National Weather Service
In 1936, Salina tied its all-time record high for the month of
July when the city was torched by a temperature of 116 degrees. The record had been set just six days earlier on July 18. Salina's all-time record high is 118 degrees set on Aug. 13, 1936. In comparison, in 1942, Las Vegas had set its all-time record high of 117 degrees, a record that would be tied on July 19, 2005.
In 1979, Claudette was a weak tropical storm, but do not say that to residents of Alvin, Texas. A phenomenal 43 inches of rain inundated the Houston suburb to set the all-time 24-hour rainfall record for the United States. This staggering total is just 10.82 inches shy of the all-time annual rainfall record for Wichita which is 53.82 inches set in 2008.
In 1947, a lightning bolt reportedly yielding 345,000 amps of electricity struck Pittsburgh, Pa.