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- 1989: Hurricane Chantal hit the Upper Texas coast about sunrise, leading to $100 million damage.
- 8/2
- 1975: New England sweltered in record heat: 107 degrees at New Bedford MA, 101 at Bar Harbor, ME & 104 at Jonesboro, ME.
- 8/3
- 1970: Hurricane Celia hit the coast of TX with wind gusts of 180 mph at Arkansas Pass, causing $454 million dollars damage.
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- 1980: A record 42 straight days of 100 degree heat at the Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport ended. National losses hit $20 billion.
- 8/5
- 1924: The SS Frankenfels measured the sea surface of the Persian Gulf at 96 degrees, possibly the highest ever observed.
- 8/6
- 1987: Thunderstorms deluged Milwaukee, WI with 6.84 inches of rain, flooding Milwaukee County Stadium in 4 ft of water.
- 8/7
- 1986: Rhode Island, which had not reported a tornado in 12 years, reported 3 touching down in 24 hours.
- 8/8
- 1882: A ship on Lake Michigan reported an August snowstorm, which dumped 6 inches of snow and slush on its decks.
- 8/9
- 1988: Tropical Storm Beryl poured 6.32" of rain on Biloxi in 24 hours, dousing Pascgoula MS with 15.85" 3 days later.
- 8/10
- 1980: Hurricane Allen, packing winds of 150 mph, struck shore above Brownsville, TX, with total damage at $750 million dollars.
- 8/11
- 1968: A young girl in a lake was injured when a dust devil near Bristol, CT carried a 150 pound roof covering a picnic area into the lake.
- 8/12
- 1933: Greenland Ranch in Death Valley CA established a US August record with a high of 127 degrees.
- 8/13
- 1985: Road graders cleared global size hail drifts to 3' deep on KS Highway 9, east of Logan.
- 8/14
- 1987: Record 9.35" rain in Chicago closed roads and forced thousands to use Kennedy Expy as a footpath to O'Hare Airport.
- 8/15
- 1985: Near Whitehall, NY, lightning struck a farmhand. En route to the hospital, his ambulance was also hit by lightning.
- 8/16
- 1909: A dry spell began in San Bernadino County of CA and lasted 994 days. A second dry spell, 767 days, began Oct. 1912.
- 8/17
- 1969: Hurricane Camille, the 2nd most intense hurricane in US history, smashed into the MS coast. Winds gusted to 200 mph.
- 8/18
- 1983: Hurricane Alicia smashed into TX with over $3 billion damage, one of the costliest hurricanes in US history.
- 8/19
- 1991: Hurricane Bob roared ashore at Newport, RI. 2.1 million homes and businesses lost power.
- 8/20
- 1991: In SD, a 3 AM electrical storm was so bright, a civil defense director was able to drive 10 min. without his headlights.
- 8/21
- 1888: A tornado swarm over Maryland and Delaware created many clearly visible waterspouts over Chesapeake Bay.
- 8/22
- 1987: High winds from an early morning thunderstorm near Sydney MI spun a car around 180 degrees.
- 8/23
- 1970: More than 100 fires in the Wenatchee and Okanogan National Forests of WA were ignited by dry thunderstorms.
- 8/24
- 1992: Hurricane Andrew hit first near Homestead FL and again on the 26th in LA. Its total damage: $30 billion, a US record.
- 8/25
- 1940: 32 degree lows in Layton and Charlotteburg established New Jersey's coldest August morning of record.
- 8/26
- 1992: Hurricane Andrew made its second US landfall WSW of Morgan City, LA.
- 8/27
- 1964: Hurricane Cleo's 135 mph winds was the first direct hit by a hurricane for Miami in 14 years.
- 8/28
- 1959: Lt. Col. Rankin jumped from his plane into a violent thunderstorm, describing the 45 min. "descent" bizarre and painful.
- 8/29
- 1978: A tornado from Tropical Storm Debra wrecked parts of Memphis, coming within a mile of Elvis Presley's Graceland.
- 8/30
- 1839 (28th-30th): A hurricane moved from Cape Hatteras, NC, to offshore New England.
- 8/31
- 1954: Hurricane Carol hit Westhampton NY, tracking across New England, killing 60 and causing $450 million damage.
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