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Weather History - June 25: Record Heat, Hurricane Audrey, Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Snow & Flooding
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Listed are Meteorological events that happened on June 25th:
1749
A general fast was called on account of drought in Massachusetts. It was the year of the famous dry spring in which fields and villages burned.
1925
The mercury hit 101° at Portland, OR, their earliest 100 degree reading on record.
1953
The temperature at Anchorage, AK soared to 86°, their hottest reading on record.
1954
Quincy, IL soared to 105°; their hottest temperature on record.
1957
At noon, the tropical depression in the southwest Gulf of Mexico was upgraded to Hurricane Audrey. Air Force reconnaissance investigating Hurricane Audrey over the southwest Gulf of Mexico found a central pressure of 973 mb. Audrey would eventually achieve Category 4 status; the strongest in the Atlantic Basin in June, before devastating the Cameron, LA area on the 27th.
1967
Two of the most powerful tornadoes ever to strike The Netherlands touched down at Chaam and Tricht killing six people and injuring at least 18 others.
1980
The high of 114° established the all time high at Liberal, KS. It was tied 6/10/1981.
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1983
A quarter of an inch of snow was reported near the towns of Sharon and Hartford in the higher terrain of central Vermont.
1987
Afternoon highs of 111° at Redding, CA, 107° at Medford, OR and 97° at Miami, FL were new records for the date. At Miami, it was the third of six straight days of record heat.
Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 70 mph at Austin, TX, and gusts to 75 mph at Tulsa, OK.
1988
52 cities in the central and eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Highs of 100° at Erie, PA, 104° at Cleveland, OH and South Bend, IN established all-time records for those locations. Until this date, Erie, PA, was one of the few non-mountainous spots in the lower 48 states that had never reached 100°. Today's high of 100° broke Erie's previous all-time record of 99° set back on 9/3/1953. Erie's records date back to 1873. Highs of 101° at Flint, MI, 105° at Chicago, IL, and 106° at Fort Wayne, IN equaled all-time records. Owen, WI set their all-time June record high with 94°.
In Ontario, Canada, all-time records were set as the mercury soared to 104° at Windsor and 101° at London.
Thunderstorms in Idaho produced wind gusts to 100 mph west of Bliss and north of Crouch, injuring 29 people.
***See Slideshow***
1989
Tropical depression Allison, the remnants of what was earlier Hurricane Cosme from the Pacific Ocean which dissipated as it crossed northern Mexico, began to spread heavy rain into southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana.
1990
Borrego Springs, CA hit 122°; their hottest temperature on record. Phoenix, AZ set a daily record high of 120°.
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1994
Blistering heat prevailed across the southwest deserts as many daily record highs were set including: Yuma, AZ: 119°, Tucson, AZ: 115° and Winslow, AZ: 103°.
1998
Melbourne, FL set a record high temperature for the 15th consecutive day with 96°. By the end of June, 22 record highs were set.
2008
Thunderstorms deluged northern Missouri and sections of central Illinois with 6 to 8 inches of rain. Linneus, MO was hardest hit with 8.61 inches while nearby Ethel reported 7.88 inches and Gallatin 6.80 inches.
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