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: Patchy fog and scattered rain showers before 7am, then widespread rain showers and patchy fog between 7am and 8am, then rain between 8am and 5pm, then scattered rain showers. Cloudy, with a high near 64. North wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Night: A chance of rain showers before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. Northwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. West wind around 8 mph.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. Northwest wind around 7 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 63. East wind around 6 mph.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. East wind around 3 mph.
Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 63.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers between 7pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 61.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 53.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 61.
Burnt Coat Harbor, Swans Island
(0.1 miles away)
Mackerel Cove, Swans Island
(1.9 miles away)
Bass Harbor
(8.3 miles away)
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