2013: Powerful winds blasted the Las Vegas Valley and Spring Mountains during the early morning hours.
A wind gust of 94 mph was measured at the Las Vegas Ski and Snowboard Resort, a gust of 77 mph was recorded at the Kyle Canyon RAWS on Mt. Charleston and a gust of 59 mph measured in Summerlin, NV.
Several large trees were downed in the Las Vegas Valley, the Spring Mountains and the adjacent foothills, some of which fell on fences.
Power was knocked out to over 1,000 customers in the Las Vegas Valley, including several schools and the Main Street Station and The Plaza Casinos in downtown Las Vegas.
2000: Funnel clouds were observed around Newport Beach and Costa Mesa.
1990: It was 100° F in Borrego Springs, the latest date in the season a 100° F temperature was recorded.
1981: Palo Alto received 1.08" of rain.
1971: San Luis Obispo reached an overnight low of 30° F, a then-record low for the month.
1971: High of only 55° F at Bakersfield, lowest on record for the month of October.
1970: It was 32° F in Riverside, the earliest date in the season a freezing temperature was recorded.
1962: Foresters surveying damage to timberlands in the Columbus Day storm estimated timber losses in the eight counties of northeast California at more than $2 million.
The survey indicated that well over 115 million board feet — enough wood to build a city of 11,600 houses — was blown down Oct. 12.
1948: Reno, NV had a morning low of 14° F.
Source: NWS San Francisco/Monterey, Hanford, Reno, Las Vegas, & San Diego and the Redding Record-Searchlight
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