1987: A prolonged period of showers from the remnants of Hurricane Ramon started on 10.5 and ended on this day.
Rainfall amounts ranged from 0.75" at the coast to two inches in the mountains.
2.14" fell at Camp Pendleton, 2.08" in Fallbrook and 0.69" fell at Lindbergh Field.
Minor flood damage occurred.
1969: The morning low temperature at Reno, NV was 19° F.
1963: Santa Rosa received 4.67" of rain -- a record for the month.
1962: The Columbus Day Storm in the Pacific Northwest killed 48 people and caused $210 million in damage.
Less than a year old, and completed for the World's Fair which took place in Seattle that summer, the Space Needle survived the high winds.
1950: It was 93° F in Idyllwild, the highest temperature on record for October.
This also occurred on 10.1.1980.
1924: An early season cold snap gripped Southern California from 10.11 to 10.13.
On this day it was 34° F in Santa Ana, the lowest temperature on record for October.
This also occurred on 10.21.1949 and on 10.31.1935.
It was 32° F in Escondido, the earliest freezing temperature of the season on record.
It is also the lowest temperature on record for October, which also occurred the next day on 10.13.
1902: Early chill: 34° F for a low in Visalia.
1889: A monsoon-type thunderstorm brought 7.58" of rain to Encinitas in eight hours from 10 pm this day to 6 am 10.13.
0.44" fell in San Diego.
Source: NWS San Francisco/Monterey, Hanford, Reno, & San Diego
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Rainfall amounts ranged from 0.75" at the coast to two inches in the mountains.
2.14" fell at Camp Pendleton, 2.08" in Fallbrook and 0.69" fell at Lindbergh Field.
Minor flood damage occurred.
1969: The morning low temperature at Reno, NV was 19° F.
1963: Santa Rosa received 4.67" of rain -- a record for the month.
1962: The Columbus Day Storm in the Pacific Northwest killed 48 people and caused $210 million in damage.
Less than a year old, and completed for the World's Fair which took place in Seattle that summer, the Space Needle survived the high winds.
1950: It was 93° F in Idyllwild, the highest temperature on record for October.
This also occurred on 10.1.1980.
1924: An early season cold snap gripped Southern California from 10.11 to 10.13.
On this day it was 34° F in Santa Ana, the lowest temperature on record for October.
This also occurred on 10.21.1949 and on 10.31.1935.
It was 32° F in Escondido, the earliest freezing temperature of the season on record.
It is also the lowest temperature on record for October, which also occurred the next day on 10.13.
1902: Early chill: 34° F for a low in Visalia.
1889: A monsoon-type thunderstorm brought 7.58" of rain to Encinitas in eight hours from 10 pm this day to 6 am 10.13.
0.44" fell in San Diego.
Source: NWS San Francisco/Monterey, Hanford, Reno, & San Diego
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