Summer 2026 Banter Thread

[Chinook]

These are different storm cells from yesterday (Aug 11th) as seen from Bismarck ND and also Rapid City SD. You don't see the radar estimated 4" hail a lot

 

 

[MazooWeather]

Lol Max Velocity crapped on NWS Baltimore for issuing tornado warnings along the line during the derecho as unnecessary and it turns out the line did produce tornadoes in that area. Gee it's almost like nws people know what they're doing.

[Brian D]

16 hours ago, SolidIcewx said:

I come back to the midwest for a couple weeks. Cant wait to get out of the humidity thats down here in the mid Atlantic. See the Great Lakes again! 

You reminded me of something. Whenever I was far away from home when I was younger, when I drove back, the first thing I noticed was the change in the smell of the air. Literally could smell the freshness of the Lakes the closer you got. You take that for granted living next to them all the time. 

[Brian D]

August 13

1964: Minnesota receives a taste of fall, with lows of 26 in Bigfork and 30 in Campbell.

For Thursday, August 13, 2026
1831 - The Great Barbados Hurricane was an intense Category 4 hurricane that left cataclysmic damage across the Caribbean and Louisiana in 1831. From August 11 through the 13, Bermudians were amazed to see the sun with a decidedly blue appearance, giving off an eerie blue light when it shone into rooms and other enclosed places. Ships at sea as far west as Cape Hatteras reported that "their white sails appeared a light blue colour." A month later it was learned that the astounding blue sunlight had coincided with a terrible hurricane that caused 1,477 people to lose their lives. It was assumed that the hurricane was intensive enough to cause an unusual disturbance in the higher atmospheric strata, and refraction, diffraction or absorption of light rays, to produce the blue reflection. Because the sun appeared bluish-green, Nat Turner took this as the final signal and began a slave rebellion a week later on August 21.
1919 - High winds and heavy rain struck the Middle Atlantic Coast Region. In New Jersey, winds gusted to 60 mph at Atlantic City, and nine inches of rain fell at Tuckerton. The wind and rain leveled crops and stripped trees of fruit causing several million dollars damage. (David Ludlum)
1980 - The afternoon high at New York City was just 89 degrees. But there were fifteen days of 90 degree heat during the month, their hottest August of record. (The Weather Channel)
1985 - Hail larger than golf balls, driven by 70 mph winds, moved down crops, stripped trees, and broke windows, near Logan KS. Road graders cleared three foot drifts of hail on Kansas Highway 9 east of Logan. (The Weather Channel)
1987 - Thunderstorms deluged the Central Gulf Coast States with torrential rains. Thunderstorms in Mississippi drenched Marion County with up to 15 inches of rain during the morning hours, with 12.2 inches reported at Columbia. Floodwaters swept cars away in the Lakeview subdivision of Columbia when the the Lakeview Dam broke. Flash flooding caused more than three million dollars damage in Marion County. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - A dozen cities in the northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Lansing MI reported a record 35 days of 90 degree weather for the year, Detroit MI reported a record 37 days of 90 degree heat for the year, and Williamsport PA reported a record 38 days of 90 degree weather for the year. (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - Thunderstorms developing in a tropical airmass over the northeastern U.S. soaked Connecticut and Massachusetts with four to eight inches of rain over the weekend, between the 11th and 13th of the month. Hartford CT received 7.70 inches of rain. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1991 - Stockton, California received 0.05 inch of rainfall on this day. Since 1949, this is the only measured rainfall in Stockton on August 13th.
2014 - An official, New York State 24 hour precipitation record was set at Islip, NY on August 12-13 when 13.57" of rain fell.

Observances:

• 13 Thu
  Left-Handers Day
• 13 Thu
  National Filet Mignon Day
• 13 Thu
  National Prosecco Day
• 13 Thu
  Women's and Family Day