***ON THIS DAY IN #WEATHER HISTORY*** ***TAG FAMILY/FRIENDS, SHARE YOUR STORIES*** We take a look back at the last 25 years for Severe Weather Events across August 31st, this also includes some Monthly Summaries which were significant in their own right. Hurricanes, Records and Tornadoes feature. Do you remember any of them? share your stories in the comments below! 1989 Thunderstorms developing along a stationary front spread severe weather from Minnesota to Indiana. Thunderstorms in Minnesota produced baseball size hail near Saint Michael and Hutchinson, and drenched Moose Lake with 9 inches of rain in 6 hours. Tucson, AZ hit 100° for a record 79th time in the year, surpassing the record established the previous year. 1991 Portland, ME ended up with 15.22 inches of rain for the month, setting a new all-time monthly rainfall record for any month. The old record was 13.50 inches set in November 1983. 1992 This was one of the coolest summers on record for the state of South Dakota. The cool weather resulted in crop losses estimated at $38 million dollars mainly east of the Missouri river. 1993 Hurricane Emily raked the North Carolina Outer Banks. Winds reached 98 mph at the Cape Hatteras Weather Service Office along with 7.51 inches of rain. Another anemometer in the area recorded a wind gust to 107 mph. Water levels reach 10.5 feet above normal in the sound north of Buxton. The water reached 8.5 feet in the villages of Frisco and Hatteras. Diamond Shoals Coastal Marine Buoy was in the eye and recorded a low pressure of 964 millibars or 28.47 inHg. After the eye passed, sustained winds hit 103 mph with a peak gust of 148 mph. 1997 The driest August on record followed the 3rd wettest July at Mobile, AL. Only 1.04 inches of rain fell at the Mobile weather office for the month. The previous low total was 1.26 set way back in 1884. Despite the dry August the summer months of June, July and August will go into the books as the 11th wettest with a 3 month total of 28.05 inches, the bulk of which fell during July with 18.52 inches. This was only the third year in recorded history that no tropical storms occurred in August. Other years included 1941 and 1961. 1999 Residents of the low-lying North Carolina Outer Banks were on the run for a second time as unpredictable Hurricane Dennis continued to perplex weather forecasters by lumbering back toward the coast after heading out to sea the day before. As the hurricane retrograded, blocked by high pressure, gale force winds and 14 foot seas pounded the coast. Roads were under water along Hatteras Island. At least 7 inches of rain fell in Brunswick County, North Carolina. 2001 Major urban flooding occurred after a slow moving thunderstorm passed over the city of Odessa. Water depth of over two feet flooded many intersections with 20 vehicles reported to have water up to the windows. 2003 Victoria, British Columbia Canada experienced its driest summer on record as 0.77 inches was reported at the airport. Gonzales Heights only recorded 0.32 inches during the same time period. 2004 179 tornadoes occurred for the month in the U.S. to set a new record for most tornadoes in August. 2005 Rains from former Hurricane Katrina set several August daily rainfall records in Quebec, Canada. 2.91 inches fell at Montreals P.E. Trudeau Airport and 2.91 inches at Quebec City. On this date through 9/3, Typhoon Talim made landfall in Taiwan late in the day with sustained winds near 120 mph. The typhoon shut down businesses, schools and financial markets and caused 1.48 million power outages. Total fatalities on the Chinese mainland reach at least 129. 2012 According to the local National Weather Service, Las Vegas, NV recorded 13 thunderstorm days during this month at McCarran International Airport. This broke the old record of 12 days set in 1955. Las Vegas typically sees only 3.3 thunderstorm days during the entire month. As well, McCarran International Airport received 2.28 inches of rain during the month, which is 691% of normal where normal precipitation for August is only 0.33 inches. 2013 This was only the sixth August without a hurricane in the Atlantic Basin (1967, 1984, 1988, 2001 & 2002). Image 1 | Hurricane Emily touching the outskirts of North Carolina in 1993 Image 2 | Map of the August 2004 Tornadoes
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