2006: The ocean temperatures off San Diego County were well above normal during July.
Normal sea temperatures are around 70° F, but Del Mar waters averaged over 72° F for the month.
On this day the reading was 81.1° F.
Lifeguards broadcast the sea temperature reading to the people on the beach, who "…started applauding like they had won a sweepstakes."
2005: Lightning struck a group of Boy Scouts camping on Sandy Meadow in the Tulare County Mountains.
One person died immediately and a second died the next day.
1995: Yuma, AZ, set their all-time record high temperature at 124° F.
1985: Two unemployed Yuba City men camping along the Sacramento River north of Redding last week, were accused of illegally sparking Northern California's biggest fire of the year. The Delta Fire, fanned by hot July 18 winds, wound up charring 1,620 acres of timberland north of Shasta Lake.
1972: Each day from this day to 7.30 the temperature rose to 100° F in Palomar Mountain.
It is the highest temperature on record and has been reached on 9 days.
This day is also the earliest day in the season to reach 100° F.
1971: The high temperature at Reno, NV, was 102° F.
1956: Strong monsoon flow hit the region with thunderstorms each day from 7.23 to 7.28, even west of the mountains.
On 7.27 and this day successive thunderstorms brought flash floods and mudslides to the Barton Flats area (San Bernardino N.F.), damaging and closing roads.
1955: A heavy thunderstorm dropped more than 2" of rain in Needles.
Flooding 10' deep at a railroad underpass made a small lake.
Rushing water a quarter mile wide trapped a car, but occupants were rescued.
1954: Los Gatos had a high temperature of 107° F.
1939: A severe thunderstorm hit Needles with 1.46" of rain in nine hours from 6 pm 7.28 to 3 am on this day.
Flash floods and debris flows damaged homes and businesses.
Hail over 1" in diameter fell in the first 20 minutes.
1908: Bakersfield recorded it's all-time record maximum temperature of 118° F.
Source: NWS San Francisco/Monterey, Hanford, Reno, Las Vegas, Phoenix, & San Diego as well as the Redding Record-Searchlight
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Normal sea temperatures are around 70° F, but Del Mar waters averaged over 72° F for the month.
On this day the reading was 81.1° F.
Lifeguards broadcast the sea temperature reading to the people on the beach, who "…started applauding like they had won a sweepstakes."
2005: Lightning struck a group of Boy Scouts camping on Sandy Meadow in the Tulare County Mountains.
One person died immediately and a second died the next day.
7 people were injured.
1999: Severe thunderstorms unleashed damaging winds and torrential rain from Mohave Valley to near Oatman along Route 66.
Flood waters blocked Route 66 around 3:15 p.m. MST, but the height of the storm struck around 3:45 p.m. producing winds which damaged 45 residential properties and tore the roof completely off a duplex.
Several carports and numerous trees and power lines were blown down. The roofless duplex was quickly drenched by the heavy downpour and was condemned by authorities.
Streets were filled with water and many were impassable until around 6:00 p.m. MST.
In what was described by local residents as the worst flooding in 14 years, severe thunderstorms pounded Needles with damaging winds and torrential rain.
Rainfall estimates between 2 and 3 inches in less than one hour inundated and damaged part of Highway 95 and made many local roads impassable. The strong wind gusts destroyed some car ports and downed numerous trees and power lines, further blocking traffic.
No injuries were reported.
1996: Heavy downpours from a thunderstorm which moved over the southeast part of the Las Vegas Valley produced local street flooding and resulted in the collapse of a warehouse store roof.
No injuries occurred.
1995: A heat wave started on 7/27 and ended on 7/29. It was 123° F at Palm Springs on this day and on 7/29, matching the highest temperature on record (which also occurred on 8/1/1993).
It was 121° F in Borrego Springs, the highest temperature on record for July and the second highest temperature on record (the highest on record was 122° F on 6/25/1990and subsequently reached on 6/20/2016).
On 7/27 it was 120° F in Coachella, 113° F in San Jacinto, 112° F in Riverside, 111° F in Banning, Moreno Valley, and Sun City, and 110° F in Yucaipa.
A thunderstorm over Lancaster produced a dry microburst that knocked down 10 power poles, cutting power to more than 3,000 customers.
The winds fanned two small wildfires.
1995: Yuma, AZ, set their all-time record high temperature at 124° F.
1985: Two unemployed Yuba City men camping along the Sacramento River north of Redding last week, were accused of illegally sparking Northern California's biggest fire of the year. The Delta Fire, fanned by hot July 18 winds, wound up charring 1,620 acres of timberland north of Shasta Lake.
1984: Wettest July day ever in Las Vegas, NV,1.36" of rain fell.
Funnel clouds were also reported in the city and flood waters even entered the National Weather Service Building at McCarran International Airport.
Funnel clouds were also reported in the city and flood waters even entered the National Weather Service Building at McCarran International Airport.
1972: Each day from this day to 7.30 the temperature rose to 100° F in Palomar Mountain.
It is the highest temperature on record and has been reached on 9 days.
This day is also the earliest day in the season to reach 100° F.
1971: The high temperature at Reno, NV, was 102° F.
1968: Thunderstorms brought daily record rainfall to much of Southern California.
Over 1" fell at Idyllwild, Palomar Mountain and March ARB.
Nearly an inchfell in Palm Springs and Thermal.
1958: Tropical Storm Five moved west northwestward up the coast of Baja California eventually dissipating west of central Baja California.
Its remnants brought showers and storms to the mountains and deserts of SoCal.
It generated up to 2" of rainfall in the deserts and mountains starting on this day and ending on 7.30.
Storm total rainfall reached 0.85" in Ranchita and 0.25" in Palm Springs.
This occurred during the El Niño of 1957-58.1956: Strong monsoon flow hit the region with thunderstorms each day from 7.23 to 7.28, even west of the mountains.
On 7.27 and this day successive thunderstorms brought flash floods and mudslides to the Barton Flats area (San Bernardino N.F.), damaging and closing roads.
1955: A heavy thunderstorm dropped more than 2" of rain in Needles.
Flooding 10' deep at a railroad underpass made a small lake.
Rushing water a quarter mile wide trapped a car, but occupants were rescued.
1954: Los Gatos had a high temperature of 107° F.
1939: A severe thunderstorm hit Needles with 1.46" of rain in nine hours from 6 pm 7.28 to 3 am on this day.
Flash floods and debris flows damaged homes and businesses.
Hail over 1" in diameter fell in the first 20 minutes.
1908: Bakersfield recorded it's all-time record maximum temperature of 118° F.
Source: NWS San Francisco/Monterey, Hanford, Reno, Las Vegas, Phoenix, & San Diego as well as the Redding Record-Searchlight
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