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The following is a list of weather events that occurred on Earth in the year 2002. There were several natural disasters around the world from various types of weather, including blizzards, cold waves, droughts, heat waves, tornadoes, and tropical cyclones. The deadliest disaster was a heat wave in India in May, which killed more than 1,030 people.
The list of weather records includes the most extreme occurrences of weather ... 6 September 2002 ... (108.1 °F), in Death Valley, California, for the month of ...
California's coastal regions, the Sierra Nevada foothills, and much of the Central Valley have a Mediterranean climate, with warmer, drier weather in summer and cooler, wetter weather in winter. The influence of the ocean generally moderates temperature extremes, creating warmer winters and substantially cooler summers in coastal areas.
British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Northern California, Nevada, Idaho, and Western Montana The South Valley Surprise of 2002 was a Pacific Northwest windstorm that affected the U.S. states of Oregon , Washington , California , Nevada , and Idaho on February 7, 2002.
September 3–4, 2002 – High surf from distant but powerful Hurricane Hernan lashed the southern California coast with rip currents and up to 20 ft (6.1 m) waves. [ 29 ] November 8–9, 2002 – Former Hurricane Huko interacted with a trough and produced rainfall across southern and central California, as well as a snowstorm in the Sierras ...
Pages in category "2002 in California" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
The season officially began on May 15, 2002 in the East Pacific Ocean, and on June 1, 2002 in the Central Pacific; both ended on November 30. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclone formation occurs in these regions of the Pacific. The first system of the 2002 season, Hurricane Alma, formed on May ...
Typhoon Pongsona was the last typhoon of the 2002 Pacific typhoon season, and was the second costliest United States disaster in 2002, only behind Hurricane Lili. [1] The name "Pongsona" was contributed by North Korea for the Pacific tropical cyclone list and is the Korean name for the garden balsam. [2]