On This Date In California Weather History....
2006: Heavy thunderstorms occurred along the Elsinore Convergence Zone near Hemet.
Roads closed in Hemet, cars were stalled, a mudslide along Hwy. 74.
The thunderstorms also produced strong winds estimated at 70 mph.
Damage was done to trees, buildings, and power lines from San Jacinto to Temecula.
There was also extensive damage to local wineries.
1998 — Truckee recorded 1.63 inches of precipitation.
1978: Hurricane Norman recurved with the remnants tracking into southern California from the south southwest.
Rainfall exceeded three inches in the mountains on 9.5 and on this day.
This occurred during the El Niño of 1977-78.
1976: Five tornadoes were reported around El Mirage, west of Victorville, and one near Mt. Baldy during a period that started on 9.4 and ended on this day.
Property damage resulted.
1972: Hurricane Hyacinth moved as far west as 125 West before recurving to the northeast.
The remnants made landfall between Los Angeles and San Diego on 9.3 with winds of 25 mph and rainfall of up to one inch in the mountains from 8.29 to this day.
This tropical cyclone holds the distinction of traveling the farthest west before recurving and making landfall in Southern California.
This occurred during the El Niño of 1972-73.
Only 0.44 inch was measured in San Diego.
1969: A nearly stationary thunderstorm lasted from the 6th into the 7th of September. Fresno received 0.04" on the 6th, setting a daily precipitation record. One boy was killed by lightning in Fresno. Power transformers were shorted out.
1967: A heavy thunderstorm struck the west Barstow area.
Flash floods hit a neighborhood in west Barstow.
Some homes and yards were filled with up to three feet of mud.
1955: The high temperature at Lovelock, NV was 105.
1955: A prolonged heat wave started on 8.31 and ended on 9.7. It was 110° in LA on 9.1, an all time record. In Riverside it was 114° on this day and in Escondido it was 111°,
each the highest temperature on record for September.
In Escondido, this was the highest temperature on record for more than 50 years until it was broken on 7.22.2006 with a temperature of 112°.
1944: The high temperature at Reno, NV was 96.
1939: The remnants of a hurricane tracked northeastward across northern Baja California into southwest Arizona starting on 9.4 and ending on this day.
Up to seven inches of rain fell on the mountains and deserts.
Blythe received more rain than would normally fall in a year and Imperial received more rain than would normally fall in two years.
Four tropical cyclones would impact Southern California during the month of September 1939, an unprecedented occurrence.
1.21 inches fell in San Diego. Floods through eastern canyons inundated Thermal with three feet of water.
Extensive damage occurred in Mecca.
Source: NWS Hanford, Reno, & San Diego
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