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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FLAGSTAFF, AZ600 PM MST SUN APR 05 2009
...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA ON APR 05 2009...
CITY (PERIOD OF RECORD) NEW LOW PREVIOUS RECORD/YEAR
GRAND CANYON NP N RIM (1926 - 2009) 0 6 IN 1928
GRAND CANYON NP S RIM (1967 - 2009) -5 17 IN 1958
PAGE (1958 - 2009) 32 32 (TIED) IN 1958
THESE RECORDS ARE PRELIMINARY PENDING OFFICIAL REPORTS.
(I have contacted the NWS and await their response. In the meantime, here are some other records, including a couple that represent records for the entire month of April.)
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA215 AM PDT MON APR 6 2009
...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES SET THIS MORNING...
A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 28 DEGREES WAS SET AT LANCASTER TODAY.
THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 28 SET IN 1983.
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA1125 AM PDT SUN APR 5 2009
...DAILY AND MONTHLY RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES SET THIS MORNING...
A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 24 DEGREES WAS SET AT LANCASTER TODAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 32 SET IN 1970. THIS ALSO BREAKS THE
LOW TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF APRIL...WHICH WAS 25
DEGREES SET ON APRIL 2, 1975.
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORT WORTH TX1253 PM CDT WED APR 7 2009
...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL 7TH AT WACO...
...RECORD LOW FOR MONTH OF APRIL AT WACO....
THE LOW TEMPERATURE THIS MORNING AT WACO REGIONAL AIRPORT WAS 26
DEGREES. THIS NOT ONLY BROKE OLD RECORD FOR APRIL 7TH...OF 32 DEGREES
SET IN 2007 BUT ALSO BROKE THE OLD RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL OF
27 DEGREES SET ON APRIL 3RD 1975.
RECORD EVENT REPORT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX727 AM CDT TUE APR 07 2009
...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM...
A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 28 DEGREES WAS SET AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 34 SET IN 2007. THIS IS ALSO
THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE ON RECORD EVER FOR APRIL AND THE LOWEST
TEMPERATURE THIS LATE IN THE SEASON.
(The Austin record is interesting. The previous low for April occurred last year. The previous low for April before that came from 2007. Only weather, I know.)
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
NORTH PLATTE0433 AM CDT WED APR 08 2009
...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT VALENTINE NE...
A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 6 DEGREES WAS SET AT VALENTINE NE
YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 10 LAST SET IN 1997.
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
NORMAN OK948 AM CST TUES APR 7 2009
...THE RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SHATTERED THIS MORNING AT OKLAHOMA
CITY...
THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE ON THIS DATE PRIOR TO THIS MORNING WAS 27
DEGREES...WHICH OCCURRED IN 1938. OKLAHOMA CITY DROPPED TO A RECORD
LOW OF 22 AROUND 6 THIS MORNING. THESE TEMPERATURES RIVALED THE
COLDEST TEMPERATURES EVER RECORDED IN THE MONTH OF APRIL... OKLAHOMA
CITY REACHED 20 DEGREES ON THE 2ND OF 1936, AND THE 15TH OF 1957.
WEATHER RECORDS FOR OKLAHOMA CITY DATE BACK TO 1890.
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Now, before anyone goes nuts (hello, anyone!) and points out that some record warm temperatures were also eclipsed, let me paste the following map which shows that the cold (and snow) was more extensive, by far, than the warm:
mapcenter.hamweather.com/records/7day/us.html?c=maxtemp,mintemp,snow
I want to underscore, too, that for anyone who spends a lot of time looking at records (http://www.weather.gov/view/validProds.php?prod=RER) it does get a little
chilling sometimes to notice that the records for cold are starting to congregate in the last two years.
Allow me to mention, too, that warm records, with urban heat islands, are relatively easy to achieve. Not one of Florida's record warm temperatures from this week, for instance, is from a rural station.
Record low minima, on the other hand, are difficult to achieve, to the extent that they are not enhanced by anything.
Happy spring to all.