...1882... A vivid aurora was visible from Oregon to Maine, down the east coast as far as Mayport FL, and inland as far as Wellington KS. Observers at Louisville KY noted "merry dancers" across the sky, and observers at Saint Vincent MN noted it was probably the most brilliant ever seen at that location.

...1915... Hurricane # 1 passed through northern Rhode Island and Massachusetts producing 1.89 inches or rain for Newport, Rhode Island, breaking the record of .44 inches set in 1907..

...1930... The temperature at Moorefield WV soared to 112 degrees to establish a state record, having reached 110 degrees the previous day. Widespread drought after April of that year caused some towns to haul water for domestic use, and many manufacturing plants were barely operational.

...1944... Hurricane # 3 passed to the south of Rhode Island on this day. Newport, Rhode Island recorded 1.10 inches of rain and the high temperature record for the date of 92 degrees was set, breaking the old record of 90 degrees set back in 1926.

...1961... Spokane WA reached an all-time record high of 108 degrees. Kalispell MT set an all-time record with a reading of 105 degrees.

...1964... The low temperature at Newport, Rhode Island fell to 53 degrees, setting the record low temperature for the date. It was later tied in 1966.

 ...1969... Tropical Storm Anna passed very close to Block Island, Rhode Island. Newport, Rhode Island recorded 1.61 inches of rain.  Elko, Nevada recorded its all-time record high temperature of 107 degrees.

...1979... .89 inches of rain fell in one hour at Newport, Rhode Island, breaking the old record of .76 inches, set in 1972.

...1980... A record forty-two consecutive days of 100 degree heat finally came to an end at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. July 1980 proved to be the hottest month of record with a mean temperature of 92 degrees. There was just one day of rain in July, and there was no measurable rain in August. There were 18 more days of 100 degree heat in August, and four in September. Hot weather that summer contributed to the deaths of 1200 people nationally, and losses from the heat across the country were estimated at twenty billion dollars.

...1987... A cold front brought relief from the heat to a large part of the Midwest, while hot weather continued in the south central and eastern U.S. Morning thunderstorms in Nebraska deluged the town of Dalton with 8.71 inches of rain, along with hail three inches in diameter, which accumulated up to four feet deep near the town of Dix.

...1988... Thunderstorms produced severe weather from eastern Iowa to Lower Michigan during the afternoon and evening hours, producing golf ball size hail and spawning several tornadoes. A thunderstorm at Maquoketa IA produced wind gusts to 75 mph.

...1989... Thunderstorms produced severe weather from eastern Nebraska and northeastern Kansas to the Great Lakes Region, with 150 reports of large hail or damaging winds during the afternoon, evening, and nighttime hours. Thunderstorms produced tennis ball size hail at Claremont MN, and wind gusts to 75 mph at Milwaukee WI. Thunder-storms representing what once was Hurricane Chantal produced five inches of rain at Grant MI, and deluged Chicago IL with more than three inches of rain in three hours.

...1998... A Newport, Rhode Island the low wind gust record for the date was broken when it only gusted to 10 miles per hour, breaking the old record of 13 miles per hour set in 1950 and 1975.

...2012... The dew point was a humid 77 degrees at Newport, Rhode Island on this day, breaking the previous record of 76 degrees set in 1995.