1970 - A lightning bolt struck a group of football players at Gibbs High School in Saint Petersburg FL, killing two persons and injuring 22 others. All the thirty-eight players and four coaches were knocked off their feet.
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Day: Patchy fog and showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a high near 67. North wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Northwest wind around 6 mph. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. North wind around 7 mph.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 51. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Northeast wind 5 to 9 mph.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Northeast wind around 8 mph.
Day: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. Northeast wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. North wind around 8 mph.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. North wind around 7 mph.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. North wind 5 to 8 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 70. Northeast wind around 10 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 48. Northeast wind 5 to 8 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 70. East wind 6 to 9 mph.
East Greenwich
(1.4 miles away)
Quonset Point
(5.4 miles away)
Wickford
(5.8 miles away)
Sat's High Temperature
110 at Death Valley, CA and Stovepipe Wells, CA
Sat's Low Temperature
23 at 16 Miles West Of Redfeather Lakes, CO