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: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Heat index values as high as 99. South southwest wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 79. Heat index values as high as 97. South southeast wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Day: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Southeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11pm and 2am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 78. East southeast wind around 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Day: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Southeast wind around 12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 78. Southeast wind around 12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. South wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 78. North northeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Northeast wind around 12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 76. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Day: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 76. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Day: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 2pm, then scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 76.
Cortez, Sarasota Bay
(4.1 miles away)
Anna Maria Key, Bradenton Beach
(6.7 miles away)
Bradenton, Manatee River
(8 miles away)
Sat's High Temperature
110 at Death Valley, CA and Stovepipe Wells, CA and 16 Miles Southwest Of Tecopa, CA
Sun's Low Temperature
28 at 2 Miles East Southeast Of Hazen, ND
Longboat Key is a town in Manatee and Sarasota counties along the central west coast of the U.S. state of Florida, located on and coterminous with the barrier island of the same name. Longboat Key is south of Anna Maria Island, between Sarasota Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. It is almost equally divided between the Manatee and Sarasota counties. The town of Longboat Key was incorporated in 1955 and is part of the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town's population was 7,505 at the 2020 census, up from 6,888 at the 2010 census.
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