1926 - A hurricane which hit Miami, FL, on the 18th, pounded Pensacola with wind gusts to 152 mph. Winds raged in excess of 100 mph for four hours, and above 75 mph for 20 hours.
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Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and noon, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1pm and 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny. High near 89, with temperatures falling to around 86 in the afternoon. Southeast wind 5 to 10 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. Mostly clear, with a low around 75. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Day: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7am and 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunny. High near 89, with temperatures falling to around 86 in the afternoon. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 77. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 7am. Sunny, with a high near 90. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly clear, with a low around 76. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Day: A chance of rain showers before 7am, then showers and thunderstorms likely between 7am and 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Day: A chance of rain showers before 7am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Night: A chance of rain showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Day: A slight chance of rain showers before 7am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7am and 1pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73.
Sargent, ICWW
(5.3 miles away)
Fri's High Temperature
104 at 4 Miles South Of Tolleson, AZ
Sat's Low Temperature
25 at 14 Miles West Southwest Of Mackay, ID and Saranac Lake, NY
Sargent is a small unincorporated community located in the eastern corner of Matagorda County, Texas, United States.
Sargent is a fishing, boating, and water sports community with a variable population, as most of its inhabitants are weekend commuters from larger cities such as Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. Sargent is on Farm to Market Road 457, five miles northwest of the Gulf of Mexico and twenty-four miles southeast of Bay City, in the eastern corner of Matagorda County. Approximately 501 permanent residents live in the Sargent area, while on holiday weekends the population may swell to as high as 5,000. The Sargent area, with its proximity to the Gulf of Mexico, East Matagorda Bay, the Intracoastal Waterway, and Caney Creek, is home base to many commercial and sport fisherman and shrimpers. Red drum (aka Redfish), Spotted Seatrout (aka Speckled Trout), Flounder, Blue Crab and shrimp are among the local favorites.
In addition to the local fishing, one of the unique appeals of Sargent is that many of the homesites are waterfront. Several developments, such as Caney Creek Estates, became established in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Following the widespread damage caused by Hurricane Carla in 1961, other developments such as Downey's Caney Creek, Caney Court, and Caney Creek Haven were established, including new waterfront lots created by the digging of manmade canals off Caney Creek and the Intracoastal Waterway.
Many waterfront lots were originally sold as campsites. Much of Sargent still has a fishing camp influence with many recreational vehicles present, although the majority of developed homesites now have permanent dwellings. Also prevalent are the many private wooden piers and docks, where modern recreational watercraft can be docked. Most piers also have electric fishing lights that allow night fishing, particularly during the colder months where Spotted Seatrout are known to feed as they migrate inland.
Sargent Beach, where multiple rows of beach houses in the 1960s eventually succumbed to continual coastal erosion, has received more attention to preserve what remains of this relatively narrow island bordered by the Gulf of Mexico, the Intracoastal Waterway, Mitchell's Cut into East Matagorda Bay, and the San Bernard River far to the east.
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