[californiadisasters] On This Date In CA Weather History (October 24)

On This Date In California Weather History....

2001: Dense fog in the Inland Empire led to 13 separate pile-up accidents involving 39 vehicles on Interstate 215 in Perris.
Eight were injured.

1998: Gusty pre-frontal winds caused a dust storm 3 miles east of Hanford.
15 cars and a tractor trailer were involved resulting in 8 injuries.

1971: Isolated and briefly heavy thunderstorms struck the region.
1.58 inches fell in San Bernardino, 0.12 inch in Riverside, but nothing in Redlands.
Some places reported drifts of hail.
Streets flooded with up to two feet of water and/or became slippery with hail.
Numerous traffic accidents resulted.

1951: It was 30° in Palm Springs, the lowest temperature on record for October and the earliest date in the season to record a freezing temperature.

Source: NWS Hanford & San Diego

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