On This Date In California Weather History....
1996: Earliest freeze ever at Edwards AFB, 31 degrees.
1980: The high temperature at Lovelock, NV was 90.
1977: Hurricane Heather recurved with the remnants tracking across northern Baja California into Arizona.
There was rainfall up to two inches in the southern mountains and deserts on this day and on 10.7.
This occurred during the El Niño of 1977-78.
1972: Hurricane Joanne recurved making landfall in northern Baja California, maintaining tropical storm strength into Arizona and generating rainfall up to two inches in the southeast deserts.
This occurred during the strong El Niño of 1972-73.
1971: Santa Ana conditions produced a high of 101° at San Diego.
It was 103° in La Mesa, 101° in National City, but only 84° at Imperial Beach! A fire of 1000 acres burned southeast of Poway.
1969: The morning low temperature at Reno, NV was 18.
1956: A thunderstorm dropped 1.20" of rain at Bakersfield, setting a daily precipitation record.
Hail 3/8 of an inch in diameter fell at Meadows Field Airport with reports as large as 2 inches in diameter in East Bakersfield.
1904: Fresno had its wettest calendar day ever for any month of the year with 2.38 inches of rain (This record was tied on March 10, 1995).
Source: NWS Hanford, Reno, & San Diego
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