On Sep 17, 3:38 pm, (Eric Swanson) wrote:
14 September 2007
RECORD EVENT REPORTS FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DATA
NEW PREVIOUS YEAR OF
LOCATION RECORD RECORD PREVIOUS
STATIONS SETTING (OR TIED) A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATU
KEW WEST, FL 92 TIE 92 1991
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STATIONS SETTING (OR TIED) A NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATU
MILES CITY, MT 30 TIE 30 1993
SIOUX CITY, IA 35 36 1892 -IN EVENING
WILLISTON, ND 22 TIE 22 1993
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STATIONS SETTING (OR TIED) A NEW RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATU
CAPITOL REEF NP, UT 69 66 1990
CEDAR CITY, UT 64 62 1960
LAS VEGAS, NV 82 80 1960
PAGE, AZ 71 69 1960
PROVO BYU, UT 61 60 1997
RITZVILLE, WA 58 TIE 58 1899
SALT LAKE AP, UT 67 65 1997
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STATIONS SETTING (OR TIED) A NEW RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATU
MARQUETTE, MI 49 50 1970
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Daily high and low records from the U.S. HCN may be found hehttp://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/...ords/index.php
Number of Record Highest Maximum = 11
Number of Record Highest Minimum = 41
Number of Record Lowest Maximum = 16
Number of Record Lowest Minimum = 36
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Flooding, snow as severe cold grips South Africa
U.S. sweltering as South Africa shivers
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (Reuters) - Heavy rain drenched large parts of
South Africa's southern areas on Thursday, flooding roads and damaging
houses in devastating storms, while deep snow forced mountain passes
to close.
Temperatures dropped to record lows for August as snow fell in
industrial hub Johannesburg for the first time in eight years in what
residents say is an unusually severe winter.
The city saw a high of 7 degrees Celsius (44 Fahrenheit) on Wednesday
- the lowest daily high recorded in August - while overnight
temperatures dropped well below freezing in some parts of the country.
Colder temperatures are expected this weekend.
"There is serious flooding, we are today flooding in most areas of
Port Elizabeth," South African Weather Services forecaster Mandisi
Manentsa-Titise told Reuters.
The southern coast city, about 800 kilometers east of Cape Town, was
the latest coastal area to suffer serious damage, as up to 270
millimeters of rain (nearly 11 inches) fell in the 24 hours to early
Thursday.
Police said four people drowned on Wednesday when their car washed
away after a bridge collapsed near George, a small town 400 kilometers
east of Cape Town, famous for its lush golf courses.
Roads were flooded and thousands of people fled their homes in nearby
tourist haven Knysna.
Tifendell ski resort in the southern Drakensberg mountains recorded 20
centimeters of snow on Wednesday, and transport officials closed one
of the main passes through the mountains near Lesotho due to thick
snow.
Weather Service spokesman Siyabonga Mthethwa said a deep low pressure
was pumping moist air and gale-force winds onto the southern coast.
But despite the devastation and record rainfall, the rains and icy
weather were not particularly out of the ordinary for a southern
hemisphere winter in South Africa, he said.
"Although there have been some records broken it is a normal winter ...
it is normal to get a low pressure system deepening quite fast and
causing havoc along the coastal regions," Mthethwa added.