Sep 20, 2021

This Day in Weather History: Cold in Salina in 1918

Posted Sep 20, 2021 11:22 PM

By THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

In 1926, the same hurricane that had ravaged Miami on Sept. 18 ripped through Pensacola with 1-minute sustained speeds that reached around 150 mph. Sustained winds that were greater than 100 mph pounded Pensacola for four  hours, while sustained speeds greater than 75 mph whip lashed the city for an amazing 20 hours.

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In 1918, the temperature in Salina tumbled to 28 degrees. This is the earliest in the season that the city has had temperatures in the 20s.

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In 1845, what's believed to have been a family of tornadoes reportedly covering a track 275 miles long extended from Lake Ontario, across upstate New York, to Lake Champlain. This family of tornadoes leveled thousands of acres of forest across Upstate New York without causing a single fatality.