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: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 9am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and 1pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely between 1pm and 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Partly sunny. High near 90, with temperatures falling to around 86 in the afternoon. Heat index values as high as 100. Northwest wind 1 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. Northeast wind 2 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Northeast wind 3 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Night: Showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. Northeast wind 6 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Day: Showers and thunderstorms before 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 5pm, then showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 85. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Night: Showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 11pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Day: A slight chance of rain showers before 8am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Day: A slight chance of rain showers before 8am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 2am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Day: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86.
Palmetto Bluff
(4.5 miles away)
Palatka
(9 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
Hastings is an unincorporated census-designated place and agricultural center in St. Johns County, Florida, United States, 18 miles (29 km) southwest of St. Augustine. It was formerly an incorporated town, but it was dissolved in 2018 after a vote by residents. The population was 1,262 at the 2020 census, up from 580 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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