Brian
Here's the Sept. wx. events list.
Ed
SEPTEMBER HISTORIC WEATHER EVENTS
From records of Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City
(http://www.awc-kc.noaa.gov/wxfact/September.html) and Intellicast
(http://www.intellicast.com/almanac/sep/) (1 Sept 1997)

1 SEPTEMBER
...1894...A forest fire driven by high winds burned down the town of Hinkley, MN killing 418 persons. (David Ludlum)
...1897...Hailstone drifts six feet deep were reported in Washington County, IA. (The Weather Channel)
...1914...The town of Bloomington, MI was deluged with 9.78 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish a state record. (31st-1st) (The Weather Channel)
A trace of snow fell at Long Falls Dam in Maine and about 1/2 inches at Mt. Washington, NH. (Intellicast)
...1955...The temperature at Los Angeles, CA soared to an all-time high of 110 degrees during an eight day string of 100 degree weather. (David Ludlum)
...1979...A home in Centerville, TN was hit by lightning and totally destroyed.  It marked the third time that the house had been hit by lightning since being built in 1970. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Cool Canadian air invaded the Midwest.  Six cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Indianapolis, IN with a reading of 44 degrees.  Hot weather continued in the northwestern U.S.  Five cities reported record high temperat
ures for the date, including Hanover, WA, where the mercury soared to 106 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Thunderstorms produced heavy rain in the Upper Mississippi Valley.  Ely, MN was drenched with three inches of rain in two hours, and pelted with one inch hail.  The heavy rain flooded streets and basements, and the high water pressure which resu
lted blew the covers off manholes. (The National Weather Summary)(Storm Data)
...1989...Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced severe weather in Oklahoma during the late afternoon and evening hours.  Thunderstorms produced hail two inches in diameter west of Arapahoe, and wind gusts to 70 mph at Luther and south of
 Harrah.  Early morning thunderstorms over Indiana drenched Kokomo with five to eight inches of rain, and spawned a tornado which injured three persons at Bruce Lake. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

2 SEPTEMBER
...1935...Perhaps the most intense hurricane ever to hit the U.S. struck the Florida Keys with 200 mph winds.  The "Labor Day Hurricane" produced a fifteen foot tide and waves thirty feet high.  400 persons perished in the storm on that Labor Day.  The ba
rometric pressure at Matecumbe Bay, FL hits a record low for the U.S. of 26.35 inches (or 892 millibars). (David Ludlum)
...1950...The temperature at Mecca, CA soared to 126 degrees to establish a U.S. record for the month of September.  The low that morning was 89 degrees. (The Weather Channel)
...1961...Denver, CO received 4.2 inches of snow, the earliest measurable snow on record for this city. (Intellicast)
...1985...After meandering in the Gulf for two days, Hurricane Elena made landfall near Biloxi, MS.  On Dauphin Island off the Alabama coast, sustained winds of 105 mph with gusts to 135 mph were recorded.  At Gulfport, winds gusted to 125 mph.  Total dam
age from Florida to Louisiana totaled around $1 billion. (Intellicast) (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Late evening thunderstorms in the Northern Plains Region produced wind gusts to 75 mph at Jordan, MT, and a "hot flash" at Redig, SD.  The temperature at Redig rose from 66 degrees at 10 PM to 86 degrees at 11 PM as thunderstorm winds gusted to
36 mph.  Nine cities in the Upper Ohio Valley, the Tennessee Valley and the Central Gulf Coast States reported record low temperatures for the date, including Elkins, WV with a reading of 38 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Unseasonably hot weather prevailed in the northwestern U.S.  Afternoon highs of 98 degrees at Olympia, WA, 98 degrees at Seattle, WA, 105 degrees at Portland, OR, and 110 degrees at Medford, OR, established records for the month of September.  Q
uillayute, WA equaled their September record with an afternoon high of 97 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Eight cities in the Gulf Coast Region reported record high temperatures for the date as readings soared into the upper 90s.  Houston, TX and Port Arthur, TX hit 99 degrees.  Late evening thunderstorms, developing ahead of a cold front, produced
wind gusts to 63 mph at Dickinson, ND, and golf ball size hail in North Dakota and Nebraska.  Winds along the cold front itself gusted to 62 mph at Buffalo, SD. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

3 SEPTEMBER
...1821...A hurricane made landfall at Long Island, near the current J.F. Kennedy Airport, then moved through western Connecticut.  The hurricane produced a record tide at New York City. (David Ludlum)
...1953...The temperature at Erie, PA reached 99 degrees, and Stroudsburg, PA established a state record for September with a reading of 106 degrees. (The Weather Channel)
...1961...Denver, CO received 4.2 inches of snow, their earliest snow of record. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987)
...1970...During the early evening hours, in the midst of a severe hailstorm at Coffeyville, KS, a stone 17.5 inches in circumference and 1.67 pounds in weight was recovered.  It was the largest measured hailstone in U.S. weather records.  Average stone s
ize from the storm was five inches in diameter, with another stone reportedly eight inches in diameter. (David Ludlum)
...1987...Temperatures dipped into the 40s and 50s for morning lows across much of the eastern half of the country, with eleven cities reporting record lows for the date.  Pellston, MI tied Gunnison, CO for honors as the cold spot in the nation with a low
 of 30 degrees.  Smoke from forest fires darkened skies in southern Oregon and northern California. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Sixteen cities in the northwestern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Highs of 89 degrees at Stampede Pass, WA and 116 degrees at Redding, CA established records for the month of September.  Readings of 98 degrees at Spokane, W
A and 100 degrees at Yakima, WA equaled records for September. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced severe weather from Minnesota to Nebraska during the day and evening.  Evening thunderstorms in Nebraska produced wind gusts to 100 mph at Valentine and Gretna, and produced baseball size h
ail at Lewellen.  Thunderstorms in Arizona produced 2.20 inches of rain in forty minutes at Green Valley, and wind gusts to 60 mph.  Eight cities in Texas and Florida reported record high temperatures for the date, including Victoria, TX and San Antonio,
TX, each with a reading of 102 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

4 SEPTEMBER
...1939...A "Once-in-a-Hundred-Year" thunderstorm deluged Washington, DC with 4.4 inches of rain in two hours.  September of that year was very dry across much of the nation, and Washington, DC received more rain in that two hour period than most other pl
aces in the country that entire month. (David Ludlum)
...1941...A tornado struck Minneapolis, MN killing five people and doing $450,000 damage. (Intellicast)
...1970...The greatest natural disaster of record for Arizona occurred.  Unprecedented rains caused rivers in central Arizona to rise five to ten feet per hour, sweeping cars and buildings as far as 30 to 40 miles downstream.  Flooding claimed the lives o
f 23 persons, mainly campers, and caused millions of dollars damage.  Water crested 36 feet above normal near Sunflower, AZ.  Workman's Creek was deluged with 11.40 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish a state record.  Moisture from Pacific Tropical St
orm Norma led to the severe flooding. (4th-6th) (The Weather Channel)
...1986...An unusually strong dust devil moved across the Flagstaff (AZ) Pulliam Airport. A Cessna 182 plane was flipped onto two fuel trucks and roofing was torn off a hangar.  The dust devil blew open the doors of the National Weather Service office sca
ttering papers and bringing down a ceiling-mounted light fixture. (Storm Data)
...1987...Thunderstorms developing along a stationary front produced heavy rain across the Southern Atlantic Coast States.  Up to eight inches was reported north of Charleston SC.  Serious flooding was reported in Monks Corner, SC.  Seven cities in the no
rtheastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date.  Houlton, ME dipped to 32 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...The western U.S. experienced another day of record heat.  The afternoon high of 91 degrees at Stampede Pass, WA established an all-time record for that location, and Los Angeles, CA equaled their all-time record high with a reading of 110 degree
s.  A record high of 107 degrees at San Diego, CA was their hottest reading in 25 years.  Red Bluff, CA was the hot spot in the nation with an afternoon reading of 118 degrees. (National Weather Summary)
...1989...Overnight thunderstorm rains of four and a half to seven inches drenched eastern Nebraska during the morning hours, pushing creeks out of their banks, and flooding fields, country roads and city streets.  Totals ranged up to 6.97 inches south of
 Creston.  It was also a soggy Labor Day for northern Florida.  Jacksonville reported 6.82 inches of rain, and evening thunderstorms produced 2.75 inches of rain in one hour at Sandlewood. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

5 SEPTEMBER
...1925...The temperature at Centerville, AL soared to 112 degrees to establish a state record.  Every reporting station in Alabama was 100 degrees or above that afternoon. (The Weather Channel)
...1933...A hurricane hit Brownsville, TX killing forty persons and causing 12 million dollars damage. (David Ludlum)
...1944...Portland, OR hit 102 degrees, the only time ever in September. (Intellicast)
...1950...Hurricane Easy produced the greatest 24 hour rainfall in U.S. weather records.  The hurricane deluged Yankeetown, on the upper west coast of Florida, with 38.70 inches of rain. (David Ludlum)
...1975...Strong winds reduced visibilities to near zero in blowing dust resulting in a 22-car chain reaction accident on Interstate 10 near Toltec, AZ.  Two persons were killed, and 14 others were injured. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Thunderstorms over the Southern and Middle Atlantic Coast States drenched Charleston, SC with 5.50 inches of rain, and a total of 13.50 inches in two days, flooding homes, and leaving roads and bridges under water. (The National Weather Summary)
A tropical storm which formed off the South Atlantic coast was responsible for torrential rains over coastal regions of South Carolina.  Between the 30th of August and the 8th of September, Charleston, SC received 18.44 inches of rain.  The heavy rains ca
used extensive flooding around the city of Charleston, seriously damaged cotton crops in the eastern part of the state, and resulted in an unusually high number of mosquitoes. (Storm Data)
...1987...Thunderstorms over the Southern and Middle Atlantic Coast States drenched Charleston, SC with 5.50 inches of rain, and a total of 13.50 inches in two days, flooding homes, and leaving roads and bridges under water The heavy rains seriously damag
ed cotton crops in the eastern part of the state, and resulted in an unusually high number of mosquitoes. (Storm Data). (The National Weather Summary).
...1988...Five days of heavy rain commenced in west central Florida.  Up to 20 inches of rain in four days resulted in extensive urban flooding, and evacuation of 1000 homes. Flooding claimed four lives, and caused more than five million dollars property
damage. (The National Weather Summary)(Storm Data)
...1989...Thunderstorms produced six to ten inches of rain in south central Kansas between 6 AM and Noon.  Serious flooding was reported around Wichita, with water four feet deep along some roads.  A cold front crossing the Northern High Plains Region pro
duced wind gusts to 63 mph at Sheridan, WY. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

6 SEPTEMBER
...1667...A "Dreadful hurricane" hit Virginia with 12 inches of rain.  It overturned houses, stripped the fields of crops and pushed tides 12 feet above normal. (Intellicast)
...1881...Forest fires in Michigan and Ontario resulted in 'Yellow Day' in the northeastern U.S.  Twenty villages in Michigan burned, and a total of 500 persons were killed.  Fires caused 2.3 million dollars in losses near Lake Huron.  Candles were needed
 at the noon hour as smoke diminished the sunlight and left a brassy tinge on everything. (David Ludlum)
...1909...Topeka, KS was drenched with 8.08 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish an all-time record for that city. (Intellicast)
...1929...Iowa's earliest snow of record occurred as a few flakes were noted at 9 AM at Alton. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Thunderstorms produced more than seven inches of rain in Georgia.  Four persons drowned, and two others suffered injury, as three couples attempted to cross Mills Stone Creek at Echols Mill in their automobile.  Smoke from forest fires in Califo
rnia and Oregon spread across Utah into western Colorado. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Unseasonably cool weather prevailed across the north central and northeastern U.S.  Thirty cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Saint Joseph, MO with a reading of 38 degrees. A low of 44 degrees at Indianapolis IN was
their coolest reading of record for so early in the season.  The mercury dipped to 31 degrees at Hibbing, MN and Philips, WI. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...An early afternoon thunderstorm produced wind gusts to 104 mph at Winterhaven, FL flipping over four airplanes, and damaging five others.  The high winds also damaged a hangar and three other buildings.  A cold front produced strong winds and bl
owing dust in the Northern High Plains, with gusts to 54 mph reported at Buffalo, SD.  Powerful Hurricane Gabrielle and strong easterly winds combined to create waves up to ten feet high along the southern half of the Atlantic coast. (The National Weather
 Summary) (Storm Data)

7 SEPTEMBER
...1881...The temperature soared to produce the hottest day in the Northeast, reaching 100 degrees at New Haven, CT, 101 degrees at New York City, 102 degrees at Boston, MA, and 104 degrees at Washington, DC. (David Ludlum)
...1888...Much of the Middle and Northern Atlantic Coast Region experienced freezing temperatures.  Killer frosts resulted in a million dollars damage to crops in Maine. (David Ludlum)
...1909...Topeka, KS was drenched with 8.08 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish a record for that location. (6th- 7th) (The Weather Channel)
...1970...A lightning bolt struck a group of football players at Gibbs High School in Saint Petersburg, FL, killing two persons and injuring 22 others.  All the thirty-eight players and four coaches on the field were knocked off their feet by the lightnin
g discharge. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Showers and thunderstorms produced 4 to 8 inch rains in three to six hours in Virginia, with totals across the state for the Labor Day weekend ranging up to fourteen inches.  The Staunton River crested at 34.44 feet at Altavista on the 8th, its
highest level since 1940.  Damage due to flooding was estimated at seven million dollars around Bedford, Henry, and Franklin. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Fifty cities across the eastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date.  The low of 56 degrees at Mobile, AL was their coolest reading of record for so early in the season.  The mercury dipped to 31 degrees at Athens, OH, and to 30 d
egrees at Thomas, WV. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Thunderstorms in the central U.S. produced four inches of rain at Texamah overnight, and up to six inches of rain in southwestern Iowa.  Evening thunderstorms in eastern Colorado produced golf ball size hail at Clear Creek and at Nederland.  Lat
e evening thunderstorms in Iowa drenched Harlan with more than four inches of rain. (The National Weather Summary)

8 SEPTEMBER
...1900...The greatest weather disaster in U.S. records occurred when a hurricane struck Galveston, TX.  A tide fifteen feet high washed over the island demolishing or carrying away buildings, and drowning more than 6000 persons.  The hurricane destroyed
more than 3600 houses, and total damage was more than thirty million dollars.  Winds to 120 mph, and a twenty foot storm surge accompanied the hurricane.  Following the storm, the surf was three hundred feet inland from the former water line.  The hurrica
ne claimed another 1200 lives outside of the Galveston area. (8th-9th) (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
...1987...A tropical depression off the coast of South Carolina brought another round of heavy rain to the Middle Atlantic Coast Region and the Upper Ohio Valley. Thunderstorms produced four to eight inches of rain in 3 to 6 hours in Virginia bringing the
 totals for the Labor Day weekend up to 14 inches.  The Staunton River crested at 34.44 feet at Altavista, its highest level in 47 years with flood damage estimated at 47 million  Showers and thunderstorms produced extremely heavy rain in eastern Pennsylv
ania, where flooding caused more than 55 million dollars across a seven county area.  The afternoon high of 97 degrees at Miami, FL was a record for the month of September. (The National Weather Summary) (Intellicast)
...1988...Eighteen cities in the south central and eastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Roanoke, VA with a reading of 42 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Thunderstorms developing along a stationary front produced very heavy rain in the central U.S.  Thunderstorms during the late morning and afternoon produced five to nine inches of rain around Lincoln, NE, with an unofficial total of eleven inche
s near Holmes Park. Up to six and a half inches of rain soaked northern and western Iowa.  Eighty to ninety percent of the homes in Shenandoah, IA, where 5.89 inches of rain was received, reported basement flooding. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm D
ata)
...1991...Philadelphia, PA hit 90 degrees for the fiftieth time in 1991.  This was the most ever, exceeding the previous record of 49 days in 1988. (Intellicast).

9 SEPTEMBER
...1921...A dying tropical depression unloaded 38.20 inches of rain upon the town of Thrall in southeastern Texas killing 224 persons. The 36.40 inches that fell in 18 hours represents a record for the United States.  (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
...1944...The "Great Atlantic Hurricane" ravaged the east coast.  The storm killed 22 persons and caused 63 million dollars damage in the Chesapeake Bay area, then besieged New England killing 390 persons and causing another 100 million dollars damage. (T
he Weather Channel)
...1971...Hurricane Ginger formed, and remained a hurricane until the 5th of October.  The 27 day life span was the longest of record for any hurricane in the North Atlantic Ocean. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the central U.S.  Thunderstorms in West Texas spawned four tornadoes in the vicinity of Lubbock, and produced baseball size hail and wind gusts to 81 mph at Ropesville.  Thunderstorms produced hail two in
ches in diameter at Downs, KS and Harvard, NE, breaking car windows at Harvard. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Florence became a hurricane and headed for the Central Gulf Coast Region.  Florence made landfall early the next morning, passing over New Orleans, LA.  Winds gusts to 80 mph were recorded at an oil rig south of the Chandeleur Islands.  Wind gus
ts around New Orleans reached 61 mph.  Total property damage from Florence was estimated at 2.5 million dollars. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...The first snow of the season began to whiten the mountains of Wyoming early in the morning, as for two days a moist and unusually cold storm system affected the state.  By the morning of the 11th, a foot of snow covered the ground at Burgess Jun
ction.  Thunderstorms developing along a cold front crossing the Ohio Valley produced severe weather in Indiana during the late afternoon and early evening hours.  Strong thunderstorm winds blew down a tent at Palestine injuring seven persons, and frequen
t lightning interrupted the Purdue and Miami of Ohio football game, clearing the stands. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1990...Birmingham, AL recorded a high of 99 degrees.  This was the thirty-second consecutive day with readings exceeding 90 degrees, breaking the previous record of 31 days set in 1954. (Intellicast)

10 SEPTEMBER
...1919...A hurricane struck the Florida Keys drowning more than 500 persons. (David Ludlum)
...1960...Hurricane Donna struck the Florida Keys, with winds gusting to 180 mph and a thirteen foot storm surge.  The hurricane then moved north along the eastern coast of Florida and inundated Naples before moving out to sea.  Hurricane Donna claimed fi
fty lives, injured 1800 others, and caused more than 300 million dollars damage.  The Marathon/Tavernier area was almost completely destroyed (with more than three quarters of the buildings destroyed or damaged, 12 fatalities and 1794 injured), and in the
 Citrus Belt, most of the avocado crop was blown from the trees.  Hurricane Donna wreaked havoc from Florida to Maine, with wind gusts to 100 mph along much of the coast. At Tavernier, the anemometer was redlined at the maximum 120 mph for a solid 45 minu
tes.  Hurricane Donna produced wind gusts to 121 mph at Charleston, SC on the 11th, and wind gusts to 138 mph at Blue Hill Observatory, MA on the 12th.  The hurricane finally died over Maine two days later, producing more than five inches of rain over the
 state. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
...1964...Dora, the first full hurricane to cross northeast Florida from the Atlantic, made landfall shortly after midnight at St. Augustine where sustained winds of 100 mph with gusts to 125 mph.  Tides reached 12 feet above normal, 4 feet higher than ev
er recorded.  Jacksonville, FL recorded winds to 82 mph, the first hurricane force winds ever at that location.  Mayo, FL was deluged with 23.73 inches of rain.  Total damage was $230 million. (Intellicast)
...1965...Hurricane Betsy slammed Louisiana with wind gusting to 130 mph at Houma.  There were 58 deaths and over 17,500 injured.  The storm surge and flooding from torrential rains made Betsy the first billion dollar hurricane was losses exceeding $1.4 b
illion
...1987...A late afternoon thunderstorm roared through Austin, TX producing wind gusts to 81 mph, and 2.17 inches of rain in just sixty minutes.  The high winds toppled six National Guard helicopters at the Robert Mueller Municipal Airport, and damaged or
 destroyed numerous other aircraft. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Cool air sweeping into the north central U.S. brought snow to some of the higher elevations of Montana.  The town of Kings Hill, southeast of Great Falls, was blanketed with six inches of snow.  Tropical Storm Gilbert strengthened to a hurricane
 over the eastern Caribbean. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Light snow fell in Montana overnight, with three inches reported at Fairfield.  Billings, MT reported a record low of 33 degrees.  Unseasonably warm weather prevailed in the northeastern U.S., with record highs of 86 degrees at Caribou, ME and 9
0 degrees at Burlington, VT. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

11 SEPTEMBER
...1949...An early snowstorm brought 7.5 inches to Helena, MT, a record for so early a snowfall at that location.  The following day, 22 more inches followed.  In Maine, a storm drenched New Brunswick with 8.05 inches of rain in 24 hours, a state record.
 (The Weather Channel)  (Intellicast)
...1954...Before it fully recovered from devastating Hurricane Carol, New England was blasted by Hurricane Edna.  Winds on Martha's Vineyard gusted to 120 mph.  Boston reported sustained winds of 74 mph with gusts to 87 mph.  Over 8 inches of rain fell at
 Portland, ME.  Twenty-one people were killed and damage was estimated at $40 million. (Intellicast)
...1961...Very large and slow moving Hurricane Carla made landfall near Port Lavaca, TX.  Carla battered the central Texas coast with wind gusts to 175 mph, and up to 16 inches of rain, and spawned a vicious tornado (F4 on the Fujita tornado intensity sca
le) which swept across Galveston Island killing eight persons and destroying 200 buildings. A storm surge of up to 18.5 feet inundated coastal areas and Bay City was deluged with 17.1 inches of rain.  The hurricane claimed 45 lives, and caused 300 million
 dollars damage.  The remnants of Carla produced heavy rain in the Lower Missouri Valley and southern sections of the Upper Great Lakes Region. (David Ludlum) (Storm Data) . (Intellicast)
...1976...Up to five inches of rain brought walls of water and millions of tons of debris into Bullhead City, AZ via washes from elevations above 3000 feet.  Flooding caused more than three million dollars damage.  Chasms up to forty feet deep were cut ac
ross some roads. (The Weather Channel)
...1984...The Oak Island (NC) Coast Guard station recorded sustained winds of 104 mph with gusts over 115 mph from Hurricane Diana, which made landfall on 13 September near Wilmington, NC. (Intellicast)
...1986...Thunderstorms caused flash flooding and subsequent river flooding in central Lower Michigan, setting a new 24 hour rainfall record at Muskegon.  Six inches of rain fell in a 24 hour period.  7.52 inches fell at Saginaw and 4.21 inches at Grand R
apids. On the 12th, rivers overflowed their banks and several earthen dams gave way causing record flooding on many rivers.  The southbound bridge on U.S. Highway 31 washed out near the town of Hart.  Up to 14 inches of rain fell in a 72 hour period, and
flooding caused 400 million dollars damage. (Storm Data) (Intellicast)
...1987...Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds in Texas, and spawned three tornadoes.  Thunderstorm winds gusted to 70 mph at Goodnight, TX. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Snow blanketed parts of the Central Rocky Mountain Region and the Central Plateau, with ten inches reported at Mount Evans in Colorado.  Smoke from forest fires in the northwestern U.S. reached Pennsylvania and New York State.  Hurricane Gilbert
, moving westward over the Caribbean, was packing winds of 100 mph by the end of the day. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Nine cities in the north central U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Havre, MT with a reading of 23 degrees.  Livingston, MT and West Yellowstone, MT tied for honors as the cold spot in the nation with morning lows of 1
7 degrees.  Thunderstorms produced hail over the Sierra Nevada Range of California, with two inches reported on the ground near Donner Summit.  The hail made roads very slick, resulting in a twenty car accident. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1990....The high temperature at Phoenix reached 112, the highest ever for the date and for so late in the season. (Intellicast)
...1992...Hurricane Iniki, the strongest hurricane ever recorded to strike the Hawaiian Islands crossed Kauai with sustained winds of 130 mph.  The storm surge reached 6 feet and 35 foot waves battered coastal areas.  More than 1400 homes were destroyed a
nd 5000 were damaged on Kauai alone.  Three people were killed and damages were estimated at $1.8 billion   (Intellicast)

12 SEPTEMBER
...1882...Hot and dry winds caused tree foliage in eastern Kansas to wither and crumble. (David Ludlum)
...1960...Hurricane Donna made landfall on central Long Island and then tracked across New England.  Wind gusts reached 140 mph at the Blue Hills Observatory in Milton, MA and 130 mph at Block Island, RI.  MacDowell Dam in New Hampshire recorded 7.25 inch
es of rain.  Although a record tide of 6.1 feet occurred at the Battery in New York City, elsewhere fortunately the storm did not make landfall at the high tides so its effects were minimized.  This was the first hurricane to affect every point along the
East Coast from Key West, FL to Caribou, ME. (Intellicast)
...1977...Thunderstorms deluged the Kansas City area with torrential rains in the early morning hours, and then again that evening.  Some places were deluged with more than six inches of rain twice that day, with up to 18 inches of rain reported at Indepe
ndence, MO.  Flooding claimed the lives of 25 persons.  The Country Club Plaza area was hardest hit.  2000 vehicles had to be towed following the storm, 150 of which had to be pulled out of Brush Creek, which runs through the Plaza area. (The Kansas City
Weather Almanac)
...1979...Hurricane Frederick smashed into the Mobile Bay area of Alabama packing 132 mph winds.  Winds gusts to 145 mph were reported as the eye of the hurricane moved over Dauphin Island, AL, just west of Mobile.  Frederick produced a fifteen foot storm
 surge near the mouth of Mobile Bay. Winds gusted to hurricane force at Meridian, MS even though the city is 140 miles inland.  The hurricane was responsible for five fatalities and was the costliest in U.S. history causing 2.3 billion dollars damage. (Da
vid Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flooding in North Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia and Pennsylvania.  Parts of Virginia received 3 to 4 inches of rain in just two hours early in the day.  Later in the day, three to fi
ve inch rains deluged Cumberland County of south central Pennsylvania.  Evening thunderstorms produced seven inches of rain at Marysville, PA, most of which fell in three hours time. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...An afternoon thunderstorm spawned a tornado which skipped across northern sections of Indianapolis, IN damaging roofs and automobiles.  It was the first tornado in central Indiana in September in nearly forty years of records.  Hurricane Gilbert
 plowed across the island of Jamaica, and by the end of the day was headed for the Cayman Islands, packing winds of 125 mph. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Snow whitened the mountains and foothills of northeastern Colorado, with eight inches reported at Buckhorn Mountain, west of Fort Collins.  Two to three inches fell around Denver, causing great havoc during the evening rush hour.  Thunderstorms
produced severe weather in the Southern Plains Region between mid afternoon and early the next morning.  Thunderstorms produced hail three inches in diameter at Roswell, NM, and wind gusts greater than 98 mph at Henryetta, OK. Thunderstorms also produced
torrential rains, with more than seven inches at Scotland, TX, and more than six inches at Yukon, OK. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

13 SEPTEMBER
...1922...The temperature at El Azizia in Libya soared to 136 degrees to establish a world record.  To make matters worse, a severe ghibi (dust storm) was in progress. (The Weather Channel)
...1928...Hurricane San Felipe crossed Puerto Rico resulting in the highest winds, the heaviest rains, and the greatest destruction in years.  The hurricane produced much damage in the Virgin Islands, and later hit the Bahamas and Florida. (David Ludlum)
...1984...Hurricane Diana, after making a two-day complete loop off the Carolina coast, made landfall near Wilmington, NC and moved across eastern North Carolina.  Diana deluged Cape Fear with more than eighteen inches of rain, while Wilmington recorded o
ver 13.72 inches of rain.  Damage in North Carolina was assessed at 78 million dollars. (Storm Data) (Intellicast)
...1987...Showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain in the northeastern U.S.  Flooding was reported in Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.  Greenwood, NY received 6.37 inches of rain.  A dike along a creek at Prattsburg, NY gave way and a
two million dollar onion crop left on the ground to dry was washed away.  The prolonged rains in the eastern U.S. finally came to an end late in the day as a cold front began to push the warm and humid airmass out to sea. (The National Weather Summary) (S
torm Data)
...1988...Hurricane Gilbert smashed into the Cayman Islands, and as it headed for the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico strengthened into a monster hurricane, packing winds of 175 mph.  The barometric pressure at the center of Gilbert reached 26.13 inches (888
mb), an all-time record for any hurricane in the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, or the Atlantic Ocean.  Gilbert covered much of the Gulf of Mexico, producing rain as far away as the Florida Keys. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Unseasonably cool weather prevailed over the Central Plains Region, with a record low of 29 degrees at North Platte, NE.  Unseasonably warm weather prevailed across the Pacific Northwest, with a record high of 96 degrees at Eugene, OR.  Thunders
torms over south Texas produced wind gusts to 69 mph at Del Rio, and two inches of rain in two hours. (National Weather Summary)
...1993...A strong winter type storm moved through the Rockies and western high plains producing record early snows.  Denver, CO recorded 5.4 inches for its greatest snowstorm for so early in the season after reaching 92 degrees the day before.  Records w
ere also set at Cheyenne, WY with 5.5 inches and Scottsbluff, Nebraska with 2.5 inches.  (Intellicast)

14 SEPTEMBER
...1919...Corpus Christi, TX sustained heavy damage as a severe hurricane made landfall with a storm surge of 16 feet.  357 were killed and damage exceeded $20 million. (Intellicast)
...1937...The mercury soared to 92 degrees at Seattle, WA, a record for September. (The Weather Channel)
...1944...The "Great Atlantic Hurricane", a very destructive hurricane (at one point reaching Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale when winds approached 160 mph) swept across Cape Hatteras and Chesapeake Bay, side swiped New Jersey and Long Is
land, and crossed southeastern Massachusetts. .  At Cape Henry, VA sustained winds of 134 mph with gusts to 150 mph occurred.  The hurricane killed more than four hundred persons, mainly at sea - 46 fatalities were reported on land.  The hurricane destroy
ed the Atlantic City, NJ boardwalk. Total damage was $122 million. (Intellicast) (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
...1970...The temperature at Fremont, OR dipped to 2 above zero to equal the state record for September set on the 24th in 1926. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Barrow, AK received 5.1 inches of snow, a record for September. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987)
...1988...Hurricane Gilbert made the first of its two landfalls on Mexico, producing 170 mph winds at Cozumel. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced severe weather from Minnesota to Texas.  Thunderstorms in Iowa produced baseball size hail at Laporte City, and 80 mph winds at Laurens.  Hail caused more than ten million dollars damage to cr
ops in Iowa.  Thunderstorms in Missouri produced wind gusts to 75 mph at Missouri City and Kansas City.  A thunderstorm in Texas deluged the town of Fairlie with two inches of rain in just two hours.  (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Thunderstorms produced severe weather over the Texas panhandle during the evening hours.  One thunderstorm spawned a strong (F-2) tornado in the southwest part of Amarillo, and deluged the area with five inches of rain.  The heavy rain left road
s under as much as five feet of water, and left Lawrence Lake a mile out of its banks.  Hurricane Gilbert lost some of its punch crossing the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico.  Its maximum winds diminished to 120 mph. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data
)
...1989...Unseasonably cool weather prevailed across the south central U.S.  Eight cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Raton, NM with a reading of 30 degrees.  The afternoon high of 59 degrees at Topeka, KS marked their third s
traight record cool maximum temperature.  Unseasonably warm weather continued in the Pacific Northwest.  Seattle, WA reported a record eight days in a row of 80 degree weather in September. (Storm Data)  (The National Weather Summary)

15 SEPTEMBER
...1752...A great hurricane produced a tide along the South Carolina coast which nearly inundated downtown Charleston.  However, just before the tide reached the city, a shift in the wind caused the water level to drop five feet in ten minutes. (David Lud
lum)
...1910...Rains of 0.27 inch on the 14th and 0.73 inch on the 15th were the earliest and heaviest of record for Fresno, CA, which, along with much of California, experiences a "rainy season" in the winter. (The Weather Channel)
...1939...The temperature at Detroit, MI soared to 100 degrees to establish a record for September. (The Weather Channel)
...1945...A major hurricane made a direct hit on southern Florida with wind gusts as high as 170 mph.  The Naval Air Station in Homestead suffered heavy damage with many hangars destroyed.  Four people were killed and damage totaled $55 million.  (Intelli
cast)
...1982...A snowstorm over Wyoming produced 16.9 inches at Lander to establish a 24 hour record for September for that location. (13th-15th) (The Weather Channel)
...1987...The first snow of the season was observed at the Winter Park ski resort in Colorado early in the day.  Eight inches of snow was reported at the Summit of Mount Evans, along with wind gusts to 61 mph.  Early morning thunderstorms in Texas produce
d up to six inches of rain in Real County.  Two occupants of a car drowned, and the other six occupants were injured as it was swept into Camp Wood Creek, near the town of Leakey.  Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather in centra
l and northeastern Oklahoma.  Wind gusts to 70 mph and golf ball size hail were reported around Oklahoma City, OK. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Thunderstorms brought much needed rains to parts of the central U.S.  Rainfall totals of 2.87 inches at Sioux City, IA and 4.59 inches at Kansas City, MO were records for the date.  Up to eight inches of rain deluged the Kansas City area, nearly
 as much rain as was received the previous eight months.  Hurricane Gilbert, meanwhile, slowly churned toward the U.S./Mexican border. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Showers and thunderstorms produced locally heavy rain in the Central Appalachians.  Virgie, VA received 2.60 inches of rain during the evening hours, and Bartlett, TN was deluged with 2.75 inches in just ninety minutes.  Heavy rain left five car
s partially submerged in high water in a parking lot at Bulls Gap, TN.  Thunderstorms over central North Carolina drenched the Fayetteville area with four to eight inches of rain between 8 PM and midnight.  Flash flooding, and a couple of dam breaks, clai
med the lives of two persons, and caused ten million dollars damage.  Hugo, churning over the waters of the Caribbean, strengthened to the category of a very dangerous hurricane, packing winds of 150 mph. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

16 SEPTEMBER
...1881...Iowa's earliest measurable snow of record fell over western sections of the state.  Four to six inches was reported between Stuart and Avoca. (The Weather Channel)
...1928...Hurricane San Felipe, a monster hurricane, which left 600 dead in Guadeloupe, and 300 dead in Puerto Rico, struck West Palm Beach, FL causing enormous damage, and then headed for Lake Okeechobee.  Peak winds were near 150 mph.  The high winds an
d storm waves broke the eastern dike on Lake Okeechobee, inundating flat farmland.  When the storm was over, the lake covered an area the size of the state of Delaware, and beneath its waters were 1836 victims.  The only survivors were those who reached l
arge hotels for safety, and a group of fifty people who got onto a raft to take their chances out in the middle of the lake. (David Ludlum) (Intellicast)
...1933...The Carolina-Virginia hurricane hit Cape Hatteras with winds to 76 mph.  Great winds damage was done in Virginia and Maryland.  Twenty one people died. (Intellicast)
...1964...Concord, NH drops to 27 degrees ending the shortest growing season on record (100 days) . (Intellicast)
...1984...The remains of Tropical Storm Edourd began to produce torrential rains in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas.  Port Isabel reported more than 21 inches. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Overnight rains soaked Arkansas, with 5.25 inches reported at Bismarck.  In the town of Malvern, up to four feet of water was reported over several downtown streets, with water entering some homes and businesses.  Thunderstorms in Texas drenched
 Lufkin with 4.30 inches of rain in just three hours.  Evening thunderstorms produced severe weather in Missouri.  A small tornado near Kirksville lifted a barn thirty feet into the air and then demolished it. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Hurricane Gilbert moved ashore into Mexico.  The hurricane established an all-time record for the western hemisphere with a barometric reading of 26.13 inches.  Winds approached 200 mph, with higher gusts.  Gilbert devastated Jamaica and the Yuc
atan Peninsula. (The Weather Channel)
Hurricane Gilbert made landfall 120 miles south of Brownsville, TX during the early evening.  Winds gusted to 61 mph at Brownsville, and reached 82 mph at Padre Island.  Six foot tides eroded three to four feet off beaches along the Lower Texas Coast, lea
ving the waterline seventy-five feet farther inland.  Rainfall totals ranged up to 8.71 inches at Lamark, TX.  Gilbert caused three million dollars damage along the Lower Texas Coast, but less than a million dollars damage along the Middle Texas Coast. (T
he National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Showers and thunderstorms, representing what remained of Hurricane Octave, brought locally heavy rains to California, impeding the drying process for raisins and other crops.  Sacramento, CA was soaked with 1.53 inches of rain in six hours.  At
Phoenix, AZ, the afternoon high of 107 degrees marked a record seventy-six days with afternoon highs 105 degrees or above. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

17 SEPTEMBER
...1932...Concord, NH was drenched with 5.97 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish a record for that location (16th- 17th). (The Weather Channel)
Check date == 1960 or 1965?
...1960...An early snowstorm buried portions of Wyoming.  23 inches fell at Rawlins and 20.7 at Lander both far surpassing previous early season records. (Intellicast)
...1963...Nearly two and a half inches of rain fell at Yuma, AZ in 24 hours from Tropical Storm Katherina.  It was the most intense rain for Yuma during the period between 1909 and 1977. (The Weather Channel)
...1965...A storm produced a band of heavy snow across parts of Wyoming.  Totals of 23 inches at Rawlins and 20.7 inches at Lander easily surpassed previous snowfall record totals for so early in the season. (15th-17th) (The Weather Channel)
...1971...Boulder, CO buried under 21 inches of snow and Denver recorded 15.6 inches.  Damage to trees and power lines was extensive due to the wet nature of the snow.  Record breaking cold followed the snow.
...1987...Thunderstorms produced large hail, damaging winds, and heavy rain in the northeastern U.S.  Heavy rain in southwestern Pennsylvania forced evacuation of twenty homes along Four Mile Run Creek, near Darlington.  Harrisburg, PA established a recor
d for the date with 2.11 inches of rain.  A cold front in the central U.S. brought freezing temperatures to parts of Montana and Wyoming. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Early in the morning a tornado hit Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX injuring three persons and causing twenty-eight million dollars damage.  A second tornado on the northwest side of San Antonio caused six million dollars damage, and a th
ird tornado in Bexar County killed one person and injured another.  Thunderstorms associated with Hurricane Gilbert spawned a total of forty-seven tornadoes in a two day period, with forty of those tornadoes in central and south central Texas. (Storm Data
) (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Hurricane Hugo hit the Virgin Islands, producing wind gusts to 97 mph at Saint Croix.  Hurricane Hugo passed directly over the island of Saint Croix causing complete devastation and essentially cutting off the island from communications.  A stor
m surge of five to seven feet occurred at Saint Croix.  The only rain gauge left operating, at Caneel Bay, indicated 9.40 inches in 24 hours. Hurricane Hugo claimed the lives of three persons at Saint Croix, and caused more than 500 million dollars damage
.  A ship, Nightcap, in the harbor of Culebra, measured wind gusts as high as 170 mph.
A cold front brought high winds to the Great Basin and the Rocky Mountain Region, and thunderstorms along the cold front produced wind gusts to 66 mph at Yellowstone Park, WY. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

18 SEPTEMBER
...1926...The great "Miami Hurricane" produced winds reaching 138 mph which drove ocean waters into the Biscayne Bay drowning 135 persons.  The eye of the hurricane passed over Miami, at which time the barometric pressure reached 27.61 inches.  Tides up t
o twelve feet high accompanied the hurricane, which claimed a total of 372 lives. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
...1926 - September 18	the Great Miami Hurricane passed over the city with sustained winds of 123 mph for 5 minutes and 138 mph for 2 minutes.  Miami was in the eye for 45 minutes.  The tide was 11.7 feet above normal inundating the beach and city.  243 p
eople died and damage was $12 million.
...1987...Early morning thunderstorms in northern Texas produced wind gusts to 65 mph at Sulphur Springs, and 2.50 inches of rain in one hour at Commerce, which caused widespread street flooding.  Bonham, TX received 4.50 inches of rain which also resulte
d in widespread street flooding as Pig Branch overflowed its banks. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...A strong cold front produced severe thunderstorms in the north central U.S.  High winds behind the cold front gusted to 92 mph at Fort Collins, CO, and up to a foot of snow blanketed the mountains of Montana, with seven inches reported at Great
Falls.  High winds in Colorado caused three million dollars damage. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
Old typhoons never die - they just become extratropical and head for the Bay! A potent low, formerly Typhoon Hal produced record setting winds of 75 mph with gusts to 96 mph at Cold Bay, AK.  (Intellicast)
...1989...Hurricane Hugo hit Puerto Rico, producing wind gusts to 92 mph at San Juan, and wind gusts to 120 mph at Roosevelt Roads.  Hugo produced a storm surge of four to six feet, and northeastern sections of the island were deluged with more than ten i
nches of rain.  Hugo claimed the lives of a dozen persons in Puerto Rico, and caused a billion dollars damage, including 100 million dollars damage to crops.  Thunderstorms representing what remained of Hurricane Octave continued to bring heavy rain to th
e valleys of northern California.  Heavier 24 hour rainfall totals included 3.15 inches at Redding, and 2.66 inches at Red Bluff. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1991...2.4 inches of snow fell at Duluth, MN to set a new record for September. (Intellicast)

19 SEPTEMBER
...1947...The eye of a hurricane passed directly over New Orleans, and the barometric pressure dipped to 28.61 inches.  The hurricane killed fifty-one persons, and caused 110 million dollars damage.  It produced wind gusts to 155 mph while making landfall
 over Fort Lauderdale FL two days earlier. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
...1955...Hurricane Ione made landfall near Morehead City, NC with winds over 100 mph.  16.63 inches of rain fell at Maysville, NC.  Forty blocks of New Bern, NC were underwater at one point.  Seven people lost their lives and total damage was $88 million
.  This was the third hurricane to cross eastern North Carolina in 5 weeks.  (Intellicast)
...1967...Hurricane Beulah deluged Brownsville, TX with 12.19 inches of rain in 24 hours, to establish a record for that location.  Hurricane Beulah made landfall on the 20th near the mouth of the Rio Grande River, where a wind gust to 135 mph was reporte
d by a ship in the port. (19th-20th) (The Weather Channel)
...1983...New York City had a record 92 degrees while snows fell out west.  Fourteen inches of snow fell just south of Great Falls, MT (19-20 September).  Temperatures fall to a 6 degrees below zero at West Yellowstone, MT following the snow. (Intellicast
)
...1987...Cool autumn-like weather invaded the Central Rockies.  Temperatures dipped into the 30s and 40s, with readings in the teens and 20s reported in the higher elevations.  Gunnison, CO was the cold spot in the nation with a morning low of 15 degrees
. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Thunderstorms developing along a fast moving cold front produced severe weather in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan.  Eight tornadoes were reported, including five in Indiana. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 74 mph at Wabash, IN.  Winds as
sociated with the cold front itself gusted to 69 mph at Kenosha, WI. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain in the Middle and Northern Atlantic Coast Region.  Cape Hatteras, NC was deluged with nearly 3.50 inches of rain in three hours.  Syracuse, NY reported 1.77 inches of rain, a record for the date, and
 Chatham, NJ reported an all-time record of 3.45 inches in one day.  Hurricane Hugo headed for the Bahamas, and Tropical Storm Iris, following close on its heels, strengthened to near hurricane force. (The National Weather Summary)

20 SEPTEMBER
...1845...A tornado, called the "Adirondack Tornado". traveled 275 miles across Lake Ontario, New York and Lake Champlain, after starting as a waterspout over Lake Ontario and then traveling as a tornado through New York State to exit as a waterspout agai
n on Lake Champlain.  The treefall in the forest is still discernible. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987) (Intellicast)
...1909...A strong hurricane made landfall in southeastern Louisiana.  A 15 foot storm surge flooded the Timbalier Bay area.  350 people perished. (Intellicast)
...1926...A hurricane which hit Miami, FL on the 18th, pounded Pensacola with wind gusts to 152 mph.  Winds raged in excess of 100 mph for four hours, and above 75 mph for 20 hours. (The Weather Channel)
...1967...Hurricane Beulah moved into South Texas, and torrential rains from the hurricane turned the rich agricultural areas of South Texas into a large lake.  Hurricane Beulah also spawned a record 115 tornadoes. (David Ludlum)
...1967 - September 20	Hurricane Beulah struck south Texas with gusts to 136 mph near Brownsville.  The storm was a slow mover and Pettus, TX had 27.38 inches.  The hurricane also spawned 115 tornadoes in south Texas, the greatest ever for a hurricane.  1
3 people perished and damage was set at $200 million.
...1983...The temperature at West Yellowstone, MT plunged to six degrees below zero, while the temperature at San Francisco, CA soared to 94 degrees. (The Weather Channel)
...1984...Four days of heavy rains come to an end in extreme south Texas.  Port Isabel recorded a total of 21.27 inches while Brownsville, TX had 15.19 inches.  Brownsville International Airport was closed for 4 days due to extensive flooding.  Total dama
ge $30 million. (Intellicast)
...1987...Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather in Oklahoma and west Texas.  In Oklahoma, a thunderstorm at Seiling produced three inches of rain in one hour, golf ball size hail, and wind gusts to 60 mph which collapsed a tent at th
e state fair injuring nine persons. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Showers and thunderstorms produced locally heavy rains in central Wyoming, and snow in some of the higher elevations.  Casper, WY reported 1.75 inches of rain in 24 hours, and a thunderstorm north of the Wild Horse Reservoir produced 1.90 inches
 of rain in just forty minutes.
...1989...Hugo jilted Iris.  Hurricane Hugo churned toward the South Atlantic Coast, gradually regaining strength along the way.  Tropical Storm Iris got too close to Hugo, and began to weaken.  A cold front brought strong and gusty winds to the Great Bas
in and the Southern Plateau Region, with wind gusts to 44 mph reported at Kingman AZ. (The National Weather Summary)

21 SEPTEMBER
...1894...Severe thunderstorms ravaged northern Iowa and southern Minnesota.  Sixty-three people were killed and 253 were injured.  Three of the tornadoes were rated F4 and one F5.  A heavy chicken house, sixteen by sixteen feet in area, was picked up by
a tornado and wedged between two trees.  The hens were found the next day sitting on their eggs in the chicken house, with no windows broken, as though nothing had happened. (Intellicast) (The Weather Channel)
...1924...Two tornadoes, one an F4 and the other an F5 tore paths of devastation through Eau Claire, Clark and Taylor counties in Wisconsin.  Death toll was 18 and 50 people were injured. (Intellicast)
...1938...A great hurricane smashed into Long Island and bisected New England causing a massive forest blowdown and widespread flooding.  Winds gusted to 186 mph at Blue Hill, MA, and a storm surge of nearly thirty feet caused extensive flooding along the
 coast of Rhode Island.  The hurricane killed 600 persons and caused 500 million dollars damage.  The hurricane, which lasted twelve days, destroyed 275 million trees.  Hardest hit were Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Long Island NY.  The "Lo
ng Island Express" produced gargantuan waves with its 150 mph winds, waves which smashed against the New England shore with such force that earthquake-recording machines on the Pacific coast clearly showed the shock of each wave.  (David Ludlum) (The Weat
her Channel)
...1938...The 'Long Island Express', New England's greatest hurricane on record slammed into Long Island at a forward speed of over 60 mph.  The pressure at Bellport on Long Island dropped to 27.94 inches the lowest on record for the northeast.  Blue Hill
 Observatory in Milton, MA had a sustained wind of 121 mph with a peak wind gust of 186 mph.  A massive storm surge with waves 30 to 40 feet high caused extreme devastation on Rhode Island and southeast Massachusetts coastlines.  Providence, RI was inunda
ted with a record 13.75 foot storm surge.  600 people perished and damage totaled $387 million.
...1954...The temperature at Deeth, NV soared from a morning low of 12 degrees to a high of 87 degrees, a record daily warm-up for the state. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Tropical Storm Emily, which formed in the Caribbean the previous afternoon, caused considerable damage to the banana industry of Saint Vincent in the Windward Islands.  Unseasonably hot weather continued in Florida and the western U.S.  Redding,
 CA and Red Bluff, CA, with record highs of 108 degrees, tied for honors as the hot spot in the nation. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Thunderstorms produced high winds and locally heavy rain in the southwestern U.S.  One thunderstorm in west Texas produced wind gusts to 86 mph at Dell City completely destroying an airport hangar.  A Cessna 150 aircraft housed within the hangar
 was flipped over and snapped in two.  Thunderstorms produced large hail in east central Utah, while snow blanketed some of the higher elevations of the state. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Hurricane Hugo slammed into the South Carolina coast about 11 PM, making landfall near Sullivans Island.  Hurricane Hugo was directly responsible for thirteen deaths, and indirectly responsible for twenty-two others.  A total of 420 persons were
 injured in the hurricane, and damage was estimated at eight billion dollars, including two billion dollars damage to crops.  Sustained winds reached 85 mph at Folly Beach SC, with wind gusts as high was 138 mph.  Wind gusts reached 98 mph at Charleston,
and 109 mph at Shaw AFB.  The biggest storm surge occurred in the McClellanville and Bulls Bay area of Charleston County, with a storm surge of 20.2 feet reported at Seewee Bay.  Shrimp boats were found one half mile inland at McClellanville.  (National W
eather Summary) (Storm Data)

22 SEPTEMBER
...1890...A severe hailstorm struck Strawberry, AZ.  Five days after the storm hail still lay in drifts 12 to 18 inches deep. (The Weather Channel)
...1913...Des Moines, IA experienced their earliest freeze of record. (The Weather Channel)
...1961...Hurricane Esther made a near complete 350 mile circle south of Cape Cod from the 21st to the 25th.  The hurricane then passed over Cape Cod and hit Maine.  Its energy was largely spent over the North Atlantic Ocean, however, heavy rains over Mai
ne resulted in widespread local flooding of cellars, low roads, and underpasses. (David Ludlum)
...1983...Forty-one cities reported record cold temperatures during the morning.  Houston TX hit 50 degrees, and Williston, ND plunged to 19 degrees. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Hurricane Emily, the first hurricane to roam the Caribbean in nearly six years, made landfall over the Dominican Republic late in the day, packing 125 mph winds.  Emily killed three persons and caused thirty million dollars damage.  A record hig
h of 92 degrees at Miami FL was their fifth in a row. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...An early morning thunderstorm produced baseball size hail at Plainview, in Hale County, TX.  Late in the evening more thunderstorms in the Southern High Plains Region produced wind gusts to 75 mph at Plainview, TX and Crosby, TX. (Storm Data) (T
he National Weather Summary)
...1989...Hurricane Hugo quickly lost strength over South Carolina, but still was a tropical storm as it crossed into North Carolina, just west of Charlotte, at about 7 AM.  Winds around Charlotte reached 69 mph, with gusts to 99 mph.  Eighty percent of t
he power was knocked out to Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.  Property damage in North Carolina was 210 million dollars, and damage to crops was 97 million dollars.  The strongest storm surge occurred along the southern coast shortly after midnight, reac
hing nine feet above sea level at ocean Isle and Sunset Beach.  Hugo killed one person and injured fifteen others in North Carolina.  Strong northwesterly winds ushered unseasonably cold air into the north central U.S., in time for the official start of a
utumn, at 8:20 PM (CDT).  Squalls produced light snow in northern Wisconsin.  Winds in Wisconsin gusted to 52 mph at Rhinelander.  (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)
...1989 - September 22	after thrashing Puerto Rico several days before, Hugo made landfall at Charleston, SC around midnight.  The hurricane rapidly intensified just prior to landfall with sustained winds of 135 mph.  A storm surge of up to 20 feet occurr
ed along the coast just northeast of Charleston.  Winds gusted to 110 mph at Shaw AFB in Sumter well inland.  A total of 92 people were killed by Hugo and the damage was estimated at $10 billion making it the costliest hurricane in history (succeeded by H
urricane Andrew in August 1992). (Intellicast)

23 SEPTEMBER
...1815...One of the greatest hurricanes to strike New England made landfall at Long Island and again at Old Saybrook, CT before crossing Massachusetts and New Hampshire.  Extensive structural damage was done.  Providence, RI was flooded and 6 people were
 killed.  This "Great September Gale" was the worst tempest in nearly two hundred years, equal to the Great 1938 Hurricane, and one of a series of severe summer and autumn storms to affect shipping lanes that year. (David Ludlum)
...1904...The temperature at Charlotteburg, NJ dipped to 23 degrees, the coldest reading of record for so early in the autumn for the state. (The Weather Channel)
...1975...Hurricane Eloise made landfall between Fort Walton Beach and Panama City, FL with sustained winds of 125 mph and a peak gust of 155 mph.  This was the first direct hit by a storm in that area this century.  Tides were 12 to 16 feet above normal.
  A total of 21 people were killed and damages mounted to $490 million.  The remains of Hurricane Eloise merged with a stationary front over New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland producing major flooding.  (Intellicast)
...1983...A thunderstorm downburst caused a timber blowdown in the Kaibab National Forest north of the Grand Canyon.  Two hundred acres were completely destroyed, and scattered destruction occurred across another 3300 acres.  Many trees were snapped off 1
5 to 30 feet above ground level. (The Weather Channel)
The earliest report of measurable snow at Snowshoe, WV. (Intellicast)
...1987...Autumn began on a rather pleasant note for much of the nation.  Showers and thunderstorms were confined to Florida and the southwestern deserts.  Warm weather continued in the western U.S., and began to spread into the Great Plains Region, but e
ven in the southwestern deserts readings remained below 100 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Thunderstorms developing along a cold front in the south central U.S. produced severe weather in Oklahoma during the afternoon and early evening hours.  Thunderstorms produced softball size hail near Noble and Enterprise, and baseball size hail
at Lequire and Kinta.  A tornado near Noble, OK destroyed a mobile home injuring one person. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Seventeen cities in the north central U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Devils Lake, ND with a reading of 22 degrees.  Jackson, KY reported a record low of 41 degrees during the late afternoon.  Strong northwesterly w
inds ushering cold air into the central and northeastern U.S. gusted to 55 mph at Indianapolis, IN.  Winds along the cold front gusted to 65 mph at Norfolk, VA, and thunderstorms along the cold front deluged Roseland, NJ with 2.25 inches of rain in one ho
ur.  The temperature at Richmond, VA plunged from 84 degrees to 54 degrees in two hours.  Snow and sleet was reported at Binghamton, NY. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

24 SEPTEMBER
...1888...The earliest frost of record hit the southern states covering South Carolina, Georgia and northern Florida  (Intellicast)
...1926...The temperature at Riverside Ranger Station Yellowstone Park dipped to nine degrees below zero, the coldest reading of record in the U.S. during September.  Severe freezes were widespread over the northwestern U.S. causing great crop destruction
.  In Washington State, Spokane County experienced their earliest snow of record.  Harney Branch Experiment Station in Oregon reported a temperature of 2 degrees above zero to establish a state record for the month of September. (David Ludlum) (The Weathe
r Channel)
...1950...A smoke pall from western Canada forest fires covered much of the eastern U.S.  Daylight was reduced to nighttime darkness in parts of the Northeast.  The color of the sun varied from pink to purple, blue, or lavender.  Yellow to gray-tan was co
mmon. (24th-30th) (The Weather Channel)
...1972...Lightning struck a man near Waldport, OR, a young man who it so happens was carrying thirty-five pieces of dynamite. (The Weather Channel)
...1985...Hurricane Gloria in the western Atlantic reached a pressure of 918.6 millibars (27.13 inches), the strongest ever in this part of the Atlantic.  Winds reported by reconnaissance aircraft was measured sustained at 156 mph.  The media immediately
declared Gloria, the "Killer Storm of the Century" preparing the east coast for atmospheric Armageddon. (Intellicast)
...1986...A strong F2 tornado touched down near Vina, CA.  A mobile home was destroyed and 11 other buildings damaged or demolished.  Fifty acres of walnut groves were flattened. (Intellicast)
...1987...The first full day of autumn proved to be a pleasant one for much of the nation, with sunny skies and mild temperatures.  Thunderstorms again formed over Florida and the southwestern deserts, and also formed along a cold front in the northeaster
n U.S.  A storm spotter at Earp, CA sighted a couple of funnel clouds, one on the California side of the state line, and the other on the Arizona side. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Thunderstorms developing along a stationary front produced large hail and damaging winds in the southeastern U.S., with reports of severe weather most numerous in North Carolina.  Golf ball size hail was reported at Tick Creek and a number of ot
her locations in North Carolina. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Forty-seven cities between the Rockies and the Appalachians reported record low temperatures for the date.  Lows of 38 degrees at Abilene, TX, 34 degrees at Jackson, KY, and 36 degrees at Midland, TX established records for the month of Septembe
r.  The low of 36 degrees at Midland smashed their previous record for the date by thirteen degrees.  Fayetteville, AR and Springfield, MO reported their earliest freeze of record.  Thunderstorms produced torrential rains in northeastern Florida.  Jackson
ville was deluged with 11.40 inches of rain, and flash flooding resulted in two deaths. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

25 SEPTEMBER
...1934...Cut Bank, MT hit a low temperature for the day of 4 below zero.  Heavy snow accompanied the cold with 32 inches falling in Glacier National Park. (Intellicast)
...1939...A west coast hurricane moved onshore south of Los Angeles bringing unprecedented rains along the southern coast of California.  Nearly five and a half inches of rain drenched Los Angeles during a 24 hour period.  The hurricane caused two million
 dollars damage, mostly to structures along the coast and to crops, and claimed 45 lives at sea.  "El Cordonazo" produced 5.66 inches of rain at Los Angeles and 11.6 inches of rain at Mount Wilson, both records for the month of September. (David Ludlum) (
The Weather Channel)
...1987...Hurricane Emily which had battered Cape Hatteras crossed the island of Bermuda during the early morning.  Emily, moving northeast at 45 mph, produced wind gusts to 115 mph at Kindley Field.  The thirty-five million dollars damage inflicted by Em
ily made it the worst hurricane to strike Bermuda since 1948. Parts of Michigan and Wisconsin experienced their first freeze of the autumn.  Snow and sleet were reported in the Sheffield and Sutton areas of northeastern Vermont at midday. (The National We
ather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Low pressure off the Northern Pacific Coast brought rain and gale force winds to the coast of Washington State.  Fair weather prevailed across most of the rest of the nation. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Twenty-three cities in the south central U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Topeka, KS with a reading of 33 degrees, and Binghamton, NY with a low of 25 degrees.  Showers and thunderstorms in the southeastern U.S. dren
ched Atlanta, GA with 4.87 inches of rain, their sixth highest total of record for any given day. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

26 SEPTEMBER
...1936...Denver, CO was buried under 21.3 inches of snow, 19.4 inches of which fell in 24 hours.  The heavy wet snow snapped trees and wires causing seven million dollars damage. (26th-27th) (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
...1942...A severe freeze was experienced in the Dakotas and Minnesota from the 26th to the 28th.  The temperature at Parshall, ND dropped to 4 degrees. (Intellicast)
...1950...Residents of the northeastern U.S. observed a blue sun and a blue moon, caused by forest fires in British Columbia and Alberta. (David Ludlum)
...1955...Hurricane Janet underwent extreme deepening in the Caribbean south of Cuba.  Janet went from category 1 to a category 4 in only 24 hours.  A reconnaissance plane was lost with in Janet on this day, the only recon plane ever lost in a hurricane.
 On the 27th, the winds were estimated to have reached 200 mph.  Janet made landfall on the 28th with sustained winds of 175 mph, killing 500 and doing $40 million damage   (Intellicast)
...1963...San Diego, CA reached an all-time record high of 111 degrees.  Los Angeles hit 109 degrees. (David Ludlum)
...1970...Santa Ana winds brought fires to Los Angeles County, and to points south and east.  Half a million acres were consumed by the fires, as were 1000 structures.  Twenty firemen were injured. (25th-29th) (The Weather Channel)
...1979...In the midst of a hot September for Death Valley, California, the afternoon high was 104 degrees for the second of three days, the coolest afternoon highs for the month. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Freezing temperatures were reported in the Northern and Central Appalachians, and the Upper Ohio Valley.  The morning low of 27 degrees at Concord, NH tied their record for the date.  Temperatures soared into the 90s in South Dakota.  Pierre, SD
 reported an afternoon high of 98 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...Unseasonably warm weather prevailed across Florida.  Afternoon highs of 92 degrees at Apalachicola and 95 degrees at Fort Myers were records for the date. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Rain spread from the southeastern states across New England overnight.  Cape Hatteras, NC reported measurable rainfall for the fourteenth straight day, with 15.51 inches of rain recorded during that two week period.  Phoenix, AZ reported a recor
d high of 108 degrees, and a record 134 days of 100 degree weather for the year.  Afternoon temperatures were only in the 40s over parts of northwest Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. (The National Weather Summary)

27 SEPTEMBER
...1816...A black frost over most of New England kills unripened corn in the north resulting in a year of famine. (David Ludlum)
...1936...Denver CO had 21.3 inches of snow in a 60 hour storm   (Intellicast)
...1958...Hurricane Helene passed just off the North Carolina coast.  Wilmington had a wind gust of 135 mph.  and recorded 8.9 inches of rain.  Cape Fear was battered by sustained winds of 125 mph with gusts to 155 mph.  The eye remained 20 miles offshore
 and thus tides were not excessive.  Total damage was 11 million. (Intellicast)
...1959...A tornado 440 yards in width traveled twenty miles from near Hollow, OK to western Cherokee County, KS.  Although a strong tornado, it was very slow moving, and gave a tremendous warning roar, and as a result no one was killed. (The Weather Chan
nel)
...1970...Afternoon highs of 103 degrees at Long Beach, CA and 105 degrees at the Los Angeles Civic Center were the hottest since September records were established in 1963.  Fierce Santa Ana winds accompanying the extreme heat resulted in destructive fir
es. (The Weather Channel)
...1985...Hurricane Gloria, the biggest media hyped hurricane ever passed over the Hatteras Weather Service office on the outer banks.  Gloria then raced north-northeastward and made landfall near Fire Island and then crossed Connecticut coastline very cl
ose to Bridgeport, CT.  Winds gusted to 115 mph on Long Island, 109 at Chatham, MA and 100 mph at the Blue Hill Observatory in Milton, MA.  Eight fatalities occurred and total damage was around $1 billion.  Many people in Connecticut were without power fo
r up to 2 weeks.
A record early season snowstorm struck the Central High Plains with up to 19 inches of snow along the Colorado Front Range and as much as a foot of snow in the Plains.  Denver had a morning low on the 28th of 17, the lowest ever for September.  Grand Isla
nd, NE had 2 inches of snow on the 28th, the earliest ever on record   (Intellicast)
...1987...While those at the base of Mount Washington, NH enjoyed sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s, the top of the mountain was blanketed with 4.7 inches of snow, along with wind gusts to 99 mph, and a temperature of 13 degrees.  Severe thunderstor
ms developed along a cold front in the south central U.S.  A thunderstorm west of Noodle, TX produced golf ball size hail and wind gusts to 70 mph. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced large hail in southeastern Wyoming during the afternoon, with tennis ball size hail reported at Cheyenne.  Strong winds ushering the cold air into the north central U.S. gusted to 59 mph at
 Lander, WY. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1989...Freezing temperatures were reported in the Great Lakes Region and the Ohio Valley.  Houghton Lake, MI reported a record low of 21 degrees.  Thunderstorms in the western U.S. produced wind gusts to 50 mph at Salt Lake City, UT, and gusts to 58 mp
h at Cody, WY.(The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

28 SEPTEMBER
...1836...The first of three early season snows brought four inches of snow to Hamilton, NY, and two inches to Ashby, MA. (David Ludlum)
...1893...Albuquerque, NM was soaked with 2.25 inches of rain, enough to establish a 24 hour record for that city. (The Weather Channel)
...1917...A hurricane hit Pensacola, FL.  Winds gusted to 95 mph, and the barometric pressure dipped to 28.50 inches.  Winds at Mobile, AL gusted to 75 mph. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...Thunderstorms produced up to ten inches of rain in southern Kansas and north central Oklahoma overnight.  The Chikaskia River rose 2.5 feet above flood stage at Blackwell, OK during the day causing flooding in Kay and Grant counties of north cen
tral Oklahoma.  Early morning thunderstorms in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas produced 3.07 inches of rain in six hours at McAllen.  Thunderstorms produced up to six inches of rain in southeastern Texas later in the day. (National Weather Summary) (
Storm Data)
...1988...Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front in the central U.S. produced severe weather from northern Texas to the Lower Missouri Valley during the late afternoon and evening hours.  Hail three inches in diameter was reported at Nolan, TX, an
d wind gusts to 80 mph were reported at Lawrence, KS.  Thunderstorms drenched downtown Kansas City, MO with up to four inches of rain, leaving some cars stranded in water six feet deep. (Storm Data)  (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Thunderstorms over northeastern Florida drenched Jacksonville with 4.28 inches of rain between midnight and 6 AM EDT.  Unseasonably cool weather prevailed in the northeastern U.S.  Five cities reported record low temperatures for the date, inclu
ding Binghamton, NY with a reading of 30 degrees.  Morning lows were in the 20s in northern New England.  Unseasonably mild weather prevailed in the northwestern U.S., with afternoon highs in the upper 70s and 80s.  In Oregon, Astoria reported a record hi
gh of 83 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

29 SEPTEMBER
...1927...An outbreak of tornadoes from Oklahoma to Indiana caused 81 deaths and 25 million dollars damage.  A tornado (possibly two tornadoes) cut an eight-mile long path across Saint Louis, MO, to Granite City, IL, killing 79 persons.  The damage path a
t times was a mile and a quarter in width. The storm followed a similar path to tornadoes which struck in 1871, 1896, and 1959. (The Weather Channel)
...1938...Charleston, SC was hit with 5 tornadoes, which killed 32 people and did $2 million in damage. (Intellicast)
...1959...Hurricane Gracie made landfall near Beaufort, SC with sustained winds of 97 mph with a peak gust to 138 mph.  Ten people were killed in South Carolina and Georgia.  As the weakening storm moved through Virginia on the 30th, she spawned an F3 tor
nado at Ivy, VA which killed 11 people.  A storm produced 28 inches of snow at Colorado Springs, CO. (David Ludlum)
...1983...Heavy rains began in central and eastern Arizona which culminated in the worst flood in the history of the state.  Eight to ten inch rains across the area caused severe flooding in southeastern Arizona which resulted in thirteen deaths and 178 m
illion dollars damage.  President Reagan declared eight counties of Arizona to be disaster areas. (The Weather Channel)
...1986...A week of violent weather began in Oklahoma which culminated in one of the worst flooding events in the history of the state.  On the first day of the week early morning thunderstorms caused more than a million dollars damage in south Oklahoma C
ity.  Thunderstorms produced 4 to 7 inches of rain from Hobart to Ponca City, and another round of thunderstorms that evening produced 7 to 10 inches of rain in north central and northeastern sections of Oklahoma. (Storm Data)
...1987...A slow moving cold front produced rain from the Great Lakes Region to the Central Gulf Coast Region.  A late afternoon thunderstorm produced wind gusts to 62 mph at Buffalo, NY.  Warm weather continued in the western U.S.  In Oregon, the afterno
on high of 96 degrees at Medford was a record for the date. (The National Weather Summary)
...1988...High pressure brought freezing temperatures to parts of Vermont and New York State.  Burlington, VT dipped to 30 degrees, and Binghamton, NY reported a record low of 34 degrees. The high pressure system also brought cold weather to the Central R
ocky Mountain Region. Alamosa, CO reported a record low of 18 degrees, and Gunnison, CO was the cold spot in the nation with a morning low of just five degrees above zero. (National Weather Summary)
...1989...Seven cities reported record high temperatures for the date, as readings soared into the 80s and low 90s in the Northern Plateau and Northern Plains Region.  Record highs included 91 degrees at Boise, ID, and 92 degrees at Sheridan, WY.  The hig
h of 100 degrees at Tucson, AZ marked their 51st record high of the year, and their 92nd day of 100 degree weather. (National Weather Summary)
...1991...Snow began in Caribou, ME at 8:35 PM.  On the 29th and ending at 2 AM on the 30th with 2.5 inches accumulating. (Intellicast)

30 SEPTEMBER
...1959...Three tornadoes spawned by the remnants of Hurricane Gracie killed 12 persons at Ivy, VA. (The Weather Channel)
...1961...An early season snowfall occurred over the Northern Plains with the greatest total (4 inches in the Ulm-Mankato area in Minnesota).  Omaha, NE had its first September snow in 70 years. (Intellicast)
...1970...A nineteen month drought in southern California came to a climax.  The drought, which made brush and buildings tinder dry, set up the worst fire conditions in California history as hot Santa Anna winds sent the temperature soaring to 105 degrees
 at Los Angeles, and to 97 degrees at San Diego.  During that last week of September whole communities of interior San Diego County were consumed by fire. Half a million acres were burned, and the fires caused fifty million dollars damage. (David Ludlum)
...1977...The temperature at Wichita Falls, TX soared to 108 degrees to establish a record for September. (The Weather Channel)
...1986...Thunderstorms, which had inundated northern sections of Oklahoma with heavy rain, temporarily shifted southward producing 4 to 8 inches rains from Shawnee to Stilwell.  Baseball size hail and 80 mph winds ripped through parts of southeast Oklaho
ma City, and thunderstorm winds caused more than half a million dollars damage at Shawnee. (Storm Data)
...1987...Afternoon thunderstorms in Michigan produced hail an inch in diameter at Pinckney, and wind gusts to 68 mph at Wyandotte.  A thunderstorm in northern Indiana produced wet snow at South Bend. Seven cities in the northwestern U.S. reported record
high temperatures for the date, including readings of 98 degrees at Medford, OR and 101 degrees at downtown Sacramento, CA.  (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1988...Unseasonably warm weather prevailed over Florida, and in the western U.S.  The afternoon high of 94 degrees at Fort Myers, FL was their tenth record high for the month.  Highs of 98 degrees at Medford, OR and 99 degrees at Fresno, CA were record
s for the date, and the temperature at Borrego Springs, CA soared to 108 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...Thirteen cities reported record high temperatures for the date, as readings soared into the upper 80s and 90s from the Northern and Central High Plains Region to Minnesota.  Bismarck, ND reported a record high of 95 degrees, and the temperature
reached 97 degrees at Broadus, MT.  Afternoon thunderstorms developing along a cold front produced wind gusts to 60 mph at Wendover, UT. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
...1992...Fairbanks, AK averaged a frigid 31.7 degrees for the month, 13.2 degrees below normal and a record.  Beginning on the 9th, a record low was set for every day of the month.  The temperature plunged to 3 degrees on the 30th, the coldest ever for S
eptember.  Snowfall for the month totaled 24.4 inches, more than three times the previous record.  The snows never melted.  Plant foliage still green, was frozen into place and week long power outages occurred as whole trees bent over onto power lines in
the heavy wet snow. (Intellicast)

...1985 -No date	An early season snowstorm covered the Arrowhead region of Minnesota with 7 to 9 inches of snow.  7 inches fell at Babbitt and Aurora, 7.5 inches at Isabella and 8.5 inches at Polar Lake.  This was believed to be the most ever for Septembe
r in this region   (Intellicast)
...1992 -No date	a record early snowstorm came to an end over the western Tanana Valley in Alaska.  16.7 inches of snow fell at Fairbanks, a September record.  Denali National Park was buried under 36.7 inches over the four day period and Elielson AFB had
 23.5 inches. (Intellicast)
...1988, September 12-16	Hurricane Gilbert tore through the Caribbean .  On the 12th, it cut through Jamaica with Kingston recording 116 mph sustained winds and gust to 140.  45 people were killed and damage topped $2 billion.  Despite 7000 foot mountains
, Gilbert didn't weaken at all and after exiting Jamaica, underwent incredible deepening with a 72 mb fall in 24 hours to 888 mb (26.22 inches).  Sustained winds were recorded at 185 mph with gusts over 200 mph in the Caribbean west of Jamaica.  On the 16
th the storm came ashore near Las Pesca, Mexico about 125 miles south of Brownsville.  Mexico was hard hit with 202 killed and 60,000 homes destroyed.  Total damage reached 2 billion dollars.  In the U.S. the damage of $50 million was mostly from tornadoe
s spun off by Gilbert, two in San Antonio and one at Kelly AFB which did $28 million damage. (Intellicast)


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