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On This Day In Weather History - May 16
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1983	The temperature at KCI dipped to 40 degrees. 1983 was the fifth coolest May of record with an average temperature of 59.6 degrees. Between the 14th and the 21st of 1983 the mercury rose above 70 degrees only once.
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1874	A flash flood caused by dam slippage claimed 143 lives and a million dollars in property damage at Mill Creek, west of Northhampton, MA.
1951	Hurricane Able did a loop-the-loop north of the Bahamas and reached Category 3 strength off Cape Hatteras, NC.

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