1961 - Very large and slow moving Hurricane Carla made landfall near Port Lavaca TX. Carla battered the central Texas coast with wind gusts to 175 mph, and up to 16 inches of rain, and spawned a vicious tornado which swept across Galveston Island killing eight persons. The hurricane claimed 45 lives, and caused 300 million dollars damage. The remnants of Carla produced heavy rain in the Lower Missouri Valley and southern sections of the Upper Great Lakes Region.
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Day: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. North northeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. Northeast wind around 12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Day: Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. North northeast wind 8 to 12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. Northeast wind around 12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Day: Scattered showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. North northeast wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. Northeast wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Day: Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Sunny, with a high near 89. Northeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. Northeast wind 7 to 12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Day: Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Sunny, with a high near 89. Northeast wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 72. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Day: Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Day: Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74.
Pendola Point, Hillsborough Bay
(4.1 miles away)
McKay Bay Entrance
(4.9 miles away)
NEWMAN BRANCH
(5.1 miles away)
Wed's High Temperature
108 at 4 Miles South Of Tolleson, AZ and Phoenix, AZ and Gila Bend, AZ
Wed's Low Temperature
30 at 5 Miles East Of Davis, WV and 16 Miles West Of Redfeather Lakes, CO
Gibsonton, sometimes nicknamed Gibtown, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. U.S. Route 41 runs through the center of the community. The population was 18,566 at the 2020 census, up from 14,234 at the 2010 census.
Gibsonton was famous as a sideshow wintering town, where various people in the carnival and circus businesses would spend the off season, placing it near the winter home for the Ringling Brothers Circus at Tampa, Sarasota and Venice in various times. It was home to Percilla the Monkey Girl, the Anatomical Wonder, and the Lobster Boy. Siamese twin sisters ran a fruit stand here. At one time, it was the only post office with a counter for dwarfs. Aside from the agreeable winter climate, Gibsonton offered unique circus zoning laws that allowed residents to keep elephants and circus trailers on their front lawns.
Gibsonton was founded by James Gibson Sr., from Greenville, Alabama, in 1884. He homesteaded 150 acres at the mouth of the Alafia River, stretching to the east for approximately a half a mile along the south bank of the river. Gibson, along with Granville Platt and F.L. Henderson, became trustees of a school erected in 1888.
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