Weather History
For Sunday,July 31,2016
For Sunday,July 31,2016
1976
- A stationary thunderstorm produced more than ten inches of rain which
funneled into the narrow Thompson River Canyon of northeastern
Colorado. A wall of water six to eight feet high wreaked a twenty-five
mile path of destruction from Estes Park to Loveland killing 156
persons. The flash flood caught campers, and caused extensive structural
and highway damage. Ten miles of U.S. Highway 34 were totally destroyed
as the river was twenty feet higher than normal at times. (David
Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
1986
- The temperature at Little Rock, AR, soared to 112 degrees to
establish an all-time record high for that location. Morrilton, AR, hit
115 degrees, and daily highs for the month at that location averaged 102
degrees. (The Weather Channel)
1987
- The deadliest tornado in 75 years struck Edmonton, Alberta, killing
26 persons and injuring 200 others. The twister caused more than 75
million dollars damage along its nineteen mile path, leaving 400
families homeless. At the Evergreen Mobile Home Park, up to 200 of the
720 homes were flattened by the tornado. (The National Severe Storms
Forecast Center)
1987
- Afternoon highs of 106 degrees at Aberdeen, SD, and 102 degrees at
Ottumwa, IA, and Rapid City, SD, established records for the date. It
marked the seventh straight day of 100 degree heat for Rapid City.
Baltimore, MD, reported a record twenty-two days of 90 degree weather in
July. Evening thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail at Lemmon, SD,
and wind gusts to 80 mph at Beulah, ND. (The National Weather Summary)
(Storm Data)
1988
- Twenty-one cities in the north central U.S. reported record high
temperatures for the date, including Sioux City, IA, with a reading of
107 degrees. The reading of 105 degrees at Minneapolis, MN, was their
hottest since 1936. Pierre and Chamberlain, SD, with highs of 108
degrees, were just one degree shy of the hot spot in the nation, Palm
Springs, CA. (The National Weather Summary)
1989
- Overnight thunderstorms soaked eastern Kansas and western Missouri
with heavy rain. Four and a half inches of rain was reported at Nevada,
MO. Evening thunderstorms in Oklahoma produced wind gusts to 75 mph at
Covington. Six cities in the north central U.S. reported record high
temperatures for the date, including Williston, ND, with a reading of
105 degrees. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
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