THE NEXT ICE AGE - NOW!

Date

City

Degrees
Fahrenheit

Jul 19

Valdez, Alaska – Record low “shattered” today, says weather service

“The mercury dipped to 40 degrees this morning … four degrees lower than the lowest temperature previously recorded on this date.”

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Rainfall in one day:
Beatrice, NE---4.75”
Belle Plaine, IA---3.25”
Oketa, NE---3.00”
Van Horne, IA---2.56”
Concordia, KS---2.34”

Rainfall in one day:

Fort Meyers, FL---8.03”
Naples, FL---5.62”
Melbourne, FL---5.18”
Vero Beach, FL---4.54”
La Crescent, MN---3.90”
Westby, WI---3.24”
Lupton, WI---3.00”
Hokah, MN---3.00”
West Palm Beach, FL---2.61”

La Crosse, WI---2.50”

Chill out Anchorage -- it's just a normal cool summer - Notice how, if it gets warmer, it’s global warming, but if it gets cooler, it’s a natural cycle.

See Chill out Anchorage

Jul 14

California’s Tioga Pass Closed Due To Winter's Return - Sonora, CA -- Tioga Pass has officially been closed by Caltans due to hail, snow and flooding which is evident from Tuolumne Meadows to Yosemite Village.
http://www.mymotherlode.com/News/article/kvml/1216079663

Thanks to Mike McEvoy for this link

Jul 7

Rainfall in one day:
San Benito, TX---5.67”
Port Isabel, TX---4.60”
Brownsville, TX---4.24”
Harlingen, TX---3.68”
McAllen, TX---2.48”

Huge amounts of snow in the Rockies – in July! - “Loop Road in Lander, WY is normally open before Memorial Day,” says reader Thomas Morstad. “This year it’s still not open because of snow. Again, nature did not watch/read and obey the Global Warming Catastrophe.” 

Going-to-the-Sun road, which connects the two sides of Glacier National Park and is usually open by the first week of June, remains closed because huge amounts of snow still blanket the Northern Rockies high country. (In part because Montana had record snowfalls this year.)

 “Perhaps Al Gore and James Hanson are not as important as they present themselves,” Morstad adds.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/02/us/02snow.html?hp
Thanks to Thomas Morstad and Alan Caruba for this link

Charlotte temperature hits 123-year low

The temperature at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, North Carolina  was 56 at about 5:30 a.m., breaking the July 2 record of 58, set in 1885. The normal low for this time of year is 70.

http://www.charlotte.com/news/story/695929.html 

Thanks to Brent Pollard, Eric Skrzypczak, Peter Pesola, Jack Holland, and Matt Nicholson for this info

 Record lows
Valdez, AK (Breaks record set in 1964)

.
41 

Record lows

Kodiak, AK (breaks old record set in 1921)

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37

Kimberling, Missouri deluged by 6.48 inches of rain in only 10 hours. High water rescues necessary in Marshfield, Mo., near Columbus, Kan., and Oskaloosa, Mo.

http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium/headlines.asp?iws=2

Heavy rainfall breaks records at Springfield, MO and West Plains

The old record of 1.41 inches occurred back in 1977. The rainfall total for today was 1.74. The Springfield National Airport broke an 80 year record with rainfall for the month of June currently standing at 13.41 inches, exceeding the rainfall of 12.27” in 1928.  

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=sgf&storyid=15429&source=0

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

Rainfall in one day:
Linneus, MO---8.61”
Atlanta, MO---5.90”
Stiffenville, MO---4.92”
South Browning, MO---4.62”
Trenton, MO---3.54”

Record lows:
Seattle, WA

Quillayute, WA

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

.
48

40 

Rainfall in one day:
Tampa, FL---2.78”
Sarasota, FL---2.74”

Jun 20

Record low temperatures in four states

Bristol, TN
Lynchburg, VA
Roanoke, VA
Montgomery, AL
Athens, GA

.
48

51

53

58

58

Rainfall in two days:
Homestead, FL---8.32”
Miami, FL---2.81”

Record lows

Seattle, WA

Quillayute, WA

Hoquiam, WA

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

.
48
54 tie

58

Record lows:

Olympia, WA

Seattle, WA

Boundary Dam, WA
Troutdale, OR 

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

37 tie

46

33

44
 

Record lows:

Meacham, OR

Historic floods hit America’s Midwest - Thunderstorms and record flooding drenched America’s Midwest again on Friday, prompting severe storm warnings Oklahoma to Wisconsin.

Over the last month the Midwest has suffered under a constant barrage of storms. Over this time, Iowa has totted up over 450mm (18 inches) of rain and is now buckling under the strain, with 83 of Iowa’s 99 counties declared disaster areas.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/14062008news.shtml

Record lows:

Bryce Canyon, UT

Cedar City, UT

Hanksville, UT
Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

.
27 tie

36 tie

40

500-Year Flood - Many rivers across the Plains and Midwest are at record flood stages. Officials say the Cedar River in Iowa is at a 500-year flood level. Virtually all of Cedar Falls, Iowa is under water. Widespread evacuations orders are in place and flooding has closed miles of interstates and local roads and highways across the heartland.

A new storm system is forecast to reach the Midwest by Sunday, bringing more heavy rain that will continue into early next week.
http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium/news-regional.asp?region=midwestusnews

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

Historic flood event - incredible crop losses - The evacuations in Cedar Rapids, population 120,000, followed a round earlier Thursday when some residents of Iowa City and Cedar Bluffs were also told to head for higher ground.
 

Storms brought up to 5 inches of rain across west central Iowa early Thursday — primarily in the Raccoon River basin.

This year's spring deluge led some to compare it to the disaster of 1993 when the Mississippi River and its tributaries turned parts of the nation's midsection into a gigantic lake.

"We are in the middle of a historic flood event in the Upper Mississippi Valley,” said meteorologist Bill Karins of NBC's WeatherPlus. Most major Iowa rivers are cresting at all-time record levels and this water will soon raise the Mississippi River to its second highest levels in recorded history north of St. Louis.
 

"The story along the Mississippi River will be all the mid-sized and small towns without large levees," he added. "On the consumer side, thousands upon thousands of acres of farmland will be flooded for weeks with incredible crop losses."

Corn prices hit a record high again Thursday and the short-term outlook did not look good.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25020185

Record low temperatures in four states:
Eureka, NV

Redmond, OR
Great Falls, MT
Billings, MT
Salt Lake City, UT

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26

38

32

34

42

Snowfall in one day:
Paradise, WA---24”
Gibson Dam, MT---12”
Snoqualmie Pass, WA---7”
Government Camp, OR---5”
Timberline Lodge, OR---5”

RECORD SNOWFALL IN NOME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOME AK
2.4 INCHES OF SNOW FELL THIS MORNING IN NOME BREAKING THE OLD
RECORD OF A TRACE SET BACK IN 1973. THIS UNSEASONABLE SNOW PUSHES THE SEASONAL SNOWFALL TOTAL TO 112.5 INCHES AND NOW SECURELY IN SECOND PLACE FOR THE SNOWIEST WINTER ON RECORD.

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Another foot of snow forecast for Montana and Idaho - While eastern states of the US have been reeling under a heat wave the last few days, an unusual “winter” storm has brought June snow across the northwest.

Residents of Eastern Oregon woke Monday morning to a scene more akin to winter, with snow blanketing gardens and with white out conditions on the roads. Heavy snow fell in the Cascades forcing trucks crossing the mountain passes to use tyre chains. It was the first time in 30 years that snowploughs had been used in June to clear Steven’s Pass.

The unusual cold and snowy weather is being attributed to this year’s La Nina, which brought parts of the US their snowiest winter on record. Today the storm has moved on to Montana and Idaho. As much as a foot of snow (12 inches) is forecast.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/11062008news.shtml

Up to a foot of snow expected in the Rockies - Ten days before the arrival of summer, a cold storm moving through the Intermountain West tonight will produce chilly rain and snow as low as 4,000 feet,  where around a foot of snow may accumulate. Lower elevations will endure a chilly rain with perhaps a few wet snowflakes mixed in.

The snow will create slippery driving conditions on many roads and highways throughout the mountains.
http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium/news-regional.asp?region=westusnews 

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

Heavy Snow in June!
Snow levels to drop all the way to the 2,500-foot mark in the Washington Cascades. Over a foot of snow can be expected along some of the passes through the mountain chain Monday night into early Tuesday. Snow will spread into the higher elevations of the northern Rockies Tuesday.

http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium/headlines.asp?iws=3 

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Heavy Snow Warning for the Cascades

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
MON JUN 9 2008

UP TO A FOOT OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT OVER THE WEST
SLOPES OF THE NORTH AND CENTRAL CASCADES…HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER BELOW 4000 FEET EARLY THIS EVENING AND DROP TO 2500 TO 3000 FEET AROUND MIDNIGHT...AFFECTING ALL THE PASSES OVERNIGHT.

Snow Advisory for the Olympics

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA

MON JUN 9 2008

FOUR TO NINE INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT OVER

THE OLYMPICS…HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER

TO AROUND 3500 FEET THIS EVENING.

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Winter Storm Watch - Montana

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT

JUN 9 2008

.A VIGOROUS AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF SNOW AND COLDER AIR TO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES FOR MIDWEEK. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT

-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROWNING...CHOTEAU

TUESDAY EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 2 NEAR MARIAS PASS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT

SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST

UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. 

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/warnings.php?wfo=tfx&zone=MTZ009&pil=
XXXWSWTFX&productType=Winter+Storm+Watch
Thanks to David Christian for this link

More rain expected Monday - Large swaths of three Midwest states were declared disaster areas as days of vicious storms and flooding forced rescuers into boats and residents to flee flooded communities.
 

The National Weather Service warned that another round of storms could drop as much as 3 inches of rain on Indiana late Monday.
 

"This thing came on fast,” said Governor Daniels, “with such a radical deluge of water that people were describing going from a feeling of security to waist-deep water in a matter or 15 or 20 minutes."  

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25020185

9 Jun 08

Rainfall in 36 hours:

Camp Douglas, WI---6.54

Milwaukee, WI---5.68

Baraboo, WI---5.60

Racine, WI---3.90

Madison, WI---3.32

La Crosse, WI---2.73

Mason City, IA---4.43

Waterloo, IA---3.34

Fort Dodge, IA---2.86

Dubuque, IA---2.40

Des Moines, IA---2.35

Paris, IL---3.73

Danville, IL---2.44

Champaign, IL---2.14

Rantoul, IL---2.08

Decatur, IL---2.01

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for these rainfall figures

Rainfall in two days:

Dorchester, IA---9.09”
Valley, WI---9.00”
Viroqua, WI---8.20”
Reno, MN---7.18”
Milwaukee, WI---5.95”

Coldest first week of June since 1891 in Seattle

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
SUN JUN 8 2008
RECORD COLD AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE FIRST WEEK IN JUNE
WERE SET IN SEATTLE...OLYMPIA AND BELLINGHAM THIS YEAR. IN
ADDITION...SEATTLE TIED THE RECORD FOR THE COLDEST AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE. THE RECORDS FROM SEATTLE
INCLUDE THE FEDERAL BUILDING RECORDS WHICH GO BACK TO 1891. THE
OLYMPIA AND BELLINGHAM RECORDS GO BACK TO 1948.

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Historic floods in Indiana wipe out crops - Here's a list of locations in Indiana reporting major flooding as defined by the NWS.  An asterisk represents a record flood.

Clifty Creek near Columbus 22.16 feet
Youngs Creek at Amity 14.84 feet*
Sugar Creek near Edinburgh 19.23 feet*
Flatrock River at Columbus 19.83 feet
Clifty Creek at Hartsville 17.83 feet
White River at Eagle Valley Generating Station 612.2 feet (missed record by 1.3 feet)
Mill Creek near Cataract 22.62 feet
White River at Spencer 25.42 feet
Eel River at Bowling Green 23.48 feet
White River at Elliston 29.23 feet
White River at Newberry 24.82 feet

"The fire station in Edinburgh, IN reported a storm total of just under 11 inches of rain (10.94").  There is a great deal of farm land from I-70 and south.  There will certainly be crops that are a total loss.  There is no place for all this water to go. Fields will likely remain flooded for a while and the crops will rot.

"Here is the Indianapolis Star photo gallery.
http://www2.indystar.com/autofocus/galleries/show/2455/1

Thanks to Dan Hammer for this info
www.climatepatrol.com

Record floods across the Midwest - Torrential rain this week has unleashed serious flash and river flooding from western South Dakota east to southern Wisconsin and south-central Indiana.

In Indiana, late-week rainfall of at least 11 inches triggered record-breaking flooding on both the East and West forks of the White River.

Torrential rain over neighboring Illinois lead to potentially record-breaking flooding along the lower Wabash River.

Meanwhilie, record-toppling flooding was underway or forecast as of Sunday for middle and mid-northern Iowa. Early week flooding was forecast at record levels along the upper Des Moines River at Stratford.

In western South Dakota, it was the rain-swollen Cheyenne River that crested at a record height at Plainview.

Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Jim Andrews

http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium/headlines.asp?iws=5
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

Record low in Seattle 

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE, WA
JUN 07 2008 ...A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 47 DEGREES WAS SET AT SEATTLE WFO YESTERDAY. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 47 SET IN 1995.

More snow in the Cascades - "Snow will be flying in the Cascades down to 4,000 ft, with up to 6 inches of new snow in the Oregon Cascades but a foot or more is possible in the Washington Cascades."
http://www.komonews.com/weather
See also: http://www.kgw.com/weather/?tn

Washington temps a good 10 to 15 degrees below normal”
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
FRI JUN 6 2008

THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM BRINGING THE COOL
CONDITIONS TO W WA CONTINUES TO SPIN ACROSS SE BC THIS EVENING.
AFTERNOON HIGHS SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON ONLY IN THE LOW TO MID 50S...A GOOD 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR EARLY JUNE. SEATAC HIT 53 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON...ONE DEGREE SHY OF TYING THE RECORD LOW MAX TEMP OF 52 SET BACK IN 1950.

PARADISE RANGER STATIONS
RECEIVED THE BULK OF THE SNOW SHOWERS WITH NEARLY 10 INCHES OF
SNOWFALL.

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Up to two feet of snow expected in the Cascades and Olympics

5 Jun 08 - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA

OLYMPICS-WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-

...A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CASCADES AND OLYMPICS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.....WITH ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW IN THE CASCADES AND OLYMPICS ABOVE 5500 FEET.
THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE NEAR 4500 FEET TONIGHT AND FALL TO AROUND 3500 FEET ON FRIDAY.

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Snow Advisory, Vail, CO
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
JUN 5 2008 - ...WINTER-LIKE WEATHER HAS RETURNED TO THE HIGH COUNTRY...

.A LATE SEASON STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN NEAR 8500 FEET CREATING WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND ROADWAYS WITH SNOW...ICE AND SLUSH POSSIBLE.
 

ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT
MESAS-GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS-FLATTOPS-NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBINE...TOPONAS...SKYWAY...ASPEN...VAIL...SNOWMASS...
CRESTED BUTTE...TAYLOR…PARK...MARBLE...BUFORD...TRAPPERSLAKE...OURAY...
TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY...SILVERTON...RICO...HESPERUS

 2 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED ABOVE 9000 FEET.
http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=COZ018&warncounty=COC113&firewx zone=COZ205&local_place1=Ophir+CO&product1=Snow+Advisory 

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Rainfall in one day:

Creston, IA---7.75”

Polk, NE---7.50”

Hayes Center, NE---4.25

Pacific Junction, IA---4.90

Weeping Water, NE---4.26

Moreley, IA---2.30

Red Oak, IA---4.67

Lone Rock, WI---2.85

Plattsmouth, NE---5.42

Grand Island, NE---4.15

Omaha, NE---2.13

Rapid City, SD---2.97

Philip, SD---2.32

http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium/news_index.asp?type=weather_highlights

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

Snow in Utah – in June 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

JUN 4 2008 .AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG STORM WILL 
BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE HIGH ELEVATIONS 
THROUGH TONIGHT.

WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS 
SOUTH OF I-80-WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH 
PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN 
MOUNTAINS-

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE 
EXPECTED ABOVE 8500 FEET AND 1 TO 3 INCHES DOWN 
TO 8000 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE 
ABOVE 9000 FEET.

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/warnings.php?wfo=slc&zone
=UTZ007&pil=XXXWSWSLC&productType=Snow+Advisory

Thanks to David Christian for this link

Snow in Montana – in June
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT

JUN 4 2008

BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS-BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-

… ACROSS THE BUTTE BLACKFOOT REGION AND THE SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS. SNOW LEVELS HAVE DROPPED TO 5500 FEET WITH SNOW ACCUMULATING ABOVE 6000 FEET...GEORGETOWN LAKE AND

HOMESTAKE PASS...CAN EXPECT TO SEE 2 TO 4 INCHES LOCALLY UP TO 5

INCHES OF ACCUMULATING SNOW BY EARLY THIS EVENING. LOCATIONS DOWN TO 5500 FEET...INCLUDING THE CITY OF BUTTE...WILL RECEIVE LIGHT SNOW

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Snow in Wyoming – in June
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

JUN 4 2008 ..ANOTHER COLD STORM SYSTEM HEADING TOWARDS CENTRAL WYOMING... THE SNOW LEVEL WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 7500 TO 8000 FEET WITH A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND

SNOW POSSIBLE AS LOW AS 7000 FEET. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8

INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 8000 FEET OVER SOUTH PASS AND AREAS

ABOVE LANDER WITH ONLY A COUPLE INCHES POSSIBLE ON TOGWOTEE PASS BY NOON THURSDAY

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Snow in Colorado – in June
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

JUN 4 2008 ..WINTER-LIKE WEATHER WILL RETURN TO THE HIGH COUNTRY...

A LATE SEASON STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW TO THE

MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. SNOW HAS

DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE HIGH MOUNTAIN PEAKS AND WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE AROUND 9500 FEET IN ELEVATION EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN LOWER TO AROUND 8500 FEET OVERNIGHT.

ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS-

GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-

WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS-FLATTOPS-

NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBINE...TOPONAS...SKYWAY...ASPEN...

VAIL...SNOWMASS...CRESTED BUTTE...TAYLOR PARK...MARBLE...BUFORD...

TRAPPERS LAKE...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY...SILVERTON...

RICO...HESPERUS...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY...

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Frost in Oregon and California- in June

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR

JUN 4 2008

NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULELAKE...DORRIS...ALTURAS..

ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS...BEATTY...BLY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT..

GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Rainfall in one day:
Buffalo, IL---3.96”
Rutledge, MO---3.65”
Springfield, IL---3.49”
Decatur, IL---3.47”
Quincy, IL---3.13”

South Dakota Records
 New records for the wettest May and the wettest month...
At the National Weather Service in east Rapid City... 9.71 inches.
This is a new record for the wettest May... breaking the previous
record of 9.21 inches in 1962. It was also the wettest month ever...
breaking the previous record set in July 1905 when 9.66 inches of
precipitation was measured.

Rapid City Airport... 7.24 inches. This was the third wettest May and
the third wettest month ever.

Newell received 9.37 inches of precipitation in may... breaking the
previous record of 8.60 inches in 1962. This is also the most
precipitation recorded in any month at Newell.

Opal/Maurine 12 SW received 7.95 inches of precipitation in May...
breaking the previous record of 7.21 inches in 1995. This is also the
most precipitation recorded in any month at Opal.

Ft. Meade/Sturgis received 11.49 inches of precipitation in May...
breaking the previous record of 11.20 inches in 1962. This is also
the most precipitation recorded in any month at Ft. Meade

Elm Springs received 8.41 inches of precipitation in May... breaking
the previous record of 8.18 inches in 1996. This is also the most
precipitation record in any month at Elm Springs.

Other locations around western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming
have also reported significant precipitation amounts... including...

Camp Crook... 6.72 inches... second highest may precipitation total...
behind 6.93 inches that fell in may 1982.

Pactola dam... 9.03 inches... third highest may precipitation total...
behind 10.29 inches that fell in may 1962 and 9.51 inches in may
1965.

Spearfish... 10.80 inches... second highest may precipitation total...
behind 14.11 inches that fell in may 1982

Gillette... 7.30 inches... third highest may precipitation total
behind 11.08 inches that fell in may 1978

Milesville... 7.13 inches... fourth highest may precipitation total
behind 10.30 inches that fell in may 1965

Mount Rushmore... 8.13 inches... fourth highest may precipitation
total behind 10.88 inches that fell in may 1962

Hot Springs... 6.41 inches... fourth highest may precipitation total...
behind 9.65 inches that fell in may 1935 

http://www.wunderground.com/US/SD/Rapid_City.html#REC

Thanks to Nathan Schmidt for this info

Wettest year on record in in St. Louis Missouri

Here's a snippet from the attached link from the St. Louis Post Dispatch:
“So far, the beginning of the year has been the wettest of any on record for the St. Louis area. More than 27 inches of precipitation has fallen at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, according to the National Weather Service. That's 12 inches above normal.” 

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/8CAA7AE8611CB046 8625745A000FB49C?OpenDocument

The actual total this year is 27.87 inches.
The average annual precipitation is: Annual 38.7 inches 

Thank you for your site,

Brian King

Rainfall in one day:
Goodfield, IL---2.05"

Rainfall in two days:

Vinton, IA---4.50”
Marshalltown, IA---4.33”
Ames, IA---3.48”
Mason City, IA---2.97”

Record low temperatures in six states:
Bradford, PA
Elmira, NY
Muskegon, MI
Cleveland, OH
Lynchburg, VA

Wallops Island, VA
Vero Beach, FL

Danville, VA

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33

37

34
34

62

44

Coldest May 28th ever by 3 degrees - Here’s a little tidbit that went unreported, even on the Mt Washington website it was hard to find: "The previous record for May 28th was 19 degrees, and this morning the temperature bottomed out at a ‘mere’ 16 degrees."

http://www.mountwashington.org/weather/comments/

Thanks to Phil Peterson for this discovery

May 28

Record lows

Gaylord, MI

Traverse City, MI

Grand Canyon NP S Rim, AZ

26

29

25 

Record lows
Gaylord, MI

Record lows

Gainesville, FL

International Falls, MN

http://www.weathermatrix.net/archive/usrecords/date.html

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

55

25 

Record snow in both Barrow and Nome, Alaska 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOME AK
MAY 27 2008

...RECORD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IN NOME TODAY...

AS OF 4 PM TODAY...TODAY'S SNOWFALL IN NOME HAD REACHED
1.8 INCHES.  TODAY'S ACCUMULATION BROKE THIS DATE'S OLD
RECORD OF 0.4 INCHES FROM THE YEAR 2000. 

COMPARABLE LATE-MAY SNOW EVENTS OCCURRED ON MAY 26, 1984
WHEN 1.2 INCHES FELL; MAY 29, 1968 WHEN 1.9 INCHES FELL;
AND MAY 25 2001 WHEN 2.5 INCHES FELL ON THE GOLD RUSH
CITY. 

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BARROW AK
MAY 27 2008

A WEAK UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS ENOUGH TO BREAK THE SNOWFALL AND PRECIPITATION RECORDS FOR THIS DATE.  TODAYS SNOWFALL MEASURED 2 INCHES DOUBLING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1 INCH SET IN 1950.  THE SNOWFALL ADDED AN EQIVALENT OF 0.14 INCHES OF WATER BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 0.10 INCHES ALSO SET IN 1950.

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Another Freeze in the Upper Midwest 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-

NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-

SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN ITASCA-

CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-

BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE-

FREEZE WARNING...IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 20S OVERNIGHT. IF YOU

HAVE OUTDOOR PLANTS OR TREES THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING

CONDITIONS...TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR VEGETATION. THESE

TEMPERATURES COULD KILL CROPS. FLOWERS...VEGETABLES...AND SOME

PERENNIALS CANNOT WITHSTAND THE IMPACT OF A FREEZE.