This Date in Weather History for October 1,2012

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1250
A great gale and storm surge flooded England, Holland and Flanders causing extensive damage.
1752
The second severe hurricane in two weeks hit the Carolinas. The Onslow County Courthouse was destroyed along with all its records, and Beacon Island disappeared. The county seat actually was moved further inland after the storm.
1837
The H.M.S. Racer was dismasted in the Gulf of Mexico by the famous "Racer's hurricane". The storm swept through Texas, then into the Gulf States, then to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
1844
Through the 7th, a major hurricane swept over Jamaica, Cuba and Nassau and the Bahamas. According to early hurricane researcher William Redfield, the storm "exhibited an amount of injury and destruction such as is rarely known in the annals of commerce." 158 vessels were wrecked and 2,546 houses were destroyed along the- Cuban coast.
1890
The U.S. Weather Bureau was established by an act of Congress, and assigned as part of the Department of Agriculture. Weather observations and forecasts were previously issued by the Army Signal Service.
1893
The second great hurricane of the season hit the Mississippi Delta drowning more than 1,000 people.
1909
Crew of the schooner Cedella sighted four giant waterspouts off the coast of Newfoundland, a rarity for north Atlantic waters, the largest coming within a mile of the ship.
1932
Four days of heavy rains from a dying tropical cyclone brought flooding to parts of the mountains and deserts of southern California. Rainfall of 4.38 inches fell at Tehachapi, CA in seven hours on the 30th, causing flash floods that resulted in 15 deaths.
1976
A ridge of high pressure brought record highs to parts of the Midwest. Locations reporting their warmest October temperatures included: Hatfield, WI: 94°, Preston, MN: 92° (also latest occurrence of 90 in a year), Neillsville, WI: 92°, Caledonia, MN: 91°, and Jump River, WI: 87°. Other daily record highs included: La Crosse, WI: 92°, Des Moines, IA: 92°, Kansas City, MO: 92°, Madison, WI: 90°, Dubuque, IA: 88°-Tied and Green Bay, WI: 85°.
Hurricane Liza brought heavy rains and winds to Mexico, causing a dam to break on the Cajoncito River, killing 630 people as a wall of water rushed into the town of La Paz.
Further north, heavy rain drenched parts of the central San Joaquin Valley in California. Fresno received 1.46 inches of rain, setting a daily record. Los Banos received a half inch of rain in just 30 minutes.
1980
A strong heat ridge across the Great Basin brought record heat from the southern Rockies to the west coast. October high temperature records were set at Riverside, CA: 108°, Phoenix, AZ hit 107°, Bakersfield, CA: 103°, San Francisco, CA: 97° and Idyllwild, CA: 93°-Tied.
Other daily records included: Palm Springs, CA: 115°, Victorville, CA: 100°, Fresno, CA: 100°, Bishop, CA: 97°, Santa Maria, CA: 95°-Tied, Reno, NV: 91°, Albuquerque, NM: 90°, Elko, NV: 88°-Tied, Big Bear Lake, CA: 82° and Alamosa, CO: 80°.
1981
Phoenix, AZ received 0.68 inches of rain in just 5 minutes, equaling their all-time record rainfall.
1985
The United Kingdom recorded its hottest October day on record when the high temperature reached 85° in the city of March.
1986
Heavy rainfall totals produced saturated soil conditions across parts of Oklahoma beginning the previous day. Conditions worsened across the area when more torrential rain fell during the first four days of October. Rainfall amounts of 6 to 10 inches were common, while 15 to 20 inch amounts were reported over north-central Oklahoma. The excessive rainfall caused most major rivers in the state to flood, requiring the evacuation of about 30,000 people from 25 towns. The floods destroyed 509 homes, damaged 3,957 others, and washed out many roads and bridges, including two bridges on I-35.
1987
A blast of cold arctic air hit the north central U.S. An afternoon thunderstorm slickened the streets of Duluth, MN with hail and snow, and later in the afternoon, strong northerly winds reached 70 mph.
Unseasonably warm weather prevailed in the Pacific Northwest. Afternoon highs of Portland, OR: 92°, Olympia, WA: 90° and Seattle, WA: 89° at Seattle WA, were records for the month of October. For Seattle, WA it marked the 21st daily record high for the year, a record total in itself.
Other daily record highs included: Fresno, CA: 100°-Tied, Eugene, OR: 92°, Salem, OR: 89°-Tied and Quillayute, WA: 79°.
1988
Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather across central Oklahoma and the eastern half of Texas. Thunderstorms in Texas produced softball size hail northwest of Nocona, and baseball size hail at Troy and Park Springs.
1989
Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the southeastern U.S. through the daytime and evening hours. Severe thunderstorms spawned 11 tornadoes, with seven of those tornadoes in Georgia. A tornado southwest of Moultrie, GA killed two people and injured a dozen others. Tornadoes also injured one person north of Graceville, FL, and two people at Bartow, GA. Athens, GA recorded 9.03 inches of rain in a two-day period.
Barrow, AK tied a record high with 39°.
1990
One inch of rain fell at Yuma, AZ in just 15 minutes.
1992
A strong 588 decameter heat ridge extended from the Plains to the West Coast bringing record highs. Areas reporting their warmest October temperatures included: Sheridan, WY: 92° and Billings, MT: 90°-Tied.
Other daily record highs included: Fort Benton, MT: 94°, Boise, ID: 94°, Valentine, NE: 94°-Tied, Great Falls, MT: 91°, Pocatello, ID: 91°, Glasgow, MT: 90°, Fargo, ND: 90°-Tied, Havre, MT: 88°, Cut Bank, MT: 88°, Yakima, WA: 88°, Salt Lake City, UT: 88°-Tied, Casper, WY: 87°, St. Cloud, MN: 86°, Denver, CO: 86°-Tied, Burns, OR: 86°-Tied, Helena, MT: 85°, Spokane, WA: 85°-Tied, International Falls, MN: 83°, Missoula, MT: 83°, Butte, MT: 83°, Cheyenne, WY: 83°-Tied, Kalispell, MT: 82° and Wisdom, MT: 79°.
1995
A severe thunderstorm over the Cottonwood area, just north of Artesia, in Southeast New Mexico, was struck with marble to golf ball-size hail. In Brewster County, Texas, a supercell moving to the southeast pummeled much of Alpine with large hail and high winds. The west and northwest sides of the city were hardest hit with windows knocked out of numerous houses, and about 200 homes having the paint blasted off the exterior walls. Many cars were damaged in the storm as well. The hail was two inches deep in some parts of town. During the storm a wind gust was measured at 56 mph. Total property damage was estimated at about $3 million dollars.
1998


Heavy rain fell across the Liberal area in Kansas for 24 hours with the heaviest rain falling during the morning and afternoon hours. Five to eight inches were reported with one unofficial report indicating 10 inches. Streets were flooded that had never flooded before. A local disaster was declared.
1999
A strong cold front with a Canadian blast and moisture combined to bring snow to parts of the upper Midwest. Caledonia, MN with 2 inches and La Crosse, WI with 0.3 of an inch had their earliest measurable snowfall.
2000
A ridge of high pressure brought record high temperatures to parts of the south-central Plains. Dodge City, KS hit 96°, an October record high up to that time.
Other daily records included: Lubbock, TX: 98°, Roswell, NM: 98°, Amarillo, TX: 95°, Concordia, KS: 94°, El Paso, TX: 94°-Tied, Lincoln, NE: 92° and Clayton, NM: 90°.
2003
Strong southerly winds over Alaska pushed temperatures to all-time record highs for October at the following locations: Fairbanks: 72°, Tanana: 66°, and Fort Yukon: 63°.
Other record highs included: Delta Junction: 71°, Gulkana: 68°, Annette: 67°, Anchorage: 62°, McGrath: 62°, Bettles: 56° and Kotzebue: 54°.
2004
Dormant for 18 years, Mt. St. Helens in Washington State came to life with a series of earthquakes and rumblings.
2006
An extended heat ridge brought record highs to parts of the Plains. Wichita, KS recorded their hottest October day ever with 97°.
Other daily record highs included: Dodge City, KS: 96°-Tied, Lincoln, NE: 94°, Kansas City, MO: 94° and Sioux City, IA: 91°-Tied.
Las Vegas, NV recorded a morning low of 79°. This was the warmest low temperature ever recorded in October.