On This Day In Weather History...

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OCTOBER 2ND
HISTORIC WEATHER EVENTS
...1882...
An early season windstorm over Oregon and northern California blew down
thousands of trees and caused great crop damage in the Sacramento Valley.
(David Ludlum)
...1898...
A hurricane struck the Georgia coast washing away Campbell Island. (David
Ludlum)
...1959...
A tornado struck the town of Ivy VA (located near Charlottesville). Eleven
persons were killed, including ten from one family. (The Weather Channel)
...1980...
The temperature at Blue Canyon CA soared to 88 degrees, an October record
for that location. (The Weather Channel)
...1981...
Severe thunderstorms raked Phoenix AZ with heavy rain, high winds, and hail
up to an inch and a half in diameter, for the second day in a row.
Thunderstorms on the 1st deluged Phoenix with .68 inch of rain in five
minutes, equalling their all-time record. (The Weather Channel)
...1987...
A fast moving cold front produced snow flurries from Minnesota to the
Appalachian Mountains, and gale force winds behind the front ushered cold
air into the Great Lakes Region. Valentine NE reported a record low of 25
degrees. Temperatures recovered rapidly in the Northern High Plains Region,
reaching the lower 80s by afternoon. Jackson WY warmed from a morning low
of 21 degrees to an afternoon high of 76 degrees. (The National Weather
Summary)
...1988...
Early morning thunderstorms in Georgia produced three inches of rain at
Canton and Woodstock. (The National Weather Summary)
...1989...
Flooding due to thunderstorm rains in the southeastern U.S. on the last day
of September and the first day of October caused the Etowah River to rise
seven feet above flood stage at Canton GA. Thunderstorms produced up to ten
inches of rain in northeastern Georgia, with six inches reported at Athens
GA in 24 hours. One man was killed, and another man was injured, when
sucked by floodwaters into drainage lines. (The National Weather Summary)
(Storm Data)