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Weather on This Date - July 24

7/24/2018

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July 24, 1886
Rain fell at Lawrence, KS, for the first time in four weeks. Rain fell over much of the state of Kansas that day relieving a severe drought which began in May. The very dry weather ruined crops in Kansas. (David Ludlum)

July 24, 1942
The temperature at Las Vegas, NV, hit 117 degrees to set an all-time record for that location. The record was tied on July 19, 2005.

July 24, 1947
One of the most powerful strokes of lightning ever measured yielded 345,000 amperes of electricity in Pittsburgh, PA. (The Weather Channel)

July 24, 1952
The temperature at Louisville, GA, soared to 112 degrees to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel)

July 24, 1980
Claudette, a weak tropical storm, deluged southeastern Texas with torrential rains. The Houston suburb of Alvin received 43 inches, a 24 hour record for the U.S. (David Ludlum)

July 24, 1987
Twenty-one cities in the eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. The high of 91 degrees at Beckley, WV, was their hottest reading in 25 years of records, and marked their third straight day of record 90 degree heat. Bakersfield, CA, dipped to 60 degrees, marking their eighth straight morning of record cool weather. (The National Weather Summary)

July 24, 1988
Afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds in Oklahoma, and over Nebraska and Wisconsin. Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 75 mph at Brainerd, NE. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

July 24, 1989
Afternoon thunderstorms produced some flash flooding in New Mexico. Albuquerque, NM, was deluged with an inch and a half of rain in forty minutes. Evening thunderstorms soaked White Pine, PA, with two inches of rain in one hour. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

July 24, 1991
Thunderstorms producing severe winds struck the state. In Norcross (Gwinnett County), three-inch-wide steel support braces at a building under construction were snapped by the wind. In nearby Hall County, lightning from one of the thunderstorms struck a bridge on Georgia Highway 60 and injured two men working on it. (NWS Atlanta)

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