding of the scow tore out her timber head, then both the tug and scow were torn loose from the lighthouse pier. Two crewmen and 7 passengers abandoned to the pier while both tug and lighter drifted away and sank in the Straits of Mackinac in Lake Huron. They were rescued 4 days later by the tug Bennett, which had been searching for them. The lighter was later recovered and her towrope was still tied to the Sutton's broken towpost.

1880: On October 16, 1880, the wood schooner, 2-mast Josephine Lawrence was driven ashore 0.5 mile east of the Bailey's Harbor, WI range lights in a gale in Lake Michigan. Over the next few months she sank down into the sand and was finally declared a total loss. In another incident, the wood bark, 3-mast Two Friends, while carrying salt, was thrown on a reef on the north of tip of Door Peninsula, WI near Lake Michigan and damaged by the same sudden gale that sank the steamer Alpena. Her crew took to the rigging and were rescued by local fisherman in a tiny rowboat.  
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2004: On October 16, 2004, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan was dominated by a chilly north wind between high pressure in Ontario and gathering low pressure in the Lower Great Lakes. A strengthening northwest flow to the west of the path of the low pressure center drew colder air into the Upper Lakes. Northwest wind gusts reached over 50 mph across the Keweenaw Peninsula by afternoon as the low strengthened over Ontario. An observer at Phoenix reported the strong winds felled trees as large as 2 feet in diameter, knocking down power and telephone lines and temporarily blocking some secondary roads. The powerful winds that gusted up to 61 mph at Stannard Rock lighthouse also whipped up high waves on Lake Superior, and beach erosion was reported from Grand Marais in Alger County to Deer Park in Luce County. The strong winds lasted into the early morning of the 17th.

2011: On October 16, 2011, a rapidly deepening low pressure system lifting northeast of Upper Michigan into Ontario caused damaging winds across much of Upper Michigan near Lake Superior from the 14th into the early morning of the 17th. A 60 mph wind gust was measured at the Grand Marais GLOS site in the early afternoon and a 63 mph wind gust was measured in the early evening. The Keweenaw County Sheriff reported several trees down due to high winds overnight on the 16th into the 17th...including near Eagle River, across Highway US-41 near Lake Medora and Five-Mile Road near Allouez. Ten-inch diameter maple tree snapped in half near Silver City. No leaves were on the tree. A 62 mph wind gust was measured at Stannard Rock C-MAN station with sustained winds were between 45 and 55 mph.

October 17

1892: On October 17, 1892, the wood schooner J.E. Gilmore, ran aground in a nighttime gale and wrecked at Pilot Island in the bay of Green Bay near Lake Michigan. Her crew was taken off by the local lighthouse keeper. She was immediately stripped and abandoned, but took a long time - several years - to break up.

1895: On October 17, 1895, the wood schooner, 2-mast, 'cat-rigged' Mystic, while carrying light, had a gale blow her very high on the rocks on the east side of Pilot Island, WI in Death's Door in Lake Michigan. Her crew came ashore hand-over-hand on a line, while the schooner broke up. Her outfit was saved by local lightkeepers. She had been bound for Little Bay de Noc for a load of Christmas trees.

1984: On October 17, 1984, a severe thunderstorm produced a 61-mph wind gust at K I Sawyer Base in the early morning.

October 18

1863: On October 18, 1863, the wood schooner Cairo, while carrying salt and carboys of acid, was driven ashore in a gale and became a total wreck, breaking up within two hours of striking near Death's Door in Lake Michigan. In another incident, the wood schooner, 2-mast Daniel Slawson, while carrying wheat, was bound Racine for Buffalo, she was wrecked in a storm near Death's Door at Pilot Island in Lake Michigan. Her captain and crew survived, though first reported as lost.

1925: On October 18, 1925, the wood crane barge Frank D. Ewen stranded and wrecked in a gale at Hedgehog Harbor, WI in the bay of Green Bay.

1910: On October 18, 1910, the steel, bulk freight William C. Moreland stranded on Sawtooth Reef near Eagle Harbor, MI in Lake Superior on what was only her fifth trip. While her stern was jammed fast, the bow, overhanging a dropoff, filled, broke off and sank in deep water. The brand new stern was salvaged the next year, towed back to Lorain, where a new bow portion was installed.

1879: On October 18, 1879, the wood schooner E.M. Davidson was driven ashore in a storm at Pilot Island,WI in Lake Michigan. It was thought that she could be rescued, but more storms and ice made it impossible that year. In 1880 more attempts were made to pull her off the reef, but a storm almost a year to the day of her initial crash tore her to pieces.

2007: On October 18, 2007, severe thunderstorms dropped large hail over portions of western Upper Michigan in the evening. 1.25 inch hail (half dollar sized) fell 5 miles southwest of Ontonagon and 1 inch hail (quarter sized) fell 3 miles east of the Ontonagon Lighthouse in the late afternoon in Lake Superior.

October 19

1925: On October 19, 1925, telephone and telegraph wires fell down and cut off communications in a snowstorm that started on this day south and west of Marquette. Heavy, wet snow and sleet fell with 6-8 inches of snow in Ishpeming and Negaunee with more than a foot reported west of Ishpeming. Two feet of wet, heavy snow fell in Rumely in Alger County.

1905: On October 19, 1905, the wood schooner-barge bulk freight 2-mast Alta, while carrying lumber, was in tow of tug F.A. Meyers and broke away in a gale and was stranded in the rocky shallows on the east side of Grand Island near Munising, then was broken up by big waves. Her crew was rescued by local fishermen after clinging to the wreck for over a day.

1888: On October 19, 1888, the wood schooner Reed Case was bound from Duluth, when she dragged anchor and went on a reef in Lake Superior 4 miles from the Portage Ship Canal entrance in a southwest gale and was pounded heavily. The captain drowned when coming ashore in her yawl and it capsized. Tug A.C. Adams got her off the reef and almost pulled the disabled schooner to the canal entrance before she foundered.

1905: On October 19, 1905, the wood scow-schooner, 2-mast Elizabeth, collided with the pier at Menominee, MI in the bay of Green Bay in a gale and became a total loss. She had been stranded in a storm near Peshtigo less than a month earlier. Another ship, the wood schooner-barge, 3-mast Iver Lawson, while carrying lumber, was driven ashore at Horseshoe Bay in the bay of Green Bay in a huge storm which wrecked many other vessels, being driven so far on the beach that visitors could walk completely around her. By the 23rd, she had gone to pieces. Despite several years of salvage attempts, she ended up being dismantled on the beach in 1908.

1885: On October 19, 1885, the wood schooner, 2-mast Japan, while carrying wood, was driven on the beach and wrecked near Hedgehog Harbor, WI in Garret Bay in the bay of Green Bay just after taking on a cargo of wood during a gale.

1908: On October 19, 1908, the wood schooner-barge, bulk freight, 2-mast Lizzie A. Law, while carrying coal, was in tow of steamer Edward Hines, broke her towline and drove ashore at Traverse Island on the east side of the Keweenaw Peninsula in Lake Superior where she quickly went to pieces during a gale. Bound for Duluth. Crew took to lifeboat and survived.

1901: On October 19, 1901, the wood schooner-barge, bulk freight Montgomery, while carrying lumber and lath, was in tow of the steamer Leland, when she began to leak in a gale and became waterlogged. She was cut loose from Leland after her crew was taken off. It was expected that she would founder, but she went onto a bar near Lifesaving Station Number 10 [Crisp Point] in Lake Superior and broke up in another storm two weeks later.

1921: On October 19, 1921, the wood lighter-barge Advance, while carrying coal and lightering gear including two derricks, was in the process of lightering the stranded steamer Frank Billings when she was caught by a storm. Abandoned by her tug, she was allowed to drift toward shore. Her crew was rescued by the Coast Guard just before she struck at Sand Bay, Wisconsin in the bay of Green Bay. Her bottom was heavily damaged on the rocks and it was decided the 50-year-old vessel could not be repaired. She was officially abandoned in 1922.

1995: On October 19, 1995, a mobile home 3 miles southwest of Mcmillan had minor hail damage from 1-inch hail (quarter sized) in the early afternoon. $2000 in damage was caused by the severe thunderstorm. Quarter sized hail (1-inch) fell in Germfask at 1200 EDT.

October 20

1886: On October 20, 1886, the wood, passenger and package freight or recently converted to barge Butcher's Maid, was driven ashore in a gale at Porphyry Point, Ontario in northern Lake Superior, and broke up in waves shortly after. In another event, the wood schooner-barge, bulk freighter Eureka, while carrying iron ore, became separated from the 3-barge tow of the steamer Prentice and disappeared into the gale. Prentice waited in vain for her to sail into Whitefish Bay. Her masts were discovered sticking out of the lake on the 23rd 5 miles off Vermillion Point in Lake Superior. All 6 crew members perished.

1898: On October 20, 1898, the wood, bulk freighter Henry Chisholm which was carrying 92,000 bushels of barley, had a gale throw the Chisholm on Rock of Ages reef near Isle Royale in Lake Superior, where she broke up by Nov 12. Her crew made it to shore in her lifeboats. She had been searching for her consort John Martin, which had been lost in a storm 3 days earlier.

1888: On October 20, 1888, the wood freighter City of Montreal, carrying 475 tons of building stone, was driven ashore on Michipicoten Island in Lake Superior in a heavy easterly gale and sank after riding the storm at anchor for two days. She was towing the barge Keewatin, which was not injured. Bound for Chicago from Vertist, Ont. Crew drifted three days in a lifeboat. One person perished.

1905: On October 20, 1905, the wood schooner, 2-mast Glen Cuyler, while carrying lumber, was overwhelmed by a gale and foundered (well offshore) in Arthur Bay in the bay of Green Bay near Menominee, MI. Further east, the wood schooner D.P. Rhodes, while carrying coal, was in tow of steamer Joseph S. Fay, when she broke loose and was driven ashore near Cheboygan Pt., Straits of Mackinac in Lake Huron during a gale. Declared total loss, but she was later recovered. Bound for Chicago.

1888: On October 20, 1888, the wood schooner, 2-mast Duncan City, went ashore in a gale and wrecked on Summer Island off tip of Garden Peninsula, MI in Lake Michigan. She was reported pounded to pieces a short time later.

1905: On October 20, 1905, the wood schooner-barge, 3-mast Galatea, while carrying light, was upbound in tow of the propeller L.L. Barth with her sister Nirvana, when she was driven ashore during a gale near Grand Marais, MI in Lake Superior. She was driven ashore so far that her crew could step off onto solid ground by clambering over her stern. Even though salvagers dug a 900-foot channel to her, she was unsalvageable and broke up the following winter. The Nirvana, wood schooner-barge, 3-mast, bulk freight was in tow of steamer L.L. Barth, when she was torn loose and driven aground, where she split in two fore to aft. She went to the bottom 1/4 mi offshore of Grand Marais, MI in Lake Superior after her crew had scrambled to safety, later washed up on the beach east of the piers.

1868: On October 20, 1868, the wood schooner, 3-mast Hattie Johnson, while carrying coal, struck bottom on Goose Island Shoal, Les Cheneaux Islands, Straits of Mackinac in Lake Huron and sank during a gale. She was off the shoal and in port for rebuilding by Nov. 12.

1901: On October 20, 1901, the wood schooner, 2-mast C. Michelson, while carrying 20,000 board feet of lumber, was overwhelmed by a gale and driven ashore a few miles south of Escanaba, MI in the bay of Green Bay. Her crew reached the shore safely.

2000: On October 20, 2000, unseasonably warm temperatures and moderate drought conditions after October 18 set the stage for wildfires in western Upper Michigan. The Carp River fire was discovered in the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park on October 20. Officials believe the wildfire resulted from lightning on the evening of October 7, followed by days of smouldering. After burning 1,220 acres, the fire was fully contained on October 22 by ground crews using hand tools. Daily monitoring indicated smouldering continuing through November 10. The fire was confined to the under story, in a wilderness area comprised of bogs and high, rocky outcrops, which lacked viable access points and posed no threat to people or private property. Officials consider this wildfire beneficial because it removed under story combustibles with minimal damage to mature trees and it provided research opportunities in ecosystems and natural disturbances.

October 21

2002: On October 21, 2002, a record daily snowfall occurred at WFO Marquette with 7.5 inches.

1857: On October 21, 1857, the wood schooner, 2-mast Malakoff, while carrying coal, was bound Cleveland for Chicago, when she encountered a gale and was forced onto a reef near Nine Mile Point in Lake Huron, Straits of Mackinac, where she was temporarily abandoned. On Nov 5, the tug Rescue pulled her off and she was making for Detroit in heavy weather when the canvas jacket over the hole in her hull washed off and the pump which was keeping her clear of water clogged with coal. She sank by the head in 30 feet of water 4 miles off Goderich, Ontario in Lake Huron on November 9th. Only her cargo and the valuable pump were saved.

1993: On October 21, 1993, high winds caused havoc in Mackinac, Chippewa, and Alger Counties most of the day. Many trees, power poles and power lines were blown down. The strong winds resulted from a low pressure system that developed over western Lake Superior early Thursday morning. The storm center deepened rapidly as it moved east, then northeast to eastern central Ontario by Thursday afternoon. The strong pressure gradient resulted in 25 to 40 mph sustained winds with frequent gusts to 50 mph in most of Michigan. Over eastern Upper Michigan, the highest wind gust was to 75 mph at Drummond Island Airport. The Corps of Engineers reported the wind gusted to 72 mph at the Sault Locks at 1230 EST. Other gusts include, 69 mph at Whitefish point at 1230 EST, and 71 mph at 1100 EST on the Mackinac Bridge. Power outages were reported in the Upper Peninsula at Mackinac Island.

1995: On October 21, 1995, lake effect snow affected portions of West Upper Michigan from the evening of the 20th into the early morning of the 21st. The heaviest snow was at Ironwood with 11 inches. An area of six to eight inches of snow occured between Lanse, Sidnaw, Bruce Crossing and Marenisco. Several trees and power and power lines were downed causing numerous power outages. 

October 22

1903: On October 22, 1903, the wood schooner Saveland, while carrying coal, lumber or light, was torn away from the steamer Gettysburg and thrown against some pilings by a northern gale. Punctured, she sank to her main deck, then pounded to pieces in Grand Marais, MI, harbor on Lake Superior.

1999: On October 22, 1999, a deep low pressure center north of Lake Superior moved slowly east with strong northwest winds blowing across Lake Superior and northern Upper Michigan. Winds of 30 to 40 knots with gusts to as high as 67 knots were reported. Numerous reports of local power and telephone outages caused by limbs and trees blown down across the utility lines in the counties along Lake Superior. Downed trees blocked roads near Eagle Harbor. 14 foot waves caused minor shoreline erosion in a few locations along the western shoreline of the Keweenaw Peninsula from Ontonagon to Copper Harbor. 20-foot waves pounded the shores of Lake Superior from east of Munising to Whitefish point with minor beach erosion and shoreline flooding in a few locations. $21,000 worth of property damage and $2000 worth of crop damage were done with this wind event.

2002: On October 22, 2002, record daily snowfall at WFO Marquette with 5.5 inches. Eight to thirteen inches of snow fell in Marquette County. A quick moving low pressure system moved east from the plains on 10/21. Although the surface low pressure was relatively weak, the system slowed down as it moved over the southern Great Lakes. The northeast flow over Lake Superior allowed lake enhancement of the precipitation. Some places in central Upper Michigan observed record snowfall for so early in the season. There was a widespread 8 to 9 inch accumulation over much of Marquette County, with a 10 to 12 inch deep swath from Little Lake and Champion to Negaunee and Big Bay. The Marquette National Weather Service Office was blanketed by 13 inches of heavy wet snow. The snow began on the morning of the 21st and ended in the morning of the 22nd.

October 23

1999: On October 23, 1999, a deep low pressure center north of Lake Superior moved slowly east with strong northwest winds blowing across Lake Superior and northern Upper Michigan. Winds of 30 to 40 knots with gusts to as high as 67 knots were reported. Numerous reports of local power and telephone outages caused by limbs and trees blown down across the utility lines in the counties along Lake Superior. Downed trees blocked roads near Eagle Harbor. 14 foot waves caused minor shoreline erosion in a few locations along the western shoreline of the Keweenaw Peninsula from Ontonagon to Copper Harbor. 20-foot waves pounded the shores of Lake Superior from east of Munising to Whitefish point with minor beach erosion and shoreline flooding in a few locations. $21,000 worth of property damage and $2000 worth of crop damage were done with this wind event.

1887: On October 23, 1887, a strong gale hit Marquette from the east and then switched to the north with waves building that afternoon. Hundreds of residents watched the waves break over the rocks at Lighthouse Point. Snow came down heavy enough combined with the strong wind that vessels in the harbor couldn't be seen. By late evening, reports of shipwrecks began coming in. Two schooners George Sherman and Alva Bradley were wrecked in the strong gale. They both were travelling together from Whitefish Point and were making good time across southern Lake Superior. They eventually separated. The snow became heavy enough that the captain of the Sherman couldn't see a boat length ahead of him. Captain Nelson Gifford of the Sherman realized he was too close to shore 12 miles east of Marquette at Shot Point, but it was too late and the Sherman was driven up hard against the submerged rocks of the point. The yawl was launched and as the crew was abandoning the ship, the main mast fell and grazed the lifeboat missing the 7 crew members. The captain was dashed against the rocks and knocked unconscious and was dragged to the shore. The crew stumbled into the woods and wandered around for hours before finding railroad tracks and hailed an ore train to take them to Marquette. The Bradley also hit submerged rocks near Shot Point, but was farther offshore than the Sherman was. The ship hit the rocks hard enough to jar its lifeboat loose which was lost. The Bradley then broke into two stranding the 10 men on it.

1929: On October 23, 1929, the steel package freighter Chicago, while carrying mixed freight, was caught in a gale and was driven ashore by waves and heavily damaged at Michipicoten Island in Lake Superior. She slid off the reef and sank in December during salvage operations.

1873: On October 23, 1873, the wood, bulk freight steambarge Geneva, while carrying wheat, was downbound. The violence of a gale damaged her stern pipe and bent her propeller shaft. The flailing blades cut a large hole in her stern counter and she went down by the stern 15 miles off Caribou Island in Lake Superior. Her crew evacuated in her small boat and made it to her tow, the barge Genoa. Geneva was one of the first bulkers with the classic Great Lakes fore and aft deckhouses.

October 24

1882: On October 24, 1882, an unnamed wood scow, while carrying lumber camp supplies, was in tow of the yacht/supply boat Grace when that vessel's engine failed in a storm enroute to Goulais Bay. The scow eventually came ashore and was subsequently towed to Whitefish Point, where she pounded to pieces in the waves of Whitefish Bay in Lake Superior.

1884: On October 24, 1884, the iron passenger and package freight Scotia, while carrying light, was bound for Duluth, when she drove ashore on Keweenaw Point, 8 miles below Copper Harbor in Lake Superior in a blizzard and gale and was torn to pieces by waves. The crew was rescued by the steamer Nyack. Her engines, boilers, metal deck gear and much of her hull plating were salvaged in the summer of 1886.

1887: On October 24, 1887, the light keeper at Ontonagon reported it freezing harder than he had ever seen so early in the season. A blizzard developed soon after and continued into the 25th. In a separate incident, the spars and wreck of the Bradley could be seen from Marquette Harbor. A tug with a yawl was dispatched into the northwest blowing gale to attempt a rescue. The tug's captain couldn't get close to the Bradley with 20 foot waves breaking over the schooner. The Portage Canal Lifesaving Service was telegraphed and they were brought in by railroad late that night. The line connecting a lifeboat and a tug got severed in the rescue attempt. The lifeboat made it to the Bradley and the 10 crew members boarded it. The rescue leader tried to find the tug and couldn't. Waves washed over the side of the lifeboat drenching all 19 members in the lifeboat and all became ice-covered trying to find the tug. They returned to the Bradley to warm up in the ship's cabin. They finally got pulled to shore and warmed up by the campfires built there by the rescue party. This gale also put the schooner Plymouth aground in Middle Bay and wrecked a barge off the cliffs of Presque Isle and it moved Congress to release money for a lifesaving station in Marquette which opened in 1891.

1899: On October 24, 1899, the scow-schooner, wood, 2-mast Badger, while carrying cedar ties, was bound for Sturgeon Bay or Menominee when she began to fill while encountering a gale. Despite her crew's efforts to pump her out for the next 12 hours, she eventually foundered off Cedar River, MI in the bay of Green Bay. The crew was taken off by local fishermen before she went down.

1902: On October 24, 1902, the wood schooner, 2-mast W.T. Chappell, while carrying wood, sprang a leak in a gale on Lake Superior off Vermillion Point, was blown down and sunk. Her crew was rescued by Vermilion Point Lifesavers.

1893: On October 24, 1893, wood schooner, bulk freight, 3-mast George, while carrying 1300 tons of soft coal, was upbound when her masts were blown out by a quick-rising northwest gale. Helpless, she was driven aground about 30 yards offshore at Pictured Rocks near Munising, MI in Lake Superior and torn to pieces. Bound Lake Erie for Marquette.

1899: On October 24, 1899, the wood schooner,3-mast Criss Grover, while carrying dynamite, went ashore in fog during a gale and wrecked near Split Rock, MN in Lake Superior. Often carried dynamite cargos to the mining camps when no other vessel would.

1884: On October 24, 1884, the wood schooner Christine Nilson, while carrying 575 tons of pig iron, was bound Escanaba for Chicago with iron, when she wrecked on a reef at the mouth of Bailey's Harbor in the Door Peninsula, WI in Lake Michigan while attempting to shelter there from a gale. This ship was also heavily damaged in the Chicago Fire of October 1871.

1908: On October 24, 1908, the wood, bulk freight 'lumber hooker' Peshtigo, while carrying lumber, ran into the shallows and was wrecked in a gale 300 ft off Mackinac Island off Mission Pt. in the Straits of Mackinac in Lake Huron.

October 25

1874: On October 25, 1874, the high temperature was 71F in Marquette.

1879: On October 25, 1879, the wood schooner, 2-mast Prince Edward was bound Kincardine, Ont. for the Thessalon River in the North Channel when she was driven ashore on Cockburn Island in northern Georgian Bay on Lake Huron by a shift of wind in a gale. She became a total loss, though the wrecking tug McArthur attempted to rescue her.

1891: On October 25, 1891, the wood, passenger and package freight Sovereign, while carrying grain, was bound Port Arthur, Ontario, for Buffalo, when she was overwhelmed and foundered in a storm after releasing her consorts. She went down in 300 to 400 feet of water 12 miles southeast of Lamb Island Light, ON in Lake Superior.

1898: On October 25, 1898, the wood steam tug Rebel was towing a scow from Superior, WI for Pork Bay when she was overtaken by a gale and sank off Two Harbors, MN in Lake Superior. Her crew took to the scow as she foundered, and were later picked up by the steamer City Of London.

2001: On October 25, 2001, a deepening trough over the plains allowed very cold Canadian air to pour into the Western Great Lakes Region. A rapidly deepening low pressure center ahead of the trough crossed Lake Superior on the 24th. Northwest winds behind the low increased significantly on this day. Sheriff's departments reported numerous trees down across Gogebic, Ontonagon and Keweenaw Counties and the Houghton County Road Commission reported trees blown down between Calumet and Kearsarge. A spotter at Little Girls Point in Gogebic County estimated winds in excess of 60 mph. His wind speed indicator only goes to 60 mph. The automated observation site at Copper Harbor reported gusts to 55 mph and the marine observation site at Ontonagon reported gusts to 50 mph. The airport at Ironwood recorded 45-mph gusts.

October 26

2010: On October 26, 2010, the strongest storm ever recorded in Minnesota and in Wisconsin set low pressure records. The low bottomed out at 955.2 mb or 28.26 inches in Northern Minnesota which was a record for lowest pressure. The lowest pressure record was also broken in northern Wisconsin at 28.35 inches in Superior. High winds occurred across the U.P. as this low pressure system passed on by. Rock of Ages had a wind gust to 78 mph, Stannard Rock had a gust to 71 mph, Grand Marais and Fairport had wind gusts to 68 mph, Newberry airport and Seney NWR had gusts to 55 mph and Ontonagon had a peak gust to 51 mph. Whitefish Point had gusts to 63 mph and Naubinway of 72 mph. The Alger County Sheriff's office and Luce County Sherriff's office reported numerous trees down and power outages across the county. Numerous trees and power lines were reported down throughout Baraga county. Widespread tree and roofing damage, along with power outages with some vehicles and structures were damaged by falling trees and power was out for several days at some locations in Chippewa County. The Delta County Sheriff reported trees down and power outages throughout the Escanaba area. The storm closed Big Bay De Noc schools on the 27th. The Dickinson County Sheriff reported numerous trees down on power lines throughout the county. Power was out at multiple locations...including the city of Norway. Power outages continued into the evening of the 27th at many locations. Several eight-inch diameter tree limbs were reported down in Ahmeek. A tree was reported down on US Highway 41 near Hancock. Trees were reported down and power was out in Jacobsville. The spotter at Freda reported a 69 mph wind gust early morning on the 27th. The Iron County Central Dispatch reported three trees down across the county. Bates-Amasa Road was closed into the morning of the 27th due to fallen debris from the storm. The storm also closed Forest Park school on the 27th. The Marquette County Central Dispatch reported numerous trees down on power lines across the county. Fallen trees caused damage to an apartment building in Marquette and significant roof damage to a commercial building just northeast of Negaunee. The Republic-Michigamme Schools were cancelled on the 27th. Law enforcement officers reported trees down on power lines in La Branche and several trees down in the Stephenson area. Stephenson and Carney-Nadeau schools were closed into the 27th. Three eight-inch diameter trees were toppled over and one was snapped in half at Parent Bay. Bird feeders were also toppled over and scattered across the ground. Passage Island Light measured storm force gusts through the period with a peak wind gust of 61 mph. The northern Lake Michigan buoy measured a wind gust of 56 mph at 2050 EST 15 miles southeast of the St. Martin Island Lighthouse.	
See entry for date in  http://www.weather.gov/mpx/wxhistory
and http://www.weather.gov/arx/ThisDayInHistory
	
see also Wind Event of October 26-27, 2010 http://www.weather.gov/arx/oct2610 and 
Minnesota Climatology Working Group has page "Record Low Pressure Hits Minnesota  October 26-27, 2010" at http://climate.umn.edu/doc/journal/low_pressure_101026.htm  
Includes statements on low pressure records broken at DLH (as well as for Wis at Superior with 28.38 inches or 955.98 mb) and LSE.

1884: On October 26, 1884, the wood scow-schooner Louisa, while carrying 150,000 bricks, struck the west pier of the harbor entrance of Manistique, MI in Lake Michigan during a gale while inbound, broke in two and sank. She was soon abandoned as a total loss.

1902: On October 26, 1902, an unnamed wood scow broke up and foundered in a storm off Vermillion Pt in Lake Superior. Her crewmen made it to shore safely.

1903: On October 26, 1903, the wood, bulk freight Manhattan, while carrying wheat, had her steering gear disabled by a gale when driving down the channel and she was pushed on the rocky shore of the east channel near Munising, MI in Lake Superior. There she caught fire and was destroyed before she could be released. The crew was rescued by the tug Ward. The wreck later drifted to near Sand Point. In a separate incident further east, the wood, bulk freight William F. Sauber, while carrying iron ore, had her hull fail under a heavy load of ore and she sank in a gale 30 miles northewest of Whitefish Point in Lake Superior. Bound Ashland, WI for Lake Erie. The big steamer Yale rescued most of her crew in appalling conditions. The skipper, whose arms were broken, was unable to help himself when a line was thrown to him, and drowned. He would not take the last seat in the lifeboat. 2 out of the 17 crew died.

2001: On October 26, 2001, very cold Canadian air poured into the Western Great Lakes Region on October 25th and 26th. As the cold air rushed across Lake Superior, lake effect snow showers and squalls developed over western Upper Michigan. Twenty-four hour snowfall totals from the 25th to the 26th reached ten inches at Watersmeet, 14.1 inches near Kenton, 13 inches in Bruce Crossing, 13.3 inches in Watton and 12 inches at Herman. The precipitation was mostly rain or a mix of rain and snow over the south and east parts of Upper Michigan.

October 27

1898: On October 27, 1898, the wood schooner John Jewett, was loading lumber at the Grace Harbor Lumber Company dock. The area was struck by a sudden heavy storm. Huge seas drove her right through the dock and ashore, where she pounded to pieces at Hammond Bay, eastern Straits of Mackinac in Lake Huron.

1856: On October 27, 1856, the wood schooner Magnolia, while carrying corn, went ashore in a gale and wrecked, a total loss at Gull Island, MI in Lake Michigan.

1929: On October 27, 1929, a winter storm established a record (at the time) for the state of Michigan by dumping 27 inches of snow on Ishpeming in 24 hours.

2010: On October 27, 2010, a historically deep low pressure system which moved through Minnesota whipped up storm force winds over northern Lake Michigan on the 27th. The Fairport GLOS consistently measured storm force winds in the morning with a peak gust to 68 mph.

October 28

1887: On October 28, 1887, the wood schooner Bessie Barwick, which was carrying lumber, was bound Port Arthur for Kingston in tow of the steamer Celtic, which let her loose to fend for herself after her shaft broke on Nipigon Bay in a gale. The schooner was seen on the 28th, but her subsequent whereabouts were unknown for more than 10 days. Westerly gales on Lake Superior had pushed her into the shallows where she pounded to pieces at Pilot Harbor near Michipicoten Island. Her crew were sheltered by local fishermen, and they later made it to the Soo in a small open boat.

1864: On October 28, 1864, the wood side-wheel steamer, passenger and package freighter Cleveland, while carrying general merchandise, was upbound on her regular route between Lake Superior and Cleveland, when she was driven ashore by a gale off the mouth of the Two-Hearted River, MI on Lake Superior. There was very little in the press about the loss. This was odd for what was a significant vessel at the time. It is probable that she was expected to be recovered, but never was.

1891: On October 28, 1891, the wood scow-schooner, 3-mast Forest stranded in foul weather in a gale on the southwest end of Pilot Island, WI in Lake Michigan. Her crew were rescued by the local lightkeeper and his assistants, but the vessel broke up beyond repair over the following winter.

1892: On October 28, 1892, the wood lumber schooner, 2-mast Four Brothers was stranded and lost in a heavy northwest gale in Hedgehog Harbor, WI in the bay of Green Bay. Another boat, the wood schooner, 3-mast A.P. Nichols was driven ashore and wrecked in a northwest gale at Pilot Island in Lake Michigan. Her crew was rescued by the local lightkeeper, Martin Knudsen, who was later awarded a lifesaving medal for heroism. She earlier suffered major fire damage while tied to a dock a Chicago during the great Chicago Fire of October, 1871.

October 29

1896: On October 29, 1896, the wood, bulk freight 'steam barge' Alleghany went aground in fog and in a gale on Summer Island in Lake Michigan with heavy damage while bound Manistique, MI from Chicago. Refloated, but found to be unfit for further service and abandoned. Burned in lieu of scrapping in July of the following year. The wood schooner-barge, 2-mast Transfer, while carrying light, was bound for Manistique, Michigan, from Chicago, when she went on the east side of Big Summer Island in Lake Michigan during the gale with her tow steamer Alleghany. Though not seriously damaged at first, she was left in place and went to pieces in about a year and a half.

1874: On October 29, 1874, the side-wheel steamer, wood, 'rabbit' freighter Lotta Bernard, while carrying general merchandise, foundered in a terrific gale on Lake Superior while bound Silver Islet for Duluth. She was capable of only 4 mph and was at the mercy of any fast-rising storm. Her skipper put her under full steam and ran for Duluth, but it became apparent that she would founder, so he put her in the shallows 6 miles below Encampment River, MN. Her crew made it to shore in her boat, but three died of exposure in the long trek to find help in this desolate area. They finally staggered into an Indian settlement, where they found shelter.

1892: On October 29, 1892, the wood schooner-barge, 3-mast Zach Chandler while carrying lumber, was downbound from Ashland, WI, in tow of steamer John Mitchell, she became separated from her by a northerly gale in Lake Superior. She was overwhelmed and broke up on shore 3 miles east of Deer Park, MI in about 15 minutes. Five crew made it to shore in boat with the Lifesaving Service saving the other two. One person perished. This boat was also stranded with heavy damage, October, 1889 near the same spot.

1906: On October 29, 1906, the wood schooner-barge Elgin, while carrying hay and coal, was in tow of the tug Crosby, when she was swamped and torn to pieces by a northeast gale off Grand Marais, MN in Lake Superior.

1896: On October 29, 1896, the wood schooner-barge, 3-mast Samuel P. Ely was in tow of steamer Hesper, when she went out of control during a gale and was lost from tow. She crashed into a contractor's scow and then wrecked on the breakwater at the harbor entrance at Two Harbors, MN in Lake Superior. A heroic rescue by the tug Ella G. Stone saved her 11 crew.

1882: On October 29, 1882, the wood schooner Frank Crawford went ashore in a gale near Portage Bay and knocked a large hole in her bottom in Parent Bay in Lake Michigan. Abandoned as a total loss late in November.

October 30

1856: On October 30, 1856, the sidewheel steamer, wood, passenger and package freight Superior, while carrying freight and 30 passengers, sank in a gale near Pictured Rocks in Lake Superior after her rudder broke off and wrecked in the shallows. 35 to 53 people perished. She was having no problem with a big storm until her rudder broke off, then she was thrown into the shallows under Pictured Rocks. Reportedly went to pieces within 15 minutes of striking. The next summer, when salvors went there to examine her, all that was left that was salvagable was the engine and boiler. In 1883 a wrecking captain brought up the door of the vessel's safe which contained under the bands a number of 1854 coins. One of the last and largest vessels to be portaged around Soo. Wreck is a frequent dive target.  
Also on cassette tape “Lake Superior Shipwrecks – Stories by Dr. Fred Wolff

1996: On October 30, 1996, the steel excursion boat Grampa Woo, broke free from her moorings at Grand Portage, MN at 9:30am with 2 men aboard, when 50 mph gale winds tore the mooring buoy's 4000-lb anchor loose. Helpless because her rudder and propeller had been removed for repair, the vessel was somehow taken in tow by the Walter J. McCarthy and pulled to the mouth of Thunder Bay, Ont. There her towline broke and she was adrift again. The two crewmen were taken off by the Canadian tug Glenada in a daring rescue. The vessel finally washed into the cliffs of Passage Island near Isle Royale in Lake Superior. Plans were made to rescue her, but by the end of the year, she had broken up.

1873: On October 30, 1873, the wood schooner John L. Gross, while carrying coal, was inbound with coal for the Copper Falls mine, when she struck a rock in the channel and was beached at the entrance to Eagle Harbor, MI, Keweenaw in Lake Superior during a gale. She was later pounded to pieces. Tug J.C. Morse was almost lost trying to save her the next week.

1898: On October 30, 1898, the wood schooner C. Harrison, while loading lumber, was 'swept out of existence' during a gale while loading lumber at Whitefish Bay, WI. She had attempted to put out to sea when the storm was seen approaching, but was driven ashore instead at Whitefish Bay, Wis., entrance to Sturgeon Bay Canal in Lake Michigan.

1993: On October 30, 1993, in west and central Upper Michigan, a combination of very cold air moving across Lake Superior and an intense early season winter storm which tracked north of Lake Superior set the stage for the first significant winter storm of the fall season for west and central Upper Michigan. Snow began across far western Upper Michigan during the morning of the 29th and continued off and on through the morning of the 31st. The heaviest snowfall occurred across the Ironwood area where 9 inches fell. A general 4 to 8 inch snowfall was common across west Upper Michigan by the time the snow ended. A daily record snowfall of 4.6 inches fell this day at WFO Marquette.

October 31

1976: On October 31, 1976, record snowfall for the month of October with a total of 17.5 inches in Marquette.

1989: On October 31, 1989, 7 inches of snow fell in Ironwood.

1988: On October 31, 1988, after a very warm summer, October came in with an average temperature of 38.0 degrees, about 5.6 degrees below normal. This was the coldest October on record at WFO Marquette which has since been tied by October 2002.

1911: On October 31, 1911, the wood, bulk freight D. Leuty, while carrying light, drove ashore in a gale at Lighthouse Point near Marquette, MI in Lake Superior while trying to enter the harbor at Marquette and later broke up. The vessel was a total loss, but her after deckhouse was used as a summer cottage nearby until 1965.

1883: On October 31, 1883, the wood schooner Monitor, while carrying iron ore, was bound Escanaba for Cleveland, when she went on rocks and was wrecked at Seul Choix Point, Garden Peninsula, MI in Lake Michigan during a gale. Wrecking tugs Leviathan and later Kate Williams tried into December to release her.

1891: On October 31, 1891, the wood schooner, 3-mast L.C. Butts, while carrying coal, was driven into shallows near Fish Island, mouth of the bay of Green Bay in Lake Michigan by a gale and wrecked by wave action after breaking loose from the steamer Niagara. Her crew was rescued after much hardship to both them and the U.S. Lifesaving crew. Salvagers put pump after pump aboard to try and save her, but she broke in two and became a total loss of about $66,000.

2006: On October 31, 2006, a strong cold front moved through Upper Michigan early in the morning. West winds behind the front gusted near 60 mph over the higher terrain of the Keweenaw Peninsula. Wind gusts measured at 58 mph at the Houghton County Airport ASOS. Wind gusts of 63 mph also measured by the wind sensor at the Keweenaw Research Center in Calumet.

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Above from MQT Today in History http://www.weather.gov/mqt/today_in_history

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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.
October 1
1999: Caledonia, MN (2") and La Crosse, WI (0.3") had their earliest measurable snowfall.
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/mpx/wxhistory
and entry for following day, below
1976: Hatfield, WI (94), Preston, MN (92, also latest occurrence of 90 degrees in a year), Neillsville, WI (92), Caledonia, MN (91), and Jump River, WI (87) all recorded their warmest October temperature.
1872: A tornado occurred in Crawford County, WI.
October 2
1999: Elgin, MN (2") and Harmony, MN (0.5") had their earliest measurable snowfall.
See entry for following day.
1953: Platteville, WI (91) and Mondovi, WI (90) recorded their warmest October temperature.
1927: Oelwein, IA (2.4", wettest October day).
October 3
1999: Elkader, IA (0.5") had their earliest measurable snowfall.
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/mpx/wxhistory
and for following day, below
1997: The following locations recorded their warmest October temperature: Guttenberg, IA (94), Oelwein, IA (94), La Crosse, WI (93, tied with 10/6/1963 for warmest October day), Rochester, MN (93), Austin, MN (92), and Lynxville, WI (92).
1954: Blair, WI (4.22"), Alma, WI(3.85"), Hatfield, WI (3.7", wettest October day), and Theilman, MN (3.6") rain.
1953: Owen, WI (88, warmest October temperature).
1903: An F4 tornado moved northeast from west of Chatfield, MN, passing through and devastating St.Charles, MN. Seven people were killed and 30 injured as 50 homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed. Homes were also swept away in Wisconsin, along Eagle Creek and then at Independence, where two people died and half of the town was torn apart. Damage for both states totaled $400, 000. About two hours later, another F4 tornado apparently formed over extreme northern Adams County, WI (about 5 miles east of Rome) and then moved east-northeast passing 1.5 miles south of Bancroft in Portage County. The tornado was up to a half mile wide but most of the damage was in Portage County. 
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/mqt/today_in_history
October 4
2013: A potent fall storm system brought widespread rainfall to the area, with the heaviest rains falling Friday night into early Saturday morning. During that Friday night weather, parts of northeast Iowa and southeast Minnesota received 2-6" inches of rain, causing road washouts, stranded vehicles, city flooding, and mudslides. 2-day rainfall (4th and 5th) amounts in IA: Colwell (2.93"), Charles City (2.85"), Elma (2.81"), Bluffton (2.25"). In MN: Preston (5.85"), Grand Meadow (5.30"), Lyle (4.81"), Fillmore (4.65"), Lanesboro (4.34"), Spring Valley (4.19"), Pilot Mound (3.88"), La Crescent (2.91"), Harmony (2.75"), Lewiston (2.58"), Houston (2.31"), Stockton (2.25"), Austin (2.11"), Dakota (2.04"). In WI: Trempealeau (5.38"), Galesville (4.22"), Holland (3.11"), Ettrick (3.08"), Holmen (2.57"), La Crosse (2.49"), Stoddard (2.20").
1999: Lancaster, WI (0.7") had their earliest measurable snow.
See entry for previous day, above.
1997: Hampton, IA (95), Theilman, MN (94, also latest occurrence of 90 in a year), Cresco, IA (92), Grand Meadow, MN (92), Alma, WI (91), and Waukon, IA (91) recorded their warmest October temperature.
1973: Theilman, MN (3.7") rain.
1962: A weak F0 tornado occurred in Olmsted County, MN.
1900: Prairie du Chien, WI (2.42", wettest October day).
October 5
1963: Charles City, IA (95) and Osage, IA (93) recorded their warmest October temperature.
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/mpx/wxhistory
1911: Neillsville, WI (3.12") rain.
1897: This day was the last of a streak of 18 consecutive days in La Crosse, WI where not even a trace of precipitation reached the ground. The streak started on September 18th of that year. 
October 6
1995: Mather, WI (2.52", wettest October day) rain.
1964: Mather, WI (1") had their earliest measurable snowfall.
1963:  The following locations recorded their warmest October temperature: In IA: Decorah (94), Elkader (94), Fayette (91). In WI: Dodge, WI (93), La Crosse (93, also tied with 10/3/1997), Prairie du Chien (93), Hillsboro (92), Lancaster (92), Necedah (92), Genoa (91), Richland Center (91), Blair (90), Mauston (90), Sparta (90), Trempealeau (90), Viroqua (90).
1955: Fayette, IA (2.70", wettest October day).
1911: Rochester, MN (2.85", wettest October day).
October 7
1963: Winona, MN (93) and Mather, WI (91) had their warmest October temperature.
1948: Waukon, IA (2.08") and Charles City, IA (1.77") rain. This is the wettest October day for both locations. 
2017: EF0 tornado on northeast side of Madison 
http://www.weather.gov/mkx/tor100717
October 8
1992: An F1 tornado damaged four outbuildings, 3 mobile homes, and many trees in the Mauston, WI area. Also, on this date, a weak F0 tornado damaged a pole shed, silo, and several trees just north of Mondovi, WI.
1967: Guttenberg, IA (2.04", wettest October day).
1883: An F2 tornado moved northeast through Trempealeau County, WI passing 6 miles east of Arcadia. Two farm houses were destroyed and many barns were wrecked on the upper side of the North Creek Valley. Four horses were killed in one of the many barns that were swept away. There was a "deafening roar and a sulphuric odor." In addition, it caused 5 injuries. 
October 9
1973: A weak F0 tornado touched down in Dodge County, MN.
1970:  The wettest October day was recorded for the following locations: In IA: New Hampton (4.2"), Charles City (3.22"), Osage (2.67"). In MN: Elgin (4.25"), Grand Meadow (2.92").
1904: Medford, WI (3") and Viroqua, WI (2.85") had their wettest October day.
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/mqt/today_in_history
October 10
1962: A weak F1 tornado touched down during the morning 18 miles southeast of Neillsville, WI. It caused no injuries or deaths.
1954: Platteville, WI (2.8", wettest October day).
1949: A rapidly deepening low pressure area moved north through the Dakotas. It produced gale to hurricane force winds across much of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Michigan, and the Dakotas. Sustained 1-minute winds reached 79 mph in La Crosse, WI and 85 mph in Rochester, MN during the early afternoon. Winds gusts were as high as 100 mph. This produced extensive damage to buildings and power lines. In addition, many corn crops were flattened. 
See also "The Wind Storm of October 10, 1949" at  http://www.weather.gov/arx/wind_1949
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/mpx/wxhistory 
1913: A complex of tornadoes and wind downbursts produced about $300, 000 in property losses. Starting in Crawford County, WI one tornado tracked northeast through Richland and Vernon Counties in Wisconsin. Five homes were destroyed and over 100 more were damaged in the northwest part of Mauston before the tornado lifted. 
October 11
1990: Mauston, WI (5") had their earliest measurable snowfall.
1987: Dodge, WI (9, coldest October temperature).
1986: Winona, MN (2.64", wettest October day).
October 12
1966: Austin, MN (2.18", wettest October day).
1961: Two F1 tornadoes touched down during the evening in Chickasaw County, IA.
1959: Mondovi, WI (1") had their earliest measurable snowfall.
See entry for following day
October 13
1997: Both Elkader, IA (2.50") and Lynxville, WI (1.98") had their wettest October day.
1959: Theilman, MN (3") and Blair, WI (1") had their earliest measurable snowfall.
October 14
1986: Neillsville, WI (1") and Owen, WI (0.5") had their earliest measurable snowfall.
1966: Thunderstorms produced wind gusts up to 80 mph in Mower County, MN. Also, two F1 tornadoes touched down in Allamakee County, IA and an F1 tornado occurred in Fayette County, IA. Lake City, MN (3.30"), Rochester, MN (2.81"), and La Crosse (2.01") rain. 
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/mpx/wxhistory
and the entry for following day (below).
October 15
1972: Necedah, WI (0.2") had their earliest measurable snowfall.
1966: The following locations had their wettest October day: In MN: Theilman (5.46"), Wabasha (4.38"), Minnesota City (3.90"), Harmony (3.10"). In WI: Alma (5.35"), Blair (3.44"), Mondovi (3.12"). In IA: Cresco (4.45"). 
October 16
1984: An F2 tornado skipped north across Juneau County, WI from just south of Mauston to just east of Necedah. A woman was seriously injured when her mobile home was overturned. It caused damage to a subdivision of mobile homes near the entrance to Buckhorn State Park where 4 mobile homes were leveled, 20 damaged, and some homes and garages were damaged. The tornado lifted again only to set down just east of Necedah where 2 people were injured when the mobile home they were in was lifted from the ground, turned full circle, bounced off a truck and car, and landed 35 feet away. Overall, 50 structures were damaged including 15 homes with minor damage, 3 major, and 5 completely destroyed. In addition to this tornado, an F1 tornado hit Lawler, IA. Four houses were significantly damaged - one roof lost. A garage was moved on its foundation and another foundation of a house was cracked. Ten to fifteen other homes received more minor damage. One of the victims said, "There was so much suction, we couldn't get the door to the basement open."
1972: Hillsboro, WI (1") and Sparta, WI (0.5") had their earliest measurable snowfall. Sparta tied October 16, 1952 for their earliest measurable snowfall.
1911: Rochester, MN (2.35") rain.
October 17
1998: La Crosse, WI (2.28") rain.
1959: Winona, MN (1") and Minnesota City, MN (0.5") had their earliest measurable snowfall.
1952: Hatfield, WI (2"), Richland Center, WI (0.4"), Decorah, IA (0.3"), Prairie du Chien, WI (0.3"), and Spring Valley, MN (0.3") had their earliest measurable snowfall. 
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/mpx/wxhistory
October 18
1998: New Hampton, IA (3.75") rain.
1992: Muscoda, WI (1.3") had their earliest measurable snowfall.
1990: Cresco, IA (1") and New Hampton, IA (0.3) had their earliest measurable snowfall. This tied 10/18/1972 for the earliest in both locations.
1972: Osage, IA (2"), Waucoma, IA (1"), Platteville, WI (0.8"), Charles City, IA (0.6"), Waukon, IA (0.5"), and Oelwein, IA (0.3") had their earliest measurable snowfall.
1952: Elkader, IA had a high temperature of 68 and low temperature of 10. This 58 degree diurnal temperature change is the largest ever recorded. 
October 19
1991: Lanesboro, MN (1") had their earliest measurable snowfall.
1972: Guttenberg, IA (19, coldest October temperature).
See entry for date in  http://www.weather.gov/mpx/wxhistory 
1907: Osage, IA had a high temperature of 78 degrees and low temperature of 24 degrees. This 54- Fahrenheit degree diurnal temperature change is their greatest ever recorded. 
October 20
1992: Galesville, MN (2"), Lansing, IA (2"), Readstown, WI (2"), and Lynxville, WI (1") had their earliest measurable snowfall. Dodge, WI (2") tied 10/20/82 for the earliest snowfall.
1982: The following locations had their wettest October day: Blair, WI (4.5"), Lanesboro, MN (3.37"), Marble Rock, IA (3.05"), Preston, MN (2.96"), Trempealeau, WI (2.89"). Other precipitation records set this date: Dorchester, IA (0.5", earliest measurable snowfall), Jump River, WI (7.8" snow, snowiest October day, 2.21" liquid equivalent), Galesville, WI (1" snow, tied 10/20/1992 for earliest measurable snow), Dodge, WI (2" snow, tied with 10/20/1992 for earliest measurable snow, 2.94" liquid equivalent, wettest October day).
1917: Fayette, IA (15") snow.
October 21
1980: Hillsboro, WI (2.96", wettest October day).
1943: Richland Center, WI (5.90", wettest day on record) and Lancaster, WI (2.40", wettest October day).
October 22
1979: Muscoda, WI (4.60"), Owen, WI (2.95"), Goodrich, WI (2.50"), and Jump River, WI (2.34"), had their wettest October day.
October 23
1977: Genoa, WI (1.77", wettest October day). 
October 24
1981: Preston, MN (1") tied 10/24/1976 for their earliest measurable snowfall.
1959: Mauston, WI (3.05") and Necedah, WI (3.01") had their wettest October day.
1952: Austin, MN had a high temperature of 80 and low temperature of 25. This 55 degree diurnal temperature difference is the greatest ever recorded there.
1899: Medford, WI (90, warmest October day).
October 25
1981: Alma, WI (1") had their earliest measurable snowfall.
1963: Lake City, MN (3.22") rain.
1887: Rochester, MN (-6) and La Crosse, WI (6) had their earliest single-digit temperature and also their coldest October temperature. 
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/mpx/wxhistory
October 26
2010: An area of low pressure moved northeast out of the Southern Plains, undergoing rapid deepening and strengthening as it tracked across the Upper Mississippi River Valley on the 26th. Very strong winds accompanied the low. By late morning winds were sustained at 25 to 35 mph, with gusts of 40 to 50 mph, over parts of western Minnesota. By early afternoon, wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph were common across southeast Minnesota, northeast Iowa, and western Wisconsin causing sporadic wind damage to roofs and trees. The winds continued during the evening and overnight hours, with gusts near 60 mph. The strong winds continued on the 27th, finally starting to diminish that evening. In addition to the strong winds, this storm set state records for lowest pressure ever recorded with 955.2 mb at Bigfork, MN and 961.3 mb at Superior, WI. The 971.4 mb reading at La Crosse, WI set a record for that location. Peak winds gusts from this storm (mph)...in IA: Stacyville 88, Harpers Ferry 60, Ionia 55, Charles City 54, Decorah 52. In MN: Spring Valley 64, Eyota 63, Canton 58, Rochester 58, Dodge Center 56, Winona 54, Kellogg 53. In WI: Mt. Sterling 70, Prairie du Chien 64, Union 63, Necedah 62, Arcadia 61, Spencer 60, La Crosse 59, Platteville 58, Viroqua 58, Platteville 55, Boscobel 54, Medford 54, Lone Rock 52, Mauston 51, Neillsville 50.
See http://www.weather.gov/arx/oct2610 
Record low pressure at LSE and RST (see list of lowest five barometric pressure readings, apparently for their current airport locations)
See entry for date in http://www.weather.gov/mpx/wxhistory
and in http://www.weather.gov/mqt/today_in_history
Minnesota Climatology Working Group has page "Record Low Pressure Hits Minnesota  October 26-27, 2010" at http://climate.umn.edu/doc/journal/low_pressure_101026.htm  
Includes statements on low pressure records broken at DLH (as well as for Wis at Superior with 28.38 inches or 955.98 mb) and LSE (taken from item at ARX).
2008: a strong Canadian cold front moved across the region late in the night of October 25th into the morning hours of October 26th. The winds switched to the northwest behind the front and a couple of hours after sunrise on the 26th began to increase rapidly. By the late morning hours, the wind speeds were sustained between 20 and 35 mph with higher gusts. Widespread wind gust of 40 mph or higher were common for locations mainly west of Interstate 94 in central Wisconsin with gusts a little over 60 mph occurring from northeast Iowa west and south across Iowa as well as into central and southwest Minnesota. These wind gusts caused a few power outages and a little bit of damage for areas west of the Mississippi river, while more widespread power outages and damage occurred with the 60 mph wind gusts. In the local area, the highest recorded wind gust was 63 mph at St. Ansgar, Iowa. The highest recorded gust for this event in Iowa was 68 mph at Ventura in the north central part of the state and at Windsor Heights, just outside of Des Moines. In Minnesota, the highest recorded speed was 67 mph from a road sensor near Marietta in the far western part of the state.
1962: Owen, WI (8), Sparta, WI (10), Platteville, WI (12), and Caledonia, MN (13) recorded their coldest October temperature.
1959: Trempealeau, WI (1.8") had their earliest measurable snowfall.
1953: This day marked the start of a streak of 24 consecutive days without any precipitation falling in La Crosse, WI. From October 26th through November 18th 1953, not even a trace of precipitation was recorded. 
October 27
1997: Platteville, WI (6.2") and Guttenberg, IA (4") had their earliest measurable snowfall.
1989: This day began a streak of 16 consecutive days with a trace of more of precipitation for La Crosse, WI. The total through the period, however, was only 1.31". The streak ran through November 11th.
1976: Jump River, WI (-3), Blair, WI (8), and Mauston, WI (9) recorded their coldest October temperature.
1900: St Charles, MN (4.45") and Neillsville, WI (3.80") had their wettest October day.
October 28
1917: Viroqua, WI (7") snow.
1900: La Crosse, WI (4.89") and Caledonia, MN (3.10") had their wettest October day.
October 29
1988: Waukon, IA (15, coldest October temperature).
1952: Austin, MN (10), Decorah, IA (10), Osage, IA (12), and Lynxville, WI (18)recorded their coldest October temperature.
1925: New Hampton, IA (0) and Lancaster, WI (3) recorded their coldest October temperature.
October 30
1998: Theilman, MN (7, coldest October temperature) and Cresco, IA (10).
1988: Necedah, WI (5), Genoa, WI (15), Trempealeau, WI (13), and Alma, WI (18, coldest October temperature) low temperatures.
1971: An F1 tornado touched down during the evening in Grant County, WI.
1925: The following locations recorded their coldest October temperature: In IA: Fayette (-5), Charles City (1). In MN: Grand Meadow (-5), Winona, MN (7, also earliest single digit temperature) In WI: Hatfield (1), Viroqua (1), Medford (2), Mather (3), Richland Center (3), Neillsville (4), Prairie du Chien (4), La Crosse (7), Mondovi (8).  
October 31
1984: La Crosse, WI (2.04") rain.

1991:  See also 1 Nov 1991 entry on http://www.weather.gov/arx/ThisDayInHistory and 
"Halloween Blizzard/Ice Storm of 1991" http://www.weather.gov/arx/halloween1991
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http://www.weather.gov/ddc/octtrivia
Weather trivia for October

Oct 1, 1893
The second great hurricane of the 1893 season hit the Mississippi
Delta Region drowning more than 1000 persons.
IN 1998...Heavy rain fell across the Liberal area for 24 hours with
the heaviest rain falling between 8 am and 5 pm. Five to eight inches
were reported with one unofficial report indicating 10 inches.
Streets were flooded that had never flooded before. A local
disaster was declared.

Oct 2, 1898
A hurricane struck the Georgia coast washing away Campbell Island.

Oct 3, 1912
The longest dry spell of record in the U.S. commenced as Bagdad
CA went 767 days without rain.
IN 1986...Remnants of Hurricane Paine deluged Oklahoma and
southeastern Kansas with 6 to 10 inch overnight rains. Hardy Oklahoma
was drenched with 21.79 inches. Heavy rain between September 26th and
October 4th caused 350 million dollars damage in Oklahoma.
IN 2006...The high of 98 degrees set the record high for the month of
October at Dodge City.

Oct 4, 1777
The battle of Germantown was fought in a morning fog that grew more
dense with the smoke of battle, causing great confusion. Americans
firing at each other contributed to the loss of the battle.

Oct 5, 1638
The journal of John Winthrop recorded that a mighty tempest struck
eastern New England. This second severe hurricane in three years
blew down many trees in mile long streaks.

Oct 6, 1941
A tornado hit Kansas City Missouri leaving 4 dead and causing
$250,000 damage.

Oct 7, 1992
An early fall snowstorm dumped from seven to ten inches of wet
snow across the Belleville and Munden areas in north central
Kansas. The combination of the heavy snow and high winds behind
the storm caused tremendous amounts of tree and power line damage
in this area. Approximately 20 power poles were snapped off and
some residents were without power for up to 48 hours.
Approximately 75 homes in the Belleville area sustained damage
from falling trees and branches.

Oct 8, 1871
Prolonged drought and dessicating winds led to the great Chicago
fire, the Peshtigo horror, and the Michigan fire holocaust. Fire
destroyed more than seventeen thousand buildings killing more
than 200 persons in the city of Chicago, while a fire consumed
the town of Peshtigo WI killing more than 1100 persons. In
Wisconsin, a million acres of land were burned, and in Michigan,
2.5 million acres were burned killing 200 persons. "Tornadoes of
fire" generated by intense heat caused houses to explode in fire,
and burned to death scores of persons seeking refuge in open
fields.
IN 1919...An intense tornado moved through the town of Hoisington,
11 miles north of Great Bend. It damaged or destroyed 60 homes
which resulted in $200,000 in damages. Business papers and
cancelled checks were found at Lincoln, 55 miles to the
northeast.

Oct 9, 1949
A tornado moved north northeast from 10 miles south of Rush
Center to 6 miles northeast of LaCrosse. Four farms were hit as
the tornado passed 4 miles southeast of Rush City. Barns and
silos were destroyed on three farms.

Oct 10, 1973
Fifteen to twenty inch rains deluged north central Oklahoma in
thirteen hours producing record flooding. Enid was drenched with
15.65 inches of rain from the nearly stationary thunderstorms,
which established a state 24 hour rainfall record. Dover
Oklahoma reported 125 of 150 homes damaged by flooding.

Oct 11, 1928
What was probably a family of small tornadoes moved northeast
from the northwest corner of Finney county, passing west of Amy
and south of Healy. Many farm buildings were destroyed and one
home was twisted.
IN 1954...A tornado moved east from 4 miles north of Catharine KS
to 8 miles north of Gorham. A home was unroofed, and oil derricks
were blown down. A pickup truck was tossed 30 feet into the air.

Oct 12, 1918
Forest fires ravaged parts of Minnesota from the Duluth area
northeastward, claiming the lives of 600 persons. Smoke with a
smell of burnt wood spread to Albany NY and Washington D.C. in
24 hours. Smoke was noted at Charleston SC on the 14th, and by
the 15th was reported in northeastern Texas.

Oct 13, 1846
A great hurricane tracked across Cuba, Florida, Georgia, the
Carolinas, Virginia and Pennsylvania. The hurricane inflicted
major damage along its entire path, which was similar to the
path of Hurricane Hazel 108 years later. The hurricane caused
great damage at Key West FL, and at Philadelphia PA it was the
most destructive storm in thirty years.

Oct 14, 1984
Dense fog contributed to a 118 vehicle accident on Interstate 94,
just south of Milwaukee WI. It was the seventh day of an eight
day stretch of dense fog. At the time of the accident the visibility
was reportedly close to zero.

Oct 15, 1954
Hurricane Hazel struck the Carolina coastline. The hurricane
demolished every pier along a 170 mile stretch from Myrtle Beach
South Carolina to Cedar Island North Carolina, and obliterated
entire lines of beach homes. Hurricane Hazel also destroyed 1500
homes as it moved inland with seventeen foot tides. Winds between
Myrtle Beach South Carolina and Cape Fear North Carolina gusted to
150 mph. Hurricane Hazel caused 163 million dollars damage, and
claimed the lives of 98 persons.

Oct 16, 1980
A house was destroyed, and three other homes and a trailer were
damaged during a brief tornado touchdown at Munjor KS.
IN 1998...A tornado that began in eastern Trego county, steadily
moved northeast before dissipating north of Hays. The tornado hit
several farms in rural Ellis county and slammed into sparsely
populated Yocemento. After leaving Yocemento, the tornado tore
through a feed yard and on across other parts of rural Ellis
county. Fortunately, the tornado stayed just west and north of
populated Hays where a high school football game was in progress.
The tornado damaged or destroyed 10 homes, a grain elevator, many
outbuildings, a tractor and a feedlot. During the weaker moments
of the tornado, it moved a 14,000 pound tractor 30 yards. One
modular constructed home on a concrete slab was completely
destroyed with the remains carried one half of a mile. A steel I beam
from a concrete building traveled several hundred yards,
eventually crashing into a grain elevator. Three empty anhydrous
ammonia tanks were moved causing a leak of a benign amount of
vapor. An injury occurred to a male driving a tractor trailer
rig on interstate 70.

Oct 17, 1781
General Cornwallis attempted to escape encirclement by crossing York
River, "but a violent storm arose" dispersing his boats causing him
to ask for an armistice.

Oct 18, 1906
A hurricane struck South Florida drowning 124 persons stranded in
the Florida Keys.

Oct 19, 1844
The famous Lower Great Lakes Storm occurred. Southwesterly
winds were at hurricane force for five hours, driving lake waters
into downtown Buffalo New York. The storm drowned 200 persons.

Oct 20, 1770
An exceedingly great storm struck eastern New England causing
extensive coastal damage from Massachusetts to Maine, and the
highest tide in 40 years.

Oct 21, 1934
A severe windstorm lashed the northern Pacific coast. In Washington
State, the storm claimed the lives of 22 persons, and caused 1.7
million dollars damage, mostly to timber. Winds, gusting to 87 mph
at North Head WA, produced waves twenty feet high.

Oct 22, 1965
The temperature soared to 104 degrees at San Diego CA. Southern
California was in the midst of a late October heat wave that year.
Los Angeles had ten consecutive days with afternoon highs reaching
100 degrees.

Oct 23, 2002
Freezing drizzle and freezing rain occurred over much of southwest
Kansas. The biggest impacts related to the storm were ice
accumulations of an eighth to a quarter of an inch across far
southwest Kansas from Johnson to Elkhart, east through Sublette and
Meade. Reports of ice accumulation of a half inch were reported in
Meade county. Tree limbs and power lines were taken down by the
weight of the ice in Seward and also in Stafford counties. There
were several reports of damage to fences and vehicles due to tree
limbs falling on them. Approximately 100 customers in Liberal were
without electricity due to the downed power lines. Ice storms are
rare in October.

Oct 24, 1785
A four day rain swelled the Merrimack River in New Hampshire and
Massachusetts to the greatest height of record causing extensive
damage to bridges and mills.

Oct 25, 1997
A major late fall blizzard struck part of west central and
southwest Kansas dumping 10 to 20 inches of snow across the area.
A strong north wind whipped the snow into 15 to 20 foot drifts.
Most roads were impassable for several days after the snow ended.
22,000 head of cattle died both in pastures and in the feedlots.
Monetarily this amounted to $11 million in losses. Additionally,
the cattle that did not die during the blizzard suffered severe
weight loss which led to higher operating costs for feedlots.
Over 35,000 head of cattle perished across western Kansas.

Oct 26, 1859
New York City had their earliest substantial snow of record as
four inches blanketed the city.

Oct 27, 1878
The low of 10 degrees established the record low for the month of
October at Dodge City.

Oct 28, 2003
An on-going drought that was in its third year continued across
most of Kansas. The state of Kansas declared drought disaster
areas with an estimated cost of $275 million for this growing
season alone.

Oct 29, 1956
A tornado moved north northeast from 7 miles south southeast of
Burdett Kansas to 6 miles northwest of Rozel, and ended in the
northwest part of Grant township. This tornado struck 11 farms
and three homes were destroyed.

Oct 30, 1947
The Donora PA smog disaster finally came to an end. For five
days an inversion trapped impurities in the lower atmosphere over
the Monongahela Valley killing 20 persons, and leaving more than
2000 others sick.
IN 1991...A strong winter storm brought southwest Kansas its first
snowfall for the year, dumping up to 14 inches in Garden City. A
large storage shed collapsed due to heavy snows in Johnson, and
slippery roads caused a lot of havoc and claimed the life of a
child in an automobile accident. Bitter cold temperatures also
accompanied the heavy snows, and wind gusts to 45 mph brought
wind chills down to the 20 below zero range. The frigid
conditions and blowing snow claimed the lives of two men, both of
exposure in separate incidents, when they left their cars after
they got stuck. Both men tried to make their way back home.

Oct 31, 1846
87 pioneers were trapped by early snows in the Sierra Nevada
Mountains that piled five feet deep, with 30 to 40 foot drifts.
Just 47 persons survived the "Donner Pass Tragedy."
IN 1991...Freezing rain and sleet fell across south central Kansas.
This precipitation caused extensive tree and power line damage.
Two inches of ice accumulated in some spots. Derby, Mulvane, and
Haysville were hardest hit. Tree limbs up to 10 inches in
diameter were snapped off and caused widespread electrical
outages. At one point all of Mulvane was without power and about
12,000 customers in Wichita and El Dorado lost power.
See https://www.weatherforyou.com/weather_history/
http://www3.gendisasters.com/wisconsin/15401/dane-county-wi-hail-storm-destruction-sep-1886
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Dane County, WI Hail Storm Destruction, Sep 1886
Submitted by Stu Beitler on 6 March 2010 - 2:34pm
    Wisconsin
    Storms & Lightning
    1886
RATTLING HAIL.
SEVERE DESTRUCTION IN DANE COUNTY.
THE SEVEREST HAIL STORM EVER KNOWN IN THE REGION OF MADISON -- THOUSANDS OF GLASS WINDOWS BROKEN -- BIRDS KILLED -- VEGETATION STRIPPED -- OTHER DAMAGE.
Madison, Wis., Sept. 23. -- From 7,000 to 10,000 panes of glass, generally in greenhouses, were broken at 2:15 this morning by hail stones, which lasted three minutes. Stones fell measuring four and six inches in circumference and on the tin roofs, some of which were perforated, sounded like a canonade. Hundreds of birds were killed. The ground was given a carpet of leaves and twigs and the little outstanding tobacco was riddled. Many people resorted to cellars, fearing a cyclone. Some trembled lest an earthquake was upon them. The storm was the severest of the kind ever known here.
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern Wisconsin 1886-09-23
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September 27  1942: The max temperature was 40 degrees Fahrenheit in Minneapolis.

Get This day in Wisconsin History
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/thisday/index.asp?month=9&day=20&submit_form=Go

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   
https://www.weatherforyou.com/weather_history/
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
For Sunday, February 9, 2014
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
For Monday, February 10, 2014
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/
now https://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