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Because of the cold California Current from the North Pacific Ocean and the fact that the storms tend to "steer" west, California has only been hit with three tropical storms in recorded history, a storm which came ashore in 1939 and dumped heavy rainfall on the Los Angeles area and interior deserts. The remnants of tropical systems will affect ...
Highest average monthly temperature: 42.3 °C (108.1 °F), in Death Valley, California, for the month of July 2018. [ 196 ] [ 197 ] Highest temperature north of the Arctic Circle: 38.0 °C (100.4 °F) in Verkhoyansk , Russia on 20 June 2020.
The lowest temperature was 21 °F (−6 °C) on January 20, 1922. The wettest year was 1978 with 27.67 inches (703 mm). The driest year was 2002 with 2.63 inches (66.8 mm). The greatest rainfall in one month was 14.50 inches (368 mm) in January 1969, including a record 24-hour rainfall of 6.71 inches (170.4 mm) on January 20 that month. [44] [45]
Within a matter of days, the blaze would become one of the largest wildfires in California history. It was a historic month for extreme heat, and now climate data have confirmed just how ...
This is a list of cities by average temperature (monthly and yearly). The temperatures listed are averages of the daily highs and lows. Thus, the actual daytime temperature in a given month may be considerably higher than the temperature listed here, depending on how large the difference between daily highs and lows is.
The climate of San Diego, California, is classified as a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa).While the basic climate features hot, sunny, and dry summers, and cooler, wetter winters, San Diego is more arid than the typical Mediterranean climate and consists of relatively dry winters compared to other zones with this type of climate. [2]
California’s wildfires are tragic, but they’re not unprecedented. They are the product of well-known weather patterns, historical fire cycles, and decades of poor land management – not an ...
The wet weather fueled by an atmospheric river represents an about-face after a dry January helped ignite fires that devastated California. A month of rain in days: Pineapple Express to drench ...