On This Day In Weather History - October 5

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1864 A devastating cyclone that killed 80,000 people in Calcutta, India, prompted the British East India Company to establish a telegraphic storm-warning service in 1865.

1893 On the southeast coast of Louisiana, a twenty-two foot surge was brought by the Grand Isle Hurricane that killed more than two thousand people.

1917 Sentinel, AZ reached the hottest October temperature ever in the U.S. of 116 F.

Data Source: This Day in Weather History