Tuesday, May 13, 2014

[californiadisasters] On This Date In California Weather History (May 13)



1999: Strong sustained winds of 61 mph were measured at Borrego Springs, causing roof and tree damage.

1998: 8" of snow fell at Truckee.

1998: A tornado hit Homeland, damaging mobile homes.
Funnel clouds were observed in Homeland as well and in Moreno Valley.
It rained 1.14" in Santa Ana, the greatest daily total on record for May.
7.9" of snow fell in Big Bear Lake, the greatest daily snowfall on record for May.

1995: A small F0 tornado hit the Porterville Airport destroying two single engine aircraft, damaging two roofs and stripping limbs off trees.
Another F0 tornado also touched down in Fresno for one mile causing minor structural damage.

1976: Palo Alto had a high temperature of 100° F. 

1976: The high temperature at Reno was 91° F.

1957: A thunderstorm produced heavy rain, gusty winds and hail ranging from pea to marble size in Fresno County causing damage to crops and turkeys.
At the Fresno Airport, 0.29" of rain fell in a little more than 15 minutes.

1927: It was 101° F at Santa Maria, establishing a record high for the month. 

1917: King City had a low temperature of 27° F.

1911: 2" of snow fell at Cedarville.

1907:
Coldest ever in Bakersfield in May, 34° F.

Source: NWS Hanford, Reno, San Francisco/Monterey, & San Diego

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