Wednesday, July 15, 2015

[californiadisasters] On This Date In California Weather History (July 15)



2011: An unseasonably strong trough of low pressure was centered off the coast of California; this brought a push of cool marine air into the San Joaquin Valley that allowed temperatures to cool to around 10-15° F below normal.
Significant cooling occurred elsewhere throughout the central California interior.

1998:
It was 94° F in Big Bear Lake, the highest temperature on record.
This also occurred on this date in 1972 and on 7.18.2005.

1984: Thunderstorms in the afternoon brought heavy rains to the Kern County portion of the southern Sierra.
Flooding occurred in Goat Ranch Creek with 5 homes damaged.

1981: A severe thunderstorm with winds estimated at 80 mph struck Roll, AZ (Yuma Co.) and damaged farm machinery, sheds, 3 crop dusting planes, a hangar, houses, and power lines.

1972:
It was 94° F in Big Bear Lake, the highest temperature on record.
This also occurred on this date in 1998 and on 7.18.2005.

1972: Lodgepole in Sequoia National Park reached 91° F, establishing an all-time record high for any month (also set on July 18, 1998).

1970: The high temperature at Reno, NV, was 103° F.

1955: The high temperature in Fresno reached 102° F.
There were only the 4 days all month where the mercury reached into the triple digits in Fresno, which tied 1903 for the least number of days of 100° F or better in the month of July.
The average temperature in July 1955 was 76.2° F, making it the coolest July in Fresno records.

1911: Kentfield had a low temperature of 32° F.

Source: NWS San Francisco/Monterey, Hanford, Reno, Phoenix, & San Diego

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Posted by: Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com>


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