From NWS
1938: Unseasonably hot weather brought the temperature all the way up to 97 F at Onawa tying the all-time Iowa October record. Other reported high temperatures included 96 F at Little Sioux and Sioux City, 93 F at Alton and Shenandoah, 91 F at Cherokee, Pocahontas, Rock Rapids, and Spencer, and 90 F at Carroll and Winterset. The heat would continue the following day with Knoxville reporting a high temperature of 97 F on the 4th.
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3 October 1907 → Around the turn of the 20th Century the NWS attached meteorological instruments to specially designed kites, tethered to the ground, to get upper air data. On this date a record kite flight level was achieved at a height of 23,111 feet. |
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3 October 1964 → Hurricane Hilda crossed the Louisiana coastline with sustained winds of 120 mph at Franklin. Hilda killed 38 and produced a total damage of $125 million. An F4 tornado spawned by Hilda cut a 2 mile path through Larose, LA, killing 22 people and injuring 165. |
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3 October 1979 → The first killer tornado of record in October in Connecticut destroyed sixteen vintage aircraft at the Bradley Air Museum in Windsor Locks. The F4 tornado damaged more than 100 homes causing $200 million damage. Three persons were killed, and 500 others were injured. |
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This post was written by Schnack on October 3, 2012
