Archive for June, 2007

June 13

Weather Extreme Fact #3

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Death Valley is the driest place in the United States, receiving 2.33” annually (1971-2000 normals). In 1929, it did not rain at all.
Here in the Coachella Valley its been a very dry year! In addition it’s been severely dry all across the Southwest. Los Angeles is on track to have the driest year on record! [...]

June 10

On this day… June 10th

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This is the first of a new feature of the blog called “On this day…” that will highlight past weather events related to the Coachella Valley
On this day in:
1990: Remnants of Hurricane Boris produced rain and thunderstorms across San Diego County starting on 6.9 and ending on this day. 1.41 inches fell at Mt. Laguna, [...]

June 6

Cooler but Windy

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Wow, it was nice today. But we had to deal with the winds! The winds affected most of us overnight but by sunrise they calmed down in and around the southern cove communities. 83 degrees was the high here today in Thousand Palms. That’s 19 degrees below normal for this time of year.
If you traveled [...]

June 3

Cooler by Mid-Week

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We’ll get a little reprieve from the warmer temperatures this week, particularly Wednesday and Thursday. We have been around average for the daytime highs lately, but by mid-week we can expect them to drop to the lower 90’s during the day and in the mid 60’s at night.
The cooler temp are a results a [...]