1987 - Showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain in the northeastern U.S. Flooding was reported in Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Greenwood NY received 6.37 inches of rain. A dike along a creek at Prattsburg NY gave way and a two million dollar onion crop left on the ground to dry was washed away. The prolonged rains in the eastern U.S. finally came to an end late in the day as a cold front began to push the warm and humid airmass out to sea.
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Night: A slight chance of rain showers before 7pm, then patchy fog between 1am and 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Southwest wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Day: Patchy fog before 8am, then a slight chance of rain showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Northwest wind 1 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers before 8pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 52. North wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 77. East wind around 5 mph.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Southeast wind around 3 mph.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 54.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.
Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55.
Day: A slight chance of rain showers after 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers before 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 57.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 80.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.
Fri's High Temperature
103 at Rio Grande Village, TX and Gila Bend, AZ
Sat's Low Temperature
21 at 14 Miles West-southwest Of Mackay, ID
Bantam is a borough in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 720 at the 2020 census. It is part of the town of Litchfield.
On July 10, 1989, many of the buildings in Bantam were heavily damaged by a tornado that ripped through Litchfield and New Haven Counties. The storm also caused considerable damage to the Litchfield County town of Thomaston, and to the New Haven County towns of Waterbury, Hamden and North Haven.
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