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strong winds damaged a catwalk at the McLaughlin livestock auction. Half of the 400-foot walkway was tipped over by the winds. The high winds, along with six-foot waves, destroyed an 85-year old 40 x 75 foot dance hall located by Medicine Lake, 15 miles northwest of Watertown. In Aberdeen, brick from a top portion of an abandoned building collapsed. There were also widespread reports of tree limbs blown down.

1743: A hurricane off the eastern coast of the United States proved Ben Franklin's hypothesis that storms off the coast move in a northeasterly direction. The storm hit Franklin's residence in Philadelphia before striking a friend's house in Boston, despite winds at Philadelphia coming from the northeast. Franklin then correctly surmised that storms do not necessarily follow winds that are felt at the surface.

1946: Heavy wet snow fell in the southern Rockies. Denver recorded 31 inches in three days, one of its greatest snowstorms on record.
2000: Heavy thunderstorms pounded the Hawaiian Islands. Hilo, on the east coast of the Big Island, reported 27.24 inches of rain in a 24-hour period.
2003: The runners of the New York City Marathon felt the heat as warm weather sent 20 runners to the hospital due to dehydration.