Much of this data is courtesy of the Storm Prediction Center
(www.spc.noaa.gov) -- please get permission before using this
data for yourself.

Special thanks go to Fred Otsby, Hugh Crowther, David Ludlum,
and many others, for preparing this data. This is NOT an all
inclusive listing of weather history. More detailed, or similar
information can be found at:

1) The National Climate Data Center at:

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html

2) KATV, the ABC-TV affiliate, in Little Rock, Arkansas, Weather
Link at:

http://cfc.katv.com/weatherhistory.cfm

TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Friday May 14, 2010.
This is the 134th day of the year, there are 231 days left.

On this day...
In 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.
In 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.
In 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.
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.
In 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.
In 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.
In 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. Thunderstorms over
northeastern Kansas produced more than seven inches of
rain in Chautauqua County between 9 PM and midnight.

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