Meteorological events that happened on September 2nd:
1906
The U.K. recorded its hottest September day on record when the
temperature reached 96° in Bawtry. It was also one of the 10 hottest
days on record in the U.K.
1935
The "Labor Day" hurricane struck the Florida Keys. The storm was only
40 miles in diameter, but the barometric pressure measured at Long Key
was 892 millibars or 26.35 inHg. Sustained winds reached 160 mph with
gusts to 200 mph resulted in tides 15 feet above normal. Henry Flagler
had built his Florida East Coast Railroad from Miami to Key West several
years before. As part of the Works Progress Administration program of
the New Deal, 700 men were working to build a highway alongside
Flagler's railroad to Key West. A rescue train sent to remove World War I
veterans and residents from the Florida Keys was swept from the tracks.
The tracks of the Flagler Railroad were washed from the Long Key
viaduct at an elevation of 30 feet above mean low water. A survey by the
US Corp. of Engineers sometime after the storm found that the tide
level never reached the rails there, but the hurricane surge and wind
driven waves superimposed on the tide probably helped in carrying the
tracks away. As many as 423 people lost their lives, mostly due to
drowning, but the death toll may have been much higher. Following the
storm, the Florida East Coast railroad was abandoned, but the Overseas
Highway would eventually be completed and still stands today.
1937
A storm surge pushed in by a typhoon flooded villages along the coast
of Tolo Harbour. Thousands of lives were lost and about 3.6 miles of
embankment between Sha Tin and Tai Po are destroyed.
1950
The temperature at Mecca, CA soared to 126° to establish a U.S.
record for the month of September. The low that morning was 89°. Other
daily records included: Idyllwild, CA: 96° and Palomar Mountain, CA:
95°.
1953
This was the second day in a row with extreme heat across parts of
the Midwest to the East. Fort Wayne, IN & Boston, MA had their
all-time hottest September temperatures with 100°. Angola, IN rose to
99°, Goshen, IN 101°, and Albion, IN 102°. Chicago, IL hit 101° for the
second day in a row and the tenth of 11 consecutive days with a high
temperature at 90° or higher.
1961
Denver, CO picked up 4.2 inches of snow, the earliest measurable snow for the Mile High City.
1982
Thunderstorms moved across western New York. Pea-sized hail and
strong winds were reported in West Seneca knocking down trees and
cutting power to over 2,000 customers. A wind gust of 121 mph was
reported at the Chautauqua County Airport near Jamestown, NY causing an
estimated half million dollars in damages to the terminal building,
planes, cars and landing instruments. Rainfall totals exceeded two
inches in places.
1984
Ontario Canada's tornado alley extending from Windsor to London was
hit with 8 confirmed tornadoes throughout the Labor Day weekend.
1985
After teasing residents along the Gulf of Mexico for two days,
Hurricane Elena finally came ashore at Biloxi, MS. The hurricane,
packing winds of 125 mph, caused more than a billion dollars damage. The
storm produced wind gusts up to 120 mph from Florida to Louisiana and
gusts up to 135 mph were recorded at Gulfport, MS.
1987
Late evening thunderstorms in the Northern Plains produced wind gusts
to 75 mph at Jordan, MT, and a "hot flash" at Redig, SD. The
temperature at Redig rose from 66° at 10pm to 86° at 11pm as
thunderstorm winds gusted to 36 mph.
Several cities in the Upper Ohio Valley, the Tennessee Valley and the
Central Gulf Coast States reported record low temperatures for the
date, including Elkins, WV with a reading of 38°.
1988
Unseasonably hot weather
prevailed in the northwestern U.S. Afternoon highs of 110°, 105° at
Portland, OR and 98° at Medford, OR established records for the month of
September. Quillayute, WA equaled their September record with a high of
97°.
A narrow squall line associated with a cold front moved through
eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. Especially hard hit was the
Omaha/Council Bluffs metro area where thunderstorm winds averaged 60
mph. Power line and tree damage was common.
With the Summer of '88 unofficially drawing to a close, many cities
across the nation's heartland and throughout the east will remember the
past season as one of the hottest ever. Philadelphia, PA recorded 49
days of 90 degree-plus heat and five days over the century mark. Salt
Lake City, UT averaged 77.7° throughout June, July, and August,
establishing this summer as the hottest on record in 115 years.
Milwaukee, WI recorded an average 3 month temperature of 73.8°,
shattering previous record of 72.8° set in 1955.
1995
Sydney, Australia's longest dry spells came to an end. Between July
18th and September 2nd no measurable precipitation fell. August 1995 is
the only dry calendar month on record for that location.
1996
After teasing the entire Atlantic coast with winds as high as 140
mph, Hurricane Edouard skirted New England without making landfall.
Hurricane force winds were recorded on Nantucket and Cape Cod, but wind
damage was relatively minor. While physical damage was relatively light,
many businesses had closed on the busiest holiday weekend of the year.
Large swells from Hurricane Fran knocked five people out of an
18-foot fishing boat in Jupiter Inlet, FL. The Coast Guard rescued all
five people.
1997
Thunderstorms in parts of southern California brought one inch
diameter hail to Mount Mesa and dropped 1.11 inches of rain in just 30
minutes at Ridgecrest. The heavy rain at Ridgecrest caused numerous
intersections in town to flood and some were covered with 2 to 6 inches
of mud. An automated weather station just west of Ridgecrest recorded
0.90 inches of rain in just 8 minutes.
Further south, a thunderstorm at Pine Cove, CA dropped 3.7 inches of
rain in just one hour. Strong storms produced wind gusts of 104 mph at
Twentynine Palms. Apple Valley reported a wind gust to 62 mph.
1998
A series of severe thunderstorms hit Southern California with high
winds, lightning and heavy rains. Widespread flash flooding was reported
along with downed power lines. A funnel cloud was reported near Pomona,
CA. The lightning sparked several large wildfires, with the largest
consuming over 1,500 acres of grass near Bakersfield, CA.
2002
An F3 tornado roared into downtown Ladysmith, WI at mid-afternoon,
heavily damaging 64 blocks of the business district. Fortunately, it was
Labor Day, and most of the stores were closed for the holiday or the
toll would have been much worse. The National Weather Service came under
fire for not issuing a tornado warning before the storm struck.
The peak temperatures soared to 87° at Goose Bay, Labrador Canada
where the average September high is 55°. The low temperature the
following morning dropped only to 69°. Their average September low is
41°.
2003
Indianapolis, IN was drenched with 7.20 inches of rain on this date for its greatest single day rainfall on record.
2006
Tropical Storm Ernesto dumped 8.93 inches of rain on Norfolk, VA for the city's greatest single day rainfall on record.
2008
In Chicago the thermometer at O'Hare IAP hit 94°, and Midway topped
out at 95°, the first such high there in 761 days, and the warmest day
of the year.
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