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to Add to home screen JULY 17TH, 1974-After striking a tree and passing through a chain, lightning kills Norma Jean, a 6500 lb. performing elephant tethered to a tree in the town square at Oquawka, IL where a circus had pitched a big top.
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| JULY 17TH, 1974 |
After striking a tree and passing through a chain, lightning kills Norma Jean, a 6500 lb. performing elephant tethered to a tree in the town square at Oquawka, IL where a circus had pitched a big top. |
| JULY 17TH, 1941 |
A prolonged heat wave over Washington State finally came to an end. Lightning from untimely thunderstorms was responsible for 598 forest fires. |
| JULY 16TH, 1946 |
The temperature at Medford OR soared to an all-time high of 115 degrees to begin a two week heat wave. During that Oregon heat wave the mercury hit 100 degrees at Sexton Summit for the only time in forty years of records. |
| JULY 16TH, 1975 |
An early afternoon thunderstorm raked the east side of Tucson AZ with gale force winds, heavy rain, and numerous lightning strikes. A thirteen year old boy was swept through a forty foot long culvert by raging waters before being rescued. |
| JULY 15TH, 1980 |
The suburbs of Minneapolis are hammered by powerful thunderstorms, hailstorms and small tornadoes, leaving 100,000 without power. Downward rushing winds cause an estimated $43 million in damages in Dakota County. |
| JULY 15TH, 1916 |
A dying South Atlantic Coast storm produced torrential rains in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Altapass NC was drenched with more than 22 inches of rain, a 24 hour rainfall record for the state. Flooding resulted in considerable damage, particularly to railroads. |
| JULY 14TH, 1936 |
Extreme heat prevailed across the central U.S. as severe drought raged from Texas to the Dakotas. Record high temperatures were established in sixteen states that summer, including readings as high as 120 degrees in the Great Plains Region. On this particular date, afternoon highs for 113 stations across the state of Iowa averaged 108.7 degrees. |
| JULY 14TH, 1987 |
Severe thunderstorms in Iowa produced eight inches of golf ball size hail near Grafton IA, completely stripping corn stalks in the area. Hail caused more than a million dollars damage to crops in Worth County and Mitchell County, and another million dollars damage in Ada County and Crawford County. |
| JULY 13TH, 1980 |
Afternoon highs of 108 degrees at Memphis TN, 108 degrees at Macon GA, and 105 degrees at Atlanta GA, established all- time records for those three cities. The high of 110 degrees at Newington GA was just two degrees shy of the state record. |
| JULY 13TH, 1895 |
A tornado struck Cherry Hill in New Jersey causing fifty thousand dollars damage. It also descended into the Harlem and Woodhaven areas of New York City killing one person, and finally ended as a waterspout in Jamaica Bay. |
| JULY 12TH, 1951 |
The Kaw River flood occurred. The month of June that year was the wettest of record for the state of Kansas, and during the four days preceding the flood much of eastern Kansas and western Missouri received more than ten inches of rain. Flooding in the Midwest claimed 41 lives, left 200 thousand persons homeless, and caused a billion dollars property damage. Kansas City was hardest hit. The central industrial district sustained 870 million dollars property damage. |
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| Issuing Time | Mon, 29 Dec 2014 03:43:00 PST | Valid Until | Mon, 29 Dec 2014 03:43:00 PST |
Strong northerly winds are forecast to develop across the San Francisco Bay Area by midday Tuesday and continue through midday Wednesday. A strong..cold and dry storm system will sweep into northern and central California late Monday night and Tuesday morning. This system will generate strong and gusty north to northest winds across the region from midday Tuesday through midday Wednesday.
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Average High Temperature
78.98 °F
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Average Low Temperature
66.92 °F
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Average Mean Temp
73.04 °F
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Average Dew Point
62.06 °F
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Average Windspeed
12.65 mph
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Average Wind Direction
180.0
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Average Morning Relative Humidity
83.0
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Average Afternoon Relative Humidity
60.0
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Days With Precipitation
12
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Days With Thunderstorms
2
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Days With Fog
1
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Days With Snow
0
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Days With Lows Below Freezing
0
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Days above 90° F (32.2° C)
2
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Record High
107.06 °F
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Record Low
53.06 °F
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Record Wind Speed
49.35 mph
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Average High Temperature
78.98 °F
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Average Low Temperature
66.92 °F
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Average Mean Temp
73.04 °F
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Average Dew Point
62.96 °F
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Average Windspeed
13.76 mph
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Average Wind Direction
180.0
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Average Morning Relative Humidity
83.0
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Average Afternoon Relative Humidity
62.0
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13
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Days With Thunderstorms
1
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Days With Snow
0
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Days With Lows Below Freezing
0
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Days above 90° F (32.2° C)
2
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Record High
107.96 °F
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Record Low
50.00 °F
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Record Wind Speed
53.94 mph
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Average High Temperature
75.92 °F
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Average Low Temperature
64.04 °F
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Average Mean Temp
71.06 °F
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Average Dew Point
60.08 °F
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Average Windspeed
12.65 mph
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Average Wind Direction
180.0
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Average Morning Relative Humidity
84.0
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Average Afternoon Relative Humidity
61.0
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Days With Precipitation
13
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Days With Thunderstorms
1
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Days With Fog
1
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Days With Snow
0
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Days With Lows Below Freezing
0
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Days above 90° F (32.2° C)
1
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Record High
109.04 °F
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Record Low
51.08 °F
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Record Wind Speed
68.88 mph
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Average High Temperature
71.96 °F
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Average Low Temperature
59.00 °F
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Average Mean Temp
66.02 °F
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Average Dew Point
55.94 °F
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Average Windspeed
12.65 mph
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Average Wind Direction
180.0
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Average Morning Relative Humidity
84.0
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Average Afternoon Relative Humidity
60.0
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Days With Precipitation
11
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Days With Thunderstorms
1
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Days With Fog
2
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Days With Snow
0
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0
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Record High
95.00 °F
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Record Low
42.98 °F
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Record Wind Speed
35.59 mph
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Average High Temperature
66.92 °F
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Average Low Temperature
53.06 °F
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Average Mean Temp
60.98 °F
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Average Dew Point
51.08 °F
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Average Windspeed
4.59 mph
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Average Wind Direction
315.0
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Average Morning Relative Humidity
84.0
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Average Afternoon Relative Humidity
59.0
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Days With Precipitation
12
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Days With Thunderstorms
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Days With Fog
3
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Days With Snow
0
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Days above 90° F (32.2° C)
0
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Record High
86.00 °F
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Record Low
32.00 °F
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Record Wind Speed
42.47 mph
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Average High Temperature
62.06 °F
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Average Low Temperature
48.02 °F
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Average Mean Temp
55.94 °F
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Average Dew Point
44.96 °F
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Average Windspeed
8.06 mph
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Average Wind Direction
270.0
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Average Morning Relative Humidity
82.0
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Average Afternoon Relative Humidity
57.0
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Typical Sky Cover
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Average Precipitation (US Only)
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Days With Precipitation
11
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Days With Thunderstorms
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Days With Fog
2
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Days With Snow
0
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Days above 90° F (32.2° C)
0
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Record High
80.96 °F
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Record Low
30.92 °F
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Record Wind Speed
55.12 mph
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Average High Temperature
60.98 °F
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Average Low Temperature
46.04 °F
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Average Mean Temp
53.96 °F
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Average Dew Point
42.08 °F
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Average Windspeed
9.18 mph
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Average Wind Direction
270.0
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Average Morning Relative Humidity
79.0
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Average Afternoon Relative Humidity
53.0
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Typical Sky Cover
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Days With Precipitation
9
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Days With Thunderstorms
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Days With Fog
2
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Days With Snow
0
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Days above 90° F (32.2° C)
0
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Record High
86.00 °F
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Record Low
32.00 °F
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Record Wind Speed
47.06 mph
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Average High Temperature
64.04 °F
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Average Low Temperature
48.02 °F
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Average Mean Temp
55.94 °F
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Average Dew Point
42.08 °F
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Average Windspeed
10.35 mph
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Average Wind Direction
270.0
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Average Morning Relative Humidity
78.0
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Average Afternoon Relative Humidity
49.0
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Typical Sky Cover
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Days With Precipitation
8
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Days With Thunderstorms
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Days With Fog
1
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Days With Snow
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0
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Record High
80.96 °F
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Record Low
32.00 °F
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Record Wind Speed
43.65 mph
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Average High Temperature
66.92 °F
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Average Low Temperature
51.98 °F
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Average Mean Temp
60.08 °F
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Average Dew Point
46.04 °F
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Average Windspeed
10.35 mph
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Average Wind Direction
270.0
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Average Morning Relative Humidity
78.0
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Average Afternoon Relative Humidity
50.0
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Typical Sky Cover
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Days With Precipitation
9
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Days With Thunderstorms
1
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Days With Fog
1
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Days With Snow
0
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Days With Lows Below Freezing
0
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Days above 90° F (32.2° C)
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Record High
95.00 °F
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Record Low
42.98 °F
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Record Wind Speed
39.06 mph
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Record Monthly Snowfall
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Average High Temperature
71.06 °F
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Average Low Temperature
57.02 °F
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Average Mean Temp
64.04 °F
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Average Dew Point
51.08 °F
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Average Windspeed
13.76 mph
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Average Wind Direction
180.0
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Average Morning Relative Humidity
78.0
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Average Afternoon Relative Humidity
54.0
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Typical Sky Cover
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Average Precipitation (US Only)
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Average Snowfall (US Only)
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| Daily Counts | |
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Days With Precipitation
12
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Days With Thunderstorms
1
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Days With Fog
1
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Days With Snow
0
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Days With Lows Below Freezing
0
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Days above 90° F (32.2° C)
1
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Record High
100.94 °F
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Record Low
42.98 °F
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Record Wind Speed
36.77 mph
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Average High Temperature
73.04 °F
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Average Low Temperature
60.08 °F
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Average Mean Temp
66.92 °F
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Average Dew Point
55.04 °F
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Average Windspeed
12.65 mph
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Average Wind Direction
180.0
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Average Morning Relative Humidity
81.0
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Average Afternoon Relative Humidity
57.0
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Typical Sky Cover
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Average Precipitation (US Only)
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Average Snowfall (US Only)
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| Daily Counts | |
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Days With Precipitation
11
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Days With Thunderstorms
2
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Days With Fog
1
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Days With Snow
0
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Days With Lows Below Freezing
0
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Days above 90° F (32.2° C)
1
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| Records | |
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Record High
109.04 °F
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Record Low
44.96 °F
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Record Wind Speed
34.47 mph
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Record Monthly Snowfall
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Average High Temperature
78.08 °F
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Average Low Temperature
64.94 °F
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Average Mean Temp
71.06 °F
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Average Dew Point
59.00 °F
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Average Windspeed
12.65 mph
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Average Wind Direction
180.0
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Average Morning Relative Humidity
80.0
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Average Afternoon Relative Humidity
55.0
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Typical Sky Cover
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Days With Precipitation
11
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Days With Thunderstorms
2
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Days With Fog
1
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Days With Snow
0
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Days With Lows Below Freezing
0
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Days above 90° F (32.2° C)
3
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Record High
107.96 °F
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Record Low
51.98 °F
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Record Wind Speed
35.59 mph
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Fire danger very low | 22% | 25% |
| Thursday | |
Fire danger very low | 23% | 25% |
| Friday |  |
Fire danger moderate | 22% | 25% |
| Saturday |  |
Fire danger high | 21% | 25% |
| Sunday |  |
Fire danger low | 21% | 25% |
| Monday | |
Fire danger low | 20% | 25% |
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