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: Areas of fog before 9am, then a slight chance of rain showers between noon and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny. High near 92, with temperatures falling to around 87 in the afternoon. Heat index values as high as 101. Northeast wind 1 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 9pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. East wind 2 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Day: A chance of rain showers between 7am and 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. Northeast wind 6 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Northeast wind 6 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. Northeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11pm and 2am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Day: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 85.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 65.
Day: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65.
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