Weather History
For Wednesday,October 22,2014
For Wednesday,October 22,2014
1965
- The temperature soared to 104 degrees at San Diego, CA. Southern
California was in the midst of a late October heat wave that year. Los
Angeles had ten consecutive days with afternoon highs reaching 100
degrees. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
1985
- A guest on the top floor of a hotel in Seattle, WA, was seriously
injured while talking on the phone when lightning struck. Several
persons are killed each year when the electrical charge from a lightning
bolt travels via telephone wiring. (The Weather Channel)
1987
- Yakutat, AK, surpassed their previous all-time yearly precipitation
total of 190 inches. Monthly records were set in June with 17 inches, in
September with 70 inches, and in October with more than 40 inches.
(Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987) Twenty-two cities in the eastern
U.S., most of them in the southeast states, reported record low
temperatures for the date. Morning lows of 30 degrees at Athens GA, 28
degrees at Birmingham AL, and 23 degrees at Pinson AL, were the coldest
of record for so early in the season. (The National Weather Summary)
Showers produced heavy rain in southern California, with amounts ranging
up to five inches at Blue Jay. Flash flooding resulted in two deaths,
ten injuries, and more than a million dollars damage. (The National
Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988
- A "nor'easter" swept across the coast of New England. Winds gusted to
75 mph, and large waves and high tides caused extensive shoreline
flooding. A heavy wet snow blanketed much of eastern New York State,
with a foot of snow reported in Lewis County. (The National Weather
Summary) (Storm Data)
1989
- A storm system moving out of the Gulf of Alaska brought rain to the
Northern and Central Pacific Coast Region, with snow in some of the
mountains of Oregon, and wind gusts to 60 mph along the Oregon coast.
Six cities in Florida reported record low temp-eratures for the date,
including Tallahassee with a reading of 34 degrees. (The National
Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
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