Weather History
For Friday, August 30, 2013
For Friday, August 30, 2013
1776
- General Washington took advantage of a heavy fog to evacuate Long
Island after a defeat. Adverse winds kept the British fleet from
intervening. (David Ludlum)
1839
- A hurricane moved from Cape Hatteras NC to offshore New England. An
unusual feature of the hurricane was the snow it helped produce, which
whitened the Catskill Mountains of New York State. Considerable snow was
also reported at Salem NY. (The Weather Channel)
1982
- A tropical depression brought torrential rains to portions of
southern Texas. Up to twelve inches fell south of Houston, and as much
as eighteen inches fell southeast of Austin. The tropical depression
spawned fourteen tornadoes in three days. (David Ludlum) Record cold
gripped the northeastern U.S. Thirty-one cities in New England reported
record lows, and areas of Vermont received up to three inches of snow.
(The Weather Channel)
1987
- Eight cities in California and Oregon reported record high
temperatures for the date, including Redding CA and Sacramento CA where
the mercury hit 100 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
1988
- Thunderstorms drenched Georgia and the Carolinas with heavy rain,
soaking Columbia, SC, with 4.10 inches in three hours. Fresno CA was the
hot spot in the nation with a record high of 109 degrees. Duluth MN
tied their record for the month of August with a morning low of 39
degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
1989
- Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced large hail in
Montana and North Dakota during the evening and early nighttime hours.
Hail three inches in diameter was reported 20 miles south of Medora ND,
and thunderstorms over Dawson County MT produced up to three inches of
rain. Thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail at Roundup MT, Dazey ND
and Protection KS. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
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