1975 - Strong winds reduced visibilities to near zero in blowing dust resulting in a 22-car chain reaction accident on Interstate 10 near Toltec AZ. Two persons were killed, and 14 others were injured.
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Night: Partly cloudy. Low around 73, with temperatures rising to around 75 overnight. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 95. Heat index values as high as 103. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 7pm. Mostly cloudy. Low around 68, with temperatures rising to around 71 overnight. Heat index values as high as 102. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. North northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. Northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. East northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 85. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 64. East wind around 5 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 86.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 63.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 89.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 65.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 91.
Thu's High Temperature
112 at Death Valley, CA and 16 Miles Southwest If Tecopa, CA
Thu's Low Temperature
28 at Peter Sinks, UT
Opelika is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, located in the U.S. state of Texas.
The community was known earlier as Wanda but was renamed by a settler from Opelika, Alabama. A post office was established in 1912. A poultry breeder, a cotton gin, a fruit-growers association, a general store, and a real estate office were reported in 1914. The earliest figures showed a population of fifty until after World War II, when the number dropped to twenty. After 1970, no census figures were given. The post office was closed in 1923. Public schools were reported in 1928 and 1929, and highway maps of the mid-1930s indicate a school, a church, and one business. In the 1930s the town was heavily involved in the oil industry. The Opelika oilfield is north of the townsite. Maps in 1983 and 1985 showed a church and a cemetery.
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