| 1923 - Baltimore records their latest snow ever with a trace of the white stuff.
1927 - A major tornado outbreak from Texas to Michigan. 28 tornadoes counted. Part of Poplar Bluff MO was destroyed. 98 killed, 300 injured.
1933 - Kentucky family of tornadoes kills 36 along a 60-mile path. The town of Tompkinsville was the hardest hit with 18 killed.
1966 - Heavy record snows in western Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio. 3.1 inches fell at Pittsburgh.
1977 - Late season Northeast snow. Boston records their only May snow of record. 27 inches of snow falls at Slide Mountain NY. 500,000 people without power following heavy, wet snow.
1979 - Eastern heat wave: 95 at Boston and 94 at New York City.
1980 - Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster in Tampa Bay, Florida. Tanker rams bridge during morning thunderstorm. 30 people killed.
1985 - Lightning strikes tree 150 yards away from Alabama house, follows driveway to house where it blows up electrical outlets and appliances and blows hole in basement floor.
1986 - Flooding in Des Moines IA caused by seven inches of rain in 3 hours. $16 million in damage, 530 homes flooded. No injuries.
1990 - 22.4 inches of snow at Marquette MI after temperatures the day before were in the 70s.
1990 - Cyclone hits India, killing 1000 people. Storm surge measured at 22 feet.
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