Brian
Enclosed is the August wx history list.
Enjoy,
Ed
AUGUST HISTORIC WEATHER EVENTS
From records of Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City
(http://www.awc-kc.noaa.gov/wxfact/august.html) and Intellicast.
(http://www.intellicast.com/almanac/aug/) (1 Aug. 1996)
1 AUGUST
...1954...Mount Rainier in Washington State was still covered with sixteen inches of snow at the 5500 foot level following a big snow season. (David Ludlum)
...1983...A thunderstorm at Andrews AFB in Maryland produced a microburst wind gust of 149 mph.  Air Force One with President Reagan aboard had landed there just 10 minutes earlier.  (Intellicast)
...1985...A nearly stationary thunderstorm deluged Cheyenne, WY with rain and hail.  Six inches of rain fell in six hours producing the most damaging flash flood of record for the state.  Two to five feet of hail covered the ground following the storm, wh
ich claimed twelve lives, and caused 65 million dollars property damage. (Storm Data)
...1986...A powerful thunderstorm produced 100 mph winds and large hail in eastern Kansas and southwestern Missouri causing 71 million dollars damage, and injuring nineteen persons.  It was one of the worst thunderstorms of record for Kansas.  Crops were
mowed to the ground in places and roofs blown off buildings along its path, 150 miles long and 30 miles wide, from near Abilene to southeast of Pittsburg. Hail 3 inches in diameter fell at Sun City and Belvidere.  (The Weather Channel) (Intellicast)
...1987...Record heat gripped parts of the Midwest.  A dozen cities reported record high temperatures for the date, including Lincoln, NE with a reading of 105 degrees, Moline, IL with an afternoon high of 103 degrees, and Burlington, IA with a reading of
 102 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Two dozen cities in the Upper Midwest reported record high temperatures for the date, including La Crosse, WI with a reading of 105 degrees.  Highs of 103 degrees at Milwaukee, WI and South Bend, IN were records for the month of August. (The Nat
ional Weather Summary)
...1989...Hurricane Chantal made landfall along the Upper Texas coast about sunrise.  Chantal deluged parts of Galveston Island and southeastern Texas with 8 to 12 inches of rain.  Unofficial totals ranged up to twenty inches.  Winds gusted to 82 mph at G
alveston, and reached 76 mph in the Houston area.  Tides were 5 to 7 feet high.  The hurricane claimed two lives, and caused 100 million dollars damage. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1993...San Francisco, CA hit 98 degrees, the hottest ever recorded for the city in August.  (Intellicast)

2 AUGUST
...1954...Severe thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail for thirty minutes in north central Kansas.  One drift measured 200 feet long, seventy feet wide and three feet deep. (The Weather Channel)
...1975...Record heat gripped New England on "Hot Saturday".  Highs of 104 degrees at Providence, RI, and 107 degrees at Chester, MA and New Bedford, MA, established state records.  The heat along the coast of Maine was unprecedented, with afternoon highs
 of 101 degrees at Bar Harbor and 104 degrees at Jonesboro. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Hot weather continued in the central U.S.  Fifteen cities reported record high temperatures for the date, including Concordia, KS with a reading of 106 degrees, and Downtown Kansas City, MO with a high of 105 degrees.  Evening thunderstorms prod
uced severe weather in the Ohio Valley and the north central U.S.  Thunderstorms in South Dakota produced wind gusts to 70 mph at Philip, and hail two inches in diameter at Faulkton. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Searing heat continued from the Middle and Upper Mississippi Valley to the Middle and Northern Atlantic Coast States.  Twenty- six cities reported record high temperatures for the date.  Chicago, IL reported a record seven days of 100 degree hea
t for the year. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Low pressure representing the remains of Hurricane Chantal deluged north central Texas with heavy rain.  Up to 6.50 inches drenched Stephens County, and Wichita Falls reported 2.22 inches of rain in just one hour.  Bismarck, ND reported a record
 warm morning low of 75 degrees, and record hot afternoon high of 101 degrees, and evening thunderstorms in North Dakota produced wind gusts to 78 mph at Lakota.  Early evening thunderstorms in Florida produced high winds which downed trees at Christmas.
(Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

3 AUGUST
...1885...A tornado hit Philadelphia, PA and Camden, NJ along its eight mile path. (David Ludlum)
...1898...Philadelphia, PA had one of its worst thunderstorms ever when 5.84 inches fell in just 2 hours.  (Intellicast)
...1970...Hurricane Celia made landfall near Port Aransas on the Texas coast, producing wind gusts to 161 mph at Corpus Christi, and estimated wind gusts of 180 mph at Arkansas Pass.  Even at Del Rio, 250 miles inland, Celia produced wind gusts to 89 mph.
  The hurricane was the most destructive of record along the Texas coast causing 454 million dollars damage as 8,950 homes were destroyed on the Coastal Bend.  Celia also claimed eleven lives and injured 466 people. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel) (I
ntellicast)
...1987...A severe thunderstorm moved across Cheyenne, WY during the mid afternoon.  The thunderstorm produced hailstones up to two inches in diameter causing more than 37 million dollars damage.
The eastern U.S. sweltered in the heat.  A dozen cities reported record high temperatures for the date, including Paducah, KY with a reading of 102 degrees.  Beckley, WV established an all- time record with an afternoon high of 93 degrees. (Storm Data) (T
he National Weather Summary)
...1988...Thunderstorms developing ahead of a slow moving cold front produced severe weather from the Central High Plains to the Upper Great Lakes Region.  Thunderstorms around Fort Collins, CO produced wind gusts to 74 mph along with marble size hail.  S
ixteen persons were injured in the storm, most of whom were accidentally locked out of their office building, having evacuated it when the fire alarm went off, apparently triggered by lightning. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Thunderstorms representing what remained of Hurricane Chantal drenched Wichita, KS with 2.20 inches of rain in four hours during the early morning.  Thunderstorms developing in Minnesota produced wind gusts to 85 mph at Baudette during the after
noon, and softball size hail at Lake Kabetogama, during the evening.  Jamestown, ND reported a record hot afternoon high of 103 degrees. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1995...4.83 inches of rain fell at South Bend, IN in 24 hours to set the city's greatest daily rainfall record.  (Intellicast)

4 AUGUST
...1882...A vivid aurora was visible from Oregon to Maine, down the east coast as far as Mayport, FL, and inland as far as Wellington, KS.  Observers at Louisville, KY noted "merry dancers" across the sky, and observers at Saint Vincent, MN noted it was p
robably the most brilliant ever seen at that location. (The Weather Channel)
...1930...The temperature at Moorefield, WV soared to 112 degrees to establish a state record, having reached 110 degrees the previous day.  Widespread drought after April of that year caused some towns to haul water for domestic use, and many manufacturi
ng plants were barely operational. (The Weather Channel)
...1961...Spokane, WA reached an all-time record high of 108 degrees.  Kalispell, MT set an all-time record with a reading of 105 degrees. (The Weather Channel)
...1980...A record forty-two consecutive days of 100 degree heat finally came to an end at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport.  July 1980 proved to be the hottest month of record with a mean temperature of 92 degrees.  There was just one day of rain in July, a
nd there was no measurable rain in August.  There were 18 more days of 100 degree heat in August, and four in September.  Hot weather that summer contributed to the deaths of 1200 people nationally, and losses from the heat across the country were estimat
ed at twenty billion dollars. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
...1987...A cold front brought relief from the heat to a large part of the Midwest, while hot weather continued in the south central and eastern U.S.  Morning thunderstorms in Nebraska deluged the town of Dalton with 8.71 inches of rain, along with hail t
hree inches in diameter, which accumulated up to four feet deep near the town of Dix. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Thunderstorms produced severe weather from eastern Iowa to Lower Michigan during the afternoon and evening hours, producing golf ball size hail and spawning several tornadoes.  A thunderstorm at Maquoketa, IA produced wind gusts to 75 mph. (Stor
m Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Thunderstorms produced severe weather from eastern Nebraska and northeastern Kansas to the Great Lakes Region, with 150 reports of large hail or damaging winds during the afternoon, evening, and nighttime hours.  Thunderstorms produced tennis ba
ll size hail at Claremont, MN, and wind gusts to 75 mph at Milwaukee, WI.  Thunderstorms representing what once was Hurricane Chantal produced five inches of rain at Grant, MI, and deluged Chicago, IL with more than three inches of rain in three hours. (S
torm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

5 AUGUST
...1843...A spectacular cloudburst at Chester Creek, near Philadelphia, PA turned the small creeks and streams entering the Delaware River into raging torrents.  As much as sixteen inches of rain fell in just three hours. Flooding destroyed thirty-two cou
nty bridges, and caused nineteen deaths.  It is believed that several small tornadoes accompanied the torrential rains, one of which upset and sank more than thirty barges on the Schuylkill River.  Fifteen inches of rain also fell at Newark, NJ. (David Lu
dlum) (Intellicast)
...1961...The temperature at Ice Harbor Dam, WA soared to 118 degrees to equal the state record established at Wahluke on the 24th of July in 1928.  The afternoon high of 111 degrees at Havre, MT was an all-time record for that location. (The Weather Chan
nel)
...1983...One of many Western Plains thunderstorms dumped 2.89 inches of rain in 38 minutes at Denver, CO.  (Intellicast)
...1987...Severe thunderstorms raked eastern South Dakota.  The thunderstorms spawned half a dozen tornadoes, produced softball size hail at Bowdle, and produced wind gusts to 90 mph south of Watertown.  Hot weather continued in eastern Texas.  Afternoon
highs of 100 degrees at Houston and 106 degrees at Waco equaled records for the date. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Thunderstorms produced severe weather from Indiana and Lower Michigan to Pennsylvania and New York State during the day.  Thunderstorms in Michigan produced wind gusts to 80 mph at Ashley, Hastings and Lennon. (The National Weather Summary) (Sto
rm Data)
...1989...Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Oklahoma, and from Iowa to the Upper Ohio Valley, with 216 reports of large hail or damaging winds between early Saturday morning and early Sunday morning.  Thunderstorms moving across Iowa around sunrise
 produced extremely high winds which caused ten million dollars damage to crops in Carroll and Greene Counties.  Thunderstorm winds at Jefferson, IA reached 102 mph.  Afternoon thunderstorms produced tennis ball size hail at Bay Mills, WI. (Storm Data) (T
he National Weather Summary)
...1994...Fairbanks, AK soared to 93 degrees for the hottest ever August temperature. (Intellicast)

6 AUGUST
...1890...Thunderstorms left four inches of hail covering the ground in Adair County and Union County in Iowa.  The hail drifted into six foot mounds, and in some places remained on the ground for twenty-six days until the end of the month. (The Weather C
hannel)
...1918...Unusually hot weather began to overspread the Atlantic Coast States, from the Carolinas to southern New England.  The temperature soared to an all-time record high of 106 degrees at Washington, DC, and Cumberland and Keedysville hit 109 degrees
to establish a state record for Maryland.  Temperatures were above normal east of the Rockies that month, with readings much above normal in the Lower Missouri Valley.  Omaha, NE reached 110 degrees. (David Ludlum)
...1947...Sault Ste. Marie, MI hit 98 degrees, equaling the highest temperature ever recorded at that location. (Intellicast)
...1959...A bucket survey showed that thunderstorms dropped 16.70 inches of rain on parts of Decatur County, IA.  The total was accepted as Iowa's 24 hour rainfall record. (The Weather Channel)
Hurricane Dot crossed Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands producing sustained winds of 103 mph and gusts to 125 mph .  Over 6 inches of rain fell there and over 9 inches on the island of Hawaii.  The sugar cane crop on Kauai sustained $2.7 million in damages.
(Intellicast)
...1986...Evening thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 100 mph at Winner, SD damaging two hundred homes. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1987...Afternoon thunderstorms deluged Milwaukee, WI, breaking all previous rainfall records for the city.  Among the records: 1.10 inches in 5 minutes, 3.06 inches in 1 hour, 5.24 inches in 2 hours, 6.24 in 6 hours and 6.84 inches in 24 hours.  Floodw
aters were four feet deep at the Milwaukee County Stadium, and floodwaters filled the basement of the main terminal at the airport.  Flooding caused 5.9 million dollars damage, and claimed the life of one person.
Death Valley, CA reported a morning low of 97 degrees.  A midday thunderstorm deluged Birmingham AL with nearly six inches of rain in one hour. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Severe thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds in Pennsylvania and New York State.  A cold front crossing the northwestern U.S. produced wind gusts to 66 mph at Livingston, MT. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced severe weather from northwestern Texas to the Southern Appalachians, and in the northeastern U.S.  There were 136 reports of large hail or damaging winds during the day and evening.  Thunde
rstorms in the Southern Plains Region produced tennis ball size hail northwest of Buffalo, OK, and wind gusts to 100 mph at Pampa, TX. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1993...Severe thunderstorms spawned 18 tornadoes in Virginia in 5 hours.  An F4 tornado ripped through Petersburg, killing 4 and injuring 246.  Total damage reached $47.5 million.  (Intellicast)

7 AUGUST
...1904...A flash flood near Pueblo, CO washed a train from the tracks killing 89 passengers.  A bridge, weakened by the floodwaters sweeping through the valley below, gave way under the weight of the train dashing all but the sleeping cars into the torre
nt drowning the occupants.  Rail service was frequently interrupted in the Rocky Mountain Region and southwestern U.S. that summer due to numerous heavy downpours which washed out the railroad beds delaying trains as much as five days. (David Ludlum) (The
 Weather Channel)
...1918...Philadelphia, PA established an all-time record with a high of 106 degrees.  New York City experienced its warmest day and night with a low of 82 degrees and a high of 102 degrees.  Afternoon highs of 108 degrees at Flemington, NJ and Somerville
, NJ established state records for the month of August. (The Weather Channel) (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders – 1987)
...1984...El Paso, TX normally receives 1.21 inches of rain in August.  They got it in forty-five minutes, with four more inches to boot, during a storm which left Downtown El Paso under five feet of water. (The Weather Channel)
...1986...A rare outbreak of seven tornadoes occurred in New England.  One tornado, rated F2 on the Fujita Scale, carved its way through Cranston, RI and Providence, RI causing twenty injuries.  Rhode Island had not reported a tornado in twelve years, and
 three touched down in 24 hours. A tornado in Bedford, MA ruined three planes at Hanscom Field .  (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) (Intellicast)
...1987...Morning thunderstorms drenched Goldsboro, NC with 3.37 inches of rain.  Late morning thunderstorms in Arizona produced dime size hail, wind gusts to 50 mph, and two inches of rain, at Sierra Vista. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...A dozen cities in the central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, including Waco, TX with a reading of 107 degrees.  The record high of 88 degrees at Marquette, MI was their twenty-third of the year.  Afternoon and evening thund
erstorms produced severe weather in Nebraska, Minnesota and Wisconsin, with wind gusts to 81 mph reported at McCook, NE. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Forty cities in the central U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Valentine, NE with a reading of 40 degrees, and Belcourt, ND with a low of 37 degrees.  Martin, SD was the cold spot in the nation with a morning low of 30
 degrees.  Unseasonably hot weather prevailed over Florida and Washington State, with record highs of 100 degrees at Daytona Beach, FL, 101 degrees at Walla Walla, WA, and 103 degrees at Hanford, WA. Phoenix recorded the 62nd straight day with 100 degree
plus temperatures, setting a new record. (The National Weather Summary) (Intellicast)
...1990...A thunderstorm moving through Nome, AK, the ninth thunderstorm of the year, more than in the previous 20 years combined.  (Intellicast)

8 AUGUST
...1878...The temperature at Denver, CO soars to an all-time record high of 105 degrees. (The Weather Channel)
...1881...A cloudburst and flash flood occurred at Central Springs, CO and Idaho Springs, CO. (David Ludlum)
...1882...An August snowstorm was reported by a ship on Lake Michigan.  A thick cloud reportedly burst on the decks covering them with snow and slush six inches deep.  Snow showers were observed at shore points that day. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channe
l)
...1983...The temperature at Big Horn Basin, WY reached 115 degrees to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Thunderstorm rains in eastern Nebraska sent the Wahoo River and Ithica River above flood stage.  Thunderstorm rains in western Iowa sent the Nishnabotna River over flood stage.  Up to seven inches of rain deluged the Council Bluffs area Friday e
vening and Saturday morning.  Thunderstorms produced 4.4 inches of rain in three hours Friday evening, along with golf ball size hail. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Thunderstorms developing along a slow moving cold front produced severe weather from central Kansas to southern Wisconsin late in the day.  Thunderstorms in Iowa produced hail three inches in diameter at Vinton, and produced wind gusts to 75 mph
 at Donohue and near Mount Pleasant.  (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...A total of ninety-nine cities in the central and eastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Alpena, MI with a reading of 40 degrees.  Mount Mitchell, NC was the cold spot in the nation with a morning low of 35 degrees.
  Early evening thunderstorms around Las Vegas, NV produced wind gusts to 116 mph.  The high winds damaged or destroyed about eighty- two aircraft at Henderson Sky Harbor Airport and McCarran International Airport, causing fourteen million dollars damage.
 (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

9 AUGUST
...1878...The second most deadly tornado in New England history struck Wallingford, CT killing 34 persons, injuring 100 others, and completely destroying thirty homes.  The tornado started as a waterspout over a dam on the Quinnipiac River.  It was 400 to
 600 feet wide, and had a short path length of two miles.  (The Weather Channel)
...1969...A tornado hit Cincinnati, OH killing four persons and causing fifteen million dollars property damage. The tornado moved in a southeasterly direction at 40 to 50 mph. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Florida baked in the summer heat.  Nine cities reported record high temperatures for the date, including Jacksonville with a reading of 101 degrees.  Miami, FL reported a record high of 98 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Tropical Storm Beryl deluged Biloxi with 6.32 inches of rain in 24 hours, and in three days drenched Pascagoula, MS with 15.85 inches of rain.  Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather in the Southern Plains Region and over th
e Central High Plains Region.  Thunderstorms in Oklahoma produced wind gusts to 92 mph at Harrah. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Evening thunderstorms in Arizona deluged Yuma with record torrential rains for the second time in two weeks.  The rainfall total of 5.25 inches at the Yuma Quartermaster Depot established a state 24 hour record, and was nearly double the normal
annual rainfall.  As many as 1000 homes were flooded with water to 5 feet deep.
Seventy-six cities in the south central and eastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date.  Lake Charles, LA equaled their record for August with a low of 61 degrees.  Canaan Valley, WV was the cold spot in the nation with a low of 32 degrees
. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1989 - August 9
A thunderstorm unloaded torrential rains on Yuma, AZ with 5.82 inches of rain in 24 hours, a new record for the state.   (?? Need to check -- not according to NCDC which gives 11.40 inches at Workman Creek in Sept. 1970)

10 AUGUST
...1856...The Isle Derniere (Last Island) disaster occurred off the coast of Louisiana.  A storm tide drowned 140 vacationers as a five foot wave swept over Low Island during a hurricane. (The Weather Channel)  The hurricane completely devastated the fash
ionable hotel and pleasure resort on Last Island, 150 miles east of Cameron.  Storm surge swept an estimated 400 people to their death.  Today the island is just a haven for pelicans and other seas birds.  (Intellicast)
...1882...Sandusky, OH noted a four minute snow squall during the morning, frost was reported in the suburbs of Chicago, and a killing frost was reported at Cresco, IA. (The Weather Channel)
...1898...The temperature at Pendleton, OR climbed all the way to 119 degrees at set a state record. (The Weather Channel)
...1924...Colorado's deadliest tornado killed a woman and nine children in one house along its twenty-mile path east southeast of Thurman.  Mennonite men had left the farm to provide possible aid, as the 200-yard wide storm was first seen while far away.
(The Weather Channel)
...1930...A record high of 113 degrees at Perryville, TN sets the all-time state record. (Intellicast)
...1936...The temperature soared to 114 degrees at Plain Dealing, LA, and reached 120 degrees at Ozark, AR, to establish record highs for those two states. (The Weather Channel)
...1980...Hurricane Allen came ashore north of Brownsville, TX dropping fifteen inches of rain near San Antonio, and up to 20 inches in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, ending a summer long drought.  Winds at Port Mansfield gusted to 140 mph with a storm surg
e of 12 feet.  Tidal flooding occurred along the South Texas coast.  Hurricane Allen packed winds to 150 mph, and also spawned twenty-nine tornadoes.  Total damage from the storm was estimated at 750 million dollars. (David Ludlum) (Intellicast)
...1987...Unseasonably hot weather continued in the southeastern U.S.  Ten cities in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina reported record high temperatures for the date.  Macon, GA hit 101 degrees.  A tropical depression deluged southeastern Texas and sout
hwestern Louisiana with torrential rains. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Citizens of Bluefield, WV, where the Chamber of Commerce provides free lemonade on days when the temperature warms into the 90s, were able to celebrate their record high of 90 degrees.  Eight other cities also reported record high temperatures f
or the date, including Bismarck, ND with a reading of 102 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
The temperature reached 102 degrees at Ely, NV breaking the all-time record there.  (Intellicast)
...1989...Thirty-eight cities in the south central and southeastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Asheville, NC with a reading of 48 degrees, and Victoria, TX with a low of 63 degrees.  Oklahoma City, OK reported a record c
ool afternoon high of 71 degrees, and the daily high of 64 degrees at Raleigh, NC established a record for August.  In Arizona, a record sixty-four day streak of 100 degree days at Phoenix came to an end. (The National Weather Summary)

11 AUGUST
The "Dog Days" officially come to an end on this date, having begun the third day in July. Superstition has it that dogs tend to become mad during that time of the year. (The Weather Channel)
...1940...A major hurricane struck Savannah, GA and Charleston, SC causing the worst inland flooding since 1607. (David Ludlum)
...1944...The temperature at Burlington, VT soared to an all-time record high of 101 degrees. (The Weather Channel)
...1980...Clouds and moisture from Hurricane Allen provided a brief break from the torrid Texas heat wave, with daily highs mostly in the 70s to lower 90s. (The Weather Channel)
...1984...A record high temperature was set at Miami, FL with 96 degrees then a heavy thunderstorm drops the temperature to 70 degrees, a record low for the same date.  (Intellicast)
...1987...An early evening thunderstorm in Wyoming produced hail up to two inches in diameter from Alva to Hulett.  Snow plows had to be used to clear Highway 24 south of Hulett, where hail formed drifts two feet deep. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Moisture from what remained of Tropical Storm Beryl resulted in torrential rains across eastern Texas.  Twelve and a half inches of rain deluged Enterprise, TX, which was more than the amount received there during the previous eight months.  Phi
ladelphia, PA reported a record forty-four days of 90 degree weather for the year.  Baltimore, MD and Newark, NJ reported a record fourteen straight days of 90 degree heat. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...One of the most severe convective outbreaks of record came to a climax in southern California after four days.  Thunderstorms deluged Benton, CA with six inches of rain two days in a row, and the flooding which resulted caused more than a millio
n dollars damage to homes and highways.  Thunderstorms around Yellowstone Park, WY produced four inches of rain in twenty minutes resulting in fifteen mudslides.  Thunderstorms over Long Island, NY drenched Suffolk County with 8 to 10 inches of rain.  Twe
nty-three cities in the southeastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date.  It was, for some cities, the fourth straight morning of record cold temperatures. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1993...A severe thunderstorm spawned a high elevation F3 tornado in the Ashley National Forest, 20 miles north of Roosevelt, UT.  The tornado touched down three times along a 17 mile path and was up to one-half mile wide.  One thousand acres of trees w
ere snapped or uprooted.  The highest elevation damage was at 10,800 feet.  (Intellicast)

12 AUGUST
...1778...A Rhode Island hurricane prevented an impending British-French sea battle, and caused extensive damage over southeast New England. (David Ludlum)
...1933...The temperature at Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, CA hit 127 degrees to establish a U.S. record for the month of August. (The Weather Channel)
...1936...The temperature at Seymour, TX hit 120 degrees to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel)
...1955...During the second week of August hurricanes Connie and Diane produced as much as 19 inches of rain in the northeastern U.S. forcing rivers from Virginia to Massachusetts into a high flood.  Westfield, MA was deluged with 18.15 inches of rain in
24 hours, and at Woonsocket, RI the Blackstone River swelled from seventy feet in width to a mile and a half.  Connecticut and the Delaware Valley were hardest hit.  Total damage in New England was 800 million dollars, and flooding claimed 187 lives. (Dav
id Ludlum)
...1987...Early afternoon thunderstorms in Arizona produced 3.90 inches of rain in ninety minutes at Walnut National Monument (located east of Flagstaff), along with three inches of pea size hail, which had to be plowed off the roads. (The National Weathe
r Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Fifteen cities in the northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date.  Youngstown, OH reported twenty-six days of 90 degree weather for the year, a total equal to that for the entire decade of the 1970s. (The National Weather S
ummary)
...1989...Thunderstorms were scattered across nearly every state in the Union by late in the day.  Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 75 mph at Fergus Falls, MN, and golf ball size hail and wind gusts to 60 mph at Black Creek, WI.  In the Chicago area,
seven persons at a forest preserve in North Riverside were injured by lightning. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

13 AUGUST
...1831...A blue sun was widely observed in the Southern states.  The phenomena was believed to have pre-staged Nat Turner's slave uprising. (David Ludlum)
...1919...High winds and heavy rain struck the Middle Atlantic Coast Region.  In New Jersey, winds gusted to 60 mph at Atlantic City, and nine inches of rain fell at Tuckerton.  The wind and rain leveled crops and stripped trees of fruit causing several m
illion dollars damage. (David Ludlum)
...1980...The afternoon high at New York City was just 89 degrees.  But there were fifteen days of 90 degree heat during the month, their hottest August of record. (The Weather Channel)
...1985...Hail larger than golf balls, driven by 70 mph winds, moved down crops, stripped trees, and broke windows, near Logan, KS.  Road graders cleared three foot drifts of hail on Kansas Highway 9 east of Logan. (The Weather Channel)
...1986...3.04 inches of rain fell in Flagstaff, AZ, the most ever for a single day in August.  (Intellicast)
...1987...Thunderstorms deluged the Central Gulf Coast States with torrential rains.  Thunderstorms in Mississippi drenched Marion County with up to 15 inches of rain during the morning hours, with 12.2 inches reported at Columbia.  Floodwaters swept cars
 away in the Lakeview subdivision of Columbia when the Lakeview Dam broke.  Flash flooding caused more than three million dollars damage in Marion County. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...A dozen cities in the northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date.  Lansing, MI reported a record 35 days of 90 degree weather for the year, Detroit, MI reported a record 37 days of 90 degree heat for the year, and Williamsp
ort, PA reported a record 38 days of 90 degree weather for the year. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Thunderstorms developing in a tropical airmass over the northeastern U.S. soaked Connecticut and Massachusetts with four to eight inches of rain over the weekend, between the 11th and 13th of the month.  Hartford, CT received 7.70 inches of rain
. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1993...Phoenix, AZ topped 100 degrees for the sixty-fifth straight day, breaking the record set just in 1989. (Intellicast)

14 AUGUST
...1936...Temperatures across much of eastern Kansas soared above 110 degrees.  Kansas City, MO hit an all-time record high of 113 degrees.  It was one of sixteen consecutive days of 100 degree heat for Kansas City.  During that summer there were a record
 53 days of 100 degree heat, and during the three summer months Kansas City received just 1.12 inches of rain. (The Kansas City Weather Almanac)
...1987...Slow moving thunderstorms deluged northern and western suburbs of Chicago, IL with torrential rains.  O'Hare Airport reported 9.35 inches in 18 hours, easily exceeding the previous 24 hour record of 6.24 inches.  The airport was closed due to ex
tensive flooding, the first time ever for a non-winter event.  Flooding over a five day period resulted in 221 million dollars damage.  It was Chicago's worst flash flood event, particularly for northern and western sections of the city.  Kennedy Expressw
ay became a footpath for thousands of travelers to O'Hare Airport as roads were closed.  The heavy rains swelled the Des Plaines River above flood stage, and many persons had to be rescued from stalled vehicles on flooded roads. (13th–14th) (The National
Weather Summary) (Storm Data) (The Weather Channel) (Intellicast)
...1988...Eighteen cities in the northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, and the water temperature at Lake Erie reached a record 80 degrees.  Portland, ME reported a record fourteen straight days of 80 degree weather.  Milwaukee,
 WI reported a record 34 days of 90 degree heat for the year.  Afternoon and evening thunderstorms resulted in about fifty reports of severe weather in the northeastern U.S.  One person was killed at Stockbridge, MI when a tornado knocked a tree onto thei
r camper. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Afternoon thunderstorms in Illinois soaked the town of Battendorf with 2.10 inches of rain in thirty minutes.  Evening thunderstorms in Montana produced wind gusts to 66 mph at Hobson. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

15 AUGUST
...1787...Tornadoes were reported in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.  Wethersfield, CT was hard hit by the tornado outbreak.  (David Ludlum)
...1946...Saint Louis, MO was deluged with a record 8.78 inches of rain in 24 hours. (The Weather Channel)
...1967...The "Sundance fire" in northern Idaho was started by lightning following one of the hottest and driest summers on record.  Winds of 50 mph carried firebrands as much as ten miles in advance to ignite new fires, and as a result, the forest fire s
pread twenty miles across the Selkirk Mountains in just twelve hours, burning 56,000 acres.  The heat of the fire produced whirlwinds of flame with winds up to 300 mph which flung giant trees about like match-sticks. (David Ludlum)
...1987...Thunderstorms developing ahead of a sharp cold front produced severe weather in the Upper Midwest during the afternoon and evening hours, with Minnesota and eastern South Dakota hardest hit.  A thunderstorm in west central Minnesota spawned a to
rnado at Eagle Lake which killed one person and injured eight others.  A thunderstorm in eastern South Dakota produced softball size hail at Warner. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Thirty five cities in twenty states in the north central and northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, including Lamoni, IA and Baltimore, MD, where the mercury hit 105 degrees.  Temperatures 100 degrees or above were rep
orted in twenty-two states.  Pierre, SD was the hot spot in the nation with a high of 114 degrees.  Bluefield, WV reported eight straight days of record heat. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Evening thunderstorms in eastern New Mexico produced wind gusts to 66 mph at Clovis.  Evening thunderstorms in West Texas produced baseball size hail around Hereford, Dimmitt, Ware and Dalhart. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1995...Apalachicola, FL soared to 103 degrees to set all-time high.  (Intellicast)

16 AUGUST
...1777...The Battle of Bennington, delayed a day by rain, was fought.  The rain delayed British reinforcements, and allowed the Vermont Militia to arrive in time, enabling the Americans to win a victory by defeating two enemy forces, one at a time. (Davi
d Ludlum)
...1909...A dry spell began in San Bernardino County of southern California that lasted until the 6th of May in 1912, a stretch of 994 days!  Another dry spell, lasting 767 days, then began in October of 1912. (The Weather Channel)
...1916...Altapass, NC was deluged with 22.22 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Afternoon and evening thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced severe weather from Oklahoma to Wisconsin and Lower Michigan.  Thunderstorms in central Illinois produced wind gusts to 80 mph at Springfield which toppled two large beer
 tents at the state fair injuring 58 persons.  Thunderstorms also drenched Chicago, IL with 2.90 inches of rain, making August 1987 their wettest month of record at 13.23 inches. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Thunderstorms developing along a slow moving cold front produced severe weather from North Dakota to Lower Michigan during the day.  Nine tornadoes were sighted in North Dakota, and thunderstorms also produced hail three inches in diameter at La
kota, ND, and wind gusts to 83 mph at Marais, MI.  Thirty-seven cities in the northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, including Rockford, IL with a reading of 104 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms in the Central High Plains Region produced golf ball size hail at La Junta, CO, Intercanyon, CO, and Custer, SD.  Afternoon thunderstorms over South Texas drenched Brownsville with 2.60 inches of rain.  F
air skies allowed viewing of the late evening full lunar eclipse from the Great Lakes Region to the Northern and Central Plains Region, and across much of the western third of the country. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

17 AUGUST
...1885...Amos, CA hit 130 degrees to set the August U.S. record high.  (Intellicast)
...1915...A hurricane hit Galveston, TX with wind gusts to 120 mph and a twelve foot storm surge which inundated the city.  The storm claimed 275 lives, including forty-two on Galveston Island, with most deaths due to drowning.  Of 250 homes built outside
 the seawall (which was constructed after the catastrophic hurricane of 1900), just ten percent were left standing. (The Weather Channel)
...1969...Camille, the second worst hurricane in U.S. history, smashed into the Mississippi coast, making landfall at Pass Christian, MS with sustained winds of 190 mph and gusts well over 200 mph.  Winds gusted to 172 mph at Main Pass Block, LA, and to 1
90 mph near Bay Saint Louis, MS.  The hurricane claimed 256 lives, and caused 1.3 billion dollars damage.  Several ocean going ships were carried over seven miles inland by the hurricane.  The hurricane produced winds to 200 mph, and a storm surge of 24.6
 feet.  Complete destruction occurred in some coastal areas near the eye of the hurricane. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Evening thunderstorms produced severe weather in the Northern and Central Plains Region.  One thunderstorm spawned a tornado near Fairbury, NE, along with baseball size hail and wind gusts to 100 mph, causing severe crop damage west of town.  Te
n cities in the eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date.  Syracuse, NY hit 97 degrees for the first time in twenty-two years. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Fifty-five cities, from the Middle Mississippi Valley to the Middle Atlantic Coast Region, reported record high temperatures for the date.  Beckley, WV reported an all-time record high of 96 degrees, and Baltimore, MD hit 104 degrees, marking th
eir thirteenth day of the year with 100 degree heat.  Chicago, IL equaled a record with 46 days of 90 degree weather for the year.  Thunderstorms produced severe weather from Wisconsin to New Jersey.  Thunderstorms in New Jersey produced high winds which
gusted to 92 mph at Wrightstown, and blew down a circus tent at Lavallette injuring fourteen persons. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Morning thunderstorms produced three to six inch rains in Oklahoma, and the Arkalatex area of Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana.  Tom, OK was soaked with 5.98 inches of rain, and Foreman, AR received 5.55 inches.  Evening thunderstorms produced high
 winds in the Wasatch Front of northern Utah.  Thunderstorm winds gusted to 66 mph at Salt Lake City, and flash flooding caused up to two million dollars damage to a marina on Lake Powell.  (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1994...Severe thunderstorms belted central Oklahoma.  Winds gusted to 113 mph at Meno, 104 mph at Mangum and 97 mph at Hobart.  Hail up to 4.5 inches in diameter driven by the winds totaled 30 mobile homes at Okarche.  Boise, ID recorded its 41st day i
n a row with 90 plus temperatures, a record for that city. (Intellicast)

18 AUGUST
...1910...The "Big Blow-up" of forest fires in Idaho finally came to an end.  A record dry August fueled 1736 fires which burned 3 million acres, destroyed 6 billion board feet of timber and claimed 85 lives (78 firefighters).  The smoke spread one-third
the way around the world producing dark days in the U.S. and Canada.  (Intellicast)
...1925...During the late morning hours a severe hailstorm struck southeastern Iowa completely destroying crops along a path six to ten miles wide and 75 miles long.  The hail also injured and killed poultry and livestock, and caused a total of 2.5 millio
n dollars damage.  The hailstorm flattened fields of corn to such an extent that many had to leave their farms in search of other work. It was one of the worst hailstorms of record for the nation. (The Weather Channel)
...1936...Iowa had its hottest ever August day with the average high temperature for 113 stations being 106.5 degree Fahrenheit. (Intellicast)
...1983...Hurricane Alicia ( a category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Scale) ravaged southeastern Texas.  The hurricane caused more than three billion dollars property damage, making it one of the costliest hurricanes in the history of the U.S. Just thirt
een persons were killed, but 1800 others were injured.  The hurricane packed winds to 130 mph as it crossed Galveston Island, created a storm surge of 12 feet and spawned twenty-two tornadoes in less than 24 hours as it made landfall. (The Weather Channel
) (Storm Data)  (Intellicast)
...1987...Thirteen cities in the eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, including Orlando, FL with a reading of 98 degrees, and Portland, ME with a high of 94 degrees.  Newark, NJ reached 90 degrees for the thirty-sixth time of the y
ear, their second highest total of record. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Twenty-two cities, from the Carolinas to the Upper Ohio Valley, reported record high temperatures for the date, pushing the total number of daily record highs since the first of June above the 1100 mark.  Afternoon highs of 102 degrees at Greens
boro, NC and 105 degrees at Raleigh, NC equaled all-time records.  Evening thunderstorms in Montana produced wind gusts to 75 mph at Scobey. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Thunderstorms over the Middle Atlantic Coast Region and the Upper Ohio Valley produced torrential rains in eastern Virginia during the late morning and afternoon hours.  Totals ranged up to twelve inches at Yorktown.  Williamsburg, VA was deluge
d with 10.78 inches of rain between 6 AM and 10 AM, with 6.72 inches reported in just two hours.  Flash flooding caused nearly twelve million dollars damage in Accomack County, VA.  Early evening thunderstorms in the Central High Plains Region produced wa
lnut size hail and wind gusts to 80 mph around Casper, WY.  Thunderstorms produced locally heavy rains in the Yellowstone Park area, causing fifteen mudslides. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

19 AUGUST
...1559...First recorded U.S. hurricane drove 5 Spanish ships ashore in Pensacola Harbor along the Florida coast.  (Intellicast)
...1788...A small but powerful hurricane inflicted great havoc upon forests along a narrow track from New Jersey to Maine.  A similar storm track today would cause extreme disaster in the now populated area. (David Ludlum)
...1955...Rains from tropical Storm Diane fell on ground saturated from Tropical Storm Connie a week before.  Westfield, MA recorded 18.15 inches in 24 hours.  Extreme flooding occurred in all of New England.  At one point over 40% of Worcester, MA was un
derwater.  Woonsocket, RI was hit hard as the Blackstone River, normally only 70 feet wide, swelled to over 1.5 miles in width.  Eighty two people died and damage topped $800,000,000.  (Intellicast)
...1969...'Never say die' Camille let loose a cloudburst in Virginia resulting in flash floods and landslides which killed 151 persons and cause 140 million dollars damage.  Massies Hill, VA received 27 inches of rain. (David Ludlum)
...1986...The temperature at San Antonio, TX soared to an all-time record high of 108 degrees. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders – 1987)
...1987...Thunderstorms moving out of southeastern Nebraska spread severe weather into eastern Kansas and western Missouri during the day.  Thunderstorms in Nebraska produced hail three inches in diameter at Albion, and high winds which downed a large ten
t at Waterloo injuring a dozen persons.  Thunderstorms in Kansas produced baseball size hail northwest of Topeka, and wind gusts to 80 mph at Fulton.  Ten persons were injured in a thunderstorm at Princeton, KS, and damage to crops in southern Franklin Co
unty, KS was estimated at 3.5 million dollars. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Raleigh NC reported a record hot temperature reading of 103 degrees.  Afternoon thunderstorms in Oklahoma produced wind gusts to 75 mph in southern Pittsburgh County.  Thunderstorms in Indiana produced 4.50 inches of rain at Morgantown. (Storm D
ata) (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Early morning thunderstorms deluged southeastern Delaware with six to ten inches of rain in four to six hours, with local reports of 13 to 20 inches of rain.  Twenty-six major roads were closed or damaged, and fourteen bridges were washed out.
Flooding caused nearly four million dollars damage to local businesses. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1991...Hurricane Bob slammed into New England with 90 mph sustained winds and gusts of 125 mph (at Block Island, RI) and 105 mph (at Newport, RI).  A storm surge of 15 feet occurred in Upper Buzzards Bay.  Portland, Maine had a 24 hour record rainfall
of 7.83 inches.  Total damage exceeded $1.5 billion dollars and 17 people were killed.  This was the worst Hurricane in the northeast since Donna in 1960.  (Intellicast)

20 AUGUST
...1886...The town of Indianola, TX was completely destroyed by a hurricane, and never rebuilt. (David Ludlum)
...1910...The "big blow up" of forest fires finally came to an end in Idaho.  A record dry August fueled 1736 fires which burned three million acres destroying six billion board feet of timber.  The fires claimed the lives of 85 persons, 78 of which were
fire fighters, and consumed the entire town of Wallace.  The smoke spread a third of the way around the world producing some dark days in the U.S. and Canada.  The forest fires prompted federal fire protection laws. (David Ludlum)
...1969...Once super-hurricane Camille now only a tropical depression drifted slowly across the mid Atlantic states, unloading a tremendous amount of rain in Virginia.  Some areas reported 31 inches of rain in just 6 hours resulting in extreme flooding th
at killed 109.  It was said to rain so hard that birds drowned while perched on tree branches.  (Intellicast)
...1987...Half a dozen cities in the Central Plains Region reported record high temperatures for the date, including Pueblo, CO with a reading of 102 degrees, and Goodland, KS with a high of 104 degrees.  Hill City, KS reached 106 degrees. (The National W
eather Summary)
...1988...Sheridan, WY reported a record hot temperature reading of 100 degrees.  Evening thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail near Fortuna, ND, and wind gusts to 70 mph near Webster, SD. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Early morning thunderstorms produced heavy rain in southeast Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma, with up to six inches reported around Tulsa OK.  Some roads in the Tulsa area were closed by water 10 to 12 feet deep.  Evening thunderstorms produced
 severe weather in northern Oklahoma and southern Kansas.  Thunderstorms produced winds gusts to 75 mph in Major County, OK, and hail two inches in diameter at Jennings, KS. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1994...The temperature at El Paso, TX hit 100 degrees for the 56th time to set the record for most days in a season.  (Intellicast)

21 AUGUST
...1883...A F5 tornado hit Rochester, MN killing 30 persons, injuring 200, and wrecking 1351 dwellings. (David Ludlum) (Intellicast)
...1888...A tornado swarm occurred in Maryland and Delaware.  Many waterspouts were seen over Chesapeake Bay. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders – 1987)
...1918...A tornado struck Tyler, MN killing 36 persons and destroying most of the business section of the town resulting in a million dollars damage. (David Ludlum)
...1921...Seattle WA had its heaviest rainstorm for August when 0.59 inches fell in 60 minutes.  (Intellicast)
..1938...Thirty six people were killed and 225 injured when an F4 tornado ripped through Tyler MN.  Total damage $2 million. (Intellicast)
...1983...The temperature at Fayetteville, NC soared to 110 degrees to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Early morning thunderstorms produced severe weather in eastern Iowa and west central Illinois.  Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 82 mph at Moline, IL, and tennis ball size hail at Independence, IA.  Rock Island, IL was drenched with 3.70 inc
hes of rain.  Total damage for the seven county area of west central Illinois was estimated at twelve million dollars. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Thunderstorms spawned several tornadoes in Iowa, produced wind gusts to 63 mph in the Council Bluffs area, and drenched Sioux Center, IA with up to 6.61 inches of rain. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather from Kansas to Minnesota and North Dakota.  Thunderstorms in Minnesota produced baseball size hail from Correll to north of Appleton.  Thunderstorms in north central Kansas produced win
d gusts higher than 100 mph at Wilson Dam.  Thunderstorms around Lincoln, NE produced baseball size hail and up to five inches of rain, and Boone, NE was deluged with five inches of rain in an hour and a half. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1992...The temperature at Sacramento, CA hit 90 degrees for the fortieth straight day, a record for that city.  (Intellicast)

22 AUGUST
...1816...The growing season for corn was cut short as damaging frosts were reported from North Carolina to interior New England in the "Year-without-a-Summer". (David Ludlum)
...1821...Tornado rips through Tybee Island, GA destroying a wing of the U.S. Army barracks. (Intellicast)
...1923...The temperature at Anchorage, AK reached 82 degrees, a record for August for the location which was later tied on the 2nd in 1978. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...A cold front lowered temperatures 20 to 40 degrees across the north central U.S., and produced severe thunderstorms in Ohio and Lower Michigan.  An early morning thunderstorm near Sydney, MI produced high winds which spun a car around 180 degree
s. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Afternoon highs of 88 degrees at Astoria, OR and 104 degrees at Medford, OR were records for the date, and the number of daily record highs across the nation since the first of June topped the 2000 mark. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Evening thunderstorms in the central U.S. produced golf ball size hail at May City, IA, and wind gusts to 66 mph at Balltown IA.  Lightning struck a barn in Fayette County, IA killing 750 hogs.  Evening thunderstorms in Montana produced wind gus
ts to 70 mph at Havre. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1990...Thunderstorms dropped heavy rains in Virginia with Nassawadox recording 12 inches in just 2 hours.  Numerous road washouts occurred including several on U.S. 13, a major route to the Tidewater area.  (Intellicast)
...1994...Hurricane John while about 390 miles south of Hilo, HI was found to have winds at 170 mph and pressure down to 920 mb, making it the strongest hurricane ever in the Central Pacific.  It was the third category 5 storm in this area in a month, unp
recedented since records began.  (Intellicast)

23 AUGUST
...1906...Thunderstorms deluged Kansas City, MO with six inches of rain during the early morning, including nearly three inches in thirty minutes. (The Kansas City Weather Almanac)
...1921...Denver, CO was drenched with 2.20 inches of rain in one hour, a record for that location. (The Weather Channel)
...1933...The Chesapeake-Potomac hurricane made landfall over Nag's Head, NC and moved over Norfolk, VA, Chesapeake Bay and Washington, DC.  Winds gusted to 88 mph at Norfolk, VA.  A tide seven feet above normal flooded businesses in Norfolk, and damage i
n Maryland was estimated at seventeen million dollars. Sixty percent of Atlantic City, NJ was flooded as was 10 square miles of southwest Philadelphia, PA.  Forty seven people were killed and damage was estimated at $47 million (in depression-era dollars)
 (David Ludlum) (Intellicast)
...1970...Dry thunderstorms ignited more than one hundred fires in the Wenatchee and Okanogan National Forests of Washington State.  Hot, dry, and windy weather spread the fires, a few of which burned out of control through the end of the month.  More tha
n 100,000 acres burned. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...A cold front brought autumn-like weather to the Northern and Central Plains Region.  Afternoon highs were in the 50s and 60s across parts of Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska that just two days earlier were in the 90s or above 100 degrees.  Thunders
torms produced locally heavy rain in New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Thunderstorms produced hail an inch in diameter, wind gusts to 64 mph, and 2.62 inches of rain at Tucson, AZ resulting in three million dollars damage.  Cool weather prevailed in the northeastern U.S.  Hartford, CT reported a record low of 42 de
grees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Thunderstorms produced heavy rain with flash flooding in West Virginia.  Pickens, WV reported 4.80 inches of rain in 24 hours.  Evening thunderstorms in Mississippi deluged Alta Woods with 4.25 inches of rain in less than an hour.  Thunderstorms
 also produced heavy rain in southeastern Kentucky, and flooding was reported along Big Creek and along Stinking Creek.  The Stinking Creek volunteer fire department reported water levels 12 to 14 feet above bankfull.  Fort Worth, TX hit the 100 degree ma
rk for the first time all year.  Strong winds ushering cool air into northwest Utah gusted to 70 mph, raising clouds of dust in the salt flats. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1992...Hurricane Andrew on its way to Florida with winds of 150 mph, struck northern Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas.  The storm surge reached 23 feet.  Total damage on the islands topped $250 million.
An unusually strong surge of arctic air resulted in a record early snow and record cold temperatures over Montana.  Great Falls had 5 inches of snow, first ever in August.  Glacier National Park measured 13 inches.  (Intellicast)

24 AUGUST
...1906...A cloudburst deluged Guinea, VA with more than nine inches of rain in just forty minutes. (David Ludlum)
...1968...Lightning struck the Crawford County fairgrounds in northwest Pennsylvania killing two persons and injuring 72 others. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Autumn-like weather prevailed across the north central and northeastern U.S.  Seven cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Saint Cloud, MN with a low of 37 degrees.  Temperatures in Florida soared to 98 degrees at Pensac
ola and 99 degrees at Jacksonville.  Thunderstorms produced heavy rain in the Southern High Plains Region, with 5.40 inches at Union, NM, and 7.25 inches reported west of Anthony, NM. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Thunderstorms in the Delaware Valley of eastern Pennsylvania produced wind gusts to 95 mph around Philadelphia, and gusts to 100 mph at Warminster.  A tropical depression drenched the Cabo Rojo area of southwestern Puerto Rico with up to ten inc
hes of rain. San Juan received 5.35 inches of rain. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather in eastern Montana and western sections of the Dakotas.  Thunderstorms in Montana produced wind gusts to 76 mph at Jordan, and golf ball size hail at Rock Springs, which collected
three to four feet deep in ditches.  Lewiston, ID reported a record 1.50 inches of rain for the date, and a record rainfall total for August of 2.63 inches. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1990...Thunderstorms dropped 5 to 7 inches of rain over Long Island, NY closing major highways.  (Intellicast)
...1991...Severe thunderstorms produced very large hail in eastern North Dakota.  Near Lisbon, conglomerate hail nearly 6 inches in diameter was reported.  The hail smashed windows, caused very heavy damage to cars, punched holes in buildings and damaged
or destroyed 16,000 acres of crops.  (Intellicast)
...1992...Hurricane Andrew made landfall near Homestead, FL with a central pressure of 922 mb (27.22 inches).  Fowey Rocks coastal marine buoy recorded maximum sustained winds of 141 mph and a peak gust of 169 mph and the National Hurricane Center in Cora
l Gables had sustained winds of 115 mph with a peak gust of 164 mph.  A storm surge of 16.7 feet occurred in Biscayne Bay.  Homestead AFB was practically wiped out.  More than 120,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, leaving 250,000 homeless.  Forty one d
ied and damage exceeded $25 billion, making Andrew by far the most costly hurricane in U.S. history.  Andrew was the third most intense hurricane to strike the mainland behind Camille (1969) and the Labor Day Hurricane (1935) (Intellicast)

25 AUGUST
...1885...A severe hurricane struck South Carolina causing 1.3 million dollars damage at Charleston. (David Ludlum)
...1910...The temperature at Bowen, MT dropped to 5 degrees, the lowest ever for the 48 states in August.  (Intellicast)
...1940...New Jersey experienced its coldest August morning of record, with lows of 32 degrees at Layton and Charlotteburg. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Morning thunderstorms produced heavy rain in eastern Nebraska and southwestern Iowa.  Stanton, IA reported 10.50 inches of rain.  Water was reported up to the handle of automobiles west of Greenwood, NE.  Rainfall totals for a two day period ran
ged from 7 to 14 inches across southwestern Iowa.  Crop damage was in the millions for both states.  Subsequent flooding of streams in Iowa the last week of August caused millions of dollars damage to crops, as some streams crested ten feet above flood st
age. A new record for monthly rainfall was set at Chicago when a storm brought the total to 15.73 inches erasing the previous record for any month which had been 14.17 in September, 1961 (Storm Data) (Intellicast)
...1988...Seven cities in California reported record high temperatures for the date, including Sacramento with an afternoon reading of 104 degrees.  Thunderstorms produced locally heavy rains in Arizona.  Chino Valley was drenched with 2.50 inches of rain
 in just thirty minutes washing out a couple of streets in town. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Morning thunderstorms drenched Spencer, IN with 4.10 inches of rain in three hours causing extensive street flooding.  Evening thunderstorms in eastern Kansas produced up to six inches of rain around Emporia, and four inches of rain in just fort
y-five minutes near Parsons, and also produced wind gusts to 70 mph at Lake Melvern. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

26 AUGUST
...1883...Krakatoa Volcano exploded in the East Indies.  The explosion was heard more than 2500 miles away, and every barograph around the world recorded the passage of the air wave, up to seven times.  Giant waves, 125 feet high and traveling 300 mph, de
vastated everything in their path, hurling ashore coral blocks weighing up to 900 tons, and killing more than 36,000 persons. Volcanic ash was carried around the globe in thirteen days producing blue and green suns in the tropics, and then vivid red sunse
ts in higher latitudes.  The temperature of the earth was lowered one degree for the next two years, finally recovering to normal by 1888. (David Ludlum)
...1935...San Francisco, CA had their heaviest 24 hour rainfall for August when 0.25 inches fell.  (Intellicast)
...1949...A hurricane made landfall at Delray Beach.  Winds reached 153 mph at the Jupiter Lighthouse before the anemometer failed.  The hurricane caused 45 million dollars damage to crops, and also caught the Georgia and South Carolina coast resulting in
 another two million dollars damage. (David Ludlum)
...1965...Late night severe thunderstorms associated with an unusually strong late summer cold front produced 100 mph winds straight line winds in the Chicago area and northwest Indiana.  In Lake County, IN, high winds derailed a train near Crown Point, a
nd left a canoe suspended among telephone lines.  Two nights later the temperature at Midway Airport in Chicago dipped to 43 degrees, establishing a record for the month of August. (Storm Data) (Hugh Crowther)
...1976...A weak tornado touched down briefly in the Hockley Hills near Kiana, AK, about 29 miles north of the Arctic Circle. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Showers and thunderstorms drenched northern Illinois during the morning and afternoon hours pushing August rainfall totals for Chicago, Moline and Peoria to new all-time highs for any month of the year.  By the end of August, Chicago had receive
d 17.10 inches of rain, which easily surpassed the previous record of 14.17 inches established in September 1961. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...A dozen cities in Texas, Colorado and California reported record high temperatures for the date, including readings of 100 degrees at Pueblo, CO, 106 degrees at Wichita Falls, TX, and 109 degrees at Redding, CA.  Afternoon thunderstorms in Utah
deluged the town of Beaver with more than an inch of rain in twenty minutes. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Anchorage, AK was soaked with a steady rain, and the 24 hour total of 4.12 inches smashed their previous 24 hour precipitation total of 2.10 inches.  It also pushed their rainfall total for the month past their previous record for August. (The N
ational Weather Summary)
...1992...Hurricane Andrew made its second landfall near Burns Point, LA as a category 3 storm.  Morgan City recorded wind gusts of 108 mph.  Hammond, LA was deluged with nearly a foot of rain.  Total additional damage was estimated at 1.8 billion dollars
.  (Intellicast)
...1993...Very early snow fell at Butte, MT with 5 inches of wet snow accumulating.  (Intellicast)

27 AUGUST
...1881...335 people were lost in the Georgia Hurricane, especially severe at Savannah and Charleston, SC.  (Intellicast)
...1893...The first of three great hurricanes that year struck South Carolina drowning more than 1000 persons in a tidal surge at Charleston.  Landfall was just south of Savannah, GA where sustained winds hit 120 mph. (David Ludlum)
...1948...Buffalo, NY hit its all-time maximum temperature of 99 degrees. (Intellicast)
...1964...Hurricane Cleo battered Miami and the South Florida area.  It was the first direct hit for Miami in fourteen years.  Sustained winds of 100 mph gusted to 135 mph, and the hurricane caused 125 million dollars damage. (David Ludlum)
...1970...Elko, NV was deluged with 3.66 inches of rain in just one hour, establishing a state record. (The Weather Channel)
...1986...A mix of snow, ice pellets and rain fell on Sault Ste. Marie, MI during the evening, the first time snow was observed in August since records started in 1888.  (Intellicast)
...1987...Washington, DC soared to a record hot 100 degrees, while clouds and rain to the north kept temperature readings in the 50s in central and southeastern New York State. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Afternoon thunderstorms produced locally heavy rains in the southwestern U.S.  Thunderstorms in eastern New Mexico produced wind gusts to 75 mph near the White Sands Missile Range, and produced three inches of rain in two hours near the town of
Belen. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather in southeastern Nebraska, eastern Kansas and Missouri.  Thunderstorms produced baseball size hail south of Belleville, KS, and tennis ball size hail south of Lincoln, NE.  Thunderstorms
 produced golf ball size hail and wind gusts to 70 mph at Saint Joseph, MO.  Thunderstorms in North Dakota deluged the town of Linton with six inches of rain in one hour. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1995...Remains of Tropical Storm Jerry unloaded 12.32 inches of rain in 24 hours in Greer, SC, a record for 24 hours, for a rain event and for August.  (Intellicast)

28 AUGUST
...1898...Torrents of rain accompanied by a furious wind upset the rain gage at Fort Mohave, AZ.  However, water in a wash tub set out on the mesa, clear of everything, measured eight inches after the 45 minute storm. (The Weather Channel)
...1911...Saint George, GA was deluged with 18.00 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel)
...1959...Lieutenant Colonel William Rankin bailed out of his plane at a height of 46,000 feet into a violent thunderstorm, and lived to write about the 45 minute journey (which normally would have been a thirteen minute descent).  He described it as one
of the most bizarre and painful experiences imaginable.  (The Weather Channel)
...1971...Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Doria caused devastating floods in central and northeast New Jersey resulting in 138 million dollars damage.  Newark set an all-time 24 hour record of 7.84 inches.  The Princeton area had 11 inches in 36 hours.  I
n southeastern Pennsylvania, high winds downed trees and power lines, and in New York City, heavy rains flooded streets and subways.  Doria made landfall on western Long Island with wind gusts of 75 mph in southern New England. (David Ludlum) (Intellicast
)
...1973...A severe 62,000 foot high thunderstorm spawned an F4 tornado in eastern New York which moved into western Massachusetts, leveling a truck stop at West Stockbridge.  Four people were killed and 43 injured.  (Intellicast)
...1986...The temperature at Apalachicola, FL dipped to 62 degrees to shatter their previous August record by four degrees, having tied their August record high of 99 degrees on the 2nd of the month. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Severe thunderstorms broke the heat in the southeastern U.S. and the Gulf Coast Region, but not before seven cities reported record high temperatures for the date.  The severe thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 80 mph downing large trees aroun
d Horse Shoe, NC, and pelted southeastern Meridian, MS with hail two inches in diameter. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Tropical Storm Chris spawned a tornado near Manning, SC which killed one person, and spawned three tornadoes in North Carolina.  Chris produced one to two foot tides, and three to six inch rains, over coastal South Carolina.  Severe thunderstorm
s in New York State and Vermont, developing ahead of a cold front, spawned a tornado which killed one person at Hector, NY, produced tennis ball size hail at Brandon, VT, and produced wind gusts to 80 mph at Lyndonville, VT. (The National Weather Summary)
 (Storm Data)
...1989...Early morning thunderstorms in Nebraska produced 4.50 inches of rain around McCook, and 4.65 inches near Auburn and Brownville.  Showers in Montana pushed the rainfall total for the month at Havre past the previous August record of 3.90 inches.
(The National Weather Summary)
...1990...A deadly F5 tornado struck Kendall and Will counties in northern Illinois.  Twenty nine were killed and 350 injured, total damage was $165 million.  Proper warnings were not issued as coordination between spotter networks and the local national
Weather Service Offices were inadequate, prompting an official NOAA investigation.  (Intellicast)

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...1962...Hackberry, LA was deluged with twenty-two inches of rain in 24 hours, establishing a state record. (The Weather Channel)
...1965...A national record for the month of August was established when 2.5 inches of snow fell atop Mount Washington, NH.  Temperatures in New England dipped to 39 degrees at Nantucket, MA, and to 25 degrees in Vermont.  For many locations, it was the e
arliest freeze of record. (David Ludlum)
...1984...High temperatures at Topeka, KS reached 110 degrees for the first time since the dust bowl of the 1930's.  (Intellicast)
...1987...Some of the most powerful thunderstorms in several years developed over the piedmont of North Carolina, and marched across central sections of the state during the late afternoon and evening hours.  Baseball size hail was reported around Albemar
le, while thunderstorm winds downed giant trees around High Falls. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Cool air invaded the north central U.S.  Ten cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Bismarck, ND with a reading of 33 degrees.  Deerfield, a small town in the Black Hills of South Dakota, reported a low of 23 degrees.  T
he remnants of Tropical Storm Chris drenched eastern Pennsylvania with up to five and a half inches of rain, and produced high winds which gusted to 90 mph, severely damaging a hundred boats in Anne Arundel County, MD. (The National Weather Summary) (Stor
m Data)
...1989...Evening thunderstorms produced destructive lightning in West Virginia.  The lightning caused widespread damage, particularly in Doddridge County.  Numerous trees were downed closing many roads. Fire companies had a difficult time tending to the
many homes and trailers on fire.  Anchorage, AK reported a record 9.60 inches of rain for the month of August.  The average annual precipitation for Anchorage is just slightly more than fifteen inches.  Three day rainfall totals in northwest Missouri rang
ed up to 8.20 inches at Maryville. (The National Weather Summary)

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...1776...General Washington took advantage of a heavy fog to evacuate Long Island after a defeat.  Adverse winds kept the British fleet from intervening. (David Ludlum)
...1839...A hurricane moved from Cape Hatteras, NC to offshore New England.  An unusual feature of the hurricane was the snow it helped produce, which whitened the Catskill Mountains of New York State.  Considerable snow was also reported at Salem, NY. (T
he Weather Channel)
...1962...Hackberry, LA was deluged with 22 inches of rain in 24 hours, establishing a state record.  (Intellicast)
...1982...A tropical depression brought torrential rains to portions of southern Texas.  Up to twelve inches fell south of Houston, and as much as eighteen inches fell southeast of Austin.  The tropical depression spawned fourteen tornadoes in three days.
 (David Ludlum)
Record cold gripped the northeastern U.S.  Thirty-one cities in New England reported record lows, and areas of Vermont received up to three inches of snow. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Eight cities in California and Oregon reported record high temperatures for the date, including Redding, CA and Sacramento, CA where the mercury hit 100 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Thunderstorms drenched Georgia and the Carolinas with heavy rain, soaking Columbia, SC with 4.10 inches in three hours.  Fresno, CA was the hot spot in the nation with a record high of 109 degrees.  Duluth, MN tied their record for the month of
August with a morning low of 39 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced large hail in Montana and North Dakota during the evening and early nighttime hours.  Hail three inches in diameter was reported 20 miles south of Medora, ND, and thunderstorms over Dawson
County, MT produced up to three inches of rain.  Thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail at Roundup, MT, Dazey, ND and Protection, KS. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

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...1889...Los Angeles, CA set two rainfall records as 0.61 inches fell, the 24 hour and monthly records for August.  (Intellicast)
...1915...The temperature at Bartlesville, OK dipped to 38 degrees to establish a state record for the month of August. (The Weather Channel)
...1954...Hurricane Carol, the first of three hurricanes to affect New England that year, slammed into eastern New England.  Wind gusts exceeded 120 mph on the south coast.  Block Island, RI reported a gust to 130 mph.  Boston, MA reported sustained winds
 of 86 mph with a gust to 100 mph.  Tides were 10-15 feet above normal.  Providence, RI was inundated by a near record high tide.  Sixty lives were lost, damages totaled 450 million dollars.  The severity of this storm was only topped by the 1938 Hurrican
e.  (Intellicast) (David Ludlum)
...1971...The low of 84 degrees and high of 108 degrees at Death Valley, CA were the coolest of the month.  The average daily high was 115.7 degrees that August, and the average daily low was 93.4 degrees. (The Weather Channel)
...1984...Lightning ignited several forest fires in Montana, one of which burned through 100,000 acres of timber and grassland. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Eight cities in Washington and Oregon reported record high temperatures for the date, including Eugene, OR and Portland, OR with afternoon highs of 102 degrees.  The high of 102 degrees at Portland smashed their previous record for the date by t
welve degrees.  Frost was reported in South Dakota.  Aberdeen, SD established a record for the month of August with a morning low of 32 degrees, and Britton, SD dipped to 31 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...August ended on a relatively mild and tranquil note for most of the nation.  Forest fires in the northwestern U.S. scorched 180,000 acres of land during the last week of August. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Thunderstorms developing along a stationary front spread severe weather from Minnesota to Indiana through the course of the day and night.  Thunderstorms in Minnesota produced baseball size hail near Saint Michael and Hutchinson, and drenched Mo
ose Lake with nine inches of rain in six hours.  Tucson, AZ hit 100 degrees for a record 79th time in the year, surpassing a record established the previous year. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1993...Hurricane Emily lashed the Outer Banks of North Carolina.  The Hatteras, USWB recorded a gust of 98 mph and was deluged with 7.51 inches of rain.  Sound water levels rose to 10.5 feet above normal north of Buxton and 8.5 feet above normal in the
 villages of Frisco and Hatteras.  Diamond Shoals coastal marine buoy recorded sustained winds of 103 mph with gusts to 148 mph after the eye passed.  (Intellicast)






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