1997: Surf whipped up by Hurricane Guillermo arrived in the SoCal Bight, pummeling the beaches of Orange County with 6-12 ft surf.
Strong rip currents led to hundreds of rescues, 1 person was killed when a large rip current near the Huntington Beach Pier pulled him nearly a mile offshore and 3 people were injured.
Conditions at the beaches were complicated by record inland temperatures from a major heat wave which started on 8.2 and ended on 8.7 that increased beach attendance.
Temperatures hit 121° F in Thermal, 118° F in Borrego Springs, 116° F in Hemet, 115° F in Elsinore, 113° F in Brea, 110° F in Ontario, 101° F in Julian, 99° F in Santa Ana.
Riverside (113° F) and Ramona (107° F) tied all-time record highs for August.
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.
1945: Disaster struck Keeler, CA when torrents of floodwaters originating from a cloudburst in the Cerro Gordo Canyon area rushed through the entire town causing heavy destruction and damage to homes, business houses. the main highway, streets, and the railroad.
Loaded ore cars south of the old Cerro Gordo mill were turned over on the tracks and torn from the wheels.
Gullies 4 feet deep were cut under the railroad tracks in this section suspending them in the air.
Southern Pacific narrow gage service at Keeler was suspended when tons of mud and gravel to the depth of 2 feet were deposited on the roadbed for a distance extending nearly a half mile in Keeler.
An emergency crew of 200 men arrived to clear the debris and a train was dispatched late that night.
An official of the California Electric Power Co. and Interstate Telegraph Co. reported intermittent trouble, for the most part the result of lightning striking lines.
1936: Death Valley National Park recorded 1.10" of rain.
This was the highest total ever recorded in August.
Source: NWS San Francisco/Monterey, Hanford, Reno, Las Vegas, & San Diego
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