From NWS
1979: An early season winter storm brought rain across Iowa on the 21st that changed to snow in the north and west on the 22nd. Many areas of the state recorded more than 2 inches of total precipitation, ranging up to 4.05 inches at Winterset. The highest reported snowfall amounts included 5.5 inches at Harlan and 5.0 inches at Denison, Oakland, and Sidney.
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21 October 1934 → A severe windstorm lashed the Pacific Northwest coast. In Washington, 22 deaths were reported and $1.7 million in damage was done, mainly to timber. Winds reached 87 mph at North Head, and waves reached 20 feet high on Puget Sound. |
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21 October 1975 → Carlton Fisk made history on this day because of a walk-off home run in the 1975 World Series, after it had been postponed by rain for three days. |
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21 October 1997 → The World Series game in Cleveland between the Indians and the Florida Marlins featured snow showers and the coldest temperatures in World Series history: 38F at game time with wind chills as low as 15 degrees. Florida won the game 14 to 11. |
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This post was written by Schnack on October 21, 2012
