[californiadisasters] On This Date In CA Weather History (May 6)

On This Date In California Weather History....

2003: It was 31° in Escondido, the lowest temperature on record for May.
This also occurred two weeks later on 5.20, the latest freezing temperature of the season on record.

1998: A waterspout was observed one mile west of North Island.

1995: Gerlach, NV, recorded 2.20 inches of precipitation, its all-time record one-day total.

1995: It snowed six inches in Idyllwild, the greatest daily snowfall on record for May.
This also occurred on 5.1.1955.

1994: Two funnel clouds were reported in Bakersfield.

1988: It was 20° in Palomar Mountain, the lowest temperature on record for May.

1964: 6.0 inches of snow fell at Carson City, NV, with 4.0 inches at Yerington.

1964: Storm system brought snow down to the lower elevations of the Sierra before ending.
Grant Grove had 12.0", Huntington Lake 11.0", Glennville 3.5" at Tehachapi, a trace.
In Yosemite National Park, 10.0" fell at the South Entrance and 7.0" in the valley.

1912: It rained in Bagdad, ending a national record dry stretch of 994 consecutive days that began on 8.16.1909.
(Southern Pacific RR employees kept this debated record).

Source: NWS Hanford, Reno, & San Diego

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