Weather History
For Saturday,August 5,2017
For Saturday,August 5,2017
1843
- A spectacular cloudburst near Philadelphia turned the small creeks
and streams entering the Delaware River into raging torrents. As much as
sixteen inches of rain fell in just three hours. Flooding destroyed
thirty-two county bridges, and caused nineteen deaths. It is believed
that several small tornadoes accompanied the torrential rains, one of
which upset and sank more than thirty barges on the Schuylkill River.
(David Ludlum)
1961
- The temperature at Ice Harbor Dam, WA, soared to 118 degrees to equal
the state record established at Wahluke on the 24th of July in 1928.
The afternoon high of 111 degrees at Havre, MT, was an all-time record
for that location. (The Weather Channel)
1987
- Severe thunderstorms raked eastern South Dakota. The thunderstorms
spawned half a dozen tornadoes, produced softball size hail at Bowdle,
and produced wind gusts to 90 mph south of Watertown. Hot weather
continued in eastern Texas. Afternoon highs of 100 degrees at Houston
and 106 degrees at Waco equalled records for the date. (The National
Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988
- Thunderstorms produced severe weather from Indiana and Lower Michigan
to Pennsylvania and New York State during the day. Thunderstorms in
Michigan produced wind gusts to 80 mph at Ashley, Hastings and Lennon.
(The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989
- Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Oklahoma, and from Iowa to
the Upper Ohio Valley, with 216 reports of large hail or damaging winds
between early Saturday morning and early Sunday morning. Thunderstorms
moving across Iowa around sunrise produced extremely high winds which
caused ten million dollars damage to crops in Carroll and Greene
Counties. Thunderstorm winds at Jefferson IA reached 102 mph. Afternoon
thunderstorms produced tennis ball size hail at Bay Mills, WI. (Storm
Data) (The National Weather Summary)
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