America and the 'curse' on July 4

July 4 seems to be a day that never brings luck to the United States when the most extreme weather patterns often appear at this time of year.

Let's review those memorable milestones and wait to see if today (July 4, 2012), will history continue to repeat in America?

1911: Past New England weather records show that 104 ° F (40 ° C) is the record high temperature recorded on July 4, 1911 in Boston, Massachusetts. In addition, extreme temperatures also appeared in many other places on the same day as Lawrence, Mass (42 ° C); Vernon, Vt. (41 ° C); Nashua, NH (42 ° C).

1956: On July 4, 1956 , the Unionville, Maryland region set a world record for the highest rainfall measured within a minute of 3.1cm.

1975: The flash flood was only in the blink of an eye, but it also made more than 100 cars stuck on The Strip at Las Vega, Nevada, causing chaotic traffic on July 4, 1975.

1980: Severe weather conditions with grain-sized hail even with tornado baseball in Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska state.

1984: July 4, 1984 was also the day when hail appeared near Kimball, Nebraska with pea-sized stones spread out a layer thicker than 10cm and cleared the ground.

1988: Drought peaked in Wisonsin on July 4, 1988, causing experts to call this a disaster area.

1989: Record was recorded in Denver, Colorado after 5 consecutive days the temperature reached about 38 ° C, sometimes higher. In addition, temperatures also skyrocketed across the Southwest: the Phoenix and Tucson regions of Arizona state reached 45 ° C and about 43 ° C respectively.

1993: Snowfall is quite thick in the Wasatch Mountains on a height of 2743m.

1997: A thunderstorm with thunder appeared in the area about 5 miles west of Hendersonville, NC, causing a man to be hospitalized after a tree fell on him. In addition, it hit many boats anchoring at Rock Lake and cutting down 500 trees in Graham County.

1999: Hurricanes with strong winds cause estimated damage to about 12.5 million trees at Boundary Waters Canoe and Wilderness (Minnesota); Thousands of people are trapped by fallen trees.

2001: At least 7 people were struck by lightning in Tampa Bay, Florida on July 4, 2001 .

2007: Fireworks were banned in many parts of the Southwest region due to the risk of fire in dry and hot weather conditions. Record levels were recorded in California, Arizona, Nevada and Oregon in which desert temperatures sometimes reached nearly 49 degrees C.

2008: A forest fire near Goleta, California caused 1,700 families to quickly evacuate and was forced to cancel the Rotary Club's annual fireworks competition.

2009: On July 4, 2009 in Lakeland, Florida had 1 death case and more than 2 others were injured because of lightning strikes.

2010: The temperature measured at Kennedy Airport reached a record of 38 degrees Celsius since 1966.

Reference: Livescience