1881 - Forest fires in Michigan and Ontario resulted in 'Yellow Day' in the northeastern U.S. Twenty villages in Michigan burned, and a total of 500 persons were killed. Fires caused 2.3 million dollars in losses near Lake Huron. Candles were needed at the noon hour.
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Day: A chance of rain showers before 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Northeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. East wind around 3 mph.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. East wind around 5 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. East southeast wind around 3 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 84. Southeast wind 2 to 6 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 85.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 62.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 89.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 65.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 91.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 66.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 91.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67.
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111 at Death Valley, CA
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25 at 13 Miles North Of White Sulphur Springs, MT
Atoka is a city in and the county seat of Atoka County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 3,195 as of the 2020 Census, a 2.4% increase over the 3,107 reported at the 2010 census, which was itself an increase of 4.0 percent from the figure of 2,988 in 2000.
The city was settled by the Choctaw and named in 1867 by a Baptist missionary for Chief Atoka, whose name means "ball ground" in English.
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