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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Day: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny. High near 86, with temperatures falling to around 84 in the afternoon. South wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 5am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy. Low around 65, with temperatures rising to around 67 overnight. South southeast wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Day: Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 7am. Sunny. High near 89, with temperatures falling to around 87 in the afternoon. South southeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 62. East southeast wind around 6 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 89. East southeast wind around 6 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 63. East southeast wind 2 to 6 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 90. East southeast wind 2 to 6 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61. East southeast wind 2 to 6 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 90. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 87.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
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
Benwood is an unincorporated community in Van Buren Township, Clay County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area.
A post office was established at Benwood in 1881, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1882. Benwood was likely named in honor of Ben Davis, a railroad official.
Mining was the originally the primary industry of Benwood.
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