1979 - Hurricane Frederick smashed into the Mobile Bay area of Alabama packing 132 mph winds. Winds gusts to 145 mph were reported as the eye of the hurricane moved over Dauphin Island AL, just west of Mobile. Frederick produced a fifteen foot storm surge near the mouth of Mobile Bay. The hurricane was the costliest in U.S. history causing 2.3 billion dollars damage.
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Day: Sunny. High near 101, with temperatures falling to around 98 in the afternoon. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 74. South wind 0 to 10 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 97. South southwest wind 0 to 5 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 72. North northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 98. South wind 0 to 5 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 73. North northeast wind around 0 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 101. South southwest wind 0 to 5 mph.
Night: Clear, with a low around 77. North wind 0 to 5 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 103. South southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 79. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 103. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 80. Northwest wind 0 to 5 mph.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 103. South wind around 5 mph.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 80. North northeast wind around 5 mph.
Thu's High Temperature
104 at 4 Miles South Of Tolleson, AZ and Phoenix, AZ and 3 Miles East-southeast Of Casa Grande, AZ and 3 Miles North-northeast Of Tempe, AZ
Fri's Low Temperature
26 at Austin, NV
Mesa ( MAY-sə) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The population was 504,258 at the 2020 census. It was the third-most populous city in Arizona, after Phoenix and Tucson, the 37th-most populous city in the U.S., and the most populous city that is not a county seat (except for independent cities Washington, D.C. and Baltimore which are not part of any county). It was the most populous city in the East Valley of the Phoenix metropolitan area. It borders Tempe on the west, the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community on the north, Chandler and Gilbert on the south along with Queen Creek, and Apache Junction on the east.
At least ten colleges and universities were located in Mesa, as is the Mesa Arizona Temple, one of the first LDS temples constructed outside of Utah. The city is home to the largest relief airport in the Phoenix area, Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport, located in the southeastern corner of the city.
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