1926 - The great ""Miami Hurricane"" produced winds reaching 138 mph which drove ocean waters into the Biscayne Bay drowning 135 persons. The eye of the hurricane passed over Miami, at which time the barometric pressure reached 27.61 inches. Tides up to twelve feet high accompanied the hurricane, which claimed a total of 372 lives.
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Day: Patchy fog before 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. Northwest wind around 6 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61. Southwest wind around 2 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 85. Southwest wind around 2 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 63. South wind around 2 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 80. Northeast wind 1 to 10 mph.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65.
Day: A slight chance of rain showers between 8am and 2pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.
Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64.
Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 79.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 66.
Day: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65.
Hollidays Point (Kings Highway bridge)
(2.3 miles away)
Town Point
(4.2 miles away)
Smithfield, Pagan River
(8.8 miles away)
Wed's High Temperature
114 at Death Valley, CA
Wed's Low Temperature
21 at Peter Sinks, UT
Chuckatuck is a neighborhood of the independent city of Suffolk, Virginia, United States. It is located at the junction of State Route 10/State Route 32 and State Route 125, just south of SR 10/32's crossing of Chuckatuck Creek. Its elevation is 36 feet above mean sea level. The neighborhood is relatively small and consists of such businesses as a garden store, general store, automobile repair shop, three churches, two gas stations, a restaurant, a hardware store, and others. It has a fire department, Suffolk station nine, which is operated as the Chuckatuck Volunteer Fire Department. The community is also located near Lone Star Lakes, a recreational park.
Former Virginia Governor Mills Godwin and jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd grew up in Chuckatuck.
A grist mill was constructed as early as 1635 by colonist Richard Bartlett at the head of Chuckatuck (or Crooked) Creek. "Chuckatuck" is a Nansemond word meaning "crooked".
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