1987 - Showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain in the northeastern U.S. Flooding was reported in Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Greenwood NY received 6.37 inches of rain. A dike along a creek at Prattsburg NY gave way and a two million dollar onion crop left on the ground to dry was washed away. The prolonged rains in the eastern U.S. finally came to an end late in the day as a cold front began to push the warm and humid airmass out to sea.
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Day: Sunny, with a high near 92. East northeast wind around 5 mph.
Night: Patchy fog after 5am. Mostly clear, with a low around 65. South southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
Day: Patchy fog before 8am. Sunny. High near 91, with temperatures falling to around 87 in the afternoon. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 65. Southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 91. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. East southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 92. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 66. South wind 0 to 5 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 92. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
Night: Clear, with a low around 66.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 92.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 93.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67.
Fri's High Temperature
103 at Rio Grande Village, TX and Gila Bend, AZ
Sat's Low Temperature
21 at 14 Miles West-southwest Of Mackay, ID
Purvis is a U.S. city in and the county seat of Lamar County, Mississippi. It is part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,175 at the 2010 census. The Town of Purvis was incorporated on February 25, 1888 and was founded by and named after Thomas Melville Purves, originally of Marion County, Alabama. Purves, born March 8, 1820, was a second generation Scottish-American; his grandfather emigrated to Charleston, South Carolina in 1765.
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