2003: It was 31° in Escondido, the lowest temperature on record for May.
This also occurred two weeks later on 5.20, the latest freezing temperature of the season on record.
1998: A waterspout was observed one mile west of North Island.
1995: It snowed 6" in Idyllwild, the greatest daily snowfall on record for May.
This also occurred on 5.1.1955.
1994: Two funnel clouds were reported in Bakersfield.
1988: It was 20° in Palomar Mountain, the lowest temperature on record for May.
1968: It was 30° overnight at Paso Robles establishing a new record low for May.
1964: 6" of snow fell at Carson City, NV, with 4" at Yerington.
1964: Storm system brought snow down to the lower elevations of the Sierra before ending.
Grant Grove had 12", Huntington Lake 11", Glennville 3.5" at Tehachapi, a trace.
In Yosemite National Park, 10" fell at the South Entrance and 7" in the valley.
1913: The bridge across a gulch west of Watson Gulch (Shasta Co.) was swept away by a flood that poured down the ravine after a cloudburst.
Robert Jordan went to Redding to report the loss of the bridge to Supervisor Sublett, as it was imperative that the bridge be reconstructed quickly.
1912: It rained in Bagdad, ending a national record dry stretch of 994 consecutive days that began on 8.16.1909.
(Southern Pacific RR employees kept this debated record).
Source: NWS Hanford, Reno, San Diego, & The Redding Record-Searchlight
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This also occurred two weeks later on 5.20, the latest freezing temperature of the season on record.
1998: A waterspout was observed one mile west of North Island.
1995: Gerlach, NV, recorded 2.2" of precipitation, its all-time record one-day total.
1995: It snowed 6" in Idyllwild, the greatest daily snowfall on record for May.
This also occurred on 5.1.1955.
1994: Two funnel clouds were reported in Bakersfield.
1988: It was 20° in Palomar Mountain, the lowest temperature on record for May.
1968: It was 30° overnight at Paso Robles establishing a new record low for May.
1964: 6" of snow fell at Carson City, NV, with 4" at Yerington.
1964: Storm system brought snow down to the lower elevations of the Sierra before ending.
Grant Grove had 12", Huntington Lake 11", Glennville 3.5" at Tehachapi, a trace.
In Yosemite National Park, 10" fell at the South Entrance and 7" in the valley.
1913: The bridge across a gulch west of Watson Gulch (Shasta Co.) was swept away by a flood that poured down the ravine after a cloudburst.
Robert Jordan went to Redding to report the loss of the bridge to Supervisor Sublett, as it was imperative that the bridge be reconstructed quickly.
1912: It rained in Bagdad, ending a national record dry stretch of 994 consecutive days that began on 8.16.1909.
(Southern Pacific RR employees kept this debated record).
Source: NWS Hanford, Reno, San Diego, & The Redding Record-Searchlight
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Check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/californiadisasters/
Read my blog at http://eclecticarcania.blogspot.com/
My Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/derkimster
Linkedin profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kim-noyes/9/3a1/2b8
Follow me on Twitter @DisasterKim
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