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: Patchy fog and showers and thunderstorms before 5pm, then patchy fog and a slight chance of rain showers. Cloudy, with a high near 65. North wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Night: Patchy fog before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Northwest wind around 6 mph. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Northwest wind around 6 mph.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. North wind around 5 mph.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Northeast wind 5 to 8 mph.
Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Northeast wind around 7 mph.
Day: A slight chance of rain showers after 9am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. Northeast wind around 8 mph.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. North wind around 7 mph.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. North wind around 7 mph.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. North wind around 7 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 69. Northeast wind around 8 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47. Northeast wind 3 to 7 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 71. East wind around 7 mph.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Southwest wind around 7 mph.
Pawtucket, Seekonk River
(8 miles away)
Rumford, Seekonk River
(9.8 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