From NWS
1902: Unusually cold weather brought freezing temperatures across much of the northwestern half of Iowa on September 12-13 with several stations reporting their earliest freeze on record. Low temperatures on the morning of the 13th included 28 F at Bedford, Lansing, Logan, and Sibley, 27 F at Fort Dodge and Harlan, 26 F at Le Mars, and 25 F at Atlantic and Plover.
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13 September 1922 → The hottest temperature ever on Earth was recorded in Al Aziziyah, Libya: 136 degrees. |
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13 September 1928 → The hurricane that struck Puerto Rico was called the San Felipe Hurricane because that is the saint’s day on which it struck. One thousand people died. |
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13 September 1928 → F4 tornadoes struck Nebraska, South Dakota, and Iowa. Three small country schools in eastern Nebraska were swept clean of their foundations, but many lives were saved thanks to local farmers rushing to the schools to warn of the approaching storms. |
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13 September 1988 → A reconnaissance plane measured Hurricane Gilbert as the strongest Atlantic hurricane (up to that time) at 888 millibars. |
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13 September 1993 → Denver experienced a record 5-inch early season snow. The day before this, it had been 90 degrees F. |
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This post was written by Schnack on September 13, 2012
