Weather History

This Day In Weather History

In 2015, Hurricane Patricia became the 2nd most powerful tropical cyclone on record worldwide with a minimum central pressure of 872 mb, an incredible 25.75 inches in mercury. Her central pressure was the lowest on record in the Western Hemisphere and the 2nd lowest globally. She became a tropical storm on October 20th then, on the 22nd, explosive intensification occurred as she grew from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane. In just 24 hours, her 1-minute sustained winds increased 120 mph. On the 23rd, she achieved record peak intensity with staggering 1-minute sustained winds of 215 mph, a world record. When she made landfall in Southwest Mexico, her sustained speeds were around 150 mph. In all, 8 were killed and damage was estimated at $460 million.

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In 1987, thirteen cities in the Southeast U.S. set record lows for the date. Cities that chilled out that morning included Columbia, South Carolina, where the mercury plunged to 27 degrees, and Augusta, Georgia, where the low fell to 28.