1982 - Dallas/Ft. Worth reported flooding from 2 inches of rain. The rain brought the month total to over 13 inches, which made it the wettest May on record. *
1987 - A man was reportedly struck and killed by lightning on a boat on Lake Bistineau in Louisiana after standing up and asking to be struck. *
*(all from http://theweathercompany.com/cgi-bin/wxnotebook.pl , check out this website for more.)
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Historic Utah Weather May 25th
1954: A tornado in Laketown damaged an eight square block area. Trees were uprooted, buildings flattened, and a new barn was lifted high enough to clear an eight-foot shed, turned halfway around in mid-air, and was dropped to the ground and completely smashed. *
1961: A strong whirlwind lifted a Salt Lake City woman and carried her about 30 feet. She had no significant injury. *
*(Source: Mark Eubank's UTAH WEATHER, By: Mark Eubank and R. Clayton Brough).
1961: A strong whirlwind lifted a Salt Lake City woman and carried her about 30 feet. She had no significant injury. *
*(Source: Mark Eubank's UTAH WEATHER, By: Mark Eubank and R. Clayton Brough).
Monday, May 24, 2010
RECORD BREAKING SNOWSTORM!!!!!!
The Salt Lake Valley has never recorded measurable snow after May 18th, until today. We broke the record dating back to 1960, by getting an awesome snowstorm on May 24th. Congrats to the person who got it right in last weeks poll!
Historic World Weather May 24th
1807 - 10 inch diameter hail at Knoxville TN. In addition, a tornado reportedly sucked fish out of a creek. *
1940 - Hail accumulated to 8 inches near Ada OK. The hail drifted to 5 feet in places. *
*(all from http://theweathercompany.com/cgi-bin/wxnotebook.pl , check out this website for more.)
1940 - Hail accumulated to 8 inches near Ada OK. The hail drifted to 5 feet in places. *
*(all from http://theweathercompany.com/cgi-bin/wxnotebook.pl , check out this website for more.)
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Recent Record Breakers in Utah
May 6-9, 2010
Many record low temperatures around the state have been broken. *
May 5, 2010
Record low temperature in Randolph of 13F beating the old record of 17F set in 2001.*
April 28, 2010
Record high minimum temperature for Bryce Canyon Airport of 44F beating the old record set in 1983 of 35F. Hanksville also had a record high minimum of 60F beating the old record of 57 set in 2003. *
Aoril 20, 2010
Record high minimum temperature reported for the Salt Lake City Airport of 55F beating the old record of 53 set in 1980.*
April 11, 2010
Record High Minimum temperatures reported in Utah for April 11th:
Alta - 38F beat 32F in 1992
Salt Lake City Airport - 52F tied 52F in 1985
Tooele - 58F beat 54F in 1916 *
March 20, 2010
A record low temperature was hit at Bryce Canyon Airport of -1F at 7:10pm breaking the old record of 2F set in 1964.*
March 17, 2010
Randolph, Utah hit a new record high temperature of 60F, beating the old record of 59F set in 2007. *
March 9, 2010
A record precipitation of 0.51 inches was set at Ceder City. This breaks the old record of 0.48 inches set in 2006.*
A record snowfall of 2.5 inches was set a Salt Lake City on March 6th. The old record was 2.4 inches set in 1980.
On January 21st at 11:29 pm Salt Lake City recorded an all time low mean sea level pressure of 28.94 inches. The previous record was set in April of 2002 at 29.00 inches. *
*(Source: National Weather Service, http://www.weather.gov/climate/getclimate.php?wfo=slc)
Many record low temperatures around the state have been broken. *
May 5, 2010
Record low temperature in Randolph of 13F beating the old record of 17F set in 2001.*
April 28, 2010
Record high minimum temperature for Bryce Canyon Airport of 44F beating the old record set in 1983 of 35F. Hanksville also had a record high minimum of 60F beating the old record of 57 set in 2003. *
Aoril 20, 2010
Record high minimum temperature reported for the Salt Lake City Airport of 55F beating the old record of 53 set in 1980.*
April 11, 2010
Record High Minimum temperatures reported in Utah for April 11th:
Alta - 38F beat 32F in 1992
Salt Lake City Airport - 52F tied 52F in 1985
Tooele - 58F beat 54F in 1916 *
March 20, 2010
A record low temperature was hit at Bryce Canyon Airport of -1F at 7:10pm breaking the old record of 2F set in 1964.*
March 17, 2010
Randolph, Utah hit a new record high temperature of 60F, beating the old record of 59F set in 2007. *
March 9, 2010
A record precipitation of 0.51 inches was set at Ceder City. This breaks the old record of 0.48 inches set in 2006.*
A record snowfall of 2.5 inches was set a Salt Lake City on March 6th. The old record was 2.4 inches set in 1980.
On January 21st at 11:29 pm Salt Lake City recorded an all time low mean sea level pressure of 28.94 inches. The previous record was set in April of 2002 at 29.00 inches. *
*(Source: National Weather Service, http://www.weather.gov/climate/getclimate.php?wfo=slc)
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