2014: A weak disturbance moved through across southern California on November 13 and 14 but brought only mid and high clouds across central California with some virga.
Despite this disturbance, dense fog formed in the San Joaquin Valley during the morning hours of the 14th.
Visibility was less than 1/4 mile at many locations including Madera, Fresno, Visalia, Hanford, and Lemoore.
At times visibility was less than 200 feet.
2004: Dense Fog lowered visibility to much less than 1/4-mile over widespread areas of the Central and South San Joaquin Valley during the early morning hours from the 14th through the 17th.
One indirect fatality occurred in Kings County from the dense fog on the14th.
2001: The second winter storm of the winter season brought anywhere from 8" to 17" of snow to elevations above 6500 feet in the Southern Sierra Nevada to the Kern County Line in Central California in less than 14 hours.
2000: 8" of new snow fell at Ostrander Lake in the Southern Sierra Nevada with a water equivalent of 0.75".
1998: One of the states's worst multiple vehicle accidents occurred in dense fog beginning at 0850 PST Saturday, November 14.
Over 74 vehicles, including 19 tractor-trailer rigs, were involved within a 1-mile stretch of State Highway 99 approximately 2 to 3 miles southeast of Kingsburg in Tulare County.
There were 2 fatalities, and 51 injuries, 10 of those critical, of the 132 people involved.
Dense fog advisories had been issued along with short term forecasts beginning at 1600 PST Friday afternoon.
California Highway Patrol had been issuing statements about the dangers of dense fog specifically within the preceding 48 hours before the accident(s).
Within Fresno County another 8 accidents occurred due to excessive speed in dense fog from the time period from 0710 to 0955 PST.
While two of these accidents occurred in rural Fresno County, 6 of them occurred along Highway 99 between Herndon and Shaw in Northwest Fresno.
The number of vehicles involved varied from 2 to 6 at each of these accident sites (the largest involving 6 cars at Highway 99 and Herndon Ave at 0725 PST).
The number of vehicles involved through the Fresno area was 30 with 22 injuries reported.
On State Highway 198 approximately 2 miles west of Highway 99 in Tulare County over 8 vehicles, including 2 tractor-trailer rigs,were involved in another area of fog-related accidents around 0830 PST.
There were at least 5 injuries from this series of accidents. M42VE, F69VE
1995: Daggett, CA, recorded a high temperature of 85° F, setting a daily record.
1964: A trace of snow was reported in Alpine, the earliest measurable snowfall on record.
Trace amounts of snow also occurred in Campo.
This was one of only two times snow has been recorded there during November.
1955: Storm system generated gusty winds in the Kern County deserts blowing down TV aerials and sand-blasting cars in Randsburg.
In the Tehachapis, road were closed due to snow.
1949: First day with dense fog observed this month in Fresno.
There were a total of 14 days this November in Fresno, a record for the month.
1946: 11" of snow was reported at Glenbrook, NV (east shore Lake Tahoe).
1933: It was 100° F in Santa Ana, the latest date in the season to record 100° F or higher.
1931: 14" of snow fell at Tahoe City (west shore Lake Tahoe).
1916: Petaluma had a low temperature of 20° F -- a record for the month.
1916: Petaluma had a low temperature of 20° F -- a record for the month.
1909: 10.5" of snow fell at Reno, NV.
Source: NWS San Francisco/Monterey, Hanford, Reno, Las Vegas, & San Diego
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