Brian -
Here's the July history list.
Ed
JULY
From records of Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City
(http://www.awc-kc.noaa.gov/wxfact/july.html) and Intellicast
(http://www.intellicast.com/almanac/jul/) 1 July 1996.
1 JULY
...1792...A tremendous storm (a tornado or hurricane) hit Philadelphia and New York City.  Many young people were drowned while out boating on that Sunday.  (David Ludlum)
...1911...The high of just 79 degrees at Phoenix, AZ was their coolest daily maximum of record for the month of July.  The normal daily high for July 1st is 105 degrees. (The Weather Channel)
...1915...Pawtucket, RI received a deluge with 5.1 inches of rain in 24 hours. (Intellicast)
...1933...Lightning strikes an oil storage area near Elizabeth, NJ, destroying 300,000 barrels at the Texas Oil Company plant. (Intellicast)
...1942...Portland, OR hit 107 degrees, an all-time record for the city. (Intellicast)
...1979...It snowed almost half a foot (5.8 inches) at Stampede Pass, WA, a July record. (The Weather Channel)
...1986... A 20 minute hailstorm with 80 mph winds caused extensive damage at Chadron, NE.  Large holes made in the roofs of 100 hours and windows blown out of an auto dealership.  Six people were hurt by flying glass.  (Intellicast)
...1987...Lake Charles, LA was drenched with a month's worth of rain during the early morning.  More than five inches of rain soaked the city, including 2.68 inches in one hour.  A thunderstorm in the southern Yakima Valley of Washington State produced hi
gh winds which downed trees up to six feet in diameter. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Twenty-six cities in the north central and northeastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date --an unusual cool spell in what turned out to be one of the hottest summers on record..  Lows of 48 degrees at Providence, RI, 48 degrees
at Roanoke, VA, 49 degrees at Stratford, CT, and 48 degrees at Wilmington, DE, were records for the month of July.  Boston, MA equaled their record for July with a low of 50 degrees.  Barre Falls, MA dropped to 34 degrees.  Five inches of snow whitened Mo
unt Washington, NH. (The National Weather Summary) (Intellicast)
...1989...Showers and thunderstorms associated with the low pressure system which was once Tropical Storm Allison continued to drench parts of Mississippi, Louisiana and eastern Texas.  Late night thunderstorms produced 12.58 inches of rain at Biloxi, MS
in six hours, and 10.73 inches at Gulfport, MS.  Flooding in Mississippi over the first six days of the month caused 55 million dollars damage. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

2 JULY
...1833...An unusually large New England tornado, one half to three quarters of a mile wide, went from Salem Pond to Norton Pond, VT, and then into Canada.  It "prostrated" nearly everything in its path. (The Weather Channel)
...1843...An alligator reportedly fell from the sky onto Anson Street in Charleston, SC during a thunderstorm. (David Ludlum)
...1966...The temperature at Philadelphia, PA soared to 104 degrees (Intellicast).
...1987...Thunderstorms in Colorado produced hail as large as golf balls northwest of Kiowa, which accumulated to a depth of twelve inches.  Hail two and a half inches in diameter was reported at Black Forest.  Hail damaged 900 acres of crops south of the
 town of Wiggins. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Twenty-six cities in the eastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date.  The morning low of 47 degrees at Roanoke, VA broke the July record set the previous day. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the south central U.S., with 158 reports of large hail and damaging winds through the day.  Evening thunderstorms in northeastern Texas produced softball size hail which caused more than five million doll
ars damage at Allen, and wind gusts to 90 mph at Dallas, which injured eight persons and caused seven million dollars damage.  Winnfield, LA reported 29.52 inches of rain in six days, for a total of 62.50 inches for the first six months of the year.  Midl
and, TX reported an all-time record high of 112 degrees. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...An unusual storm near Rich Valley, IN covered a twenty square foot area with eight inches of snow.  The snow was surrounded by hail. (David Ludlum)
...1992...A cold July day as Saranac Lake, NY dropped to 30 degrees, East Haven, VT to 29 degrees, and West Charleston, VT to 30 degrees.  (Intellicast)
...1994...Heavy rains from the remains of Tropical Storm Alberto produced major flooding across northern and central Georgia.  Three day rains exceeded 15 inches at Atlanta and 21.10 inches at Americus.  Numerous road closures and bridge washouts.  Thirty
 people were killed and 50,000 were forced from their homes as 800,000 acres were flooded.  Total damage exceeded $750 million.  (Intellicast)

3 JULY
The "Dog Days" traditionally begin this day of the year.  The hot weather period received its name from Sirius, the brightest visible star in the sky and known as the dog star.  Sirius rises in the east at the same time as the sun this time of the year. (
The Weather Channel)
...1966...The northeastern U.S. was in the midst of a sweltering heat wave.  The temperature at Philadelphia reached 104 degrees for a second day.  Afternoon highs of 102 degrees at Hartford, CT, 105 degrees at Allentown, PA, and 107 degrees at LaGuardia
Airport in New York City established all-time records for those two locations. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Lightning struck and killed three men playing golf on a course near Kingsport, TN.  The three men had sought shelter from the rain under a tall tree on a small hill.  Showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain in New Jersey, with 5.2 inches r
eported at Trenton State College. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Thunderstorms around Fort Worth, TX produced wind gusts to 76 mph at Burleson, along with two inches of rain in thirty minutes.  The record low of 46 degrees at Youngstown, OH was their sixth in a row. (The National Weather Summary)(Storm Data)
...1989...Showers and thunderstorms produced locally heavy rain in the eastern U.S.  Bowling Green, KY was soaked with 4.99 inches of rain during the morning hours, and up to ten inches of rain deluged Oconee County, SC.  The temperature at Alamosa, CO so
ared to a record warm reading of 91 degrees, following a record low of 35 degrees the previous day. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

4 JULY
...1776...Thomas Jefferson paid for his first thermometer, and signed the Declaration of Independence.  According to his weather memorandum book, at 2 PM it was cloudy and 76 degrees. (David Ludlum)
...1874...Tornadoes hit the Washington-Baltimore areas causing minor damage. A more significant tornado hit Lewistown, PA killing 8 people.  (Intellicast)
...1876...Severe thunderstorms hit the Midwest and a dam failed at Rockdale, IL.  Flood destroyed a railroad bridge and swept through the town.  Forty two people perished.  (Intellicast)
...1898...Hampton Beach, NH experienced a tornado which killed 3 and injured 120.  (Intellicast)
...1911...The northeastern U.S. experienced sweltering 100 degree heat.  The temperature soared to 105 degrees at Vernon, VT and North Bridgton, ME, and to 106 degrees at Nashua, NH, to establish all-time records for those three states.  Afternoon highs o
f 104 degrees at Boston, MA, 104 at Albany, NY, and 103 at Portland, ME, were all-time records for those three cities. (The Weather Channel)
...1932...A massive F4 tornado struck Washington, KS destroying 50 homes and killing 5.  (Intellicast)
...1956...A world record for the most rain in one minute was set at Unionville, MD with a downpour of 1.23 inches. (The Weather Channel) (The National Severe Storms Forecast Center)
...1969...Severe thunderstorms produced winds to over 100 mph and very heavy rains across northern Ohio.  From 4 to 15 inches of rain fell from late evening into the next morning producing major flash flooding.  Forty one were killed, 559 injures and dama
ge exceeded $66 million.  (Intellicast)
...1977...A severe thunderstorm produced downburst winds up to 135 mph across northern Wisconsin producing a damage path 166 miles long and up to 17 miles wide.  One person was killed and 35 were injured.  Total damage was $24 million.  (Intellicast)
...1978...A violent F4 tornado tracked across 28 miles through Grant County in North Dakota in one hour killing 5 people in the town of Elgin. (Intellicast)
...1987...Thunderstorms around the country provided extra fireworks for Independence Day.  Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 82 mph at Clearwater, KS, eight inches of rain in four hours at Menno, SD, and three inches of rain in just fifteen minutes at
Austin, KY.  Morning thunderstorms drenched Oneonta, AL with 8.6 inches of rain, their greatest 24 hour total in thirty years of records.  The heavy rain caused mudslides and serious flooding, claiming two lives. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data
)
...1988...Thunderstorms produced heavy rain over the Central Gulf Coast Region for the second day in a row. Monroe, LA was deluged with 3.75 inches in two hours.  Aberdeen, SD and Rapid City, SD reported record high temperatures for the date, with reading
s of 105 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Independence Day was "hot as a firecracker" across parts of the country.  Nineteen cities, mostly in the north central U.S., reported record high temperatures for the date, including Williston, ND with a reading of 107 degrees.  In the southwest
ern U.S., highs of 93 at Alamosa, CO, 114 at Tucson, AZ, and 118 at Phoenix, AZ, equaled all-time records for those locations. (The National Weather Summary)

5 JULY
...1882...A trace of snow was reported at Newton, NJ and other parts of the Northeast.  (Intellicast)
...1891...Sixteen horses were killed by hail, and many more have to be put to death due to injuries from a hailstorm at Rapid City, SD. (The Weather Channel)
...1900...A spectacular three-day fire began when a bolt of lightning struck the Standard Oil refinery in Bayonne, NJ.  Damages were over $2 million.  (David Ludlum) (Intellicast)
...1904...One million dollars in damage resulted from a powerful thunderstorm over Boston Harbor.  (Intellicast)
...1916...An early season hurricane produced 82 mph winds, an 11.6 foot tide, and a barometric pressure of 28.92 inches at Mobile, AL. (David Ludlum)
...1936...The all-time state record high of 120 degrees was set at Gann Valley, SD.  (Intellicast)
...1937...The temperature at Medicine Lake, MT soared to 117 degrees to establish a state record. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987)
Midale and Yellow Grass in Saskatchewan hit 113 degrees to establish an all-time record high for Canada that same day. (The Weather Channel)
...1970...The morning low at Death Valley, CA was 103 degrees, and the high that afternoon was 120 degrees. (The Weather Channel)
...1986... The low temperature at Boise, ID dropped to a crisp 35 degrees, the coldest ever for the month.  (Intellicast)
...1987...Severe thunderstorms raked south central Kansas for the second morning in a row.  Thunderstorm winds again gusted to 80 mph at Clearwater, and in the Wichita area reached 100 mph.  Twenty-five persons were injured at a trailer park at El Dorado
Lake. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Afternoon and evening thunderstorms spawned eleven tornadoes in Montana and three in North Dakota.  Baseball size hail was reported at Shonkin, MT, and wind gusts to 85 mph were reported south of Fordville, ND.  Twenty cities in the north centra
l U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, including Fargo, ND with a reading of 106 degrees.  Muskegon, MI equaled their July record with a high of 95 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Moisture from what once was Tropical Storm Allison triggered thunderstorms over the Middle Atlantic Coast Region, which deluged Wilmington, DE with a record 6.83 inches of rain in 24 hours, including 6.37 inches in just six hours.  Up to ten inc
hes of rain was reported at Claymont, northeast of Wilmington. July 1989 was thus the wettest month in seventy years for Wilmington, with a total of 12.63 inches of rain.  Alamosa, CO reported an all-time record high of 94 degrees, and Pierre, SD hit 113
degrees.  Denver, CO reached 101 degrees, topping 100 for the second straight day, only happened once before in 1972(The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) (Intellicast)
...1993...Heavy rains deluged the Central Plains as the one of the greatest floods in U.S. history began to unfold.  Twenty four hour totals included 5.90 inches at Columbia, IA, 5.15 inches at Centralia, KS and 4.80 inches at Haddam ,KS.  (Intellicast)

6 JULY
...1893...A violent F5 tornado killed 71 persons on its forty-mile track across northwestern Iowa, including Storm Lake and Pomeroy.  Forty-nine persons were killed around Pomeroy, where eighty percent of the buildings were destroyed, with most leveled to
 the ground.  Photos showed most of the town without a wall or tree left standing. (The Weather Channel)
...1928...A hailstorm at Potter, NE produced a stone which was 5.5 inches in diameter, and seventeen inches in circumference, weighing a pound and a half. (David Ludlum)
...1936...Steele, ND reached 121 degrees, the state record.  Moorhead, MN reached 114 degrees.  (Intellicast).
...1977...Peak of 10 day heat wave in Washington, DC was reached with 100 degrees.  (Intellicast)
...1985...Lightning struck a large transformer in Salt Lake County sending a 200 foot fireball into the air and blacking out almost the entire state for up to five hours. (The Weather Channel)
...1986...Thunderstorm rains during the mid morning hours, and again during the evening, produced major flash-flooding at Leavenworth, KS.  The official rainfall total was 10.37 inches, but unofficial totals exceeded twelve inches.  At nearby Kansas City,
 the rainfall total of 5.08 inches was a daily record for July.  (Storm Data)
Pocatello, ID set a new record low temperature for July with 35 degrees.  (Intellicast)
...1987...Thunderstorms produced severe weather in twenty-one states east of the Rockies, with severe weather reported in Kentucky and Indiana for the second day in a row.  A thunderstorm produced more than five inches of rain in one hour near Reynolds, I
L.  Rochester, NY was soaked with 3.25 inches, a record 24 hour total for the month of July. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Thirty-six cities in the north central and northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date.  Afternoon highs of 98 degrees at International Falls, MN and 101 degrees at Flint, MI equaled all-time records.  Highs of 96 degrees at
 Muskegon, MI and 97 degrees at Buffalo, NY were records for July. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Unseasonably hot weather prevailed in the southwestern U.S.  Ten cities reported record high temperatures for the date, including Las Vegas, NV with a reading of 115 degrees.  Hanksville, UT reached 112 degrees, Bullhead City, AZ hit 120 degrees
, and Death Valley, CA soared to 126 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)

7 JULY
...1905...The mercury soared to 127 degrees at Parker, AZ to tie the state record established at Fort Mohave on the 15th of June in 1896. (The Weather Channel)
...1915...A severe wind and thunderstorm caused heavy damage and 38 deaths in and near Cincinnati, OH.  Many older buildings were demolished.  The steamship "Dick Fulton" was overturned. (The Weather Channel)
...1981...Montana was in the midst of a snowstorm that dumped ten inches at Glacier National Park, and produced winds to 90 mph.  Meanwhile, Denver, CO set a record high with a reading of 101 degrees. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Thunderstorms spawned eight tornadoes in Colorado, and three in West Texas.  Thunderstorms also produced softball size hail at Bula, TX.  In the midst of a record thirty-nine day string of 100 degree days, the temperature at Tucson, AZ dipped to
 66 degrees, marking their third straight record low for the date. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
Temperatures fluctuated at Greensburg, KS from 75 degrees at 7 AM to 95 degrees in a few minutes then drop back to 86 degrees by 8 AM.  This was accompanied by dust devils and strange clouds. (Intellicast)
...1988...Thirty-eight cities in the north central and northeastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date.  Youngstown, OH hit 100 degrees, and for the second day in a row, Flint, MI reached 101 degrees, equaling all-time records for those tw
o cities. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Thunderstorms produced severe weather during the day, with more than 100 reports of large hail and damaging winds from Ohio to Massachusetts and New Hampshire.  Thunderstorm winds reached 90 mph in Sullivan County, NH, and golf ball size hail wa
s reported in Pennsylvania.  Twenty-four cities, mostly in the southwestern U.S., reported record high temperatures for the date.  Afternoon highs of 105 degrees at Cedar City, UT and 114 degrees at Moab, UT were all-time records for those locations. (Sto
rm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

8 JULY
...1788...Hail fell at Canterbury, CT to a depth of 34 inches.  Serious flooding resulted when it melted.  (Intellicast)
...1935...Ten inches of rain at Cortland, NY in 48 hours caused damaging floods on the Susquehanna and Hudson River Valleys.  (Intellicast)
...1816...Frost was reported in low places throughout New England. (David Ludlum)
...1950...The town of York, NE was deluged with 13.15 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel)
...1975...Three people were killed and six others were injured when lightning struck a walnut tree near Mayo, FL.  The nine people were stringing tobacco under a tin shed when the bolt hit the nearby tree. (The Weather Channel)
...1985...Santa Maria, CA reached a scorching 104 degrees, shattering the old record of 86 by 18 degrees!  (Intellicast)
...1987...Thunderstorms in the central U.S. produced wind gusts to 90 mph at Waterloo, IA, 6.38 inches of rain at Tescott, KS, and twenty-five minutes of ping-pong ball size hail at Drummond, OK. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Thirty cities in the north central and northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date.  Beckley, WV equaled their all-time record with a high of 93 degrees.  Afternoon and evening thunderstorms spawned seven tornadoes in Adams
and Logan counties of eastern Colorado, and hail caused 2.3 million dollars damage in Adams, Logan and Washington counties. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Sixteen cities in the central and western U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date.  The high of 103 degrees at Denver, CO equaled their record for July, and a 110 degree reading at Rapid City, SD equaled their all-time record high.
Denver reported a record five straight days of 100 degree heat, and Scottsbluff, NE reported a record eight days in a row of 100 degree weather. (The National Weather Summary)
...1992...Severe thunderstorms produced a very long downburst at Concordia, KS.  Peak one minute sustained winds reached 108 mph at Concordia Airport and exceeded 60 mph for over 20 minutes.  Six people were injured and damage estimated at $25 million  (I
ntellicast)

9 JULY
...1860...A hot blast of air in the middle of a sweltering summer in Kansas pushed the mercury up to 115 degrees at Fort Scott and Lawrence, while Topeka reached 112 degrees . (David Ludlum) (Intellicast)
...1882...Ice formed on the streets of Cheyenne, WY during a rare summer freeze. (David Ludlum)
...1936...The temperature hit an all-time record high of 106 degrees at the Central Park Observatory in New York City, a record which lasted until LaGuardia Airport hit 107 degrees on 3 July 1966. (The Weather Channel)
...1968...Columbus, MS received 15.68 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish a record for the state. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Michigan.  A tornado near Munising, MI destroyed part of a commercial dog kennel, and one of the missing dogs was later found unharmed in a tree top half a mile away. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm
 Data)
Tucson, AZ reached 102 degrees and set the all-time record for number of consecutive days of 100-plus temperatures (33 days!).  Remarkably, the low for the date was 68 degrees which marked the fourth record breaking low in the previous 5 days.  (Intellica
st)
...1988...Twenty-three cities in the eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date.  Alpena, MI and Buffalo, NY suffered through their sixth straight day of record heat.  The percentage of total area in the country in the grips of severe to
extreme drought reached 43 percent, the fourth highest total of record.  The record of 61 percent occurred during the summer of 1934. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Morning thunderstorms produced very heavy rain in southern Lower Michigan and northern Indiana.  Up to 5.6 inches of rain was reported in Berrien County, MI.  Sioux Falls, SD reported a record high of 108 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
(Storm Data)

10 JULY
...1913...The mercury hit 134 degrees at Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, CA, the hottest reading of record for the North American continent.  Sandstorm conditions accompanied the heat.  The high the previous day was 129 degrees, following a morning low o
f 93 degrees. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
...1926...A lightning bolt struck an ammunition magazine in northern New Jersey, and a big red ball of fire leaped into the air triggering a series of explosions.  All buildings within a half mile radius were destroyed, and debris fell as far as twenty-tw
o miles away.  Sixteen persons were killed, and property damage was seventy million dollars. (David Ludlum)
...1936...Afternoon highs of 112 degrees at Martinsburg, WV, 109 degrees at Cumberland, MD and Frederick, MD, 110 degrees at Runyon, NJ, and 111 degrees at Phoenixville, PA, established all-time record highs for those four states.  It was the hottest day
of record for the Middle Atlantic Coast Region. (The Weather Channel)
...1979...The temperature at El Paso, TX hit 112 degrees, an all-time record for that location.  The next day was 110 degrees. (The Weather Channel)
...1980...The temperature in downtown Kansas City, MO hit 109 degrees, following a sultry overnight low of 89 degrees.  The daily low of 89 degrees was the warmest of record for Kansas City, and overall it was the hottest July day of record.  It was the s
eventh of a record seventeen consecutive days of 100 degree heat, and the mean temperature for the month of 90.2 degrees was also an all-time record for Kansas City.
...1987...An early morning thunderstorm in Minnesota produced wind gusts to 91 mph at Waseca.  Later that day, thunderstorms in South Dakota produced wind gusts to 81 mph at Ipswitch, and baseball size hail near Hayes and Capa. (The National Weather Summa
ry) (Storm Data)
...1988...Thunderstorms brought welcome rains to parts of the central U.S., but produced severe weather along the New England coast, in the Great Lakes Region, in North Carolina, and in the Southern Plateau Region.  Strong thunderstorm winds gusting to 80
 mph at Bullfrog, UT sank three boats on Lake Powell. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Severe thunderstorms spawned seventeen tornadoes in the northeastern U.S.  A powerful (F-4) tornado struck Hamden, CT and New Haven, CT, causing 100 million dollars damage at Hamden, and another 20 million dollars damage around New Haven.  Forty
 persons were injured in the tornado.  Seventy persons were injured in a tornado which traveled from Watertown, CT to Waterbury, CT, nearly wiping out the town of Bantam.  Another powerful (F-4) tornado touched down near Ames, NY injuring twenty persons a
nd causing $20 million in damage along its 43.5 mile track through Montgomery, Schoharie, Albany and Greene counties in New York.  It was the strongest tornado of record for eastern New York State.  Other tornadoes struck New York City, northern New Jerse
y, central and eastern Massachusetts.  Oxford, CT had over 4.4 inches in just 30 minutes from the same complex that spawned the tornadoes in New York and Connecticut. That complex in the first 5 hours produced well over 12,500 lightning strikes.  (Storm D
ata) (The National Weather Summary) (Intellicast)
...1994...Offshore winds sent temperatures at Homer, AK to 81 degrees, an all-time high for that location.  (Intellicast)

11 JULY
...1825...Boston, MA temperature reached 102 degrees F, capping a 13 day heat wave.  (Intellicast)
...1888...Heavy snow reached almost to the base of Mt. Washington, NH, and the peaks of the Green Mountains in Vermont were whitened. (David Ludlum)
...1987...Early morning thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 90 mph at Parkston, SD, and wind gusts to 87 mph at Buffalo, MN.  Later in the day strong thunderstorm winds at Howard, WI collapsed a circus tent injuring 44 persons. (The National Weather Summ
ary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Thunderstorms produced heavy rain in southern Texas, with totals ranging up to 13 inches near Medina.  Two men drowned when their pick-up truck was swept into the Guadalupe River, west of the town of Hunt.  Ten cities in the eastern U.S. reporte
d record high temperatures for the date. Baltimore, MD reported a record high reading of 102 degrees for the second day in a row. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather from North Dakota to Indiana.  Thunderstorms in North Dakota produced tennis ball size hail at Carson.  Thunderstorms in Indiana produced wind gusts to 75 mph at Fort Wayne.  Five citie
s in the Southern Atlantic Coast Region reported record high temperatures for the date, including Lakeland, FL with a reading of 100 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1990...Most costly hailstorm in U.S. history battered the Colorado Front Range from Estes Park to Colorado Springs.  A supercell dropped a swath of hail the size of baseballs which dented tens of thousands of cars, defoliated thousands of trees, knocke
d out power and phone service for thousands.  Denver was hardest hit.  Total damage reached $625 million.  (Intellicast)

12 JULY
...1900...Record high state reading of 114 degrees in Wyoming was reached at Basin.  (Intellicast)
...1951...The Kaw River flood occurred.  The month of June that year was the wettest of record for the state of Kansas, and during the four days preceding the flood much of eastern Kansas and western Missouri received more than ten inches of rain.  Floodi
ng in the Midwest claimed 41 lives, left 200 thousand persons homeless, and caused a billion dollars property damage. Kansas City was hardest hit.  The central industrial district sustained 870 million dollars property damage. (The Kansas City Weather Alm
anac)
...1980...Lightning struck a large broiler house in Branford, FL, and the ensuing fire broiled 11,000 nearly ready broilers.  Firemen were able to save a few thousand chickens, however. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Cool air invaded the High Plains Region.  Eight cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Sheridan, WY with a reading of 37 degrees.  Thunderstorms developing along the cold front in the central U.S. produced 6.5 inches of
rain at Fort Dodge, IA, and 2.5 inches in one hour at St Joseph, MO. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Evening thunderstorms produced severe weather over the Dakotas, including baseball size hail at Aberdeen, SD and softball size hail near Monango and Fullerton, ND.  Thunderstorms produced heavy rain in Arkansas and northeastern Texas, with 6.59
inches reported at Mesquite, TX in just an hour and fifteen minutes.  Garland, TX reported water up to the tops of cars following a torrential downpour. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Early morning thunderstorms over eastern Kansas deluged McFarland with more than six inches of rain.  Afternoon thunderstorms in Wyoming produced up to eighteen inches of dime size hail near Rock Springs, along with torrential rains, and a three
 foot high wall of mud and water swept into the town causing one death and more than 1.5 million dollars damage.  Evening thunderstorms produced severe weather in Oklahoma and Arkansas, deluging Dardanelle, AR with 3.50 inches of rain in less than twenty
minutes.  About seventy cows were killed when lightning struck a tree in Jones County, TX.  (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) (Intellicast)

13 JULY
...1895...A tornado struck Cherry Hill in northern New Jersey near Hackensack, killing three people and causing fifty thousand dollars damage.  It also descended into the Harlem and Woodhaven areas of New York City killing one person, and finally ended as
 a waterspout in Jamaica Bay. (David Ludlum) (Intellicast)
...1936...Wisconsin's state record high was set with 114 degrees at Wisconsin Dells.  A record high for the state of Michigan  was set at Mio with 112 degrees.  (Intellicast)
...1975...Dover, DE was deluged with 8.50 inches of rain to establish a 24 hour record for the state. (The Weather Channel)
...1977...Lightning struck a key electrical transmission line near Indian Point in Westchester County of southeastern New York State plunging New York City into darkness.  Looting resulted in one billion dollars loss during the massive 24 hour blackout.
(David Ludlum)  (Intellicast)
...1980...Afternoon highs of 108 degrees at Memphis, TN, 108 degrees at Macon, GA, and 105 degrees at Atlanta, GA, established all- time records for those three cities.  The high of 110 degrees at Newington, GA was just two degrees shy of the state record
. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Unseasonably cool weather prevailed across the Midwest.  Ten cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Casper, WY with a reading of 39 degrees.  By way of contrast, record heat was reported in the eastern U.S., with highs o
f 93 degrees at Burlington, VT, and 101 degrees around Miami, FL. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988..."Mother Nature" took a day off.  There were just three reports of severe weather across the country, and just one record high temperature reported.  Thunderstorms brought much needed rains to the Tennessee Valley area, producing nine inches at S
enatobia, MS. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...A thunderstorm at Albany, GA produced 1.40 inches of rain in forty minutes, along with wind gusts to 82 mph.  Afternoon highs of 98 degrees at Corpus Christi, TX, 110 degrees at Tucson, AZ, and 114 degrees at Phoenix, AZ, equaled records for the
 date.  Greenwood, MS reported 55.65 inches of precipitation for the year, twice the amount normally received by mid July. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1993...Barrow, AK soared to 79 degrees to set an all-time record high.  (Intellicast)

14 JULY
...1886...Los Angeles had its greatest 24 hour July rainfall with 0.24 inches.  (Intellicast)
...1934...Record high for New Mexico set with 116 degrees at Oragrande.  This record has been eclipsed by 6 degrees in June 1994.  (Intellicast)
...1936...Extreme heat prevailed across the central U.S. as severe drought raged from Texas to the Dakotas.  Record high temperatures were established in sixteen states that summer, including readings as high as 120 degrees in the Great Plains Region.  A
state record high of 116 degrees was set at Collegeville, IN. On this particular date, afternoon highs for 113 stations across the state of Iowa averaged 108.7 degrees. (David Ludlum) (Intellicast)
...1957...Hail, with some stones up to an inch in diameter, covered the ground to a depth of three inches ruining crops in the Bath area of New Hampshire. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Severe thunderstorms in Iowa produced eight inches of golf ball size hail near Grafton, IA, completely stripping corn stalks in the area.  Hail caused more than a million dollars damage to crops in Worth County and Mitchell County, and another m
illion dollars damage in Ada County and Crawford County.  Unseasonably cool weather prevailed in the Great Plains Region.  Eight cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Duluth, MN with a reading of 37 degrees. (The National Weather
 Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Severe thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds in the Northern Atlantic Coast Region during the afternoon and evening hours.  Thunderstorms also spawned a rather strong tornado near Westtown, NY, and drenched Agawam, MA with four in
ches of rain. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather from eastern New Mexico to central Nebraska.  One hundred soldiers were injured by flying debris and collapsing tents during a thunderstorm near Trinidad, CO.  Thunderstorms in Colorado
 produced wind gusts to 77 mph at La Junta.  Early morning thunderstorms produced torrential rains over parts of Louisiana, with 7.50 inches at Carencro, and 5.85 inches at Morgan City. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1995...Big heat wave continued in the central and eastern U.S. with all time highs at Chicago/Midway with 106 degrees, La Crosse, WI with 108 degrees, South Bend, IN at 100 and Toledo, OH at 104 set all-time highs.  Boston, MA and Burlington, VT both h
it 100 degrees.  (Intellicast)

15 JULY
...1916...A dying South Atlantic Coast storm produced torrential rains in the southern Appalachian Mountains.  Altapass, NC was drenched with more than 22 inches of rain, a 24 hour rainfall record for the state, and at the time, a 24 hour record for the U
.S.  Flooding resulted in considerable damage, particularly to railroads. (David Ludlum) (Intellicast)
...1954...The temperature at Balcony Falls, VA soared to 110 degrees to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel)
...1980...All-time record high of 108 degrees was set at Memphis, TN.  (Intellicast)
...1983...The Big Thompson Creek in Colorado flooded for the second time in seven years, claiming three lives, and filling the town of Estes Park with eight to ten feet of water. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Unseasonably cool weather spread into the south central and eastern U.S.  Fifteen cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Houghton Lake, MI with a reading of 37 degrees.  The high temperature for the date of 58 degrees at
 Flint, MI was their coolest of record for July.  Thunderstorms spawned several tornadoes in Illinois and Indiana, injuring a cow near Donovan, IL. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Twenty-six cities east of the Mississippi River reported record high temperatures for the date.  Charleston, WV established an all-time record high with a reading of 103 degrees, and Chicago, IL reported a record fifth day of 100 degree heat for
 the year, as the thermometer reached 102 degrees.  A severe thunderstorm moving across Omaha, NE and the Council Bluffs area of west central Iowa spawned three tornadoes which injured 88 persons, and also produced high winds which injured 18 others.  Win
ds at the Omaha Eppley Airport reached 92 mph.  Damage from the storm was estimated at 43 million dollars. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Thunderstorms drenched Kansas City, MO with 4.16 inches of rain, a record for the date.  Two and a half inches of rain deluged the city between noon and 1 PM.  Afternoon thunderstorms in South Carolina deluged Williamstown with six inches of rai
n in ninety minutes, including four inches in little more than half an hour. (The National Weather Summary)(Storm Data)
...1993...Four inch diameter hail fell at Hot Springs, SD.  In North Dakota, Jamestown recorded 6.40 inches of rain, Fargo 5.09 inches and Bismarck 4.08 inches.  (Intellicast)
...1995...An unusually strong Mesoscale Convective Complex known as a derecho raced through New York and New England during the early morning hours at speeds exceeding 70 mph.  A tremendous amount of damage was reported from powerful hurricane force winds
.  A major blow-down across the Adirondacks with thousands of trees were toppled (causing 3 fatalities).  Winds reached 92 mph in Otis, MA and small tornadoes occurred at Greenfield and Huntington.  Later that day further south, oppressive heat and humidi
ty continued as Danbury, CT topped at 106 degrees a new record for the state.  (Intellicast)

16 JULY
...1920...A severe hailstorm over parts of Antelope and Boone counties in Nebraska stripped trees of bark and foliage, ruined roofs, and broke nearly every window facing north. (The Weather Channel)
...1946...The temperature at Medford, OR soared to an all-time high of 115 degrees to begin a two week heat wave.  During that Oregon heat wave the mercury hit 100 degrees at Sexton Summit for the only time in forty years of records. (David Ludlum) (The W
eather Channel)
...1969...The "wrong way" tornado touched down in Iowa at Churdan and moved slowly west-northwest for 5 miles.  These storms usually move with an easterly component.  (Intellicast)
...1975...An early afternoon thunderstorm raked the east side of Tucson, AZ with gale force winds, heavy rain, and numerous lightning strikes.  A thirteen year old boy was swept through a forty foot long culvert by raging waters before being rescued. (The
 Weather Channel)
...1979...Worst tornado in Wyoming history struck Cheyenne.  Rated F4, it killed one person and did $22 million in damage.  (Intellicast)
...1983...The morning low of 84 degrees was the all-time record warmest daily minimum temperature in Washington, DC.   (Intellicast)
...1987...Showers and thunderstorms in the southwestern U.S. ended a record string of thirty-nine consecutive days of 100 degree heat at Tucson, AZ.  A thunderstorm at Bullhead City, AZ produced wind gusts to 70 mph reducing the visibility to near zero in
 blowing dust.  Southerly winds gusting to 40 mph pushed temperature readings above 100 degrees in the Northern Plains.  Rapid City, SD reported a record high of 106 degrees, following a record low of 39 degrees just three days earlier. (The National Weat
her Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Thirty-seven cities in the eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date.  Highs of 96 degrees at Bluefield, WV and 104 degrees at Charleston, WV were all-time records, and afternoon highs of 98 degrees at Binghamton, NY, 99 degree
s at Elkins, WV, and 103 degrees at Pittsburgh, PA, tied all- time records.  Highs of 104 degrees at Baltimore, MD and 105 degrees at Parkersburg, WV were records for July, and Beckley, WV equaled their record for July with a high of 94 degrees.  Martinsb
urg, WV was the hot spot in the nation with a reading of 107 degrees.  Afternoon and evening thunderstorms raked the northeastern U.S. with large hail and damaging winds. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Showers and thunderstorms developing along a stationary front drenched the Middle Atlantic Coast States with heavy rain, causing flooding in some areas.  More than five inches of rain was reported near Madison, VA and Ferncliff, VA.  Hot weather
 prevailed in Texas.  San Angelo reported a record high of 106 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
...1993...An additional 1.23 inches of rain at Bismarck, ND brought the monthly total to 9.95 inches, a new record. Bismarck ended the month with 13.75 inches. (Intellicast)

17 JULY
...1934...One of the worst heat waves in the history of the nation commenced.  During the last two weeks of the month extreme heat claimed 679 lives in Michigan, including 300 in Detroit alone. (The Weather Channel)
...1941...A prolonged heat wave over Washington State finally came to an end.  Lightning from untimely thunderstorms was responsible for 598 forest fires.  (David Ludlum)
...1952...Thunderstorms helped the temperature at Key West, FL to dip to 69 degrees, to equal their July record established on the first of July in 1923. (The Weather Channel)
...1957...On a warm and sunny day at Wilmington, DE, with a high of 86 degrees, a dust devil suddenly appeared.  It tore most the roof off one house, and stripped shingles from a neighboring house.  A television aerial was toppled, and clothes were blown
off clothes lines. (The Weather Channel)
...1984...Corpus Christi, TX set both daily record low (70 degrees) and record high (99 degrees) temperature readings on the same date.  (Intellicast)
...1987...Slow moving thunderstorms caused flooding on the Guadalupe River in Texas resulting in tragic loss of life.  A bus and van leaving a summer youth camp stalled near the rapidly rising river, just west of the town of Comfort, and a powerful surge
of water swept away 43 persons, mostly teenagers.  Ten drowned in the floodwaters.  Most of the others were rescued from tree tops by helicopter. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...A dozen cities in the eastern U.S., and six others in California, reported record high temperatures for the date.  Downtown San Francisco, CA, with an all-time record high of 103 degrees, obliterated their previous record high of 82 degrees.  Ph
iladelphia, PA reported a record five straight days of 100 degree heat, and Baltimore, MD reported a record eight days of 100 degree weather for the year.  Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather along the Middle Atlantic Coast, and ov
er southern New England. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Thunderstorms produced severe weather from South Dakota to Louisiana, with 126 reports of large hail and damaging winds during the day and night.  Thunderstorms in Nebraska produced hail four inches in diameter in Frontier County, and at North P
latte, causing millions of dollars damage to crops in Frontier County.  Thunderstorms in Oklahoma produced wind gusts to 90 mph at Peggs.  Tahlequah, OK was drenched with 5.25 inches of rain. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1994...Atlanta, GA endured its 14th straight day of rain, tying a record. Monthly total of 17.71 inches was a record for Atlanta.  (Intellicast)

18 JULY
...1889...A cloudburst in West Virginia along the small creeks in Wirt County, Jackson County and Wood County claimed twenty lives.  Rockport, WV reported nineteen inches of rain in two hours and ten minutes that Thursday evening.  Tygart Creek rose 22 fe
et in one hour, and villages were swept away on Tygart, Slate, Tucker, and Sandy Creeks. (The Weather Channel)
...1942...A record deluge occurred at Smethport in northern Pennsylvania, with 30.70 inches in just six hours.  The 24 hour rainfall total for the day was 34.30 inches.  The downpours and resultant flooding in Pennsylvania were devastating. (David Ludlum)
  (Intellicast)
...1986...One of the most "photogenic" tornadoes touched down in the northern suburbs of Minneapolis, MN during the late afternoon.  The very slow moving tornado actually appeared live on the evening news by way of an aerial video taken by the KARE-TV hel
icopter crew.  The tornado, unlike most, was quite the prima donna, staying visible to tens of thousands of persons for thirty minutes.  It was moderate in intensity, with winds of 113-157 mph, and caused 650 thousand dollars damage. (Storm Data)
...1987...Cool weather prevailed in the western U.S. Seven cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Alamosa, CO with a reading of 38 degrees.  The low of 52 degrees at Bakersfield, CA was a record for July.  Up to eight inches of sn
ow covered the Northern Sierra Nevada Range of California from a storm the previous day.  During that storm, winds gusting to 52 mph at Slide Mountain, NV produced a wind chill reading of 20 degrees below zero.  Susanville, CA reached 17 degrees that prev
ious day, Blue Canyon, CA dipped to a July record of 36 degrees, and the high of 44 degrees at Klamath Falls, OR smashed their previous record for July by ten degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Sweltering heat continued in California, with record highs of 111 degrees at Redding and 112 degrees at Sacramento.  Death Valley, CA hit 127 degrees.  Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms in the Central Plains Region produced baseball size
hail at Kimball, NE, wind gusts to 79 mph at Colby, KS, and six inches of rain near Lexington, NE. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Oklahoma, northern Texas and Arkansas during the afternoon, and into the night.  Thunderstorms produced baseball size hail at Stamford, TX, and wind gusts to 92 mph near Throckmorton, TX.  Record heat con
tinued in the southwestern U.S. Phoenix, AZ reported a record high of 115 degrees, and a 111 degree reading at Midland, TX was second only to their all-time record high of 112 degrees established sixteen days earlier. (The National Weather Summary)

19 JULY
...1886...A hurricane from the Gulf of Mexico crossed Florida causing great damage from Cedar Keys to Jacksonville.  This was the third hurricane in one month to cross the Florida peninsula.  (David Ludlum) (Intellicast)
...1960...Cow Creek and Greenland Ranch in Death Valley CA reported morning lows of 102 degrees.  The afternoon high at Greenland Ranch was 124 degrees, and the high at Cow Creek that afternoon was 126 degrees.  The coolest low for the entire month for bo
th locations was 82 degrees.  Boise, ID set highest ever reading with a scorching 111 degrees.(The Weather Channel) (Intellicast)
...1974...A severe thunderstorm with winds to 80 mph and up to two inches of rain washed out four to five foot deep sections of roadway in Lake Havasu City, AZ.  Three persons in a station wagon died as it was carried 3000 feet down a wash by a ten foot w
all of water. (The Weather Channel)
...1977...Thunderstorms produced torrential rains over parts of southwestern Pennsylvania.  Some places in the Johnstown area received more than twelve inches in a seven hour period.  The heavy rains cause flash flooding along streams resulting in widespr
ead severe damage.  The cloudburst floods Johnstown with up to ten feet of water resulting in 76 deaths, countless injuries, and 424 million dollars damage. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
...1986...All-time record heat in stubborn heat wave for Charleston, SC with 104 degrees, breaking the record set earlier in month (9th) of 103 degrees.  (Intellicast)
...1987...Fifteen cities in the western and the southeastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Winnemucca, NV with a reading of 33 degrees.  Flagstaff, AZ reported a record low of 34 degrees.  Afternoon and evening thunderstorm
s produced severe weather in New York State and New Jersey.  High winds and hail two inches in diameter injured two persons and caused considerable damage to crops in the Pine Island area of central New York State. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Da
ta)
...1988...Thunderstorms in Nebraska produced more than five inches of rain at Red Cloud, including two inches in fifteen minutes.  Torrid temperatures continued over California, with record highs of 115 degrees at Red Bluff and 116 degrees at Redding. (Th
e National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Early morning thunderstorms in the Lower Mississippi Valley produced 5.50 inches of rain south of Alexander, AR in just ninety minutes, and flash flooding which resulted claimed the life of one woman.  Thunderstorms in Indiana produced 4.95 inch
es of rain in twelve hours east of Muncie.  Eight cities in the southwestern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, including Las Vegas, NV with a reading of 115 degrees, and Phoenix, AZ with a high of 116 degrees.  The low that night at Pho
enix of 93 degrees was the warmest of record for that location. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1994...Hurricane Emilia was the first of three category 5 storms to develop in the Central Pacific as unusually warm sea temperatures prevailed south of Hawaii.  Sustained winds reached 160 mph. (Intellicast)

20 JULY
...1930...The temperature at Washington, DC soared to an all-time record of 106 degrees.  The next day Millsboro reached 110 degrees to set a record for the state of Delaware.  July 1930 was one of the hottest and driest summers in the U.S., particularly
in the Missouri Valley where severe drought conditions developed.  Toward the end of the month state records were set for Kentucky with 114 degrees, and Mississippi with 115 degrees. (David Ludlum)
...1934...The temperature at Keokuk, IA soared to 118 degrees to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel)
...1953...Twenty-two inches of hail reportedly fell northeast of Dickinson, ND. (The Weather Channel)
...1986...The temperature at Charleston, SC hit 104 degrees for the second day in a row to tie their all-time record high. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Thunderstorms produced severe weather across Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.  Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 87 mph at Mosinee, WI, and strong thunderstorm winds capsized twenty-six boats on Grand Traverse Bay drowning two women.  Thund
erstorms produced nine inches of rain at Shakopee, MN, with 7.83 inches reported in six hours at Chaska, MN.  Thunderstorms in north central Nebraska produced hail as large as golf balls in southwestern Cherry County, which accumulated to a depth of 12 in
ches. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...The temperature at Redding, CA soared to an all-time record high of 118 degrees.  Showers and thunderstorms produced much needed rains from New England to southern Texas.  Salem, IN was deluged with 7.2 inches of rain resulting in flash flooding
. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Showers and thunderstorms in the Middle Atlantic Coast Region soaked Wilmington, DE with 2.28 inches of rain, pushing their total for the period May through July past the previous record of 22.43 inches.  Heavy rain over that three month period
virtually wiped out a 16.82 inch deficit which had been building since drought conditions began in 1985.  Thunderstorms in central Indiana deluged Lebanon with 6.50 inches of rain in twelve hours, and thunderstorms over Florida produced wind gusts to 84 m
ph at Flagler Beach. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1994...Seattle-Tacoma, WA sizzled at 100 degrees, the highest ever recorded there.  (Intellicast)

21 JULY
...1911...The temperature at Painter, WY dipped to 10 degrees to equal the record low for July for the continental U.S. (The Weather Channel)
...1930...Record high for Delaware set with 110 degrees at Millsboro. (Intellicast)
...1934...The temperature reached 109 degrees at Cincinnati, OH to cap their hottest summer of record.  The state record for Ohio was established that day with a reading of 113 degrees near the town of Gallipolis. (David Ludlum)
...1975...Six inches of rain fell across Mercer County, NJ in just ten hours causing the worst flooding in twenty years.  Assunpink Creek crested eleven feet above flood stage at Hamilton and Trenton, the highest level of record.  Traffic was brought to a
 standstill, and railway service between New York City and Washington, DC was cut off for two days.  Flooding left 1000 persons homeless, and caused an estimated 25 million dollars damage. (David Ludlum)
...1986...The fifteenth day in a row with 100 degree readings at Columbia, SC, 10 days in a row of 100 at Macon GA with record high of 106 degrees.  (Intellicast)
...1987...Thunderstorms produced severe weather from Utah to North Dakota, spawning a dozen tornadoes in North Dakota.  Thunderstorms in North Dakota also produced baseball size hail at Clifford which caused four million dollars damage, and high winds whi
ch toppled a couple of eighty foot towers cutting off power to the town of Blanchard. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
Severe storms in Teton wilderness in northwest Wyoming produce the highest elevation F4 tornado ever documented.  Tornado traveled 24.3 miles and created a massive blowdown of trees.  At one point it was 2.5 miles wide!  (Intellicast)
...1988...While cool air invaded the central U.S., unseasonably hot weather continued over the western states.  The temperature at Spring Valley, NV soared from a morning low of 35 degrees to an afternoon high of 95 degrees.  Fallon, NV reported an all-ti
me record high of 108 degrees, and Death Valley, CA reported their sixth straight day of 120 degree heat. (The Weather Channel) (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Afternoon thunderstorms over Florida produced wind gusts to 92 mph at Jacksonville, damaging thirteen light planes at Herlong Field.  Five cities in Texas reported record low temperatures for the date.  Corpus Christi, TX equaled their record lo
w for the date with a reading of 71 degrees, and then tied their record high for the date that afternoon with a reading of 97 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1991...Windsor Locks, CT hit 101 degrees, the third day in a row over 100 degrees.  Providence RI reached 102 degrees, their second day of 100 readings, very rare for this location. (Intellicast)

22 JULY
...1918...A single bolt of lightning struck 504 sheep dead in their tracks at the Wasatch National Forest in Utah.  Sheep often herd together in storms, and as a result the shock from the lightning bolt was passed from one animal to another. (David Ludlum
)
...1926...The record high temperature for Connecticut was set at Waterbury with 105 degrees.  Troy, NY set a state record with 108 degrees.  (Intellicast)
...1986...Hurricane Estelle passed 120 miles south of the Hawaiian Islands creating a ten to twenty foot surf.  The large swells resulted from a combination of high tides, a full moon, and 50 mph winds.  The hurricane also deluged Oahu Island with as much
 as 6.86 inches of rain on the 24th and 25th of the month. (Storm Data)
...1987...Barrow, AK receives 1.38 inches in 24 hours on the 21st and 22nd, an all-time record for that location.  The average annual precipitation for Barrow is just 4.75 inches.  Thunderstorms in Montana produced 4 to 6 inches of rain in Glacier County
causing extensive flooding along Divide Creek.  Missoula, MT received 1.71 inches of rain in 24 hours, a record for the month of July. (The National Weather Summary) (The Weather Channel)
...1988...Six cities in the south central U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Pueblo, CO with a reading of 48 degrees.  Thunderstorms over the Atlantic Coast Region drenched Wilmington, NC with 6.49 inches of rain in about eight
hours. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Showers and thunderstorms prevailed across the southeastern third of the country.  Afternoon thunderstorms in Florida produced wind gusts to 86 mph at Zephyrhills, and gusts to 92 mph at Carrollwood and Lutz.  Thunderstorm winds gusting to 69 mp
h at Crystal Lake damaged nineteen mobile homes. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

23 JULY
...1788...A weather diary kept by George Washington recorded that the center of a hurricane passed directly over his Mount Vernon home.  The hurricane crossed eastern North Carolina and Virginia before moving into the Central Appalachians.  Norfolk, VA re
ported houses destroyed, trees uprooted, and crops leveled to the ground. (David Ludlum)
...1898...A two hour thunderstorm deluged Atlanta, GA with 4.32 inches of rain.  More than a foot of water flooded Union Depot.  Many street car motors burned out while trying to run through flooded streets.  It grew so dark before the afternoon storm tha
t gas lights were needed. (The Weather Channel)
...1923...Sheridan, WY was drenched with 4.41 inches of rain, an all-time 24 hour record for that location.  Associated flooding washed out 20 miles of railroad track. (22nd-23rd) (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Thunderstorms produced a record ten inches of rain in six and a half hours at Minneapolis, MN, including 5.26 inches in two hours.  Flash flooding claimed two lives and caused 21.3 million dollars damage.  Streets in Minneapolis became rushing r
ivers, parking lots became lakes, and storm sewers spouted like geysers.  A tornado hit Maple Grove, MN causing five million dollars damage.  Baseball size hail was reported at Olivia, MN. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Lower Michigan and northern Ohio, over eastern sections of the Dakotas, and over the Central High Plains Region.  Showers and thunderstorms soaked  Wilmington, NC with another two inches of rain, followin
g six and a half inches the previous day.  (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Morning thunderstorms in the central U.S. drenched central Oklahoma with up to six inches of rain.  Afternoon thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 85 mph at Fort Smith, AR.  Evening thunderstorms over Florida spawned a tornado which touched down
 three times in south Fort Myers causing nearly three quarters of a million dollars damage. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

24 JULY
...1886...Rain fell at Lawrence, KS for the first time in four weeks.  Rain fell over much of the state of Kansas that day relieving a severe drought which began in May.  The very dry weather ruined crops in Kansas. (David Ludlum)
...1928...Wahluke, WA hit a high temperature of 118 degrees, which tied a record high for the state.  In August 1961, this all time state record high was tied at Ice Harbor Dam.  (Intellicast)
...1936...Record high temperature for Kansas was tied at 121 degrees near Alton.  Record high for Nebraska also set at Minden with 118 degrees.
...1942...The temperature at Las Vegas, NV hit 117 degrees to set an all- time record for that location. (The Weather Channel)
...1947...One of the most powerful strokes of lightning ever measured yielded 345,000 amperes of electricity in Pittsburgh, PA. (The Weather Channel)
...1952...The temperature at Louisville, GA soared to 112 degrees to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel)
...1979...Claudette, a weak tropical storm, deluged southeastern Texas with torrential rains.  The Houston suburb of Alvin received 43 inches, a 24 hour record for the U.S. (David Ludlum)
...1987...Twenty-one cities in the eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date.  The high of 91 degrees at Beckley, WV was their hottest reading in 25 years of records, and marked their third straight day of record 90 degree heat.  Bakersf
ield, CA dipped to 60 degrees, marking their eighth straight morning of record cool weather. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds in Oklahoma, and over Nebraska and Wisconsin.  Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 75 mph at Brainerd, NE. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Afternoon thunderstorms produced some flash flooding in New Mexico.  Albuquerque, NM was deluged with an inch and a half of rain in forty minutes.  Evening thunderstorms soaked White Pine, PA with two inches of rain in one hour.  Quiet weather p
revailed across the rest of the nation, as "Mother Nature" took a brief summer vacation. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

25 JULY
...1891...The mercury hit 109 degrees at Los Angeles, CA marking the peak of a torrid heat wave.  This city also saw readings of 103 degrees on the 24th and 100 degrees on the 25th (David Ludlum) (Intellicast)
...1956...The Andrea Doria sank in dense fog near Nantucket Lightship, MA.  The ship was rammed by the Swedish-American liner, Stockholm, forty-five miles off the coast of Massachusetts.  Fifty-two persons drowned, or were killed by the impact. (David Lud
lum) (The Weather Channel)
...1979...Tropical Storm Claudette produced phenomenal rainfall totals in southeast Texas. Thirty to forty inches fell in 24 hours around Alvin.  Freeport reported a total of 30 inches. Total damage from flooding was over $400 million.  (Intellicast)
...1986...Tremendous hailstones pounded parts of South Dakota damaging crops, buildings and vehicles.  Hail piled two feet deep at Black Hawk and northern Rapid City.  Hail an inch and a quarter in diameter fell for 85 minutes near Miller and Huron, pilin
g up to depths of two feet. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Sixteen cities in the eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date.  Beckley, WV equaled their all-time record high of 91 degrees, established just the previous day.  It marked their fourth day in a row of 90 degree heat, after hi
tting 90 degrees just twice in the previous 25 years of records.  The water temperature of Lake Erie at Buffalo, NY reached 79 degrees, the warmest reading in 52 years of records. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Thunderstorms produced severe weather from central Kansas to western Kentucky and southern Illinois during the day.  Thunderstorms produced tennis ball size hail at Union, MO, and winds gusts to 65 mph at Sedalia, MO.  Five cities in Washington
and Oregon reported record high temperatures for the date.  Medford, OR hit 107 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Early afternoon thunderstorms over west central Missouri drenched the town of Ferguson with four inches of rain.  Early evening thunderstorms in Pennsylvania produced more than two inches of rain north of Avella in one hour. (The National Weathe
r Summary)
1994, July 25...Hurricane Gilma, like Emilia reached Category 5 strength in the Central Pacific.   (Intellicast)

26 JULY
...1819...Twin cloudbursts of fifteen inches struck almost simultaneously at Catskill, NY and Westfield, MA.  Flash flooding resulted in enormous erosion. (David Ludlum)
...1875..A windstorm (possibly a tornado) ripped through Erie, PA killing 134 and doing $500,000 damage.  (Intellicast)
...1890...A powerful F3 tornado raked Lawrence, MA at 9:10 AM, killing 8 and injuring 63. The storm destroyed 35 homes and damaged 60.  Storms of this strength and occurring at this early hour are very rare in New England.  (Intellicast)
...1943...Tishomingo, OK baked in the heat as the mercury soared to 121 degrees, a state record. (The Weather Channel)
...1960...The temperature at Salt Lake City, UT hit 107 degrees, an all-time record high for that location. (The Weather Channel)
...1963...Record high of 96 degrees at Eastport, ME.  (Intellicast)
...1987...Thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced hail two inches in diameter in McHenry County, IL, and wind gusts to 70 mph at Auburn, ME.  A wind gust of 90 mph was recorded at Blairstown, NJ before the anemometer broke.  The high winds we
re associated with a small tornado.  The record high of 88 degrees at Beckley, WV was their sixth in a row. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds in the Middle Atlantic Coast Region, and in the south central U.S.  Eight cities in the northwestern and north central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date.  Salem, OR hit 103 d
egrees. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Morning thunderstorms produced heavy rain in southeastern Teas, with more than three inches reported at the Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Chambers County.  Evening thunderstorms produced severe weather in Montana, with wind gusts to 62 mph rep
orted at Helena.  Eight cities from Maine to Minnesota reported record high temperatures for the date, including Newark, NJ with  reading of 99 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

27 JULY
...1819...Twin cloudbursts with over 15 inches of rain struck almost simultaneously at Catskill, NY and Westfield, MA.  Flash floods followed with tremendous erosion reported.  (Intellicast)
...1926...A hurricane came inland near Daytona Beach, FL.  The hurricane caused 2.5 million dollars damage in eastern Florida, including the Jacksonville area.  (David Ludlum)
...1939...The temperature at Lewiston, ID hit 117 degrees to establish an all-time record high for that location. (The Weather Channel)
...1943...On a whim, and flying a single engine AT-6, Lieutenant Ralph O' Hair and Colonel Duckworth were the first to fly into a hurricane.  It started regular Air Force flights into hurricanes. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Thunderstorms in Minnesota spawned a tornado which moved in a southwesterly direction for a distance of thirty miles across Rice County and Goodhue County.  Trees were uprooted and tossed about like toys, and a horse lifted by the tornado was ob
served sailing horizontally through the air.  Thunderstorms drenched La Crosse, WI with 5.26 inches of rain, their second highest 24 hour total of record. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Hot weather prevailed in the north central U.S.  Williston, ND reported a record high of 108 degrees.  Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the eastern U.S., and in southeastern Texas.  Richland County, SC was soaked with up to 5.5 inches of
 rain. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Thunderstorms produced locally heavy rains in the southwestern U.S.  Yuma, AZ experienced their most severe thunderstorm of record.  Strong thunderstorm winds, with unofficial gusts as high as 95 mph, reduced visibilities to near zero in blowing
 dust and sand.  Yuma got nearly as much rain in one hour as is normally received in an entire year.  The storm total of 2.55 inches of rain was a record 24 hour total for July.  Property damage due to flash flooding and high winds was in the millions. (S
torm Data)
Thunderstorms produced severe weather from Wisconsin and northern Illinois to New England, with 103 reports of large hail and damaging winds through the day.  Thunderstorms in Wisconsin produced hail three inches in diameter near Oshkosh, and wind gusts t
o 65 mph at Germantown. (The National Weather Summary)

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...1819...A small but intense hurricane passed over Bay Saint Louis, MS.  The hurricane was considered the worst in fifty years.  Few houses were left standing either at Bay Saint Louis or at Pass Christian, and much of the Mississippi coast was desolate
following the storm.  A U.S. cutter was lost along with its thirty-nine crew members.  The storm struck the same area that was hit 150 years later by Hurricane Camille. (David Ludlum)
...1930...The temperature at Greensburg, KY soared to 114 degrees to set a state record. (The Weather Channel)
...1934...The temperature at Grofino, ID climbed to 118 degrees to establish a record for Idaho. (The Weather Channel)
...1952...A severe storm with hail up to an inch and a half in diameter broke windows, ruined roofs, and stripped trees of leaves near Benson, AZ.  The temperature dropped to 37 degrees, as hail was three to four inches deep, with drifts 46 inches high. (
The Weather Channel)
...1986...Severe thunderstorms moving out of South Dakota across Iowa produce high winds which derailed eighteen piggyback trailer cars of a westbound freight train near Boone, IA.  Sixteen of the cars fell 187 feet into the Des Moines River.  The thunder
storms also spawned a number of tornadoes, including one which caused twenty-five to fifty million dollars damage at Sloan, near Sioux City, IA. (Storm Data)
...1987...Thunderstorms in Nevada produced wind gusts to 70 mph at Searchlight, reducing visibilities to near zero in blowing dust and sand.  Thunderstorms in Montana drenched Lonesome Lake with 3.78 inches of rain. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Thunderstorms drenched Wilmington, NC with 3.33 inches of rain, bringing their monthly total 14.46 inches.  Seven cities in Michigan and Minnesota reported record high temperatures for the date.  Marquette, MI hit 99 degrees, and the record high
 of 94 degrees at Flint, MI was their tenth of the month.  (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Afternoon thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds in Massachusetts.  Early evening thunderstorms over Florida produced wind gusts to 68 mph at Fort Myers, and evening thunderstorms in South Dakota produced nearly two inches of rain
in twenty minutes at Pierpoint.  (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1995...Yuma, AZ reached its all-time high with 124 degrees.  (Intellicast)

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...1898...The temperature at Prineville, OR soared to 119 degrees to establish a state record, which was tied on the 10th of August of that same year at Pendleton. (The Weather Channel)
...1905...Heavy rain in southwestern Connecticut caused a dam break, and the resulting flood caused a quarter of a million dollars damage at Bridgeport.  As much as eleven inches of rain fell prior to the flood. (David Ludlum)
...1930...Mississippi's record high temperature of 115 degrees was set at Holly Springs. (Intellicast)
...1981...Fifty cattle, each weighing 800 pounds, were killed by lightning near Vance, AL.  The lightning struck a tree and then spread along the ground killing the cattle. (The Weather Channel)
...1986...Intense thunderstorm belted Rhode Island with 5.57 inches of rain at T.F. Green Airport in Providence, RI along with one-half inch hail. Hail accumulated to 4 inches at Narragansett with 6.03 inches of rain to boot.  (Intellicast)
...1987...Thunderstorms produced severe weather from Minnesota to Indiana and Illinois.  A thunderstorm at Janesville, WI produced wind gusts to 104 mph which flipped over two airplanes, and blew another plane 300 feet down the runway.  The northeastern U
.S. experienced some relief from the heat.  Nine cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Saint Johnsbury, VT with a reading of 42 degrees.  Barnet, VT reported a morning low of 33 degrees, with frost reported on vegetation. (Storm
Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather in Minnesota and Wisconsin.  Hail three inches in diameter was reported south of Saint Cloud, MN.  Hot weather prevailed in the western U.S.  Fresno, CA reported a record thirteen strai
ght days of 100 degree heat. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Morning thunderstorms in the Upper Midwest produced more than five inches of rain west of Virgil, SD.  Afternoon and evening thunderstorms deluged the foothills and adjacent plains of Colorado with heavy rain.  Rains of six to seven and a half i
nches fell in eight hours north of Greeley.  Hail and heavy rain caused several million dollars damage in Weld County. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

30 JULY
...1949...The state record for Connecticut was established when the town of Greenville registered an afternoon high of 102 degrees. (The Weather Channel)
...1965...The temperature at Portland, OR reached 107 degrees to equal their all-time record high. (The Weather Channel)
...1979...A forty-minute hailstorm bombed Fort Collins, CO with baseball to softball size hail.  Two thousand homes and 2500 automobiles were damaged, and about 25 persons were injured, mainly when hit on the head by the huge stones.  A three month old ba
by died later of injuries. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Afternoon highs of 105 degrees at Aberdeen, SD, 102 degrees at Bismarck, ND, and 102 degrees at Pueblo, CO, were records for the date.  Pueblo, CO reported just 0.09 inch of rain for the first thirty days of the month. (The National Weather Summ
ary)
...1988...A dozen cities in the north central and northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date.  Downtown Baltimore, MD hit 103 degrees, marking a record eight days of 100 degree heat for the month, and ten for the year.  The high of 1
01 degrees at Billings, MT marked a record seventeen days of 100 degree heat for the year.  Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the northeast, with nearly fifty reports of large hail or damaging winds in Pennsylvania and New York State.  A tree fell
on a car at Erie, PA injuring four persons. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Morning thunderstorms over central Missouri deluged Columbia with 5.98 inches of rain causing flash flooding.  Daytime thunderstorms in Kentucky drenched Paducah with 1.73 inches of rain in less than half an hour.  Evening thunderstorms in the n
orth central U.S. produced wind gusts to 78 mph east of Moccasin, MT. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

31 JULY
...1769...Hail fell 12 inches deep and lasted for 30 hours at Scituate, MA.  (Intellicast)
...1976...A stationary thunderstorm produced more than ten inches of rain in just four and one half hours 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 pat
h of destruction from Estes Park to Loveland killing 156 persons.  The flash flood caught campers, and caused extensive structural and highway damage.   Total damage was $35.5 million.  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)
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, SD and Cham
berlain, 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 nor
th 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)
...1991...Roswell, NM closed out the month with a total of 6.68 inches of rain to set a new record for the month.  (Intellicast)
...1992...Flint MI ended their coolest July on record, while Columbus, OH, Buffalo, NY and Williamsport, PA their wettest.  Columbus had a record 29 cloudy days and 17 days with thunderstorms during the month. (Intellicast)

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