Thursday, October 5, 2017

[californiadisasters] On This Date In California Weather History (October 1)



2001: Thunderstorms developed in mountains and inland valleys (of SoCal) each day starting on 9.30 and ending on this day.

1981: Very heavy rain from a thunderstorm complex drops 1.92" of rain at Mojave.
Highway 58 was closed due to flooding.
Flooding was reported in Beaumont.
One was killed by lightning at Cuyamaca Rancho State Park.

1980: This was the start of a three days in a row when Mount Hamilton hit 93 degrees which happens to be its warmest temperature for October.

1980: Paso Robles hit 106° F establishing an all-time record high for the month.

1980: It was 108° F in Riverside and 93° F in Idyllwild, each the highest temperature on record for October.
This also occurred in Idyllwild on 10.12.1950.

1980: 103° F at Bakersfield for a high temperature, sets a record high for the month of October (also set on the 4th and 5th of October that same year).

1980: The high temperature at Reno, NV was a warm 91° F.

1978: The high temperature of 103° F in Las Vegas, NV, set the all-time warmest reading for October.

1976: Heavy rain drenched parts of the central San Joaquin Valley.
Fresno received 1.46" of rain on this date, setting a daily precipitation record.
Several roads were heavily flooded in the city, temporarily stranding some motorists.
Los Banos received a half of an inch of rain in just 30 minutes.
Many roads in and fields in Mendota were flooded.

1971: Caribbean Sea Hurricane Irene crossed Nicaragua and reformed in the eastern Pacific as Hurricane Olivia.
Olivia recurved to the northeast and made landfall in central Baja California with rainfall of up to 1" in the southern deserts on 9.30 and on this day.
This occurred during the La Niña of 1970-71.

1946: A tropical storm moved northward into northern Baja California and dissipated with rainfall of up to 4" in the mountains on 9.30 and exceeding 4" in the mountains on this day.
This occurred during the El Niño of 1946-47.

1946: Woodfords (Alpine Co. near Markleeville) recorded 1.27" of precipitation.

1932: Heavy rains starting on 9.28 and ending on this day came from a dying tropical cyclone.
It brought flooding to parts of the mountains and deserts of Southern California.
4.38" of rain fell at Tehachapi in 7 hours on 9.30.
Floods in Tehachapi resulted in 15 deaths.

1921: 1.5" fell (in SoCal) on 9.30 and on this day, the greatest 24-hour total on record for September.

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

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


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