Wednesday Daily Weather Summary

ONLINE DAILY WEATHER SUMMARY

Wednesday, 8 September 1999

YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE EXTREMES ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL US
ALASKAN WEATHER
HAWAIIAN WEATHER
HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS

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YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE EXTREMES ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL US --Tuesday morning's lowest temperature was XX degrees at XXX, while the highest temperature on Tuesday was XX degrees at XXX.

ALASKAN WEATHER -- ...

The state lowest overnight temperature on Tuesday morning was XX degrees at XXX. The highest temperature by mid afternoon of Tuesday was XX degrees at XXX.

HAWAIIAN WEATHER -- ...

HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENTS - 8 September

From the files of the Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO and Intellicast

...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 hurricane 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 Pennsylvania, where flooding caused more than 55 million dollars damage 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 inches 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 Data)
...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).