More events from 1905 -


Here is what I have for 1905 in my chronology of unusual weather:

on Feb 13, morning lows of -29 degrees at Pond AR, -40 degrees at Lebanon KS, and -40 degrees at Warsaw MO established all-time records for those three states;

on Apr 29, the town of Taylor, in southeastern TX, was deluged with 2.4 inches of rain in fifteen minutes; 

on May 9, a tornado wrecked Marquette KS, killing 30; 

on May 10, a deadly tornado hit the town of Snyder OK killing 87 persons. The tornado leveled 100 homes in Snyder, and destroyed many others. The large and violent
tornado killed a total of 97 persons along its 40 miles path across southwestern OK. Its roar could reportedly be heard up to twelve miles away; 

on Jun 28-Jul 4, a typhoon struck the Phillippines; 

on Jun 30, a typhoon in the Marshall Islands killed 500; 

on Jul 5, a tornado struck near Montague TX killing 40 and leveling 20 buildings; 

on Jul 7, the mercury soared to 127 degrees at Parker AZ to tie the state record established at Fort Mohave on the 15th of June in 1896; 

on Jul 7, the Republic of Salvador is torn apart by a storm (hurricane?) Killing 33; 

on Jul 12-20, a heat wave scorched NYC killing 91; 

on Jul 29, heavy rain in southwestern CT caused a dam break, and the resulting flood caused a quarter of a million dollars damage at Bridgeport. As much as eleven
inches of rain fell prior to the flood; 

on Aug 22-31, a typhoon struck the Phillippines; 

on Sep 21-29, a typhoon struck the Phillippines; the Catabria Typhoon; 

on Nov 28, a storm in MN and over the Great Lakes killed 40; 

(Intel courtesy Doug Hoyt)