1983: In the late afternoon and early evening, hail up to 2 and 1/2 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 100 degrees or more. The highest temperature occurred at Centerville: 112 establishing the all-time state heat record.