[californiadisasters] On This Date In CA Weather History (August 8)

On This Date In California Weather History....

2001: A strong thunderstorm in Twentynine Palms caused property damage.

1989: Truckee recorded 1.21 inches of precipitation.

1989: One of the most severe convective outbreaks of record in Southern California began on 8.7 and continued until 8.11, when it climaxed.

1981: The high temperature at Portola was 107.

1981: It was 92° in Big Bear Lake, the highest temperature on record for August. This also occurred on 8.25.1985 and on 8.29.1974.

1970: It was 100° in Palomar Mountain, the highest temperature on record. This also occurred on eight other days.

1965: A sudden thunderstorm dropped "several inches of rain" on the foothills south of Lucerne Valley.
A flash flood covered a 50 foot wide canyon floor with four feet of water.
21 members of a Riverside jeep club were stranded.
Three jeeps were demolished, one being swept 300 feet down the canyon.

1963: A heavy thunderstorm struck Victorville - Desert Knolls with 1.67 inches in two hours and Victorville with 0.81 inch.
No deaths or injuries occurred in the flash floods, but there were rescues of motorists.
Some flooding was three feet deep in Apple Valley, four to five feet deep on Old Woman Springs Road.

1947: A heavy thunderstorm struck Needles, causing damage to highways and railroads, including highway 66.

1908: Fresno reached 113 degrees, tying an all-time record high for the month of August set on August 11, 1898.

1905: The high temperature at Lovelock, NV, was 108.


Source: NWS Hanford, Reno, & San Diego

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