This Date in Weather History for October 5,2012

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1638
"A mighty tempest, and withal the highest tide, which has been since our coming to this country," according to Governor John Winthrop's journal. This was the second severe hurricane to strike Massachusetts in three years. Many trees in Massachusetts and Maine were blown down in mile long tracks and ships were wrecked.
1786
The famous "Pumpkin Flood" occurred on the Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers. Harrisburg, PA reported a river stage of 22 feet. The heavy rains culminated a wet season.
1811
Navy Gun Boat #2 sank during a gale in the Chesapeake Bay, killing 40 people.
1836
26 inches of snow fell at Auburn, NY on this date through the 6th in one of the greatest snowstorms in New York State history. 26 inches also fell at Hollidaysburg, PA.
1844
A hurricane swept along the path from Cuba to the Florida Straits to the Bahamas to Bermuda and finally to Newfoundland. Such destruction "is rarely known in the annals of commerce."
1864
A tropical cyclone hit India near Calcutta, India devastating the city and killing about 60,000 people in the region.
1892
Washington, D.C. recorded a trace of snow, its earliest measurable snowfall on record.
1911
Moisture from the remnants of a tropical storm caused heavy rainfall in the San Juan Mountains causing floods on the Upper Rio Grande and other Colorado Rivers. Alamosa, CO reported extensive flooding.
1917
The temperature at Sentinel, AZ soared to 116° to establish an October record for the nation. Other daily record highs included: Yuma, AZ: 108°-Tied, Tucson, AZ: 101° and Elko, NV: 87°.
1941
Bermuda high pressure pumped record heat across much of the east. Phoenixville, PA reached 100°, establishing an October state maximum temperature record. Locations recording their all-time October high temperature records included: Baltimore, MD: 97°, Washington, D.C.: 96°, and Philadelphia, PA: 96°.
Other locations reporting daily record high included: Roanoke, VA: 98°, Harrisburg, PA: 97°, Richmond, VA: 97°, Lynchburg, VA: 96°, Raleigh, NC: 96°, Reading, PA: 94°, Trenton, NJ: 94°, Elizabeth City, NC: 94°, Wilmington, DE: 94°, Greensboro, NC: 94°, Newark, NJ: 93°, Norfolk, VA: 93°, Allentown, PA: 92°, Greenville-Spartanburg, SC: 92°, Chattanooga, TN: 92°, Williamsport, PA: 91°, Atlanta, GA: 91°, Huntington, WV: 90°, Asheville, NC: 90°, Avoca, PA: 89°, Scranton-Wilkes Barre, PA: 89°, Lexington, KY: 89°, Beckley, WV: 88° and Elkins, WV: 86°.
1948
A hurricane crossing the upper Florida Keys spawned at least three tornadoes across Broward and Dade Counties. Pompano Beach reported tornadoes that destroyed 29 homes and injured 27 people.
1953
A west coast heat ridge brought record high temperatures. Escondido, CA hit 106°, their highest temperature for October. Other daily record highs included: Riverside, CA: 104°, Santa Ana, CA: 103°, Long Beach, CA: 101°, Downtown Los Angeles, CA: 101°, Los Angeles (LAX), CA: 100°, San Diego, CA: 90°-Tied, San Francisco (Airport), CA: 88° and Olympia, WA: 81°.
1954
Infamous Hurricane Hazel, which caused tremendous destruction in the Carolinas, was born on this date.
1970
An F4 tornado moved northeast from northern Pottawatomie County, into southeast Lincoln County in Oklahoma. A total of 564 homes, 157 businesses, 12 public buildings, 5 schools, and 10 churches were either damaged or destroyed. In Prague, there were 4 deaths and 80 injuries, as the tornado tracked through the middle of town.
1972
Heavy rains, mostly the remnants of Tropical Storm Joanne, fell across much of Arizona through the 7th. It was believed to be the first time in Arizona weather history that a tropical storm entered the state with its circulation still intact. The center was over Flagstaff early on the 7th.
1980
A large upper level ridge continued to bring record heat to the west. Big Bear Lake, CA had their hottest temperature in October with 85°. Victorville, CA hit 101° tying their highest October temperature which occurred two days before.
Other daily record highs included: Palm Springs, CA: 111°, Borrego Springs, CA: 106°, Fresno, CA: 102° (their 5th day triple digit heat, a record for October), Las Vegas, NV: 99°, Medford, OR: 97°, Stockton, CA: 96°, Bishop, CA: 94°, Eugene, OR: 92°, Pendleton, OR: 92°, Winnemucca, NV: 90°, Portland, OR: 90°, Olympia, WA: 89°, Salem, OR: 89°, Reno, NV: 89°-Tied, Yakima, WA: 86°, Seattle, WA: 82° and Quillayute, WA: 75-Tied°.
1987
It was another day of scorching heat for the southwestern U.S courtesy of a strong upper level heat ridge. Afternoon highs of 104° at Monterrey, CA and 102° at Mission Dolores in Downtown San Francisco, CA, established all-time records. The high of 101° at San Jose, CA was a record for October. Sacramento tied their record for October for the 3rd time in the month, with a reading of 102°. The high temperature for the nation was 111° at San Luis Obispo (the 2nd day in a row) and Palm Springs, CA.
Other daily record highs included: Borrego Springs, CA: 106°, Phoenix, AZ: 104°, Santa Maria, CA: 102°, Redding, CA: 101°, Sacramento, CA: 98°, Stockton, CA: 98°, San Francisco (Airport), CA: 97°, Bishop, CA: 94°-Tied, Eureka, CA: 84°-Tied and Quillayute, WA: 76°.
A trough in the east was responsible for a chilly morning with many cities in the southeastern U.S. reporting record low temperatures for the date, including Knoxville, TN: 34°, Meridian, MS: 36°, Jackson, MS: 38°, Birmingham, AL: 38°, Jackson, KY: 39°, Little Rock, AR: 42°-Tied, Savannah, GA: 43°, Mobile, AL: 45°, Baton Rouge, LA: 45°-Tied, Lake Charles, LA: 46° and New Orleans, LA: 46°.
1988
Upper level low pressure and a trough were responsible for record low temperatures for the date from the Plains to the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. Goodland, KS reported a chilly afternoon high of 39°. In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Marquette reported an inch of snow.
Locations reporting record low temperatures for the date included: Duluth, MN: 21°-Tied, Waterloo, IA: 24°, Norfolk, NE: 26°, Sioux City, IA: 26°, Des Moines, IA: 30°-Tied, Columbia, MO: 33°-Tied, Kansas City, MO: 34° and Jackson, KY: 36°.
1989
Showers and thunderstorms associated with Tropical Storm Raymond deluged southeastern Arizona with heavy rain. Up to 4.5 inches of rain was reported north of Wilcox. 75% of the streets in the town of Wilcox were left under 18 inches of water, and damage exceeded $1 million dollars.
Evening thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced severe weather in Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle. Thunderstorms produced high winds which gusted to 80 mph at White Deer, TX, and resulted in one death at Pocasset, OK. Thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail at Pampa and Lefors, TX.
1998
A big three-day snowstorm came to an end over the Black Hills in South Dakota. Galena was buried under 48 inches of snow and Lead checked in with 42.1 inches.
Rain and embedded thunderstorms dumped a large area of 4 to 10 inches of rain producing widespread flooding. Most of the flooding was confined to low areas along creeks and highways. The hardest hit areas were in southeast Kansas and west central and central Missouri. Numerous highways were closed due to high water.
2003
Heavy rains in Port-au-Prince, Haiti triggered landslides that collapsed homes in four neighborhoods resulting in 13 deaths.
2005
After sweating through 90°+ heat at the beginning of the month, residents in North Dakota saw heavy snow across much of the state. A record breaking early season snowfall buried portions of Montana and North Dakota. 22 inches of snow was recorded at Dunn Center, North Dakota, 18 inches fell at Pryor, Montana and 15 inches was measured at Dickinson, North Dakota. The 10.8 inches at Billings, Montana was its greatest snowfall for so early in the season.
2007
An early season winter storm brought snow flurries mixed with rain as low as 4,000 feet in parts of the central Sierra Nevada in California. Snow flurries mixed with rain were observed on the valley floor of Yosemite National Park and accumulating snow reported as low as 5,000 feet.