[californiadisasters] On This Date In CA Weather History (October 1)

On This Date In California Weather History.....

2001: Thunderstorms developed in mountains and inland valleys (of SoCal) each day starting on 9.30 and ending on this day.

1981: Very heavy rain from a thunderstorm complex drops 1.92 inch of rain at Mojave.
Highway 58 was closed due to flooding.
Flooding was reported in Beaumont.
One was killed by lightning at Cuyamaca Rancho State Park.

1980: It was 108° in Riverside and 93° in Idyllwild, each the highest temperature on record for October.
This also occurred in Idyllwild on 10.12.1950.

1980: 103 degrees at Bakersfield for a high temperature, sets a record high for the month of October (also set on the 4th and 5th of October that same year).

1980: The high temperature at Reno, NV was a warm 91.

1976: Heavy rain drenched parts of the central San Joaquin Valley.
Fresno received 1.46" of rain on this date, setting a daily precipitation record.
Several roads were heavily flooded in the city, temporarily stranding some motorists.
Los Banos received a half of an inch of rain in just 30 minutes.
Many roads in and fields in Mendota were flooded.

1971: Caribbean Sea Hurricane Irene crossed Nicaragua and reformed in the eastern Pacific as Hurricane Olivia.
Olivia recurved to the northeast and made landfall in central Baja California with rainfall of up to one inch in the southern deserts on 9.30 and on this day.
This occurred during the La Niña of 1970-71.

1952: The high temperature at Lovelock, NV was 91.

1946: A tropical storm moved northward into northern Baja California and dissipated with rainfall of up to four inches in the mountains on 9.30 and exceeding four inches in the mountains on this day.
This occurred during the El Niño of 1946-47.

1946: Woodfords recorded 1.27 inches of precipitation.

1932: Heavy rains starting on 9.28 and ending on this day came from a dying tropical cyclone.
It brought flooding to parts of the mountains and deserts of Southern California.
4.38 inches of rain fell at Tehachapi in seven hours on 9.30.
Floods in Tehachapi resulted in 15 deaths.

1921: 1.50 inches fell (in SoCal) on 9.30 and on this day, the greatest 24-hour total on record for September.

Source: NWS Hanford, Reno, & San Diego

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