1926: The temperature at Yellowstone Park dipped to -9*F. It was the coldest reading of record in the US during September. Severe freezes were widespread over the northwestern US 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*F to establish a state record for the month of September.
1950: The Sun and Moon appeared blue over the Northeastern United States due to
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1551, 1555, or 1556: An intense tornado hit Valletta, Malta killing an estimated 600 people. The tornado first started out as a waterspout.
1815: One of the greatest hurricanes to strike New England made landfall at Long Island, New York and crossed into Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
1904: The temperature at Charlotteburg, New Jersey, dipped to 23*F, the coldest
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1890: A severe hailstorm struck Strawberry, Arizona. Five days after the storm hail still lay in drifts 12 to 18 inches deep.
1913: Des Moines, Iowa experiences the earliest freeze on record
1945: The Pee Dee River at Pee Dee, South Carolina reached its all-time highest crest of 33.30 feet. This far surpassed its major flood stage of 28 feet.
1961: Hurricane Esther made a nearly complete circle south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The hurricane pas
1894: 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.
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
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1845: A tornado traveled 275 miles across Lake Ontario, NY and Lake Champlain in Vermont.
1926: A Hurricane which pounded Miami two days earlier strikes Pensacola, FL.
1983: The temperature in Yellowstone, Montana plunged to -6*F while San Francisco, California soared to 94*F.
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
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1947:A hurricane struck New Orleans, Louisiana. Killing 51 people and causing $110 million in damage.
1955: Hurricane Hilda strikes Mexico. Killing 200 people.
1967: Hurricane Beulah dumped 12 inches of rain in Brownsville, Texas within 24 hours, establishing a record for that city.
1987: Cold weather surged into the Rockies. Temperatures dipped to the 30s and 40s (Fahrenheit) while the higher elevations dipped
1930: A man was killed when caught in an open field during a hailstorm northwest of Lubbock, Texas. It was the first and possibly only authentic death by hail in the United States.
1981: A tornado 450 yards in width destroyed ninety percent of Emberson, Texas. People did not see a tornado, but rather a wall of debris. Homes were leveled, a man in a bathtub was hurled a quarter of a mile, and a 1,500 pound recreational vehicle was hurled 500 yards. Miraculously no deaths occurred in the tornado
