1983: In the late afternoon and early evening, hail up to 2.5 inches in diameter pounded crops, trees, buildings, and windows resulting in extensive damage in Spink, Beadle, Turner, and Clay Counties. Trees were stripped with numerous branches broken off.

1922: A lightning storm broke over Regina, Saskatchewan. The rain forced two brothers to take refuge under a shock of grain before it was struck by lightning, killing them both. The same bolt of lightning stunned another hired hand working in the field, but he recovered.

1925: Every weather reporting station in Alabama hit 100F or more. The highest temperature occurred at Centerville: 112F establishing the all-time state heat record.