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On This Day In Weather History - September 17

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1983   Strong southerly winds averaging greater than 18 mph, and gusting to 34 mph, helped the temperature to climb from a morning low of 61 degrees to an afternoon high of 94 degrees, .September of 1983 was the third windiest with an average wind speed of nearly 12 mph...there were no thunderstorms on September 17th from 1935 through 1963.


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2004   Flooding and mudslides killed more than 3,000 people in Haiti in Hurricane Jeanne.

1932   A tropical storm struck Annapolis Valley in the Maritimes, destroying 300,000 barrels of apples in Nova Scotia.