May 14-15 Weather History

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                ...HISTORICAL WEATHER FACTS FOR MAY 14TH...
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1896...   The mercury plunged to 10 degrees below zero at Climax
          CO.  It was the lowest reading of record for the U.S.

          during the month of May. 

1898...   A severe thunderstorm, with some hailstones up to 9.5
          inches in circumference, pounded a four mile wide path
          across Kansas City MO.  South-facing windows were broken
          in nearly every house in central and eastern parts of the
          city, and several persons were injured. 

1987...   The temperature at Sacramento CA soared to 103 degrees to
          establish a May record of seven days of 100 degree heat.
          It also marked the ninth record high of the month.  (DC)
         
1987...   Seven cities in the western U.S. reported record high
          temperatures for the date as unseasonably hot weather
          made a comeback.  The record high of 103 degrees at
          Sacramento CA marked a record seven days of 100 degree
          heat in the month of May.  The previous record was two
          such days.  It also marked their ninth record high in
          eleven days.  

1988...   Sunny and dry weather prevailed across the nation.
          Temperatures warmed into the 80s and lower 90s in the
          Great Plains Region and the Mississippi Valley.  )

1989...   Thunderstorms developing along a stationary front
          produced severe weather in south central Texas and the
          Southern High Plains Region during the afternoon and
          evening hours.  Thunderstorms produced softball size hail
          at Spearman TX and Hitchcock TX. 

1990...   Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced
          severe from northwest Texas to western Missouri.  The
          thunderstorms spawned seventeen tornadoes, including nine
          in Texas.  Four tornadoes in Texas injured a total of
          nine persons.  Thunderstorms in Texas also produced hail
          four inches in diameter at Shamrock, and hail four and a
          half inches in diameter near Guthrie.  Thunder-storms
          over northeastern Kansas produced more than seven inches
          of rain in Chautauqua County between 9 PM and midnight.
        
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                ...HISTORICAL WEATHER FACTS FOR MAY 15TH...
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1834...   The Northern Atlantic Coast States were in the midst of
          their greatest May snowstorm of record.  The hills around
          Newbury VT were covered with two to three feet of snow.

1968...   A tornado touched down southwest of Anchorage AK ...the
          only tornado of record in Alaska. 

1972...   The worst ice jam flooding of memory for long-time
          residents took place along the Kuskokwim River and Yukon
          River in Alaska.  It was the first time since 1890 that
          the two rivers "flowed as one".  The towns of Oscarville
          and Napaskiak were completely inundated.  (15th-31st)
     
1987...   Unseasonably warm weather returned to the north central
          U.S.  Seven cities reported record high temperatures for
          the date, including Janestown ND with a reading of 96
          degrees.  Thunderstorms in Utah produced five inches of
          rain south of Bicknell. 

1988...   Thunderstorms in Oklahoma produced wind gusts to 80 mph
          in Oklahoma County, and baseball size hail at Pawnee.
          Hail piled up to a dpth of 18 inches south of Pawnee.
          Hail damage in Oklahoma was estimated at close to
          25 million dollars.  Thunderstorms in the Upper Midwest
          produced golf ball size hail around Cleveland OH, and
          wind gusts to 83 mph at Angola IN.   

1989...   Thunderstorms developing along and north of a stationary
          front produced severe weather in the south central U.S.
          Thunderstorms spawned 11 tornadoes, and there were 145
          reports of large hail and damaging winds.  Softball size
          hail caused 2.1 million dollars damage at Sherman TX.

1990...   Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Central
          Plains Region and Oklahoma to Indiana and western
          Kentucky.  Thunderstorms spawned fifteen tornadoes,
          inclduing seven in Oklahoma, and there were 165 reports
          of large hail or damaging winds.  A tornado killed one
          person, injured a dozen others and caused four million
          dollars damage at Stillwater OK, and another injured
          eight persons at Foyil OK.  Thunderstorms in Oklahoma
          also produced wind gusts to 92 mph at Oologah Lake,
          and softball size hail at Canton and north of Oakwood.

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