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• 1983: An F4 tornado occurred west of the town center of Andover, Minnesota, and went through the Red Oaks subdivision. Numerous homes received major damage with some homes having only the foundation left. Although damage was extensive, there were only four minor injuries, mainly from falling debris and broken glass. The tornado moved east and the width covered half a city block.
• 1776: Thomas Jefferson, on his way to Congress to sign the Declaration of Independence, purchased a thermometer. At 2 pm it was cloudy with a temperature of 76 degrees.
• 1946: One of Europe's widest tornadoes, 3/4 of a mile across, struck Fairlight, England.
• 1956: The world's greatest one-minute rainfall amount was recorded: 1.23 inches at Unionville, MD.
• 1969: A line of powerful storms brought 105 mph winds to northeast Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania right at fireworks time. Wind speeds hit 104 mph in Toledo (where 5,000 trees were blown down) and 100 mph in Cleveland. Eighteen people were killed.
• 1977: An intense squall line, or derecho, brought 115 mph winds to northern Wisconsin as the storms traveled from Minnesota to Lake Erie. A tremendous amount of forest was destroyed during the "blowdown."
• 1980: The first of 17 consecutive days with temperatures 100 degrees or hotter in Kansas City, MO.
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