In Carlisle, one tornado uproots trees and demolishes a barn but spares 22 of 24 glass storm windows stored inside. The August Gale , a hurricane, rages across the East Coast, crossing the Cabot Strait during the early morning hours. Hundreds of small boats in Newfoundland ports are among the storm's victims. The Delight is wrecked on the island during heavy gale, blinding rain and thick fog. Canada's first recorded marine disaster, takes 85 lives.
Heat wave begins over the Atlantic Coast States, from the Carolinas to southern New England.
Snow showers are observed at various points on shore. Heat in the midst of the Dust Bowl. A compact but powerful hurricane devastates forests along a narrow track from New Jersey to Maine. Central pressure at landfall of 92.2 kPa is third lowest ever recorded in a hurricane at landfall in the United States. The Great Colonial Hurricane strikes the New England coast.