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: Rain showers likely and patchy fog before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. Northwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. North wind around 6 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 76. Northeast wind around 6 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 55. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.
Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58.
Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 76.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 82.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 79.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.
Baltimore, Fort McHenry
(1.5 miles away)
Fort McHenry Marsh
(1.9 miles away)
Hawkins Point
(5.7 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