Weather History
For Wednesday,June 7,2017
For Wednesday,June 7,2017
1816
- A famous June snow occurred in the northeastern U.S. Danville VT
reported drifts of snow and sleet twenty inches deep. The Highlands were
white all day, and flurries were observed as far south as Boston MA.
(David Ludlum)
1972
- Richmond VA experienced its worst flood of record as rains from
Hurricane Agnes pushed the water level at the city locks to a height of
36.5 feet, easily topping the previous record of thirty feet set in
1771. (The Weather Channel)
1987
- Thunderstorms in the Laramie Mountains of eastern Wyoming produced
golf ball size hail, and up to five inches of rain in just one hour.
Half a dozen cities in the Upper Mississippi Valley reported record high
temperatures for the date, including La Crosse, WI, with a reading of
97 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)(Storm Data)
1988
- Snow whitened some of the mountains of northern California and
northwestern Nevada. Twenty-six cities in the central and eastern U.S.
reported record high temperatures for the date, including Rapid City SD
with a reading of 104 degrees, and Miles City, MT, with a high of 106
degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
1989
- Thunderstorms produced severe weather from southern Oklahoma and
eastern Texas to northwestern Florida through the day and night.
Thunderstorms spawned 22 tornadoes, including a dozen in Louisiana, and
there were 119 reports of large hail and damaging winds. A strong (F-2)
tornado at Gross Tete LA killed two persons, injured thirty others, and
another strong (F-2) tornado injured 60 persons at Lobdell LA. Softball
size hail was reported at Hillsboro TX. (The National Weather Summary)
(Storm Data)
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