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72 / 64 smoke from a distant fire today. Clouds and front clear but smoke remains around, otherwise a nice day and the start of a 3 days beautiful weather stretch through Sunday. Great stretch of 96 hours of weather with the smoke susbsiding and another great weekend. By Sunday the flow is coming around and heat is expanding east, setting up a war - hot week next week with potential for strong heat (95+/upper 90s) Tue - Thu. Overall a warm-hot / humid and wetter overall period beyond next week. 8/7 - 8/10 : Near normal / slightly below - dry - gorgeous weather beach, bbq's, outdoors, etc, Heat for some starts Sunday 8/11 - 8/15 : Hot, heatwave for many - strong heat (95+) Tue- Thu. Storms possisble towards Thu/Fri. 8/16 - Beyond : Warm - hot / humid and wetter overall

Highs: ISP: 81 EWR: 80 JFK: 80 ACY: 80 TEB: 79 PHL: 79 NYC: 79 LGA: 78 New Brnswck: 76 BLM: 75 TTN: 75

For the 1881 Michigan fires which appear the main / largest fires were in Sep 4 - 7th https://medium.com/life-fun-in-michigans-thumb/1881-michigan-fire-forever-changed-the-thumb-e60ae1e9d84e “In September no penetrating rain had fallen for almost two months. Almost every stream was dry. Many wells had become empty. The swamps had been burned to hard clay by the sun, fiercer in its heat than it had been for years before. The vegetation of the fields and woods had become tinder. The earth was baked and cracked, the heat having penetrated to an unusual depth. “The summer of 1881 was excessively dry, and the drought had done its work nowhere more effectively than in the wide, blunt, tongue of land which lies between Saginaw bay and Lake Huron. At the northern end of this tongue is Huron County. South of Huron is the counties of Tuscola and Sanilac, the latter bordering on the lake. Lapeer County lies south partly of Tuscola and partly of Sanilac. These are the counties that suffered from the great fires.” When the fire finally burned itself out, there were 282 known dead, more than 3,400 buildings destroyed, and almost 15,000 residents homeless. Many were blinded — some temporarily and some permanently — by smoke, gusting dust, and flying ashes that traveled faster than a whirlwind and blotted out the sun for days. The disaster changes the landscape of Michigan’s Thumb region forever and jump-started the move from lumbering to agriculture. “In Boston and along the eastern seaboard a mysterious “yellow sky” appeared. The skies darkened shortly after dawn on Tuesday, September 6, 1881 — throughout all six New England states. In the “forenoon,” as they called their mornings then, witnesses watched a “London fog” envelop their homes and roads. This London fog soon took on a yellowish hue. More than a few whispered that the “Saffron Curtain” was the sign of a divine judgement. The causes behind the odd skies of that September day were eventually traced to smoke that had traveled eastward from Michigan’s massive “Thumb Fire” that had burnt over a million acres of woodlands in Michigan’s Thumb Area all on one day, the day before.” In 1881 Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. The organization’s first meeting had taken place in Washington DC at the home of Sen. Omar D. Conger of Michigan. Their first official disaster relief operation was the response to the Thumb Fire, and the Red Cross provided money, clothes, and household items to victims of the fire. How many people died in the 1881 Michigan Fire? The stated death toll for the 1881 fire is stated as 282. However, the real total will never be known as there were many lumbermen and transient laborers in the region. How many acres were destroyed in the 1881 Michigan Fire? Over two days over a million acres were burned. It left 3,400 buildings destroyed, and almost 15,000 residents homeless. What was the economic loss of the 1881 Michigan Fire? The U.S. Army offered an estimate of $2,003,390. In today’s dollars that equates to over $50,000,000. How Does the 1881 Michigan Fire Compare to Other Wildfires in History? In terms of loss of life, the 1881 Great Michigan Fire is considered one of the top ten wildfires of all time. With 282 lives lost the 1881 wildfire is considered the 6th worst in history.

As far as 1918 here is Newark August 1918 Newark Weather Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches) August 1 83 60 0.00 0.0 August 2 87 63 0.00 0.0 August 3 80 68 0.00 0.0 August 4 n/a 61 0.02 0.0 August 5 96 65 0.00 0.0 August 6 95 78 0.00 0.0 August 7 105 79 0.00 0.0 August 8 98 79 0.00 0.0 August 9 90 77 0.00 0.0 August 10 n/a 67 0.22 0.0 August 11 70 64 0.64 0.0 August 12 85 69 0.50 0.0 August 13 94 70 0.00 0.0 August 14 97 75 0.09 0.0 August 15 86 67 0.00 0.0 August 16 87 65 0.00 0.0 August 17 79 64 0.00 0.0 August 18 73 57 0.00 0.0 August 19 76 59 0.00 0.0 August 20 82 60 0.00 0.0 August 21 84 58 0.00 0.0 August 22 89 62 0.03 0.0 August 23 91 67 0.00 0.0 August 24 89 66 0.00 0.0 August 25 80 73 0.00 0.0 August 26 87 73 0.00 0.0 August 27 83 69 0.00 0.0 August 28 75 58 0.00 0.0 August 29 85 69 0.99 0.0 August 30 87 63 0.00 0.0 August 31 79 63 0.45 0.0 September 1918 Newark Weather Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches) September 1 80 69 0.00 0.0 September 2 79 59 0.00 0.0 September 3 77 59 0.00 0.0 September 4 81 66 0.00 0.0 September 5 78 65 0.00 0.0 September 6 71 n/a 0.01 0.0 September 7 71 57 0.02 0.0 September 8 n/a 55 0.06 0.0 September 9 77 n/a 0.00 0.0 September 10 79 56 0.00 0.0 September 11 66 56 0.00 0.0 September 12 71 58 0.16 0.0 September 13 74 60 0.05 0.0 September 14 74 53 0.00 0.0 September 15 75 51 0.00 0.0 September 16 81 56 0.00 0.0 September 17 81 60 0.00 0.0 September 18 63 54 1.50 0.0 September 19 80 53 0.00 0.0 September 20 71 48 0.70 0.0 September 21 62 45 0.22 0.0 September 22 62 46 0.00 0.0 September 23 68 51 0.00 0.0 September 24 66 58 0.00 0.0 September 25 63 45 0.00 0.0 September 26 67 43 0.04 0.0 September 27 64 42 0.00 0.0 September 28 72 45 0.00 0.0 September 29 71 47 0.00 0.0 September 30 68 45 0.06 0.0 NYC July 1918 New York City Weather Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches) July 1 78 65 0.50 0.0 July 2 70 60 0.00 0.0 July 3 81 57 0.00 0.0 July 4 80 63 0.00 0.0 July 5 85 64 0.00 0.0 July 6 77 65 0.33 0.0 July 7 79 63 0.00 0.0 July 8 72 60 0.00 0.0 July 9 73 60 0.00 0.0 July 10 81 63 0.13 0.0 July 11 81 62 0.05 0.0 July 12 83 62 0.00 0.0 July 13 76 65 0.00 0.0 July 14 81 64 0.09 0.0 July 15 88 63 0.00 0.0 July 16 90 68 0.00 0.0 July 17 76 68 0.06 0.0 July 18 85 64 0.00 0.0 July 19 84 71 0.20 0.0 July 20 90 69 0.00 0.0 July 21 95 71 0.00 0.0 July 22 98 75 0.00 0.0 July 23 95 77 0.00 0.0 July 24 88 74 0.00 0.0 July 25 77 70 0.00 0.0 July 26 81 68 0.00 0.0 July 27 87 72 0.00 0.0 July 28 89 71 0.00 0.0 July 29 87 74 0.00 0.0 July 30 86 68 2.00 0.0 July 31 70 64 1.00 0.0 August 1918 New York City Weather Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches) August 1 82 61 0.00 0.0 August 2 86 66 0.00 0.0 August 3 79 67 0.00 0.0 August 4 76 62 0.10 0.0 August 5 95 69 0.30 0.0 August 6 96 80 0.00 0.0 August 7 104 82 0.00 0.0 August 8 94 77 0.24 0.0 August 9 90 76 0.00 0.0 August 10 76 66 0.14 0.0 August 11 71 64 0.54 0.0 August 12 85 71 0.16 0.0 August 13 92 72 0.00 0.0 August 14 96 75 0.08 0.0 August 15 85 67 0.00 0.0 August 16 85 65 0.00 0.0 August 17 76 65 0.00 0.0 August 18 72 59 0.00 0.0 August 19 75 63 0.00 0.0 August 20 82 60 0.00 0.0 August 21 84 64 0.00 0.0 August 22 89 67 0.00 0.0 August 23 91 69 0.00 0.0 August 24 87 70 0.00 0.0 August 25 80 74 0.00 0.0 August 26 88 73 0.00 0.0 August 27 81 68 0.00 0.0 August 28 76 65 0.00 0.0 August 29 84 70 0.59 0.0 August 30 83 65 0.00 0.0 August 31 80 68 0.28 0.0

Rain offshore, and mainly into MD/DE - may get some showers or drizzle and light rain in scattered locations otherwise a dry front for us.

Records: Highs: EWR: 97 (2001) NYC: 97 (1955) LGA: 95 (2018) JFK: 91 (2010) Lows: EWR: 57 (1934) NYC: 56 (1869) LGA: 57 (1994) JFK: 57 (1994) Historical: 1881: Smoke from Michigan forest fires created a yellow pall over the Northeast. Candles were necessary for light at noontime. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History) 1890 - Thunderstorms left four inches of hail covering the ground in Adair County and Union County in Iowa. The hail drifted into six foot mounds, and in some places remained on the ground for twenty- six days. (The Weather Channel) 1905: Princeton, IN received 10.50 inches of rain, which established a 24-hour maximum precipitation record for the Hoosier State. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1918 - Unusually hot weather began to overspread the Atlantic Coast States, from the Carolinas to southern New England. The temp- erature soared to an all-time record high of 106 degrees at Washington D.C., and Cumberland and Keedysville hit 109 degrees to establish a state record for Maryland. Temperatures were above normal east of the Rockies that month, with readings much above normal in the Lower Missouri Valley. Omaha NE reached 110 degrees. (David Ludlum) On this date the highest ever maximum temperature of 107 °F was recorded in Richmond, VA. (Ref. Richmond Weather Records) 1947: The city, Sault Ste. Marie, MI hit 98°, equaling their all-time highest temperature. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History) 1959 - A bucket survey showed that thunderstorms dropped 16.70 inches of rain on parts of Decatur County IA. The total was accepted as Iowa's 24 hour rainfall record. (The Weather Channel) 1959: Hurricane Dot crossed Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands producing sustained winds of 105 mph with gusts to 125 mph. Over 6 inches of rain fell with over 9 inches on the big island of Hawaii. The sugar cane crop on Kauai sustained $2.7 million in damages. 1961: A severe thunderstorm brought 70 to 100 mph winds to Lake Texoma, OK. The winds caused extensive damage to piers and either damaged or sank more than 100 boats. One person drowned when their boat capsized during the storm. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1977: Severe thunderstorms produced nearly 20 tornadoes in Sangamon and Christian Counties in central Illinois. Many of these only affected open fields. However, one tornado did cause extensive damage near and east of Chatham. One tornado just south of Lake Springfield was unusual in that it had a clockwise rotation, in contrast to the usual counter-clockwise rotation found in tornadoes. The thunderstorms that produced these tornadoes caused a large swath of destruction from strong winds extending from southwestern Morgan County east to far southwestern Macon County. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1979: 100° at Salt Lake City, UT tied the record for the date. It was the 5th day of temperatures 100° or hotter. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History) 1986 - Evening thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 100 mph at Winner SD damaging two hundred homes. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1987 - Afternoon thunderstorms deluged Milwaukee, WI, with 6.84 inches of rain, including more than five inches in two hours, breaking all previous rainfall records for the city. Floodwaters were four feet deep at the Milwaukee County Stadium, and floodwaters filled the basement of the main terminal at the airport. Flooding caused 5.9 million dollars damage, and claimed the life of one person. Death Valley, CA, reported a morning low of 97 degrees. A midday thunderstorm deluged Birmingham AL with nearly six inches of rain in one hour. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - Severe thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds in Pennsylvania and New York State. A cold front crossing the northwestern U.S. produced wind gusts to 66 mph at Livingston MT. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced severe weather from northwestern Texas to the Southern Appalachians, and in the northeastern U.S. There were 136 reports of large hail or damaging winds during the day and evening. Thunderstorms in the Southern Plains Region produced tennis ball size hail northwest of Buffalo OK, and wind gusts to 100 mph at Pampa TX. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) 1992: A firefighter was knocked unconscious in Sarasota County, Florida struck by lightning while fighting a fire that was caused by a lightning strike. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History) 1993: Virginia experienced its worst tornado outbreak ever as 18 tornadoes ripped through the state in 5 hours. The most devastating tornado caused severe damage in the historic part of Petersburg. The storm then moved on to Pocahontas Island and into Colonial Heights. There, the storm ripped apart a WalMart store, killing three people and injuring nearly 200. The F4 twister was the first known violent tornado in Virginia history. It killed a total of 4 people and injured 246 along its 12-mile path. Total damages were near $50 million. 2001: Tropical Storm Barry moved inland on the Gulf Coast near Fort Walton Beach, FL around midnight with top winds of 60 mph. The storm caused $30 million in damage. Heavy rains spread northwestward across Alabama with up to three inches reported in the Birmingham area. No precipitation fell at Billings, MT on this date, the first of an August record 22 consecutive days without even a trace of rain. Only 0.01 inches fell during the month, their record driest August. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 2003: Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas: Temperatures soar to 109°F at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, surpassing the old record set in 1952. (Ref. WxDoctor) 2005: A camper was slightly injured when a lightning struck a nearby tree at a campground at Lake Robertson, near Collierstown in Rockbridge County, VA. (Ref. Lightning - Virginia Weather History)

74 /68 mostly cloudy wtih some hazy smoke mixed in. Clouds and mainly - mostly dry outside a stray shower or drizzle/light rain the next 24 hours. Clearing tomorrow and setting the stage for a wonderful 3 day period (too bad it wasnt a 3 days holiday weekend) as it looks gorgeous for any beach , outdoor, bbq, pool etc. Sunny, warm - 80s Fri - Sun/ upper 80s by Sunday. Flow comes around and expanding heat by Monday which should get the areas back into a widespread 90s for and through Thu or Friday, perhaps some strong heat Tue/Wed (95+). Beyond there outside a day or two near / slightly below normal its an overall warm- hot / humid and turning wetter. With tropics systems activity looking to stay persistent. 8/6 - 8/7: Clouds - smoky front 8/8 - 8/10 : Great stretch - near normal - sunny - dry - Amazing summer time weather 8/11 - Beyond : Warm - Hot / Humid turning wetter overall - Heat 8/11 - 8/14 (strong heat possible 95+ Tue 8/12 /Wed 8/13)

Highs: EWR: 87 TEB: 87 New Brnswck: 86 NYC: 86 PHL: 85 JFK: 84 ISP: 84 TTN: 84 LGA: 83 BLM: 82 ACY: 81

84 / 64 more haze sun

We;ll have to watch the wave(s) coming off Africa in the next week and with the expanding Atlantic ridge a west track towards the Caribbean the inland dev would be OTS like Dexter.

81 / 67 here.

Thursday should clear out nicely - smokewise too hopefully. The clouds part of the issue is rapidly clearing now but the smoke/haze is horrible. Back part of the clouds cover to EPA. Hazy sun by noon.

I think there were mostly sunny forecasts for today as recent as Sunday morning and many were showing partly cloudy / to partly sunny all day even last night or this early morning. Looks like clouds or mainly cloudy till at least noon or 1 PM (besides the smoke/haze.

Records: Highs: EWR: 102 (1944) NYC: 101 (1944) LGA: 100 (1955) JFK: 96 (2010) Lows: EWR: 57 (1951) NYC: 56 (1951) LGA: 57 (1972) JFK: 60 (1959) Historical: 1843 - A spectacular cloudburst near Philadelphia turned the small creeks and streams entering the Delaware River into raging torrents. As much as sixteen inches of rain fell in just three hours. Flooding destroyed thirty-two county bridges, and caused nineteen deaths. It is believed that several small tornadoes accompanied the torrential rains, one of which upset and sank more than thirty barges on the Schuylkill River. (David Ludlum) 1875: Several tornadoes moved across northern and central Illinois. One of the stronger tornadoes touched down in Warren and Knox County where it destroyed 25 homes and killed two people. Another in a series of tornadoes touched down near Knoxville and moved east into northern Peoria County. This estimated F4 tornado injured 40 people and was described by eyewitnesses as looking like a "monstrous haystack." 1904: Detroit Lakes woman is hit by lightning. It melted her hairpins and steel in corset but does not kill her.(Ref. AccWeather Weather History) 1915: Fort Wayne, IN set their coldest August high temperature with 60°. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1961 - The temperature at Ice Harbor Dam, WA, soared to 118 degrees to equal the state record established at Wahluke on the 24th of July in 1928. The afternoon high of 111 degrees at Havre, MT, was an all-time record for that location. (The Weather Channel) 1961: McAllen, Texas: McAllen sets a new record high on Wednesday when the temperature soars to 105 °F. McAllen has now set a new record high on all but one day so far this month. (Ref. WxDoctor) 1974: Fort Walton Beach, Fla.--Lightning struck an aluminum ladder at a construction project. The man on the ladder was killed, three nearby workmen were injured. (Ref. Lightning-The Underrated Killer.pdf) 1980: Hurricane Allen was one of the most intense hurricanes ever observed in the Atlantic. On this date, the hurricane reached Category 5 status for the first of three times during its long path across the Atlantic as reconnaissance aircraft measured a 911 millibars (26.90 inches of mercury) pressure in the eastern Caribbean while south of Puerto Rico. Later this day, Allen moved across Haiti, ruining much of the country's coffee crop and killing 220 people.Casper, WY established new record low of 39°; breaking the previous record by 9 degrees. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History) 1983: Very heavy thunderstorms hit the southern portion of metro Denver, CO. 2.89 inches of rain fell in just 38 minutes causing widespread street flooding in southeast Denver. Two feet of water covered a section of Interstate 25. Hail up to golf ball size accompanied the storm in Littleton and Englewood along with 60 mph winds. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History) 1987 - Severe thunderstorms raked eastern South Dakota. The thunderstorms spawned half a dozen tornadoes, produced softball size hail at Bowdle, and produced wind gusts to 90 mph south of Watertown. Hot weather continued in eastern Texas. Afternoon highs of 100 degrees at Houston and 106 degrees at Waco equalled records for the date. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from Indiana and Lower Michigan to Pennsylvania and New York State during the day. Thunderstorms in Michigan produced wind gusts to 80 mph at Ashley, Hastings and Lennon. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Oklahoma, and from Iowa to the Upper Ohio Valley, with 216 reports of large hail or damaging winds between early Saturday morning and early Sunday morning. Thunderstorms moving across Iowa around sunrise produced extremely high winds which caused ten million dollars damage to crops in Carroll and Greene Counties. Thunderstorm winds at Jefferson IA reached 102 mph. Afternoon thunderstorms produced tennis ball size hail at Bay Mills, WI. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) 1995: Near Deerfield, KS, hail piled in huge drifts and stripped corn in a two mile wide swath. Hail drifts were still evident 24 hours later. Rain of over six inches in a short time caused flash flooding in the Deerfield area. Highway 50 was covered by three feet of water and was closed for several hours and limited to one way traffic for 24 hours. Sand was deposited on many streets bringing out heavy equipment to clear the debris. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1999: Governors of four Mid-Atlantic States imposed mandatory water restrictions as the worst drought in the history of the region continued. The period April through July ranked as the second driest ever for the Northeast, second only to 1965. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 2000: A wet microburst with winds estimated at 120 mph caused heavy damage in and around Mitchell, SD. Apartments and several mobile homes were destroyed, vehicles were overturned, and other damage occurred to buildings and vehicles. Widespread tree and power line damage also occurred. 10 people were injured, although the majority of the injuries were minor. The damage path was approximately a mile and a half long and a mile wide, extending over the southwest part of Mitchell. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 2002: Tropical Storm Bertha became the first tropical system of the 2002 Atlantic hurricane to make a U.S. landfall. Bertha dumped 7.15 inches of rain on Pascagoula, MS in 24 hours. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 2020: Tropical Storm Isaias hit the eastern third of Virginia hardest on Tuesday morning during its brief but destructive journey up the Eastern Seaboard. Several hours of torrential rain flooded dozens of roads, while winds gusting past 45 mph downed trees and put hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in the dark. The storm left scattered road closures and power outages in metro Richmond and more widespread disruption across the Tidewater region, where winds approached 70 mph. No serious damage was reported in the western half of the state. (Ref. The Richmond Times Dispatch)

71 / 67 - cloudy. Clouds will limit any shot at 90 still warm / humid mid - upper 80s, enough sun could get the hotter spots to 90. Cooler Wed, cloudy and isolated showers in the PM/ overnight. Clear out Thu and a great stretch Thu - Sunday - mainly clear, dry and near to slightly below normal. Flow comes around later on the 8/10-11 with a warm - hot / humid and wetter overall. Heat more widespread Tue - Thu next week. Flow still a bit onshore-ish. Tropics activity but overall ridging into the EC, - warm - hot at times , more humid and wetter with frontal boundaries and tropical systems to be watched. 8/5 - 8/10 : Overall near normal - dry 8/11 - Beyond : Warm- Hot - Humid - wetter overall - Tropical activity - heat 8/11 - 8/14 -tropics focus 8/15 onward. (Ctrl + Refresh) to update live satellite loop

4 Day cool start to August EWR: 8/1: 75 / 63 (-9) 8/2: 83 / 62 (-5) 8/3: 85 / 63 (-4) 8/4: 90 / 65 (0) NYC: 8/1: 73 / 63 (-10) 8/2: 80 . 63 (-5) 8/3: 84 / 64 (-3) 8/4: 89 / 67 (+1) LGA: 8/1: 73 / 64 (-10) 8/2: 81 / 65 (-6) 8/3: 84 / 67 (-3) 8/4: 89 / 71 (+1) JFK: 8/1: 74 / 65 (-6) 8/2: 80 / 62 (-5) 8/3: 83 / 63 (-3) 8/4: 86 / 67 (+1)

Highs: TEB: 91 EWR: 90 ISP: 89 New Brnswck: 89 PHL: 89 LGA: 89 NYC: 89 TTN: 87 JFK: 86 ACY: 86 BLM: 83 *

Highs: TEB: 91 EWR: 90 ISP: 89 New Brnswck: 89 PHL: 89 LGA: 89 NYC: 89 TTN: 87 JFK: 86 ACY: 86 BLM: 83 *

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87 / 56 another beaut of a day. Smoke/haze seems worse to the north

84 / 58 a touch more humid vs the past 2 days.

The area to watch in the coming 1 - 2 weeks off the s central atlantic.

Records: Highs: EWR: 100 (1993) NYC: 100 (1944) LGA: 99 (1944) JFK: 93 (2006) Lows: EWR: 58 (1945) NYC: 55 (1874) LGA: 62 (1964) JFK: 57 (1964) Historical: 1609: Sir Thomas Gates, future governor of Virginia, was on his way to England from Jamestown. On Saint James Day, while between Cuba and the Bahamas, a "most terrible and vehement storm" raged for 44 hours. One of the small vessels in the fleet sank to the bottom of the Florida Straits. Four of the remaining vessels reached Virginia soon after the storm...followed a few days later by three other ships. The flagship, known as Sea Adventure, disappeared and was presumed lost. A small bit of fortune befell the ship and her crew when they made landfall on Bermuda. Although the vessel was damaged on a surrounding coral reef, all survived and spent ten months on the unsettled isle. The Spaniards, though shipwrecked on the island many times, had failed to colonize there. The British claimed the island and quickly settled the subtropical isle. In May 1610, they set forth for Jamestown, this time arriving at their destination. This near catastrophe provided the inspiration and background for William Shakespeare's play, The Tempest. (Ref. The Tempest) 1882 - A vivid aurora was visible from Oregon to Maine, down the east coast as far as Mayport FL, and inland as far as Wellington KS. Observers at Louisville KY noted merry dancers across the sky, and observers at Saint Vincent, MN, noted it was probably the most brilliant ever seen at that location. (The Weather Channel) 1915: Tropical storm from the North Bahamas moved over the Washington, DC area on a northeast track gave 2.34 inches of rain and winds to 46 mph from the SE. (Ref. Washington Weather Records ) 75 people died in flooding at Erie, PA. Many streets were flooded and bridges washed away. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History) 1930: The temperature at Moorefield, WV soared to 112 degrees to establish a state record, having reached 110 degrees the previous day. Widespread drought after April of that year caused some towns to haul water for domestic use, and many manufacturing plants were barely operational.(The Weather Channel) (Ref. Additional Temperatures Listed On This Link) 1930 - The temperature at Moorefield, WV, soared to 112 degrees to establish a state record, having reached 110 degrees the previous day. Widespread drought after April of that year caused some towns to haul water for domestic use, and many manufacturing plants were barely operational. (The Weather Channel) 1961 - Spokane, WA, reached an all-time record high of 108 degrees. Kalispell, MT, set an all-time record with a reading of 105 degrees. (The Weather Channel) 1980 - A record forty-two consecutive days of 100 degree heat finally came to an end at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. July 1980 proved to be the hottest month of record with a mean temperature of 92 degrees. There was just one day of rain in July, and there was no measurable rain in August. There were 18 more days of 100 degree heat in August, and four in September. Hot weather that summer contributed to the deaths of 1200 people nationally, and losses from the heat across the country were estimated at twenty billion dollars. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel) 1981: This was a day to remember in portions of south central South Dakota as an unusually long lived thunderstorm wind event hit the area. In St. Francis a radio station reported a gust of 86 mph, but that was only the beginning. For the next 20 minutes winds of 50 to 70 mph hammered the area doing massive damage to trees and a few trailers in the area. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1982: The low temperature at Billings, MT was 60°. This began a string of 19 consecutive days on which the low temperature did not drop below 60°, the record longest such streak in August. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1987 - A cold front brought relief from the heat to a large part of the Midwest, while hot weather continued in the south central and eastern U.S. Morning thunderstorms in Nebraska deluged the town of Dalton with 8.71 inches of rain, along with hail three inches in diameter, which accumulated up to four feet deep near the town of Dix. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) 1988 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from eastern Iowa to Lower Michigan during the afternoon and evening hours, producing golf ball size hail and spawning several tornadoes. A thunderstorm at Maquoketa, IA, produced wind gusts to 75 mph. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) 1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from eastern Nebraska and northeastern Kansas to the Great Lakes Region, with 150 reports of large hail or damaging winds during the afternoon, evening, and nighttime hours. Thunderstorms produced tennis ball size hail at Claremont, MN, and wind gusts to 75 mph at Milwaukee, WI. Thunderstorms representing what once was Hurricane Chantal produced five inches of rain at Grant, MI, and deluged Chicago, IL, with more than three inches of rain in three hours. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) 1994: Boston, Massachusetts had 16 days from July 20 to August 4 giving the greatest number of days with temperatures of 70 degrees or above. (Ref. NOAA Boston Weather Events) 1995: Thunderstorms over northwest Iowa storms grew quickly, producing golf ball to baseball size hail over Palo Alto County near Ayrshire and Webb. As the storms moved south, a copious amount of hail was dropped. Just north of Rush Lake in Palo Alto County, pea-sized hail covered the ground to a depth of 12 inches. The storms then moved into northern Pocahontas County where they dropped softball size hail, which has a diameter of 4.50 inches, just north of Laurens. Golf ball size hail also continued to fall over Pocahontas County near the communities of Pocahontas and Havelock. The storms weakened a bit as they moved into Sac and Calhoun Counties. Crop damage totaled about $335,000 from these storms. Record heat prevailed across parts of the East. Record highs included: Philadelphia, PA: 98°, LaGuardia Airport (NYC), NY: 96°, Wilmington, DE: 96° and Bridgeport, CT: 93°. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1998: College Station, Texas: The last of a string of 30 consecutive days with temperatures greater than 100 °F. 49 such days will be recorded in the blistering Summer of '98. (Ref. WxDoctor) Dallas, TX saw its streak of 29 consecutive days with temperatures 100° or hotter come to an end. It was the second longest streak of 100° plus days in the city's history. Record highs occurred across the southwest including Borrego Springs, CA: 116°, Redding, CA: 112°, Victorville, CA: 110°, Stockton, CA: 109°, Sacramento, CA: 108°, Riverside, CA: 106°, Escondido, CA: 99°, Idyllwild, CA: 96°, Palomar Mountain, CA: 95° and Big Bear Lake, CA: 88° and San Francisco (Airport), CA: 87°. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 2006: Washington DC: The temperature at Ronald Reagan National Airport reaches 101 °F the hottest ever for that day in the nation's capitol. (Ref. WxDoctor) 2008: Severe storms moved across northern Illinois and Indiana with tornadoes and stiff winds reported. With tornado sirens blaring, the game at Wrigley Field between Cubs and Astros was stopped as fans were told to evacuate to the lower concourse. Passengers at O’Hare International Airport were evacuated to lower levels of buildings as well. An estimated 350 flights were canceled. 2012: Third of the top ten weather events - Summer Heat Wave. June 22-August 4. Extreme heat that began over the High Plains, expanded to the Fast Coast, and then centered on the Heartland broke thousands of temperature records and resulted in July 2012 edging out July 1936 as the hottest month on record for the contiguous United States. The heat, which was blamed for over 100 deaths, contributed to the drought that affected much of the country. Top 2012 Weather Events (Ref.Weatherwise May/June 2013 volumn 66 /number3 page 17) 2020: Tropical Storm Isaias hit the eastern third of Virginia hardest on Tuesday morning during its brief but destructive journey up the Eastern Seaboard. Several hours of torrential rain flooded dozens of roads, while winds gusting past 45 mph downed trees and put hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in the dark. The storm left scattered road closures and power outages in metro Richmond and more widespread disruption across the Tidewater region, where winds approached 70 mph. No serious damage was reported in the western half of the state. (Ref. The Richmond Times Dispatch)(Ref. The Richmond Times Dispatch)

70 / 60 . Clear cloud-wise but smoke gets in your eyes. Warm mid - upper 80s , smoke may hinder the hottest spots from a 90 return. More cloudy Tuesday but still warm with mid - upper 80s hottest spots maybe to 90 but could be cloudy. We'll see how much rain can get north of SNJ later Wed / Thu AM. The late week and weekend look beautiful. Overall onshore barrage the next 4-5 days before the flow comes around next week warm-hot / humid and wetter overall with tropcial activity heating up. Atlantic ridge remains expanded or anchored off the coast offshore so storms may be steered and aimed towards the SE/EC. 8/4 - 8/8 : near normal - dry overall - (limited 90s to the hottest spots Mon/Tue) 8/8 - 8/12 : Warm - Hot / Humid - wetter (Tropics) 8/13 - Beyond : Overall warmer than normal - periods of heat , Wetter