Amazing Weather Records
Today in class, we will discuss some of these interesting weather records from the United States, Canada, and the World.
Highest maximum air temperature 56.7 C Death Valley CA July 10, 1913
Lowest maximum air temperature -62.1 C Prospect Creek Jan. 23, 1971
Camp AK
Highest sea-level pressure 107.86 kPa Northway AK Jan. 31, 1989
Lowest sea-level pressure 89.23 kPa Matacumba Key FL Sep. 2, 1935
Greatest precipitation in 24 hr 1090 mm Alvin TX
Greatest precipitation in 1 month 2717 mm Kukui HI Mar. 1942
Greatest precipitation in 1 year 17902 mm Kukui HI 1982
Greatest avg. annual precip. 11684 mm Mt.Waialeaie Kauai HI
Least annual precip. 0.0 mm Bagdad CA Oct.3,1912 to
Nov.8,1914
Greatest avg. annual snowfall 1461 cm Rainier Paradise Ranger Sta. WA
Greatest snowfall in one season 2850 cm Rainier Paradise 1971-72
Ranger Sta. WA
Greatest snowfall in one month 990 cm Tamarack CA Jan. 1911
Greatest snowfall in one day 193 cm Silver Lake CO Apr.14-15, 1921
Highest avg. no. thunderstorm days 96 days Fort Meyers FL
Heaviest hailstone 758 g Coffeyville KS Sep.3, 1970
Highest avg.annual wind speed 56.3 km/hr Mt.Washington NH
Highest wind speed for 1 hr. 362.0 km/hr Mt.Washington NH Apr.12, 1934
Highest avg. annual hours of fog 2552 hrs Cape Disappointment WA
Highest maximum air temperature 45.0 C Midale and July 5, 1937
Yellowgrass SK
Lowest maximum air temperature -63.0 C Snag YT Feb. 3, 1947
Coldest month -47.9 C Eureka, NWT Feb. 1979
Highest sea-level pressure 107.95 kPa Dawson YT Feb.2, 1989
Lowest sea-level pressure 94.02 kPa St.Anthony NF Jan. 20, 1977
Greatest precipitation in 24 hr 489 mm Ucluelet Brynnor Oct.6, 1967
Mines BC
Greatest precipitation in 1 month 2235 mm Swanson Bay BC Nov. 1917
Greatest precipitation in 1 year 8122 mm Henderson Lake BC 1931
Greatest avg. annual precip. 6655 mm Henderson Lake BC
Least annual precip. 12.7 mm Arctic Bay, NWT 1949
Greatest avg. annual snowfall 1433 cm Glacier Mt. Fidelity BC
Greatest snowfall in one season 2446 cm Revelstoke/ 1971-72
Mt.Copeland BC
Greatest snowfall in one month 536 cm Haines Apps No.2 BC Dec. 1959
Greatest snowfall in one day 118 cm Lakelse Lake BC Jan.17, 1974
Highest avg. no. thunderstorm days 34 days London ON
Heaviest hailstone 290 g Cadoux SK Aug.27, 1973
Highest avg.annual wind speed 36.3 km/hr Cape Warwick, Resolution Is. NWT
Highest wind speed for 1 hr. 201.1 km/hr Cape Hopes Nov.18, 1931
Advance (Quaqtaq) QC
Highest avg. annual hours of fog 1890 hrs Argentia NF
Highest maximum air temperature 58.0 C Al'azizyah, Libya Sep.13, 1922
Lowest maximum air temperature -89.6 C Vostok, Antarctica Jul.21, 1983
Highest sea-level pressure 108.38 kPa Agata, Siberia Dec. 31, 1968
Lowest sea-level pressure 87.00 kPa in eye of Typhoon Oct.12, 1979
Tip (Pacific Ocean)
Greatest precipitation in 24 hr 1870 mm Cilaos, Reunion Is. Mar.15, 1952
Greatest precipitation in 1 month 9300 mm Cherrapunji, India July 1861
Greatest precipitation in 1 year 26461 mm Cherrapunji, India Aug.1860 to
Jul.1861
Greatest avg. annual precip. 11684 mm Mt.Waialeaie Kauai HI
Least annual precip. 0.0 mm Arica, Chile no rain for 14 years
Highest avg. no. thunderstorm days 322 days Bogor, Indonesia
Heaviest hailstone 5000 g Guangxi region, China May 1, 1986