If you look hard enough, you can find some sort of unique weather from the past for just about any calendar day. This Saturday, July 21, however, really stands out for two extreme weather events in the state of Delaware.

First, on July 21, 1930, the temperature reached 110^oF in Millsboro, in Sussex County about 10 miles southeast of Georgetown. That reading of 110 remains to this day the highest temperature ever officially recorded in the state of Delaware.

Second, on July 21, 1983, a small tornado with winds between 113 and 157 mph touched down briefly near Hartly, about 10 miles west of Dover. Though the tornado was only about 20 yards wide and on the ground for just a mile, it destroyed two trailer homes, injuring nine people and causing two fatalities. This is the last time a tornado fatality occurred in the state of Delaware, and one of only two times in the last century.