On this day in…
2004: A large winter season storm pummeled Southern California. Not just daily, but monthly record rainfall was received in only one day across the region. The same happened again on 10.27. The monthly record rainfall was exceeded in only six hours in many locations of Orange County on this day. Totals for [...]

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1991: It was 111° in Palm Springs, the latest date in the season to record 110° or higher.

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Regular visitors to DesertWeather.com will notice this change right away. I have updated the look of both the Blog and the Forums. I have also fine tuned the color scheme on the front page.
I think this new look is a dramatic improvement. Not to get too technical, but with each improvement made to the blog [...]

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Earliest season snowfall for Idyllwild.
On this day in…
1961: A tornado in Carlsbad caused property damage.
1949: 2.5 inches of snow fell in Idyllwild and two inches fell in Palomar Mountain. Each snowfall is the earliest measurable snowfall for the season on record.

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