The Nations Weather

In the East, the remnants of Ike pushed across the Great Lakes region and the Ohio Valley, producing heavy rains and strong winds for many locations. These heavy rains caused wide-spread areas of flooding through Illinois, northern Indiana, and southern Michigan. South Bend, Indiana received 4.09 inches of rain, 3.42 inches of rain fell at Battle Creek, Michigan, and Kalamazoo, Michigan received 3.36 inches of rain. There were many reports of downed trees and power lines through Kentucky and Ohio. In fact, winds gusted to 84 miles an hour at Westchester, Ohio. Lebanon, Ohio also experienced a wind gust of 78 miles an hour, and a 77-mile-an-hour gust ripped through Wilmington, Ohio. Further south, a cold front sparked a line of showers and thunderstorms that moved through the Tennessee Valley, the Lower Mississippi Valley, and into the Southeast. No severe weather was reported with this activity. Rainfall amounts ranged from a quarter of an inch to just over an inch.

Across the central part of the country, heavy rains fell through the Mid-Mississippi Valley and western Great Lakes region through the morning hours as the remnants of Ike quickly passed through. Rainfall amounts ranged from an inch to five inches. The following table reflects the highest rainfall amounts:

Location Rainfall amounts

Jefferson City, MO 5.31

Decatur, IL 5.00

St. Louis, MO 4.58

Fayetteville, AR 4.24

Springfield, MO 3.94

Springfield, IL 3.18

A cold front produce scattered showers and thunderstorms across the southern half of Texas. No severe weather was reported with this activity, but Victoria, Texas did receive 1.54 inches of rain. Mostly cloudy skies and scattered showers also affect the Upper Mississippi Valley. Otherwise, fair and dry conditions prevailed.

In the West, scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms developed across portions of New Mexico and southern Colorado. This activity was fairly general in nature with occasional lightning strikes, winds gusting to 40 miles per hour, and brief heavy downpours. Rainfall amounts of 0.91 inches fell at Roswell, New Mexico, and 0.55 inches of rain was received at Carlsbad, New Mexico. A large dome of high pressure dominated the rest of the west, making for mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies and dry conditions.

WEATHER EXTREMES FOR YESTERDAY:

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)............113 Death Valley, CA

HIGHEST HEAT INDEX (DEGREES F).............113 South Hill, VA

LOWEST TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)..............23 Polebridge, MT

LOWEST WIND CHILL (DEGREES F)...............10 Livingston, MT

HIGHEST WIND GUST (MPH).....................84 Westchester, OH

HIGHEST PRECIPITATION (INCHES)............5.31 Jefferson City, MO

ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY:

In 1910, Fresno, California received the earliest and heaviest rainfall of record with 0.73 inches of rain.

In 1939, the temperature soared to 100 degrees in Detroit, Michigan, which established a new record for the month of September.

In 1982, an early season snow storm brought 16.9 inches of new snow to Lander, Wyoming to establish a new 24 hour snow total record for September.

DTN-Meteorlogix/K HAUGEN

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