Weather History
For Wednesday,September 7,2016
For Wednesday,September 7,2016
1881
- The temperature soared to 101 degrees at New York City, 102 degrees
at Boston MA, and 104 degrees at Washington D.C. (David Ludlum)
1888
- Much of the Middle and Northern Atlantic Coast Region experienced
freezing temperatures. Killer frosts resulted in a million dollars
damage to crops in Maine. (David Ludlum)
1909
- Topeka, KS, was drenched with 8.08 inches of rain in 24 hours to
establish a record for that location. (6th- 7th) (The Weather Channel)
1970
- A lightning bolt struck a group of football players at Gibbs High
School in Saint Petersburg FL, killing two persons and injuring 22
others. All the thirty-eight players and four coaches were knocked off
their feet. (The Weather Channel)
1987
- Showers and thunderstorms produced 4 to 8 inch rains in three to six
hours in Virginia, with totals across the state for the Labor Day
weekend ranging up to fourteen inches. The Staunton River crested at
34.44 feet at Altavista on the 8th, its highest level since 1940. Damage
due to flooding was estimated at seven million dollars around Bedford,
Henry, and Franklin. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
1988
- Fifty cities across the eastern U.S. reported record low temperatures
for the date. The low of 56 degrees at Mobile AL was their coolest
reading of record for so early in the season. The mercury dipped to 31
degrees at Athens OH, and to 30 degrees at Thomas WV. (The National
Weather Summary)
1989
- Thunderstorms in the central U.S. produced four inches of rain at
Texamah overnight, and up to six inches of rain in southwestern Iowa.
Evening thunderstorms in eastern Colorado produced golf ball size hail
at Clear Creek and at Nederland. Late evening thunderstorms in Iowa
drenched Harlan with more than four inches of rain. (The National
Weather Summary)
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