1970 - A lightning bolt struck a group of football players at Gibbs High School in Saint Petersburg FL, killing two persons and injuring 22 others. All the thirty-eight players and four coaches were knocked off their feet.
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Day: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny. High near 91, with temperatures falling to around 87 in the afternoon. Heat index values as high as 102. Southwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 77. Heat index values as high as 98. South southeast wind 2 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Day: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 11am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Heat index values as high as 98. South wind 2 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. East southeast wind 2 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Day: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 11am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. East wind 2 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Night: Showers and thunderstorms before 5am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. Northeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Day: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 11am, then showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 88. Southeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Night: Showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. Northeast wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Day: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. South wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Day: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Day: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74.
Madeira Beach Causeway
(6.3 miles away)
Johns Pass
(6.4 miles away)
Bay Aristocrat Village, Old Tampa Bay
(6.9 miles away)
Sat's High Temperature
110 at Death Valley, CA and Stovepipe Wells, CA
Sat's Low Temperature
23 at 16 Miles West Of Redfeather Lakes, CO
Pinellas Park is a city located in central Pinellas County, United States. The population was 53,093 at the 2020 census. The city is the fourth largest city in Pinellas County. The City of Pinellas Park was incorporated in 1914. It is part of the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area, most commonly referred to as the Tampa Bay Area.
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