We've been there for 2 weeks when almost every day had a chance of rain and nothing happened. Sometimes it's sunny on the mainland and your socked in with fog. It's an island sometimes rain gets as far as Ellsworth and then nothing on the island. Keep in mind that the weather forecast can change dramatically while you're there. It kept us busy from when we got to when we went to bed. So if Plan A doesn't work, there is always Plan B. One caveat, having vacationed in Bar Harbor every year for the past ten, we do know of lots of alternatives. But were it me, I'd go and take my chances. But I am not sure how many folks would be looking forward to sunrise at 4:48am anyway.Īs I said, it has got to be your decision.
The only thing impacted was my desire to get out for some sunrise photography. Most of the days last week went foggy, misty in the morning, clearing to overcast or sunny by mid-day, clouding over in the evening with rain and showers overnight. I can't emphasize enough that rain or showers or thunderstorms as the forecast for any given day doesn't necessarily mean rain all day. We still did everything that we wanted to - hiked, birded, nature photography, boat trips and so on. Every day the forecast said showers and thunderstorms.
(Possibly longest living tornado on record but not verified due to it not being known if its surface contact was uninterrupted or if more than one twister was involved.Obviously it has got to be your decision.Īs I said in the other thread, we just returned from a week in Bar Harbor this past Sunday. and 1 a.m., the next day, the Comanche Tornado slices a savage swath of destruction from Cedar Rapids, IA to Van Buren County, MI the town of Comanche, IA is destroyed and 175 people killed. Damage was estimated at more than 276 million dollars.įor nine hours between 4 p.m. Many were lost at sea.Ī four day storm began over New England which produced up to 14 inches of rain in southern Connecticut breaching twenty-three dams and breaking two others. The early season hurricane, which originated around Cuba, caused major damage along the Atlantic coast from Charleston SC to New York City. The cold and snow damaged the wheat crop.Ī hurricane struck Long Island NY leveling trees and causing damage to ships. The temperature dipped to 25 degrees in New York State, and up to two inches of snow blanketed Ohio. There were 125 deaths that day in a tornado outbreak across Missouri and Arkansas.įrost was reported from Iowa to New England. history occurred as the Williamette River overflowed to inundate half of the business district of Portland OR.Ī tornado struck the town of Warren AR killing 83 persons. The temperature reached 92 degrees at Salem MA during an early heat wave, but then plunged 49 degrees in 24 hours to commence the famous "year without a summer". The Highlands were white all day, and flurries were observed as far south as Boston MA. Danville VT reported drifts of snow and sleet twenty inches deep. Richmond VA experienced its worst flood of record as rains from Hurricane Agnes pushed the water level at the city locks to a height of 36.5 feet, easily topping the previous record of thirty feet set in 1771.Ī famous June snow occurred in the northeastern U.S. It was the most destructive tornado of record up until that time. The tornado, which struck during the evening, cut a swath of near total destruction eight miles long and four blocks wide. The tornado, half a mile in width, destroyed 200 homes on Coldwater Road killing entire families.Ī tornado ripped right through the heart of the capitol city of Topeka KS killing sixteen persons and causing 100 million dollars damage. The worst tornado of record for the state of Michigan killed 116 persons.
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