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Today in Weather History
• 1936: Several record highs were seen on this day, including; 113 degrees 4NW of Gann Valley; 111 in Murdo; 107 in Castlewood; 106 in Clark and Highmore; 105 near Onida; 104 in Faulkton and Miller; 103 degrees 6SE of McIntosh; 101 in Pollock.
• 1988: Several record highs were set on this day, including; 103 degrees in Ipswich and Britton; 102 in Webster; 101 in Summit and Artichoke Lake, MN; 99 in Leola; 98 degrees in Clear Lake and Waubay.
• 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.
• 1999: A squall line with winds of 90 to 100 mph began in North Dakota and roared east all the way to Maine by the morning of the 5th. Huge swaths of forest were blown down.
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