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  • Sun to Shine on 2012 Preakness Stakes

    May 16, 2012; 7:01 AM ET

    On Saturday, May 19, 2012, about 100,000 people will gather for the Run for the Black-Eyed Susans, at Pimlico, in Baltimore, Md.

Daily U.S. Extremes

past 24 hours

  Extreme Location
High 110° Gila Bend, AZ
Low 23° Bridgeport, CA
Precip 3.02" Columbia, SC

WeatherWhys®

The most common trigger for western wildfires is dry lightning. Dry lightning occurs during a thunderstorm that produces little, if any, rainfall. Rainfall from these high base thunderstorms evaporates in the very dry air before reaching the ground.

This Day In Weather History

Northampton, Mass. (187)
Mill Creek disaster; dam slippage caused the loss of 143 lives and $1 million in property damage.

San Antonio, Texas (194)
A severe hailstorm caused $5 million damage and injured 20 people.

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