1926 - The great ""Miami Hurricane"" produced winds reaching 138 mph which drove ocean waters into the Biscayne Bay drowning 135 persons. The eye of the hurricane passed over Miami, at which time the barometric pressure reached 27.61 inches. Tides up to twelve feet high accompanied the hurricane, which claimed a total of 372 lives.
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Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. South southwest wind around 3 mph.
Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. North northeast wind around 5 mph.
Day: Mostly cloudy. High near 82, with temperatures falling to around 79 in the afternoon. South southeast wind around 8 mph.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. South southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Day: A chance of rain showers before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between noon and 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. South wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Day: A chance of rain showers before 9am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and noon, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 76.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 54.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 81.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 86.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.
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114 at Death Valley, CA
Thu's Low Temperature
19 at Peter Sinks, UT
Draper is a city in Salt Lake and Utah counties in the U.S. state of Utah, about 20 miles (32 km) south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. As of the 2020 census, the population is 51,017, up from 7,143 in 1990.
Draper is part of two metropolitan areas; the Salt Lake County portion is in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, while the Utah County portion is in the Provo-Orem metropolitan area.
Draper has two UTA TRAX stations (Draper Town Center, 12300/12400 South and Kimball's Lane 11800 South) as well as one on the border with Sandy (Crescent View 11400 South). A FrontRunner commuter rail station serves the city's west side. The city has around 5 FLEX bus routes connecting neighboring communities and two bus routes to Lehi Frontrunner Station and River/Herriman, connecting at Draper Town Center and the Draper Frontrunner Stations.
The Utah State Prison was located in Draper from 1951 to 2022, near Point of the Mountain, alongside Interstate 15. State politicians voted to condemn the facility, and prisoners were moved to the Utah State Correctional Facility.
The city is home of 1-800 Contacts and a large eBay campus.
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