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1995: Numerous slow moving thunderstorms produced very heavy rains across north-central South Dakota from early morning to the early evening hours of the 21st, and again from early morning to the early afternoon hours on the 22nd. The two day rainfall amounts ranged from two to nearly seven inches across north-central South Dakota. Some rainfall amounts included; 2.12 inches at Gettysburg; 2.20 at Hoven; 3.33 at Roscoe and Eureka; 3.50 at 2.5W Bowdle; 3.60 at Trail City; 3.77 at Herreid; 4.00 at Firesteel; 4.45 at Bowdle; 4.50 at 20NW of Gettysburg; 5.06 at 9NE Timber Lake; 5.45 at Timber Lake; and 6.80 at 7NW Trail City. Many roads were flooded and closed. In the Timber Lake, Firesteel, and Isabel area, flooding washed gravel off the roads in 40 to 50 places. Some crops were also flooded. A bridge was washed out on the Dodge draw road just off U.S. Highway 83.

1942: The temperature reached 129 degrees in Tirat Tsvi, Israel.

1972: An F3 tornado destroyed two homes and several businesses in Eloy, AZ. Also, an F2 tornado damaged several hundred homes from northeast Phoenix into Paradise Valley.

1987: A tornado destroyed 57 mobile homes at the Chateam Estates trailer park northwest of Detroit, MI killing 1 person and injuring 6 others. Total damage was estimated at 1.7 million dollars.

• Groton hosted Aberdeen B Thursday night, splitting a pair of games.
• Groton won the first game, 7-6, after scoring four runs in the bottom of the seventh to take the lead. Alec Voss had a double, Nick Dalchow had two singles and Jackson Doeden, Luke Sternhagen, Adam Herman and Barry Keith each had a single. Voss was the winning pitcher with nine strike-outs, six hits and seven walks. Dalchow was the catcher.
• Aberdeen B scored eight runs in the second inning to coast to a 10-0 five-inning win in the second game. Spencer Knecht had the only hit for Groton. Keith and Doeden were the pitchers and Isaiah Cutler was the catcher.