[californiadisasters] On This Date In CA Weather History (May 5)

2005: Heavy rainfall in the afternoon from thunderstorms triggered flooding in the Madera area.
A roof collapsed on a building in downtown Madera and several roads were flooded with water.
In the southern San Joaquin Valley, parts of Highway 99 and Interstate 5 experienced flooding in Kern County.
In Coalinga, all roads were flooded with some described as "impassible" in some instances.

1998: An "apparent" tornado hit San Bernardino and Rialto and shredded metal siding in Rialto.

1998: Thunderstorms dropped pea size hail that accumulated up to 3" deep in parts of southwest Bakersfield.

1992: A tornado was reported north of Imperial.

1990: The high of 101° in downtown LA on this day shattered the previous record of 93°.

1983: Fresno received 0.01" of rain.
This was the last measurable precipitation received for the water season, pushing the total to 23.57", the wettest water season on record.

1975: Latest single digit reading on record so late in the season at Lodgepole (Sequoia-Kings Cyn. N.P.), 9°.

1965: It was 33° overnight at Pismo Beach establishing a new record low for the month.

1950: The temperature of 35° in Riverside was the lowest temperature on record for May.

Source: NWS Hanford & San Diego

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