Tuesday, August 5, 2014

[californiadisasters] On This Date In California Weather History (August 5)



1997: A major heat wave started on 8.2 and ended on 8.7.
Temperatures hit 121° F in Thermal, 118° F in Borrego Springs, 113° F in Brea, 110° F in Riverside and Ontario, and 101° F in Julian.
On this day the low temperature was 93° F in Palm Springs.
Five deaths were attributed to this heat wave.

1978: Mount Hamilton had a high temperature of 103° F -- a record for the month.

1977: It was 120° F in Borrego Springs, the highest temperature on record for August.

1961: Fresno received 0.1" of rain.
This resulted in Fresno's wettest August in 41 years.

1959: A heavy thunderstorm dropped 0.63" in Needles.
Flash floods damaged desert highways east of Needles.
A car and trailer were swept away without a trace, but occupants were saved.

1932: The high temperature at Susanville was 102° F.

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

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Posted by: Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com>


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