[californiadisasters] On This Date In CA Weather History (January 2)

On This Date In California Weather History....

2006: Post frontal winds more than 50 mph were widespread across the region.
The "M" above Moreno Valley was demolished.
There were downed trees, power lines, and power poles that fell on to houses and cars.
In Crestline this left 20 homes uninhabitable.
In San Diego Bay boats broke loose from their moorings.

2006: Heavy rainfall of 2-3 inches fell in the Valley from January 1st into the 2nd.
Hanford reported 2.82" of rain in a 30 hour period and 3.47" fell in Tulare.
Fresno set a daily precipitation record of 1.88" on the 2nd.
Many streets flooded in the Valley and water was reported to be 2 feet deep in West Visalia.
The rain was accompanied by gusty winds of 40-50 mph that downed trees and knocked out power to over 60,000 customers.

2001: Santa Ana winds started on this day and ended on 1.3. Gusts reached 60 mph at Rialto and 52 mph at Ontario.
The Viejas Fire resulted, burning 5,500 acres east of Alpine.
Trees and power lines were downed.

1998: A funnel cloud was observed southwest of Chula Vista.

1979: A combination of high pressure over the interior with a storm off Baja California produced Santa Ana like wind gusts to 60 mph in the I-8 corridor, but a 90 mph gust was unofficially reported by Caltrans.
Interstate 8 was closed for a then record 20 hours stranding more than 1,000 motorists.
Power outages occurred all over San Diego County.
The rainstorm in Baja California washed out the Trans-Peninsular highway near El Rosario (156 miles south of Ensenada).

1949: A trace of snow fell at Bakersfield.

1942: The morning low temperature at Minden, NV, was -21.

1924: Coldest low ever set at Yosemite Valley, 6 degrees below zero (tied on January 21, 1937).

1922: Heavy rains on 1.1 and this day. 2.5 inches fell in San Bernardino.
Flooded roads, bridges, railroads resulted.
The Santa Ana River rose three feet.

1919: It was 22° in Santa Ana, the lowest temperature on record.
This also occurred on the previous two days, 12.31.1918 and 1.1.1919, and on 1.6.1950.

1899: 13.7 inches of snow fell at Carson City, NV.

1868: Bridges in Reno, NV, and the Carson Valley were swept away by flooding.

Source: NWS Hanford, Reno, & San Diego

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