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1792 – The first celebration of Columbus Day is held in New York City.
1979 – The lowest recorded non-tornadic atmospheric pressure, 87.0 kPa (870 mbar or 25.69 inHg), occurred in the western Pacific Ocean during Typhoon Tip.(at the end of global cooling)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Tip
| Source:JMA Typhoon Best Track Analysis Information for the North Western Pacific Ocean.[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hPa | inHg | |||
| Typhoon | Season | Pressure | ||
| 1 | Tip | 1979 | 870 | 25.7 |
| 2 | June | 1975 | 875 | 25.8 |
| 3 | Forrest | 1983 | 876[4] | 25.9 |
| 4 | Nora | 1973 | 877 | 25.9 |
| Ida | 1958 | |||
| 6 | Kit | 1966 | 880 | 26.0 |
| Rita | 1978 | |||
| Vanessa | 1984 | |||
| 9 | Irma | 1971 | 884 | 26.1 |
| 10 | Nina | 1953 | 885 | 26.1 |
| Joan | 1959 | |||
| Megi | 2010 | |||
Depictions of Typhoon Tip and Cyclone Tracy (one of the smallest tropical cyclones ever recorded) superimposed on a map of the United States.
Typhoon Tip was the largest tropical cyclone on record, with a diameter of 1,380 mi (2,220 km)—almost double the previous record of 700 mi (1,130 km) set by Typhoon Marge in August 1951.[16][17][18] At its largest, Tip was nearly half the size of the contiguous United States.[19] The temperature inside the eye of Typhoon Tip at peak intensity was 30 °C (86 °F) and described as exceptionally high.[1] With 10-minute sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h), Typhoon Tip is the strongest cyclone in the complete tropical cyclone listing by the Japan Meteorological Agency.[3]