2015: Lightning struck the ground across inland San Diego County.
Fires were started by lightning in Poway, Vista, and La Mesa.
A power pole in Ramona was downed by lightning.
2013: Day 3 of a scorching heat wave brings numerous record high temperatures to the Mojave Desert and southern Great Basin.
The high in Las Vegas reached 117° F at McCarran Airport (Las Vegas, NV) which set an all-time record high for June and tied the all-time record high for any month.
At the National Weather Service Office in southwest Las Vegas the high was 119° F°.
Death Valley recorded a high temperature of 129° F which set an all-time record high for June and ties the United States all-time record high first set on June 23, 1902 at Volcano, California which is a former town near the Salton Sea.
A power pole in Ramona was downed by lightning.
2013: Day 3 of a scorching heat wave brings numerous record high temperatures to the Mojave Desert and southern Great Basin.
The high in Las Vegas reached 117° F at McCarran Airport (Las Vegas, NV) which set an all-time record high for June and tied the all-time record high for any month.
At the National Weather Service Office in southwest Las Vegas the high was 119° F°.
Death Valley recorded a high temperature of 129° F which set an all-time record high for June and ties the United States all-time record high first set on June 23, 1902 at Volcano, California which is a former town near the Salton Sea.
2013: A heat wave on the order of a 20 year event enveloped the west and Southern California from 6/28 to 6/30.
Death Valley hit the highest U.S. June temperature ever recorded: 129° F on 6/30.
On this day Palm Springs and Thermal reached 122° F, which tied or set new June records and came within one degree of the all-time highest temperature on record.
In Borrego Springs it was 120° F, two degrees off the highest all-time.
2007: The rainfall season ended on this day as the driest on record for many locations of Orange County, the Inland Empire, and the San Bernardino Mountains.
In Santa Ana only 2.22° fell, in Riverside 1.71", and in Big Bear Lake 4.09°.
In Thermal only 0.17° fell, the lowest season on record (since 1950).
2001: The Martis Fire began and ultimately burned over 14,000 acres along the Carson Range.
1994: China Lake NAS reached a sweltering 118° F for a high temperature, highest ever in June.
1994: Several funnel clouds were reported by the public and California Highway Patrol.
A big rig flipped over one mile North of Harper Lake Road, with two minor injuries reported.
A storage shed was torn up in the Newberry Park area with other minor damage.
Daggett, CA reaches an all-time hottest temperature of 118° F.
1985: A heat wave started on this day and continued until 7.3.
It was 100° F or higher in parts of the city of San Diego.
A fire broke out in Normal Heights.
1982: Numerous reports of funnel clouds over Clovis.
One touched down near Fresno State University damaging some sprinklers.
Thunderstorms also caused street flooding in Farmersville and also flooded some homes in other parts of the Valley. 1.62" of rain reported at Dinuba.
1980: 80 fell in '80!
0.80" of rain fell in Palm Springs, the greatest daily rainfall amount on record for June.
1972: Mount Hamilton had a high of 94° F.
1972: It was 99° F in Palomar Mountain, the highest temperature on record for June.
This also occurred the previous day on 6.29.
1959: Monsoonal moisture over the region resulted in a strong thunderstorm over Jacumba (Southern San Diego County Mountains). The storm produced hail and heavy rain. Damage to fruit and grain crops was reported. Flash flooding drowned many small animals, flooded homes and washed out area highways.
1891: Fresno set an all-time record high for June, 112° F (tied on June 25, 1925).
Source: NWS San Francisco/Monterey, Hanford, Reno, Las Vegas, & San Diego
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