1995: A severe thunderstorm dropped very large hail in a short
swath across southeastern Clay, southwestern Palo Alto,
northeastern Buena Vista, and Pocahontas counties. Golf ball to
baseball sized hail fell near Webb and Ayrshire and at Rush Lake
pea sized hail covered the ground a foot deep. The hail became
even larger further southeast reaching 4.5 inches in diameter
near Laurens. The storm began to weaken soon thereafter but
still produced golf ball sized hail near Havelock and
Pocahontas. 1918: Extremely hot weather sent the temperature
soaring to 110 F at Des Moines which remains tied for the all-
time record at that location. Other reported high temperatures
around the state included 113 F at Clarinda, Knoxville, and
Shenandoah, 112 F at Pella, and 110 F at Atlantic. |This Day in
National/World Weather History …| Posted under Weather History
This post was written by Schnack on August 4, 2012