On This Date In California Weather History....
2003: The U.S. Coast Guard station at Lake Tahoe report a brief waterspout five miles southwest of Incline Village.
In addition, a very weak tornado was reported 2 miles north of Verdi, NV, on a ridge between Peavine Mountain and the Verdi Range.
1997: A major heat wave started on this day and ended on 8.7.
Temperatures hit 121° in Thermal, 118° in Borrego Springs, 113° in Brea, 110° in Riverside and Ontario, and 101° in Julian.
The low temperature was 93° in Palm Springs on 8.5.
Five deaths were attributed to this heat wave.
1993: China Lake NAS reaches a scorching 119 degrees for an all-time record high temperature for any month of the year.
1976: It was 52° in Palm Springs, the lowest temperature on record for August.
This also occurred on 8.27.1954 and 8.30.1957.
1972: Thunderstorms hit San Bernardino County.
Flash floods covered portions of highways with mud, including a stretch of Interstate 15 between Barstow and Baker for eight hours.
Highway 95 near Needles was also closed by flash flooding.
1954: The high temperature at Lovelock, NV, was 105.
1947: 2.00 inches of rain fell in Idyllwild, the greatest daily amount on record for August.
Source: NWS Hanford, Reno, & San Diego
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