Portal:Weather/On this day list/July
July 1
[edit]2005: Severe flooding shut down almost all transportation in the Indian state of Gujarat. More than 170 people were eventually killed by the flooding.
July 2
[edit]1965: TIROS-10, the final weather satellite of the original TIROS program, was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
July 3
[edit]2014: Hurricane Arthur made landfall just before midnight near Beaufort, North Carolina, the first hurricane to strike the United States in almost two years.
July 4
[edit]1977: A severe windstorm, known as a derecho, struck areas of Wisconsin and Michigan.
July 5
[edit]1937: The temperature reached 45.0 °C (113.0 °F) at both Midale and Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan. This was the hottest temperature in the history of Saskatchewan, and until a 2021 heat wave was the hottest temperature ever recorded in Canada.
July 6
[edit]2005: A tornado outbreak spawned by the outer rainbands of Hurricane Cindy began over the Southeastern United States, including an F2 tornado that caused extensive damage to the Atlanta Motor Speedway.
July 7
[edit]2012: A severe flood struck the region of Krasnodar Krai, Russia in the early morning hours, killing 171 people.
July 8
[edit]1680: A probable tornado killed one person in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the first known tornado fatality in North America.
July 9
[edit]2007: A severe cold wave culminated in a rare snowfall for parts of Argentina.
July 10
[edit]1989: A severe tornado outbreak, including two violent tornadoes, caused more than $200 million in damage in the Northeastern United States.
July 11
[edit]1991: L'Express Airlines Flight 508 crashed in a severe thunderstorm in Birmingham, Alabama, killing 13 of 15 people onboard.
July 12
[edit]2006: An F2 tornado struck parts of New York and Connecticut, causing several million dollars in damage.
July 13
[edit]2006: Tropical Storm Bilis made landfall on Taiwan. Bilis eventually caused 672 deaths and more than $4 billion in damage in the Philippines, Taiwan, and China, mostly due to flooding.
July 14
[edit]1960: Hurricane Abby passed just north of the Honduras coast, causing only minor damage.
July 15
[edit]1987: Typhoon Thelma made landfall in southern South Korea. At least 123 people were killed, and major damage occurred to the country's fishing fleet: more than 3,000 ships were damaged or destroyed.
July 16
[edit]1904: A destructive tornado struck Chappaqua, New York, killing two people.
July 17
[edit]2013: Tropical Storm Cimaron formed near Calayan, Cagayan, Philippines. A lightning strike from the storm in Ilocos Sur killed two people.
July 18
[edit]1986: Hurricane Estelle reached peak intensity over the open Pacific Ocean. Despite never directly impacting land, the storm would bring unusually rough surf to Hawaii that destroyed several homes and killed two people.
July 19
[edit]2018: Winds from a nearby severe thunderstorm caused an amphibious tour boat to sink on Table Rock Lake near Branson, Missouri, killing 17 people.
July 20
[edit]2007: Severe flooding in the United Kingdom peaked as a storm system dropped as much as 120 millimeters (4.7 in) of rain on southern England.
July 21
[edit]1987: A rare high-altitude violent tornado downed around 1,000,000 trees in Yellowstone National Park and surrounding wilderness.
July 22
[edit]1342: St. Mary Magdalene's flood, the worst flooding in central European history, reached its peak, inundating most rivers and valleys across central Europe.
July 23
[edit]2001: The GOES 12 weather satellite was launched. Part of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program, GOES 12 would provide weather forecasting data to the United States until its retirement in 2013.
July 24
[edit]1959: Hurricane Debra made landfall near Galveston, Texas, bringing more than 15 inches (380 mm) of rain in Orange County that resulted in severe flooding.
July 25
[edit]2010: A minor tornado struck The Bronx, New York. Seven people were injured by the storm.
July 26
[edit]2005: Almost 1,000 millimeters (39 in) of rain in just 24 hours caused severe flooding in the Indian state of Maharashtra, killing more than 1000 people.
July 27
[edit]2010: Heavy rains that would last for four days began across much of Pakistan, causing historic flooding that would kill more than 1,700 people.
July 28
[edit]1987: A major landslide due to weeks of heavy rain in the Valtelline valley in northern Italy killed 22 people.
July 29
[edit]1976: NOAA-5, the final weather satellite of the "Improved TIROS" series of satellites, was launched.
July 30
[edit]1978: Tropical Storm Amelia formed just off the coast of southern Texas. Upon moving inland the next day, Amelia caused severe flooding which killed 30 people.
July 31
[edit]2022: A volcano warning is accidentally issued for a wildfire in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska.