1815 - One of the greatest hurricanes to strike New England made landfall at Long Island and crossed Massachusetts and New Hampshire. It was the worst tempest in nearly two hundred years, equal to the hurricane which struck in 1938, and one of a series of severe summer and autumn storms to affect shipping lanes that year.
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Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 3am and 5am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. South southeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7am and 10am, then showers and thunderstorms between 10am and 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Day: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. West wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. North northwest wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Day: A slight chance of rain showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers before 7pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 83.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 85.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 63.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 85.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 63.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85.
Tue's High Temperature
108 at 16 Miles Southwest Of Tecopa, CA and Death Valley, CA
Tue's Low Temperature
15 at 14 Miles West-southwest Of Mackay, ID
Sheffield is a city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Florence-Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Area. The population was 9,403 at the 2020 census. and was estimated to be 9,307 in 2023. Sheffield is the birthplace of "country-soul pioneer" and songwriter Arthur Alexander, French horn player Willie Ruff, notable attorney, actor, former senator and presidential contender Fred Thompson, Watergate committee U.S. Senator Howell Heflin and U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, whose father was working in nearby Athens when he was born. It sometimes is referred to as "the City of Senators" due to the births of Heflin, McConnell and Thompson within its borders. Col. Harland Sanders worked for Southern Railway in Sheffield in 1907. It is also home to the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio where many popular 20th century musicians recorded their work, including Alexander and Ruff. It is the site of historic Helen Keller Hospital, formerly known as Colbert County Hospital, originally constructed in 1921. It was changed to Helen Keller Hospital in 1979, and Keller's birthplace Ivy Green is located less than one mile southwest of the hospital in adjacent Tuscumbia.
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