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NEW WEATHER RECORDS THAT AFFECT BOOK
AFTER PUBLICATION JANUARY 1, 2007
(This page will be updated once a month
during the first week of each month)
A NEW EDITION OF EXTREME WEATHER WAS PUBLISHED IN JULY 2007 WITH
ALL DATA UPDATED TO JANUARY 1, 2007
JANUARY 2012 UPDATE
ANNUAL RECORDS FOR
2011
The following
cities recorded their wettest year on record:
Caribou,
ME 55.36
Burlington,
VT 50.92
Pittsfield,
MA 59.71
Hartford, CT 69.23
Binghamton, NY 68.05
Newark, NJ 69.91
Scranton,
PA 60.04
Williamsport, PA 70.26
Harrisburg, PA 73.73
Allentown, PA 71.72
Philadelphia, PA 64.33
Huntington,
WV 62.46
Detroit,
MI 47.70
Cleveland,
OH 65.32
Columbus, OH 54.96
Toledo, OH 48.39
Youngstown,
OH 54.01
Cincinnati, OH 73.28
Louisville, KY 68.02
Lexington, KY 66.35
The following
cities recorded their driest year on record
Amarillo, TX 7.00
Lubbock, TX 5.86
Laredo, TX 6.66
DECEMBER 2011
NONE
NOVEMBER 2011
NONE
OCTOBER 2011
NONE
SEPTEMBER 2011
9/4-5 Jackson,
MS: all-time 24-hour rainfall 10.68
9/5-6 Chatanooga,
TN: all-time 24-hour rainfall 9.50
9/7-8 Binghamton,
NY: all-time 24-hour rainfall 8.70
Binghamton, NY Wettest
month on record: 16.58
SSEASONAL RECORD:
SUMMER June-August 2011
Cape Hatteras, NC Warmest
summer on record: 81.5°
Wilmington, NC Warmest
summer on record: 81.8° (tie) 81.8°
Greenville, SC Warmest
summer on record: 81.0° (tie)
Charleston, SC Warmest
summer on record: 83.4°
Savannah, GA
Warmest summer on record: 84.0°
Albany, GA Warmest
summer on record: 84.8°
Augusta, GA
Warmest summer on record: 83.7°
Tallahassee, FL Warmest
summer on record: 84.4°
Pensacola, FL Warmest
summer on record: 84.4°
Mobile, AL
Warmest summer on record: 84.1
New Orleans, LA Warmest
summer on record: 85.5°
Baton Rouge, LA
Warmest summer on record: 84.6°
Shreveport, LA
Warmest summer on record: 88.3°
Lake Charles, LA
Warmest summer on record: 85.3°
Texarkana, AR Warmest
summer on record: 87.3°
Fort Smith, AR Warmest
summer on record: 88.2°
Little Rock, AR
Warmest summer on record: 85.8°
Oklahoma City, OK Warmest
summer on record: 87.5°
Dodge City, KS Warmest
summer on record: 83.5°
Wichita Falls, TX Warmest
summer on record: 91.9°
Port Arthur, TX Warmest
summer on record: 86.1°
Galveston, TX Warmest
summer on record: 87.2°
Houston, TX
Warmest summer on record: 87.9°
Waco, TX
Warmest summer on record: 90.4°
Victoria, TX Warmest
summer on record: 87.3°
Del Rio, TX Warmest
summer on record: 89.0°
San Antonio, TX Warmest
summer on record: 88.0°
Austin, TX Warmest
summer on record: 89.5°
Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX Warmest
summer on record: 90.6°
Amarillo, TX Warmest
summer on record: 84.2°
Lubbock, TX Warmest
summer on record: 86.0°
Midland, TX
Warmest summer on record: 87.6°
San Angelo, TX Warmest
summer on record: 89.3°
Abilene, TX Warmest
summer on record: 89.3°
El Paso, TX Warmest
summer on record tied: 86.1°
Albuquerque, NM Warmest
summer on record: 80.4° (tie)
Clayton, NM Warmest
summer on record: 78.5°
Roswell, NM Warmest
summer on record: 84.6°
Santa Fe, Warmest
summer on record: 74.3°
Alamosa, CO Warmest
summer on record: 65.3°
Monterey, CA Coolest
summer on record: 57.4°
AUGUST 2011
8/3 Fort
Smith, AR: All-time hottest temperature on record 115°
8/3 Little
Rock, AR: All-time hottest temperature on record 114°
8/27-28 Newark,
NJ: All-time 24-hour precipitation record 8.92
8/27 Houston,
TX: All-time hottest temperature on record tied 109°
8/28 Austin,
TX: All-time hottest temperature on record tied 112°
Gainesville, FL
Hottest single month on record: 84.0°(tie) avg.
New Orleans, LA Hottest
single month on record: 87.3° avg.
Baton Rouge, LA Hottest
single month on record: 86.3° avg.
Shreveport, LA
Hottest single month on record: 91.5° avg.
Lake Charles, LA Hottest
single month on record: 86.9° avg.
Vicksburg, MS Hottest
single month on record: 85.4° avg.
Texarkana, AR Hottest
single month on record: 89.5° avg.
Wichita Falls, TX Hottest
single month on record: 93.4° avg.
Port Arthur, TX Hottest
single month on record: 87.7° avg.
Galveston, TX Hottest
single month on record: 88.5° avg.
Houston, TX Hottest
single month on record: 90.4° avg.
Waco, TX Hottest
single month on record: 92.9° avg.
Victoria, TX Hottest
single month on record: 89.5° avg.
Corpus Christi, TX Hottest
single month on record: 87.7° avg.
San Antonio, TX
Hottest single month on record: 90.0° avg.
Austin, TX
Hottest single month on record: 91.6° avg.
Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX Hottest
single month on record: 93.4° avg.
Lubbock, TX
Hottest single month on record: 86.0° avg.
San Angelo, TX Hottest
single month on record: 89.7° avg.
Abilene, TX Hottest
single month on record: 90.3° avg.
Roswell, Hottest
single month on record: 86.1° avg.
Phoenix,AZ Hottest
single month on record: 98.3° avg.
Philadelphia, PA Wettest
month on record 19.31
New York, NY Wettest
month on record 18.95
Trenton, NJ Wettest
month on record 16.10
Newark, NJ Wettest
month on record 18.79 (unofficial record of 22.48 set in 8/1843
Allentown, PA Wettest
month on record 13.47
IRAQ Hottest
national temperature on record: 127.4° at Nassirya Ali Air Baseon 8/3
KUWAIT Hottest
national temperature on record: 127.9° at Mitribah 8/3
JULY 2011
7/22 Newark,
NJ; All-time hottest temperature: 108°
7/22 Hartford,
CT; All-time hottest temperature: 103
7/22 Washington
D.C. (Dulles) ; All-time hottest temperature: 105
7/22 Trenton,
NJ; All-time hottest temperature tied: 106°
7/22 New
Haven, CT; All-time hottest temperature tied: 101°
7/27-28 Dubuque,
IA; all-time 24-hour precipitation 10.62
Fort Smith, AR Hottest
single month on record: 91.1° avg.
Alamosa, CO Hottest
single month on record: 68.4° avg.
Portland, ME Hottest
single month on record: 72.4° avg.
Cape Hatteras, NC Hottest
single month on record: July: 82.2°(tie) avg.
Trenton, NJ Hottest
single month on record: 80.9° avg.
Atlantic City, NJ Hottest
single month on record: 81.0° avg.
Philadelphia, PA Hottest
single month on record: 82.4° avg.
Baltimore, MD Hottest
single month on record: 81.7° avg.
Salisbury, MD Hottest
single month on record: 82.3° avg.
Wash D.C.
(National) Hottest single month on record:
84.5° avg.
Wash D.C.
(Dulles) Hottest single
month on record: 81.0° avg.
Clayton, NM Hottest
single month on record: 80.2° avg.
Oklahoma City, OK Hottest single month on
record: 89.2° avg.
Amarillo, TX Hottest
single month on record: 85.2° avg.
Lubbock, TX Hottest
single month on record: 86.0° avg.
Abilene, TX Hottest
single month on record: 90.1° avg.
San Angelo, TX Hottest
single month on record: 89.6° avg.
Waco, TX Hottest
single month on record: 91.1° avg.
Dallas, TX (Love
Field) Hottest single month on record: 92.2° avg.
Wichita Falls, TX Hottest
single month on record: 92.9° avg.
Detroit, MI Hottest
single month on record: July: 79.3° avg.
Fort Wayne, IN Hottest
single month on record: 79.8° avg.
Columbus, OH Hottest
single month on record: 80.2° (tie) avg.
Toledo, OH Hottest
single month on record: July: 78.8° avg.
Lansing, MI Hottest
single month on record: July: 76.2° avg.
Dubuque, IA Wettest
month on record: 16.01
IRAN Hottest
national temperature on record: 127.4° at Delhoran on 7/27
CHINA Hottest
national temperature on record: 122.4° at Aydyngkol Lake on 7/15
RUSSIA Hottest
national temperature on record: 111.7° at Divnoe on 7/30
ARMENIA Hottest
national temperature on record: 110.7° at Meghri on 7/31
SEASONAL RECORDS; WINTER SNOW July 1, 2010-June 30, 2011
Youngstown, OH Snowiest
season on record: 115.6
Tulsu, OK Snowiest
season on record: 26.1
Glasgow, MT Snowiest
season on record: 108.6
Ely, NV Snowiest
season on record: 110.4
Williston, ND Snowiest
season record: 107.2
JUNE 2011
6/15 Tallahassee,
FL; All-time hottest temperature on record 105°
6/26 Amarillo,
TX; All-time hottest temperature on record 111°
6/26 Dodge
City, KS; All-time tied hottest temperature on record 110°
Lubbock, TX Warmest
month on record 85.9°
Midland, TX Warmest
month on record 88.0°
San Angelo, TX Warmest
month on record 88.6°
Pierre, SD Wettest
month on record 8.31
MAY 2011
5/24-25 Billings,
MT, All-time 24-hour precipitation record: 3.35
Billings, MT Wettest
single month on record: 9.54
APRIL 2011
NONE
MARCH 2011
NONE
FEBRUARY 2011
1/31-2/1 Tulsa,
OK, All-time 24-hour snowfall: 14.0
2/3 Santa
Fe, NM: All-time coldest temperature: -18° (tied)
2/2 Tulsa,
OK, Greatest depth of snow on record: 16.0
Tulsa, OK Snowiest
month on record: 22.5
OKLAHOMA Coldest
temperatureon record for state: -31° at Nowata on 2/10
OKLAHOMA Greatest
24-hour snowfall in station record: 27.0 at Spavinaw on 2/8-9
JANUARY 2011
1/7-8 South
Bend, IN all-time 24-hour snowfall record: 32.4
1/5-8 South
Bend, IN greatest single snowstorm on record: 38.1
1/11-12 Hartford,
CT all-time 24-hour and greatest single snowstorm record: 24.0
1/11-12 Pittsfield,
MA all-time 24-hour snowfall record: 26.5
1/11-12 New
Haven, CT all-time 24-hour snowfall record: 28.5
Hartford, CT: Snowiest
month on record: 57.0
New Haven, CT: Snowiest
month on record: 56.6
Newark, NJ: Snowiest
month on record: 37.4
Glasgow, MT: Snowiest
month on record: 41.6
INDIANA Sate
record for greatest single snowstorm set at South Bend on 1/5-8 with 38.1
DECEMBER 2010
12/4-9 Syracuse,
NY greatest single snowstorm on record: 46.2"
12/11 Eau
Claire, WI greatest 24-hour and single sotorm on record: 22.0"
12/26-27 Atlantic
City, NJ greatest 24-hour snowfall on record: 20.0"
Bakersfield,
CA: Wettest
single month on record: 5.82"
Youngstown,
OH: Snowiest
month on record: 53.1
Rochester, MN: Snowiest
month on record: 41.3
NOVEMBER 2010
NONE
OCTOBER 2010
10/26 Lowest
barometric pressure reading on record for any USA Midwest location: 28.21 at
Bigfork, MN
SEPTEMBER 2010
9/27 Los
Angeles, CA: All-time hottest temperature on record: 113°
9/30-10/1 Binghampton,
NY: All-time 24-hour rainfall record: 4.68
SEASONAL RECORDS; Summer June 1,
2010-August 31, 2010
Hottest summer on record at the following
locations:
Washington D.C (National Airport). avg: 81.3°
(old record 80.0° summer of 1943)
Washington D.C. (Dulles Airport): avg: 77.8° (old record 76.8° summer of 2007)
Richmond, VA: avg: 81.3° (old record 80.0° summer of 1994)
Atlantic City, NJ: avg: 77.5° (old record 75.8° summer of 2005)
Philadelphia, PA: avg: 79.6° (old record 78.9° summer of 1995)
NYC (Central Park) avg: 77.8° (old record 77.3° summer of 1966)
Trenton, NJ: avg: 77.7° (old record 76.5°
summer of 1898)
Wilmington, DE: avg: 77.8° (old record 77.7° summer of 1900)
Baltimore, MD: avg: 79.2° (old record 79.1° summer of 1943)
Norfolk, VA: avg: 81.1° (old record 80.0° summer of 1994)
Tampa, FL: avg. 84.5° (old record 84.2°
summer of 1998)
Asheville, NC: avg. 75.4° (old record 75.1°
summer of 1952)
Greenville, SC avg. 81.0° (old record 80.2°
summer of 1952)
Lakeland, FL: avg. 84.6° (old record 84.4°
summer of 1987)
Coldest summer on record at the following
location:
Santa Barbara, CA: avg: 61.9° (old record
62.2° summer of 1955)
AUGUST 2010
Houston, TX: Warmest
single month on record: 87.5°
Port Arthur, TX: Warmest
single month on record: 85.8°
CYPRUS Hottest
temperature on record for country: 115.9° at Lefconica on Aug. 1
BELARUS Hottest
temperature on record for country: Gomel: 102° on Aug. 8
UKRAINE Hottest
temperature on record for country: Lukhansk 107.6° on August 12
PALESTINE
(disputed territory) Hottest temperature on record for country: 124.5° at Qalya
on Aug. 7
JORDAN Hottest
national temperature on record: 124.0° at Dier Alla on Aug. 20
JULY 2010
7/4-5 Dodge
City, KS all-time 24-hour precipitation record: 6.95
7/6 Hartford,
CT: 102° ties all-time hottest temperature on record
7/7-8 Amarillo,
TX all-time 24-hour precipitation record: 7.25
7/25 Roanoke,
VA; 105° ties all-time hottest temperature on record
Washington D.C. Warmest
single month on record tied: 83.1° (National Airport)
Baltimore, MD Warmest
single month on record tied: 81.5°
Salisbury, MD Warmest
month on record: 82.3°
Atlantic City, NJ Warmest
single month on record: 79.8°
Trenton, NJ Warmest
single month on record tied: 80.5°
Las Vegas, NV Warmest
single month on record: 96.2°
RUSSIA Hottest
temperature on record for country: 111.2° at Yashkul on July 11
FINLAND Hottest
temperature on record for country: 99° at Joensuu on July 29
QATAR Hottest
temperature on record for country: 122.7° at Doha on July 14
SEASONAL RECORDS; July 1, 2009-June 30,
2010
Wilmington, DE Snowiest
winter on record: 66.7
Washington, DC Snowiest
winter on record: 56.1 (National Airport), 72.7 (Dulles Airport)
Atlantic City, NJ Snowiest
winter on record: 58.1
Ely, NV Snowiest
winter on record: 107.1
Philadelphia, PA Snowiest
winter on record: 78.7
DELAWARE Snowiest
winter on record for state: 66.7 at Wilmington
MARYLAND Snowiest
winter on record for state: 210.2 at Oakland
JUNE 2010
Miami, FL Warmest
single month on record: 85.6°
SUDAN Hottest
temperature on record for country: 121.5°° at Dongola on June 22
NIGER
Hottest temperature on record for country: 116.8° at Bima on June 22
CHAD Hottest
temperature on record for country: 117.7° at Faya on June 22
KUWAIT Hottest
temperature on record for country: 126.7° at Abdaly on June 14
IRAQ Hottest
temperature on record for country125.6° at Basra on June 14
SAUDI ARABIA Hottest
temperature on record for country: 125.6° at Jeddah on June 22
MAY 2010
5/1-2 Nashville,
TN all-time 24-hour precipitation record: 9.09
Nashville, TN Wettest
month on record: 16.43
BURMA (MYANMAR) Hottest
temperature on record for country: 116.6° at Myinmu on May 14
PAKISTAN Hottest
temperature on record for country (and all of Asia): 128.3° at Mohenjudaro on
Mat 26
APRIL 2010
NONE
WINTER SEASON (DEC-MARCH)
Key West, FL Coldest
winter on record: 65.3° average (old record 65.8° 1957-1958)
MARCH 2010
RHODE ISLAND Wettest month on
record for state: 21.46 at Coventry Center
Providence, RI Wettest
month on record: 16.34
FEBRUARY 2010
DELAWARE 24-hour
all time state snowfall record: 25.8 at Wilmington on 2/5-6
DELAWARE Snowiest
month on record for state: Wilmington, DE: 46.9
MARYLAND 24-hour
all time state snowfall record: 31.3 at Towson on 2/5-6
MARYLAND Snowiest
month on record for state: 114.8 at Friensdsville 4.8 SW
NEW JERSEY Snowiest
month on record for state: 59.4 at Vineland
NORTH CAROLINA All-time maximum
depth of snowfall for state: 58.0 at Mt. Mitchell on 2/18
WEST VIRGINIA Snowiest month on
record for state: 139.0 at Terra Alta
2/5-6 Wilmington,
DE: all-time 24-hour and single greatest snowfall 25.8
2/5-6 Washington
DC Dulles; greatest single snowstorm on record: 32.4
2/10 Washington
DC Dulles; greatest snow depth on record: 26.0
2/10 Baltimore,
MD; greatest snow depth on record: 35.0
2/11-12 Dallas,
TX; all-time 24-hour and single storm snowfall: 10.0
2/11-12 Forth
Worth, TX; all-time 24-hour and single snowstorm on record: 12.5
Wash. DC (Dulles) Snowiest month on
record: 46.1
Wilmington, DE Snowiest
month on record: 46.9 (WB erroneously reported a fall of 47.5 in 1/1907the
seasonal total for 1906-1907 was 44.7 so, of course, it did not snow 47.5 in
January alone)
Baltimore, MD Snowiest
month on record: 49.7
Frederick, MD Snowiest
month on record (total not yet determined being a COOP station)
Atlantic City, NJ Snowiest
month on record: 36.6
Trenton, NJ Snowiest
month on record: 35.4
Harrisburg, PA Snowiest
month on record: 42.1
Philadelphia, PA Snowiest
month on record: 51.5
Pittsburgh, PA Snowiest
month on record: 48.7
JANUARY 2010
ARIZONA 24-hour
all time state snowfall record: 48.0 at Sunrise Mt. on 1/21-22
1/1-3 Largest
single snowstorm on record at Burlington, VT: 33.1
1/7 Sioux
City, IA tied its maximum snow depth on record with 28.0
1/23 Ely,
NV maximum snow depth on record: 24.0
1/28 Blanding,
UT maximum snow depth on record: 28.0
COLUMBIA Hottest
temperature on record for country: 108° at Puerto Salgar on Jan. 24
2009 ANNUAL RECORDS
ARKANSAS State
record for wettest year on record: 100.05 at Leola
Little Rock, AR Wettest
year on record: 75.93 (old record 75.55 in 1882)
Columbus, GA Wettest
year on record: 74.77 (old record 73.22 in 1964)
DECEMBER 2009
12-18-19 All-time
24-hour snowfall tied at Elkins, WV: 20.7
12/24 All-time
24-hour snowfall at Oklahoma City, OK: 14.1
12/24 All-time
largest single snowstorm at Oklahoma City: 14.1
12/24 Greatest
snow depth at Oklahoma City, OK: 14.0
New Orleans, LA Wettest
month on record: 25.92
Sioux City, IA Snowiest
month on record: 34.0
NOVEMBER 2009
NONE
OCTOBER 2009
North Platte, NE Snowiest
month on record: 30.3
SEPTEMBER 2009
NONE
SEASONAL RECORDS: Summer 2009 (June-August)
Austin, TX Warmest
summer on record: 88.4°
Corpus Christi,
TX Warmest
summer on record: 86.8°
Del Rio, TX Warmest
summer on record: 88.8°
San Antonio, TX Warmest
summer on record: 87.8°
Victoria, TX Warmest
summer on record: 86.6°
AUGUST 2009
NONE
JULY 2009
7/29 All-time
hottest temperature tied at Olympia, WA: 104°
7/29 All-time
hottest temperature at Seattle, WA: 103°
Phoenix, AZ Warmest
month on record: 98.3°
Yuma, AZ Warmest
month on record: 97.5°
Austin, TX Warmest
month on record: 89.5°
Laredo,
TX *Warmest
month on record: 94.0° NOTE: this
figure is from flawed data from the airport temperature platform. COOP data
provided by Richard Berler recorded an average of 91.2°, well short of the
92.8° recorded in July 1998. So the 94.0°, though it may appear as NWS
official, is incorrect and should be discounted. All airport temperature data
for Laredo since 2005 is apparently flawed. Alice, TX may also have a similar
problem.
San Antonio, TX Warmest
month on record: 88.7°
SEASONAL RECORDS; July 1, 2008-June 30,
2009
Barrow, AK Snowiest
season on record: 77.9
International
Falls, MN Snowiest season on
record: 125.0
Dickinson, ND Snowiest
season on record: 81.4
Rapid City, SD Snowiest
season on record: 90.2
Spokane, WA Snowiest
season on record: 97.7
JUNE 2009
6/15-16 All-time
record 24-hour rainfall at Bismarck, ND: 5.77
MAY 2009
NONE
APRIL 2009
4/27-30 All-time
single largest snowstorm at Great Falls, MT: 25.8
Great Falls, MT Snowiest
month on record tied: 35.4 (same amount in April, 1967)
MARCH 2009
3/8 All-time
24-hour snowfall at Nome, AK: 15.5
3/8-9 All-time
single largest snowstorm at Nome, AK: 16.2
3/15 Highest
wind speed ever measured at Spokane, WA: 66 mph
3/23 Highest
wind speed ever measured at Rapid City, SD: 80 mph
Nome, AK Maximum
depth of snow on record: 78.0 on 3/12
Dickinson, ND Snowiest
month on record: 36.2
OKLAHOMA All-time
24-hour state snowfall record: 25.0 at Fort Supply 6N on 3/27-28
TEXAS All-time
24-hour state snowfall record: 25.0 at Follett on 3/27-28
FEBRUARY 2009
NONE
JANUARY 2009
1/16 All-time
coldest temperature tied at Waterloo, IA: -34°
MAINE All-time
state coldest temperature: -50° on 1/16 at Big Black River
2008 ANNUAL RECORDS
Hartford, CT` Wettest
year on record: 65.43 (old record 64.55 in 1972)
Wichita, KS Wettest
year on record: 53.82 (old record 50.48 in 1950)
Chicago,
IL Wettest
year on record: 49.84at OHare location. (old record 49.64 in 1993 at Midway
location)
St.
Louis, MO Wettest
year on record (modern record): 55.00 (68.83 reported in 1858 is a dubious
old record)
DECEMBER 2008
12/17-18 All-time
24-hour snowfall at Spokane, WA: 19.4
12/17-18 All-time
single largest snowstorm at Spokane, WA: 23.3
12/18 All-time
24-hour snowfall at Sandpoint, ID (Coure DAlene): 27.0
Bismarck, ND Snowiest
month on record: 33.4
Fargo, ND Snowiest
month on record: 33.5
Williston, ND Snowiest
month on record: 31.5
Spokane, WA Snowiest
month on record: 61.5
Green Bay, WI Snowiest
month on record: 45.6
Madison, WI Snowiest
month on record: 40.4
Wausau, WI Snowiest
month on record: 37.6
MAINE All-time
state 24-hour snowfall on record: 41.8 at Eustis on 12/21-22
NOVEMBER 2008
SOUTH DAKOTA All-time 24-hour state
snowfall record set at Deadwood 2NE on 11/5-6: 43.6
OCTOBER 2008
10/12 All-time
24-hour snowfall at Glasgow, MT:
12.8
10/17 Highest
wind speed ever measured at Tulsa, OK: 85mph
SEPTEMBER 2008
9/1 Baton
Rouge, LA highest wind speed on record: 91mph
9/11-12 All-time
24-hour rainfall at Colorado Springs, CO: 4.97
9/11-12 All-time
24-hour rainfall at Lubbock, TX: 7.46
9/12 All-time
24-hour rainfall at Wichita, KS: 10.31
9/13 All-time
24-hour rainfall at South Bend, IN: 6.58
South Bend, IN Wettest
month on record: 13.92
SUMMER 2008 (JUNE-AUGUST)
Austin, TX Tied
warmest summer on record: 86.7°
AUGUST 2008
8/8 All-time
24-hour rainfall for Asia: 55.20 at Weiliaoshan, Taiwan (Typhoon Morakot)
8/19-20 All-time
24-hour rainfall at Melbourne, FL: 11.48
8/30 Highest
wind gust ever measured in a tropical storm anywhere in the world:
213mph at Pinar Del
Rio, Cuba (Hurricane Gustav) NOTE:
this record broken by 254mph wind gust at Barrow Island, W. Australia during
Cyclone Olivia on 4/10/1996. Record made official on 1/22/2010.
Melbourne, FL Wettest
month on record: 21.06
JULY 2008
Kuwaits all-time
maximum recorded temperature of 126° was recorded at Mitribah on 7/25
SEASONAL RECORDS; July 1, 2007-June 30,
2008
Bemidji, MN Snowiest
season on record: 84.6
Dubuque, IA Snowiest
season on record: 78.7
Caribou, ME Snowiest
season on record: 194.8
Concord, NH Snowiest
season on record: 119.5(a recording of 122.0 in 1873-1874
is
of dubious validity)
Youngstown, OH Snowiest
season on record: 102.4
Green Bay, WI Snowiest
season on record: 86.5
Madison, WI Snowiest
season on record: 101.4
JUNE 2008
6/6-7 All-time
record 24-hour precipitation at Terre Haute, IN: 6.83
6/20 All-time
hottest temperature on record at Santa Maria, CA: 110°
Milwaukee, WI Wettest
month on record: 12.27
Terre Haute, IN Wettest
month on record: 13.32
Pierre, SD Wettest
month on record: 7.66
MAY 2008
5/25 Highest
wind speed ever measured at Waterloo, IA: 93mph
Rapid City, SD Wettest
month on record: 9.71
APRIL 2008
4/5-6 All-time
24-hour snowfall at Bemidji, MN: 18.0
4/5-7 All-time
largest single snowstorm at Bemidji, MN: 25.7
Bemidji, MN Snowiest
month on record: 36.3
MARCH 2008
3/2 All-time
maximum snow depth at Concord, NH 45
3/8 All-time
maximum 24-hour snowfall at Columbus, OH: 15.5
3/8-9 All-time
largest single snowstorm at Columbus, OH: 20.4
3/8 All-time
maximum snow depth at Columbus, OH: 18.0
FEBRUARY 2008
NONE
JANUARY 2008
1/4-5 All-time
24-hour precipitation record at Bishop, CA: 3.71
2007 ANNUAL RECORDS
Oklahoma City, OK Wettest year on record: 56.10
Birmingham, AL Driest
year on record: 28.86
Huntsville, AL Driest
year on record: 28.65
Rome, GA Driest
year on record: 28.71
Greenville, SC Driest
year on record: 31.08
Washington D.C.
(Dulles) Driest
year on record: 27.02
DECEMBER 2007
NONE
NOVEMBER 2007
NONE
OCTOBER 2007
10/17Tulsa, OK highest
wind speed on record: 85mph
SEPTEMBER 2007
NONE
SUMMER 2007 (JUNEAUGUST)
Phoenix, AZ Warmest
summer on record: 94.9
Washington D.C.
(Dulles) Warmest summer on record:
76.8°
Key West, FL Warmest
summer on record: 85.8°
Boise, ID Warmest
summer on record; 76.4°
Helena, MT Warmest
summer on record: 71.4°
Las Vegas, NV Warmest
summer on record: 92.5°
Reno, NV Warmest
summer on record: 76.2°
Raleigh, NC Warmest
summer on record tied: 79.7°
Salt Lake City,
UT Warmest
summer on record: 79.3°
AUGUST 2007
MINNESOTA All-time
maximum 24-hour rainfall for state: 15.10 Hokah on 8/18-19 (unofficial but
credible total of 17.21 measured 3W of La Crescent, MN)
MINNESOTA All-time
wettest month for state: 23.86 at Hokah
WISCONSIN All-time
maximum 24-hour rainfall for state: 11.75 Stoddard on 8/18-19
WISCONSIN All-time
wettest month for state: 21.74 at Viroqua
Madison, WI Wettest
month on record: 15.18
La Crosse, WI Wettest
month on record: 13.75 (17.00 at NWS site)
Rochester, MN Wettest
month on record: 14.07
Birmingham, AL Warmest
month on record: 86.9°
Montgomery, AL Warmest
month on record: 87.0°
Huntsville, AL Warmest
month on record: 85.8°
Key West, FL Warmest
month on record: 87.5°
Albany, GA Warmest
month on record: 85.6°
Athens, GA Warmest
month on record tied: 85.2°
Atlanta, GA Warmest
month on record: 85.6°
Bowling Green, KY Warmest month on
record: 85.0°
Louisville, KY Warmest
month on record: 85.0°
Baton Rouge, LA Warmest
month on record tied: 85.7°
Greensboro, NC Warmest
month on record: 83.2°
Raleigh, NC Warmest
month on record: 84.1°
Greenville, SC Warmest
month on record: 84.7°
Chattanooga, TN Warmest
month on record: 85.7°
Knoxville, TN Warmest
month on record: 83.2°
Nashville, TN Warmest
month on record: 86.9°
Roanoke, VA Warmest
month on record: 82.1°
8/9 All-time
maximum temperature tied at Greensboro, NC: 105°
8/10 All-time
maximum temperature tied at Charlotte, NC: 104°
8/10 All-time
maximum temperature tied at Augusta, GA: 108°
8/10 All-time
maximum temperature tied at Columbia, SC: 107°
8/18-19 All-time
maximum 24-hour rainfall: 7.59 at La Crosse, WI (NWS site)
8/21 All-time
maximum temperature tied at Raleigh, NC: 105°
JULY 2007
Boise, ID Warmest
month on record: 83.1°
Lewiston, ID Warmest
month on record: 80.3°
Salmon, ID Warmest
month on record: 73.5°
Sandpoint, ID Warmest
month on record: 74.0°
Butte, MT Warmest
month on record: 69.8°
Great Falls, MT Warmest
month on record: 76.8°
Helena, MT Warmest
month on record: 78.8°
Kalispell, MT Warmest
month on record: 71.9°
Missoula, MT Warmest
month on record: 78.1°
Las Vegas, NV Warmest
month on record: 95.4°
Reno, NV Warmest
month on record tied: 80.0°
Milford, UT Warmest
month on record: 79.0°
Salt Lake City,
UT Warmest
month on record: 84.0°
Jackson, WY Warmest
month on record: 67.6°
Omak, WA Warmest
month on record: 76.7°
7/5 All-time
maximum temperature at Missoula, MT: 107°
7/5 All-time
maximum temperature tied at Reno, NV: 108°
Victoria, TX Wettest
month on record: 20.34
2006-2007 SEASONAL RECORDS
Los Angeles, CA Driest
rain year on record with 3.21(Civic Center) 3.06
(UCLA)
2.63 (Airport) 2.10 (Long Beach)
Burbank, CA Driest
rain year on record with 2.83
JUNE 2007
NONE
MAY 2007
5/5-6 All-time
24-hour rainfall record of 7.75 at Aberdeen, SD
APRIL 2007
NONE
MARCH 2007
WYOMING Maximum
single storm snowfall for state: 70.0
Hobbs Park 3/27-29
2/24-March
3 World
Record for most rain to fall in 3,4,5,6,7,8,9 days at Commerson, Reunion Island
(Indian Ocean):
3 DAYS 2/24-26: 154.72
4 DAYS 2/24-27: 191.73
5 DAYS 2/24-28: 196.06
6 DAYS 2/24-3/1:
199.61
7 DAYS 2/24-3/2:
212.60
8 DAYS 2/24-3/3:
216.93
9 DAYS 2/24-3/4:
216.93
(63.98
fell in 24 hours on 2/24 and 96.97 fell in 48 hours 2/24-25;
these
were not world records however)
FEBRUARY 2007
2/14 All-time
24-hour snowfall at Burlington, VT with 25.3
2/23-26 Greatest
single snowstorm on record at La Crosse, WI
with
21.1 World record rainfall 2/24-3/3 (see above)
JANUARY 2007
NONE
CORRECTIONS/ADDITIONS
TO PUBLISHED DATA
(PRE-JANUARY 2007)
CITY TEMPERATURE RECORDS
Flagstaff,
AZ coldest
winter: 22.6° 1918-1919
Flagstaff,
AZ warmest
summer: 66.3° 1945
Texarkana,
AR coldest
temperature on record: -7° 1/13/1918
Bishop,
CA all-time
maximum temperature: 110° on 7/10/2002
Burbank,
CA warmest
month: 82.0° 7/2006
Sacramento,
CA warmest
summer: 79.0° 1996
Sacramento,
CA coldest
winter (1948-1949) should read 42.9°
Colorado
Springs, CO: all-time maximum temperature: 101° 6/7/1874
Colorado
Springs, CO: all-time minimum temperature: -32° 1/20/1883
Orlando,
FL all-time
maximum temperature date should be 9/8/1921
Tallahassee,
FL warmest
month on record: 85.5° 7/1932
Hilo, HA all-time
minimum temperature: 53° 2/21/1962
Salisbury,
MD coldest
month: 23.7° 1/1918 (period of record began 1893 not 1906)
Salisbury,
MD warmest
month on record: 82.3° 7/2010
Miles
City, MT all-time
maximum temperature: 113° on 7/20/1960
Buffalo,
NY all-time
minmum temp should read -20° also tied 2/1961
Grand
Forks, ND all-time
minimum temperature -43° not -44°
Butte, MT all-time
maximum temp tied: 100° 6/30/2000
Pittsburg,
PA all-time
minimum temperature: -22° on 1/20/1994
Rapid
City, SD: all-time
coldest temperature should read -34° on Feb. 11, 1899
Brownsville,
TX warmest
summer temperature should read 87.0° not 97.0°
Lubbock,
TX coldest
month: 30.7° 1/1930
Port
Arthur, TX: all-time
minimum temperature: 4° on 2/12/1899
Greenville,
SC exact
date of all-time highest temp. of 106° is 7/18/1887
Rock
Springs, WY all-time
warmest temperature should read 98° not 99°
CITY PRECIPTATION RECORDS
Barrow,
AK maximum
24-hour rainfall: 2.10 9/9/1923
Barrow,
AK driest
year on record: 1.40 1934
Juneau,
AK driest
year on record: 37.63 1957
St. Paul
Island, AK driest
year on record :9.17 1977
Texarkana,
AR maximum
24-hour rainfall: 10.48 5/28/1998
Blue Canyon,
CA maximum
24-hour rainfall: 13.51 1/1-2/1997
Palm
Springs, CA maximum
monthly rainfall: 10.39 2/1927
Palm
Springs, CA maximum
seasonal precipitation: 17.68 1926-1927
Sacramento,
CA driest
water year on record: 7.25 1975-1976
Sacramento,
CA wettest
water year on record: 37.49 1982-1983
San
Diego, CA month
of maximum monthly rainfall should be 12/1921 not 12/1940
San
Francisco, CA maximum
24-hour rainfall: 7.76 12/19-20/1866
San Jose,
CA maximum
24-hour rainfall: 4.56
1/13-14/1911
San Jose,
CA minimum
seasonal precipitation: 4.83 1876-1877
Lewiston,
ID maximum
24-hour rainfall: 2.71 12/13/1882
Indianapolis,
IN driest
year on record: 24.97 1934
Bangor,
ME maximum24-hour
rainfall: 5.98 9/11/1954
Bangor,
ME wettest
year on record: 58.02 2005
Frederick,
MD maximum
24-hour rainfall: 4.26 on 9/6/1895
Frederick,
MD minimum
annual rainfall: 19.84 1930
Salisbury,
MD maximum
24-hour rainfall: 8.90 on 8/30/1936 (POR began 1893 not 1906)
Salisbury,
MD maximum
monthly rainfall: 14.83 9/1935 (POR began 1893 not 1906)
Salisbury,
MD minimum
annual rainfall: 21.67 1930 (POR
began 1893 not 1906)
St.
Joseph, MO minimum
annual rainfall 18.26 2002
New York,
NY maximum
annual rainfall: 80.56 1983
Williamsport,
PA minimum
monthly precipitation: .01 9/1995
CITY SNOWFALL RECORDS
Nome, AK snowiest
season on record: 129.4 1994-1995
(not 110.0 as printed in tables)
Fort
Smith, AR snowiest
season on record: 25.0 in 1920-1921
St. Paul
Island, AK snowiest
season on record: 140.0 1963-1964
Flagstaff,
AZ maximum
24-hour snowfall: 31.0 12/30/1915
Bishop,
CA maximum
depth of snow: 22.0 1/25/1969
Sacramento,
CA date
of 24-hour snowfall of 3.5 should read 1/4-5/1888
Colorado
Springs, CO maximum 24-hour snowfall: 25.6 3/11/1909
Evensville,
IN maximum
24-hour snowfall: 22.3 12/22-23/2004
Dodge
City, KS snowiest
season on record: 61.1 1992-1993 (not 58.8 as printed in tables)
Santa Fe,
NM maximum
24-hour snowfall: 22.0 12/30/2006
Ely, NV maximum
depth of snow: 24.0 1/23/2010
Dayton,
OH maximum
snow depth on record: 24.0
1/31/1978
Binghampton,
NY greatest
depth of snow: 35.0 on 3/15/1993
Port
Arthur, TX greatest
single snowstorm: 30.0 on date ending on 2/15/1895 (also greatest depth of
snow, snowiest month, and snowiest season)
STATE SNOWFALL RECORDS
Arizona largest
single-storm snowfall: 102.7 at Hawley Lake 12/1967
Indiana maximum
24-hour snowfall; 29.0 Seymore on 12/22-23/2004
Minnesota maximum
seasonal snowfall: 170.5 Grand Portage 1949-1950
Nebraska maximum
24-hour snowfall: 27.0 Dalton on 12/21/2006
North
Carolina maximum
seasonal snowfall: 176.0 Mt. Mitchell 1997-1998
North
Carolina maximum
monthly snowfall: 79.5 Mt. Mitchell 2/64
Ohio maximum
24-hour snowfall; 26.5 Kings Mills 12/22-23/2004
Pennsylvania maximum
monthly snowfall: 113.5 at Laurel Summit in 2/2010
largest
single-storm snowfall: 53.0 at Coatesville 2/11-14/1899
Vermont maximum
monthly snowfall: 95.0 at West Wardsboro (not Wadsboro) 3/2001
Vermont Jay
Peak reported a 24-hour snowfall of 38.0 on 12/15/2003. Jay Peak also reported
a monthly snowfall of 144.0 in 12/2003
West
Virginia: maximum
monthly snowfall: 158.2 at Bayard in 2/2010
Wisconsin maximum
seasonal snowfall at Hurley with 301.8 in 1996-1997
Wyoming maximum
single-storm snowfall: 70.0 Hobbs Park 3/27-29/2007
STATE PRECIPITATION RECORDS
Alaska driest
year on record: 1.40 at Barrow, AK 1934
California wettest
year on record: 188.50 at Musalatt 1983
wettest
water year on record: 257.90 at Camp Six 1981-1982
wettest
month on record: 81.90 at Camp Six 12/1981
Idaho maximum
24-hour precipitation: 9.40 Bear Montain 11/6-7/2006
Minnesota maximum
annual precipitation: 53.52 St. Francis 1991
Minnesota minimum
annual precipitation: 6.37 Beardsley 1976
Oregon maximum
24-hour precipitation: 14.30 Lees Camp 11/6-7/2006
Washington
maximum
24-hour precipitation: 15.20 June Lake 11/6-7/2006
CORRECTIONS/ADDITIONS TO WIND SPEEDS ON
MAP PP. 252-253
Sacramento,
CA 70mph 11/15/1953
(also on earlier date)
Havre, MT 76mph 6/4/2006
Lincoln,
NE 83mph
OTHER
CORRECTIONS/UPDATES TO TEXT/MAPS TO 2007 EDITION
P. 18 In
July 2006 Death Valleys avg. monthly temperature was 107.0° not 106.5°, also
129° was reached for the fourth time on 7/6/2007
P. 20 Alaskas
warmest location in July is North Pole with 74.9° avg. temperature for the
period of 1971-2000
P. 25 126°
recorded at Mitribah, Kuwait on 7/25/2008 for a new national record
P. 26 Bulgarias
record high temperature is 115° set at Petrich
P. 28 The
THI temperature at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia on July 8, 2003 was 176° not 155-160°
P. 28 A
world record low humidity reading of 0% was recorded at Giles, W. Australia on
10/22/2008 when an air temp. of 83° was registered while the dew point temp.
stood at -43°
P. 46 Grand
Canyon NP recorded a same day record high and low temperature on 7/31/2008 with
a range of 39° to 95°. Alamosa, CO recorded a same day record high and low on
8/24/2002: 33° to 85° and also on 2/21/1958 with a range of -18° to 58°.
P. 51 Other
locations in Alaska to record -70° or lower include -72° at OBrien Creek, -72° at
Clearwater, and -70° at Dietrich Camp. The -77° noted for Manley Hot Springs is
incorrect. The reading should be -73°. Northway has recorded -72° in the past.
P. 54 Site
of Indianas record low temp. of -36° should read Whiteland not Whitehead
P. 56 Wind
chill reading at Queen Maud Land should have read -174° not -150°. Also, a wind chill of at least -192°F
possibly occurred at Vostok, Antarctica on 8/24/2005 when the days maximum
temp. of -99° occurred along with
a daily maximum wind gust of
113mph (this info courtesy of Trent McCotter)
P. 57 A
temperature of -73° was recorded at Ust Sgughor, Russia on 12/31/1978
establishing the coldest temperature ever measured anywhere in Europe or the
European section of Russia.
P. 80 Dates
of 22-hour and 24-hour snowfall records at Fryes Ranch and Silver Lake, CO
should read 1921 not 1927
P. 117 Unofficial
record 24-hour rainfall for the state of Indian occurred at Edinburgh in June
2008 with a report of 10.71. Also, official record 24-hour rainfalls were
recorded in Minnesota with 15.10 and Wisconsin with 11.75 during August of
2007
P. 119 46.02
of rain fell in 24 hours at Amni Devi, India on May 5-6, 2004. 55.20 of rain
fell in 24 hours at Weiliaoshan, Taiwan on Aug. 8, 2009. Rainfall total for
Isla Mujeres, Yucatan should read 64.33 not 62.05.
For USA greatest 24-hour
rainfalls add 23.11 at Taylor, TX on Sept. 9-10, 1921. Also, there have been 8
rainfalls of 20+ in Hawaii during a single 24-hour period and two of 30+ in
addition to the ones listed in the table. These two were 31.95 at Honomu on
2/20/1918 and 30.50 at Laupahoehoe on 12/24/1901 (these are both on the Big
Island).
P. 121 See
entry for updates in March 2007 for new world record point rainfalls set on
Reunion Island
P. 128 Herbert
Hoover was Secretary of Commerce in 1927 not President
P. 169 Two
EF-5 tornadoes have occurred since the table was published: May 4, 2007 in
Kansas (7 deaths), and May 25, 2008 in Iowa (8 deaths)
P. 201 The
wind range for Cat 5 hurricanes in the table should read 156mph or more not
155mph or more
P. 209 Death
toll from Hurricane Ike (Texas to Ohio in September 2008) is estimated to be at
least 75
P. 225 Cyclone
Nargis is estimated to have killed 130,000 in Myanmar on 5/2/2008 making it the
6th deadliest Bay of Bengal storm
P. 234 Alaskas
record low barometric pressure of 27.35 on 10/25/1977 was set at Dutch Harbor
not St. Paul Is.
P. 248 New
world wind speed record made official on Jan. 22, 2010 by WMO: 254mph gust
during Cyclone Olivia at Barrow Island, Western Australia on April 10, 1996.
P. 249 Date
of record wind speed on Grandfather Mountain, NC should read January 25, 2006
P. 265 The
cold records bar graph for 2000-2006 should read a total of (1) record not
(34). An update of these graphs will be posted on this site after 1/1/2009.
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