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Listed are Meteorological events that happened on July 11th:
1888
Colorado recorded their hottest temperature ever as the town of Bennett soared to 118°.
Heavy snow reached almost to the base of Mt Washington, NH, and the peaks of the Green Mountains were whitened.
1909
A tornado in the eastern St. Louis metropolitan area in Missouri began as a waterspout on the Mississippi River, drove a steamer into a bridge. On land, the tornado destroyed several barns and damaged 15 homes and two factories in the west part of Alton.
1936
Unbelievable heat occurred across the Mid Atlantic states and the deadliest heat wave ever in parts of Canada. Ontario, Canada recorded its hottest temperature ever as the town of Atikokan hit 108°. On the same day in Manitoba, Winnipeg also reached 108°, the highest recorded temperature there since records began in the 1870's. St. Albans set Manitoba’s all-time record as they soared to 112°.
In the United States, the all-time record high was set at Rochester, MN with 108°. Other daily record highs were set at Lincoln, NE: 109°; Peoria, IL: 108°; Rockford, IL: 108°, Grand Forks, ND: 108°, Decatur, IL: 107°, Moline, IL: 107°, Dubuque, IA: 107°, Minneapolis, MN: 106°, St. Cloud, MN: 106°, Fargo, ND: 106°, Springfield, IL: 105°, Champaign, IL: 105°, Houghton Lake, MI: 105°, South Bend, IN: 105°, Springfield, IL: 105°, Lexington, KY: 104°, Cincinnati, OH: 104°, Columbus, OH: 104°, Flint, MI: 104°, Indianapolis, IN: 104°, La Crosse, WI: 104°, Tupelo, MS: 103°, Dayton, OH: 102°, Mansfield, OH: 102°, Williamsport, PA: 101°, Wilmington, DE: 101°, Charleston, WV: 101°, Toledo, OH: 101°, Detroit, MI: 101°, Rochester, MN: 101°, Allentown, PA: 100°, Harrisburg, PA: 100°, Greenville-Spartanburg, SC: 100°, Akron, OH: 100°, Youngstown, OH: 100°, Alpena, MI: 100°, Madison, WI: 100°, Milwaukee, WI: 100°, Avoca, PA: 99°, Cleveland, OH: 99°, Grand Rapids, MI: 99°, Green Bay, WI: 99°, Albany, NY: 98°, Lynchburg, VA: 98°, Chicago, IL: 97°, Rochester, NY: 96°, Syracuse, NY: 96°, Ste. St. Marie, MI: 96°, Duluth, MN: 92° and Beckley, WV: 91°.
1939
All-time record highs of 110° and 106° were set at Scottsbluff, NE and Kimball, NE, respectively, while Cheyenne, WY tied their all-time record high of 100°. Sioux City, IA also tied their all-time record high with 111°. Chadron, NE recorded its 3rd warmest day on record with a record high of 110°. Other daily record highs included: Valentine, NE: 108°, Lincoln, NE: 107° and Williston, ND: 102°.
1945
Record chill occurred across parts of the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. Daily record lows included: Mansfield, OH: 40°, Muskegon, MI: 40°, Flint, MI: 41°, Grand Rapids, MI: 43°, Angola, IN: 45°, Toledo, OH: 46° and Milwaukee, WI: 47°.
1949
Thousands of fish, averaging 4 inches long, fell onto a 10 acre field in Hastings, New Zealand.
1961
The Major League Baseball All Star game at Candlestick Park in San Francisco was buffeted by strong winds. The National League won the windy contest on record, 5-4 in 10 innings.
1970
Seminole County in Oklahoma was hit hard by severe weather during the evening hours. Thunderstorm winds, estimated between 90 and 100 mph, damaged several buildings and blew out several plate-glass windows. Up to 5 inches of rain was also reported producing isolated flash flooding.
1971
The Australian capital of Canberra recorded their coldest night on record as the low dropped to 14°.
1980
The hot summer of 1980 continued as upper level high pressure over the Missouri Valley dominated the central and southern U.S. Hot weather prevailed from the southeast to the Plains. Daily records included: Wichita, KS: 111°, Columbia, MO: 108°, Dodge City, KS: 108°, Topeka, KS: 107°, DFW Airport, TX: 107°, Macon, GA: 104°, Savannah, GA: 103°, Memphis, TN: 103°, Houston, TX: 103°, Columbus, GA: 102°, Paducah, KY: 102°, Atlanta, GA: 101°, Chattanooga, TN: 100°, Gainesville, FL: 99°, Oak Ridge, TN: 99°, Brownsville, TX: 99° and Daytona Beach, FL: 98°. ***See Slideshow***
1981
Severe thunderstorms moved eastward across the entire length of South Dakota along the northern portion of the state. The storms produced large storms and an incredible amount of wind damage. Hail chicken egg size and up to 9 inches in circumference resulted in 100% crop loss in some areas. Many farmers reported that their crops were devastated by the storms winds and hail. Many trees were stripped of their leaves and large limbs were frequently lost. Winds exceeded 70 mph in many areas. Damage was so extensive that damage estimates were not even attempted.
1987
Severe thunderstorms produced strong winds and tornadoes across portions of southeast South Dakota. Downburst winds estimated at 80 mph produced a damage path about 24 miles long extending from 6 miles west of Parkston to near Alexandria (both in Hutchinson County). The strong winds heavily damaged several farm buildings and houses. The storm was also responsible for destroying two airport hangars, a small airplane, and numerous sheds.
A tornado touched down near Dell Rapids in northern Minnehaha County. The tornado, which just missed the town, was on the ground for 5 miles and lifted about 3 miles northeast of town. The tornado did destroy the barns, silos, and sheds that it did encounter.
Early morning thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 90 mph at Parkston, SD, and gusts to 87 mph at Buffalo, MN. Later in the day strong thunderstorm winds at Howard, WI collapsed a circus tent injuring 44 people.
1988
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain in southern Texas, with totals ranging up to 13 inches near Medina. Two men drowned when their pick-up truck was swept into the Guadalupe River, west of the town of Hunt.
Flash flooding on the Monongehela River in western Pennsylvania caused the river to rise 32 feet in less than 24 hours.
Ten cities in the eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Downtown Baltimore, MD reported a record high reading of 102° for the second day in a row and Baltimore-Washington International Airport, MD hit 100°. Other daily record highs included: Newark, NJ: 100°, Philadelphia, PA: 100°, Washington, D.C.: 99°, NYC-Central Park, NY: 98°, NYC-LaGuardia, NY: 98°, Dulles Airport, VA: 98°, Providence, RI: 97°, Bristol, TN: 95°, Bridgeport, CT: 94°, Islip, NY: 93°, Concord, NH: 92° and Binghamton, NY: 88°. ***See Slideshow***
1989
Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced severe weather from North Dakota to Indiana. Thunderstorms in North Dakota produced tennis ball size hail at Carson. Thunderstorms in Indiana produced wind gusts to 75 mph at Fort Wayne.
Five cities in the Southern Atlantic Coast Region reported record high temperatures for the date, including Lakeland, FL: 100°, Orlando, FL: 98° and Tampa, FL: 96°.
1990
The costliest hailstorm in U.S. history occurred along the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies. Estes Park to Colorado Springs were the most affected with baseball size hail that severely damaged roofs, on thousands of structures, battered tens of thousands automobiles, windows, signs, street lights and traffic signals, stripped paint and trim from buildings, punched holes in roofs, stripped trees, ripped up greens & fairways on golf courses, severely damaged aircraft at the Jefferson County airport and knocked out utilities to thousands of residents. Hardest hit was the Elitch Gardens Amusement Park where 47 people were injured. Many of the injured were stranded on rides when power failed. Hail clogged storm sewers causing rain water to back up 3 to 6 feet deep on some roads in the town of Arvada. Several basements were flooded. Denver was also hard hit with hail up to the size of baseballs. An F1 tornado caused heavy damage at Castle Rock. Total damage was estimated at $625 million.
1992
An isolated thunderstorm developed over northeast Nebraska and moved into west-central Iowa. Near Pender in Thurston County Nebraska, strong winds blew a porch off of a house and caused tree and power line damage. In addition, 15,000 acres of crops were damaged due to large hail. Wind damage also occurred as the storm moved into Onawa. Windows were blown out at a store in downtown Onawa and high winds downed trees about 6 miles northwest of Onawa. Golf ball size hail also produced crop damage in Monona County and 3.50 inches of rain fell in a short period of time.
1993
The Great Midwest Flood continued as flood waters came close the Des Moines, IA water treatment plant, leaving the city's 250,000 residents without water for 12 days.
1995
Winds gusted to 86 mph at Barstow, FL damaging several small airplanes and buildings.
1999
Thunderstorms developed over the Kern County deserts and in the Tehachapi Mountains in California causing heavy downpours and localized flash flooding. A spotter recorded 5 inches of rain at Tehachapi in under 4 hours. In Rosamond, half-inch diameter hail fell and trees and power lines were downed.
Flash flooding at the Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base eroded some roads as 1.60 inches of measured rain fell in 45 minutes. A line of strong thunderstorms extending to the east from Barstow, moved slowly to the south producing heavy rain and gusty winds across the San Bernardino County desert. Travel along Interstates 15 and 40 were significantly affected as heavy rain reduced visibility to near zero in some spots and runoff covered sections of road.
2004
A severe thunderstorm struck Edmonton, Alberta Canada with 7.88” of rain and damaging hail that piled over 3 feet high in the streets. The storms caused tens of millions of dollars damage to the city's famous West Edmonton Mall. Tornadoes and funnel clouds were seen around the city.
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