Utah Just Suffered its Driest Ever and Second Hottest Year Since Records Began 2018 was a record year for Utah, and not a record it wanted.ย According to the NOAA, since records began in 1895 Utah has never experienced a year with as little precipitation as it did in 2018 and only one previous yearย has registered higher average temperatures, reports the Salt Lake Tribune. For the water year that ended Sept. 30, Utah led […] Weather WeatherBrains | October 10, 2018 0 Comments
2018 was Third Hottest Summer on Record in Colorado Data just released by the National Climate Data Center is telling us that overall 2018 was the 3rd Warmest Summer on Record in Colorado (June-August). Some places in Western and Southwestern Colorado even had their warmest Summer’s on record. (in red).ย The US as a whole tied for its fourth-hottest summer on record. For Denver, summer 2018 was 10th warmest on […] Weather WeatherBrains | September 11, 2018 0 Comments
California May Have Hit Its Driest Point In 500 Years We all know that California is hurting this year. No rain, no snow, big fires, and a simply bizarre winter. If you can call it winter. Record highs have littered the state with Sacramento hitting 70 degrees three straight days in January. The Huffington Post got a bit swarmy with there whole “Direst in 500 Years” thing, but lets here them out. Here are a few […] SnowBrains | February 20, 2014 1 Comment
Itโs Official: Driest Jan-Mar in over 100 Years Itโs official, Tahoe City experienced the driest January through March on record. ย Records have been kept since 1910. ย That means we had the driest Jan-Mar in over 100 years. ย Thatโs hurtful. Not sure what else to say here… Weather SnowBrains | April 1, 2013 4 Comments
Driest Jan-Mar EVER Recorded in Tahoe City Average Precipitation (1980-2010) from Jan-Mar in Tahoe City: ย 16.30 inches 2013 Precipitation from Jan-Mar in Tahoe City: ย 2.42 inches Driest Jan-Mar in Tahoe City: ย 1976 = 3.62 inches And when we say โeverโ, we mean in over 100 years, which is significant. ย But, it hasnโt quite happened yet. ย March isnโt over and there is a storm on the horizon, […] SnowBrains | March 25, 2013 0 Comments