While the eastern United States is warm, prompting the clueless to claim the climate is being “mucked with” (point: the reason for the Tornado Watch is the clash of cold air against the warmer air, something called a “front”)…
…at my personal weather station, we logged a new record low this morning, 21°F, breaking the old one set in 1963:
Add that to the hundreds of other stations in California report record or near record lows, and one wonders just what sort of mucking chickens Peter Gleick was going on about…
NOUS46 KSTO 131831 PNSSTO PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 1029 AM PST SUN JAN 13 2013 ...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE PAST 18 HOURS... ...LOCATION... ...TIME... ...MIN... ...CALIFORNIA... ...ALPINE COUNTY... BLUE LAKES (8000 FT)(SNOTEL) 700 AM JAN 13 -9 F CARSON PASS (8500 FT)(SNOTEL) 200 AM JAN 13 -3 F CAPLES LAKE (GOES) (8000 FT)(GOES) 100 AM JAN 13 -1 F BLOODS CREEK (7200 FT)(GOES) 200 AM JAN 13 4 F BEAR VALLEY (7201 FT)(APRSWXNET) 145 AM JAN 13 6 F ...AMADOR COUNTY... 7 E COOKS STATION (1417 FT)(RAWS) 717 AM JAN 13 17 F 4 NNE PIONEER (3681 FT)(APRSWXNET) 648 AM JAN 13 21 F 3 NE JACKSON (1768 FT)(AWS) 450 AM JAN 13 23 F PINE GROVE (2440 FT)(GOES) 200 AM JAN 13 25 F MOUNT ZION RAWS (2967 FT)(GOES) 556 AM JAN 13 26 F 1 NNE IONE (201 FT)(RAWS) 729 AM JAN 13 29 F ...BUTTE COUNTY... 2 W CHICO (203 FT)(APRSWXNET) 736 AM JAN 13 18 F NORD (149 FT)(MESOWEST) 645 AM JAN 13 18 F FORBESTOWN - PGE (2840 FT)(GOES) 800 AM JAN 13 20 F CARPENTER RIDGE RAWS (4812 FT)(GOES) 1054 PM JAN 12 21 F 2 WNW CHICO (193 FT)(APRSWXNET) 618 AM JAN 13 21 F CHICO RAWS (237 FT)(RAWS) 454 AM JAN 13 21 F 4 NNE DURHAM (166 FT)(MESOWEST) 625 AM JAN 13 22 F CHICO - HMT (41 FT)(MAP) 800 AM JAN 13 22 F 3 N OROVILLE (359 FT)(MESOWEST) 710 AM JAN 13 23 F CHICO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (AWOS) 515 AM JAN 13 23 F JARBO GAP RAWS (2485 FT)(GOES) 713 AM JAN 13 24 F 3 SE GRIDLEY (84 FT)(MESOWEST) 900 AM JAN 13 25 F 2 ENE PENNINGTON (78 FT)(AIRNOW) 800 AM JAN 13 25 F 1 NNE MAGALIA (2578 FT)(APRSWXNET) 209 AM JAN 13 25 F OROVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (ASOS) 353 AM JAN 13 25 F 1 ESE MAGALIA (2400 FT)(APRSWXNET) 254 AM JAN 13 26 F BANGOR RAWS (803 FT)(GOES) 651 AM JAN 13 27 F PARADISE (1824 FT)(APRSWXNET) 1119 PM JAN 12 27 F 1 W DE SABLA POWERHOUS (APRSWXNET) 743 AM JAN 13 29 F 2 NNW BIGGS (100 FT)(MESOWEST) 610 AM JAN 13 29 F PARADISE (1824 FT)(GOES) 1100 PM JAN 12 30 F COHASSET RAWS (1733 FT)(GOES) 1051 PM JAN 12 32 F ...CALAVERAS COUNTY... BLACK SPRINGS (6500 FT)(GOES) 600 AM JAN 13 11 F ARNOLD - HMT (1176 FT)(MAP) 300 AM JAN 13 15 F CALAVERAS RANGER STN (3360 FT)(GOES) 700 AM JAN 13 17 F 3 SE PIONEER (2762 FT)(APRSWXNET) 618 AM JAN 13 18 F 4 SW LILY GAP (2841 FT)(APRSWXNET) 615 AM JAN 13 19 F 1 N ARNOLD (4091 FT)(APRSWXNET) 759 AM JAN 13 19 F ESPERANZA RAWS (2559 FT)(GOES) 713 AM JAN 13 20 F 2 SSW HODSON (961 FT)(APRSWXNET) 743 AM JAN 13 20 F 5 NNE HODSON (1424 FT)(APRSWXNET) 744 AM JAN 13 20 F 3 ESE PIONEER (2788 FT)(APRSWXNET) 742 AM JAN 13 20 F TIGER CREEK POWER HOUSE (2355 FT)(GOES) 900 AM JAN 13 22 F 1 NW SAN ANDREAS (1065 FT)(MESOWEST) 800 AM JAN 13 23 F 1 NNW SAN ANDREAS (1047 FT)(AIRNOW) 800 AM JAN 13 23 F 5 SE GLENCOE (2808 FT)(APRSWXNET) 545 AM JAN 13 23 F NEW MELONES DAM (1400 FT)(GOES) 200 AM JAN 13 32 F ...COLUSA COUNTY... 1 NE FOUTS SPRINGS (1692 FT)(RAWS) 428 AM JAN 13 19 F STONYFORD RAWS (1263 FT)(GOES) 726 AM JAN 13 20 F 1 NNW EAST PARK RESERVOIR (MESOWEST) 800 AM JAN 13 21 F 1 SE COLUSA (56 FT)(MESOWEST) 500 AM JAN 13 28 F ...EL DORADO COUNTY... SILVER LAKE (GOES) (7100 FT)(GOES) 800 AM JAN 13 -7 F 4 SSW MEYERS (7382 FT)(MESOWEST) 500 AM JAN 13 -2 F OWENS CAMP RAWS (5240 FT)(GOES) 502 AM JAN 13 5 F FORNI RIDGE (7600 FT)(GOES) 700 AM JAN 13 11 F 5 ENE KYBURZ (7657 FT)(MESOWEST) 1000 PM JAN 12 11 F 1 NW KYBURZ (5653 FT)(RAWS) 623 AM JAN 13 15 F 3 SSE POLLOCK PINES (1091 FT)(RAWS) 428 AM JAN 13 17 F SLY PARK (3530 FT)(GOES) 800 AM JAN 13 18 F GRIZZLY FLAT (3937 FT)(APRSWXNET) 522 AM JAN 13 19 F 3 NE EL DORADO HILLS (890 FT)(WXFORYOU) 730 AM JAN 13 20 F 2 SE CHIQUITA LAKE (1406 FT)(RAWS) 336 AM JAN 13 20 F 2 N SMITHFLAT (2329 FT)(APRSWXNET) 714 AM JAN 13 20 F 1 ENE COOL (1534 FT)(AIRNOW) 800 AM JAN 13 21 F PILOT HILL (CDF) RAWS (1249 FT)(GOES) 556 AM JAN 13 21 F 1 W POLLOCK PINES (3760 FT)(APRSWXNET) 744 AM JAN 13 21 F 1 SE PLACERVILLE (2146 FT)(APRSWXNET) 402 AM JAN 13 21 F 1 E COOL (1695 FT)(MESOWEST) 800 AM JAN 13 21 F STEELY FLAT (3760 FT)(GOES) 217 AM JAN 13 21 F 2 WSW CAMERON PARK (1213 FT)(APRSWXNET) 753 AM JAN 13 22 F 1 NW CAMERON PARK (1328 FT)(APRSWXNET) 412 AM JAN 13 22 F 2 S GEORGETOWN (2400 FT)(APRSWXNET) 522 AM JAN 13 22 F SLATE MOUNTAIN - HMT (1105 FT)(MAP) 700 AM JAN 13 22 F CAMINO - HMT (1003 FT)(MAP) 600 AM JAN 13 23 F BEN BOLT RAWS (905 FT)(GOES) 459 AM JAN 13 24 F 2 NE GEORGETOWN (2883 FT)(APRSWXNET) 720 AM JAN 13 24 F 2 NNW CAMERON PARK (1443 FT)(APRSWXNET) 141 AM JAN 13 25 F 2 E RESCUE (1355 FT)(APRSWXNET) 715 AM JAN 13 25 F 2 WNW DIAMOND SPRINGS (APRSWXNET) 809 AM JAN 13 25 F 1 S SMITHFLAT (2198 FT)(APRSWXNET) 743 AM JAN 13 26 F AUBURN DAM RIDGE (1200 FT)(GOES) 800 AM JAN 13 27 F 1 W CAMERON PARK (1364 FT)(APRSWXNET) 616 AM JAN 13 27 F 3 NNE LATROBE (1204 FT)(APRSWXNET) 553 AM JAN 13 29 F 1 WSW PLACERVILLE (1919 FT)(MESOWEST) 400 AM JAN 13 30 F 1 W PLACERVILLE (1820 FT)(AIRNOW) 800 AM JAN 13 30 F LAKE LOIS (8600 FT)(GOES) 1100 PM JAN 12 32 F ...GLENN COUNTY... STONY GORGE RSVR (800 FT)(GOES) 600 AM JAN 13 24 F 5 SSE WILLOWS (95 FT)(RAWS) 552 AM JAN 13 24 F STONEY GORGE RESERVOIR (MESOWEST) 600 AM JAN 13 24 F SOUTH FORK WILLOW CREEK NEAR FRUTO 700 AM JAN 13 25 F ALDER SPRINGS RAWS (4500 FT)(RAWS) 742 PM JAN 12 26 F SACRAMENTO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE RAW 329 AM JAN 13 32 F ...LAKE COUNTY... HIGH GLADE LOOKOUT (4840 FT)(RAWS) 1236 AM JAN 13 23 F 1 SSW LAKEPORT (1381 FT)(APRSWXNET) 543 AM JAN 13 24 F 9 NNE WITTER SPRINGS (3740 FT)(RAWS) 1053 PM JAN 12 27 F 2 ENE HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE (APRSWXNET) 412 AM JAN 13 27 F WHISPERING PINES (2700 FT)(GOES) 500 AM JAN 13 28 F KONOCTI RAWS (MT. KONOCTI) (RAWS) 457 AM JAN 13 28 F 8 ENE HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE (670 FT)(RAWS) 705 AM JAN 13 31 F COW MOUNTAIN RIDGE (3200 FT)(RAWS) 1201 AM JAN 13 32 F ...NEVADA COUNTY... 1 ENE SODA SPRINGS (6883 FT)(MESOWEST) 1250 AM JAN 13 -4 F NORDEN - HMT (2100 FT)(MAP) 700 AM JAN 13 -4 F MEADOW LK SNOW COURSE (7200 FT)(GOES) 700 AM JAN 13 -2 F CSS LAB (6900 FT)(SNOTEL) 600 AM JAN 13 -1 F DRUM POWERHOUSE - PGE (3400 FT)(GOES) 700 AM JAN 13 17 F 1 W GRASS VALLEY (2493 FT)(APRSWXNET) 546 AM JAN 13 17 F DEER CREEK FOREBAY (4455 FT)(GOES) 1200 AM JAN 13 18 F 2 NE DELEVAN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 740 AM JAN 13 18 F GRASS VALLEY (2400 FT)(GOES) 700 AM JAN 13 20 F SECRET TOWN RAWS (2826 FT)(GOES) 628 AM JAN 13 20 F WHITE CLOUD RAWS (4320 FT)(GOES) 733 AM JAN 13 21 F 1 NW MEADOW VISTA (1654 FT)(APRSWXNET) 549 AM JAN 13 21 F 3 SE NEVADA CITY (3280 FT)(APRSWXNET) 450 AM JAN 13 21 F 1 NNW CEDAR RIDGE (2838 FT)(APRSWXNET) 755 AM JAN 13 22 F READER RANCH RAWS (1968 FT)(GOES) 713 AM JAN 13 23 F NEVADA CITY - HMT (1055 FT)(MAP) 100 AM JAN 13 24 F 3 NE LAKE OF THE PINES (APRSWXNET) 1241 AM JAN 13 25 F NEVADA COUNTY AIR PARK (3 E GRASS VALLE 535 AM JAN 13 25 F 2 SE NEVADA CITY (3172 FT)(APRSWXNET) 516 AM JAN 13 26 F 4 WNW ALTA SIERRA (591 FT)(APRSWXNET) 542 AM JAN 13 29 F ...PLACER COUNTY... 2 W KINGVALE (6230 FT)(MESOWEST) 700 AM JAN 13 -15 F BIG BEND - HMT (1739 FT)(MAP) 800 AM JAN 13 -7 F TALBOT - HMT (1780 FT)(MAP) 700 AM JAN 13 -1 F 2 WSW KINGVALE (6401 FT)(MESOWEST) 605 AM JAN 13 0 F 2 W DONNER PEAK (6975 FT)(MESOWEST) 440 AM JAN 13 1 F 2 SW DONNER PEAK (8330 FT)(MESOWEST) 1020 PM JAN 12 2 F 3 SW DONNER PEAK (6173 FT)(MESOWEST) 1230 AM JAN 13 4 F ONION CREEK - HMT (1886 FT)(MAP) 100 AM JAN 13 4 F 1 WNW CISCO (6620 FT)(MESOWEST) 1240 AM JAN 13 7 F SQUAW VALLEY G.C. (8200 FT)(SNOTEL) 1000 PM JAN 12 7 F HUYSINK - HMT (2011 FT)(MAP) 900 PM JAN 12 7 F SUGAR PINE (3843 FT)(GOES) 800 AM JAN 13 10 F 8 S CISCO (6627 FT)(MAP) 200 AM JAN 13 10 F GREEK STORE (5600 FT)(GOES) 500 AM JAN 13 11 F BLUE CANYON ETI (5280 FT)(GOES) 300 AM JAN 13 13 F 3 SW APPLEGATE (1756 FT)(MESOWEST) 810 AM JAN 13 13 F EMIGRANT GAP (5197 FT)(MESOWEST) 630 AM JAN 13 15 F 3 S MEADOW VISTA (1720 FT)(MESOWEST) 605 AM JAN 13 15 F BLUE CANYON - HMT (1610 FT)(MAP) 300 AM JAN 13 15 F 1 SW BAXTER (3700 FT)(APRSWXNET) 815 AM JAN 13 16 F DUNCAN PEAK RAWS (7182 FT)(GOES) 818 PM JAN 12 16 F BLUE CANYON (5276 FT)(ASOS) 352 AM JAN 13 18 F 1 SE COLFAX (2112 FT)(MAP) 500 AM JAN 13 19 F SEED ORCHARD RAWS (4355 FT)(GOES) 1033 PM JAN 12 20 F BEAR RIVER - ROLLINS RSVR (GOES) 700 AM JAN 13 20 F LOOMIS (436 FT)(APRSWXNET) 743 AM JAN 13 20 F FORESTHILL - HMT (1042 FT)(MAP) 800 AM JAN 13 20 F LINCOLN RAWS (200 FT)(GOES) 513 AM JAN 13 22 F LINCOLN (AWOS) 355 AM JAN 13 23 F 2 NW FORESTHILL (3012 FT)(APRSWXNET) 619 AM JAN 13 23 F 4 N APPLEGATE (2180 FT)(APRSWXNET) 809 AM JAN 13 23 F 1 WNW COLFAX (2401 FT)(APRSWXNET) 320 AM JAN 13 23 F 1 WNW ROCKLIN (160 FT)(APRSWXNET) 745 AM JAN 13 23 F COLFAX - HMT (725 FT)(MAP) 600 AM JAN 13 23 F 2 W FORESTHILL (2857 FT)(APRSWXNET) 517 AM JAN 13 25 F 1 SE AUBURN (1441 FT)(APRSWXNET) 612 AM JAN 13 25 F 1 E ROCKLIN (307 FT)(MESOWEST) 550 AM JAN 13 25 F 3 WSW BAXTER (3392 FT)(MESOWEST) 410 AM JAN 13 25 F 1 S GRANITE BAY (449 FT)(APRSWXNET) 529 AM JAN 13 26 F AUBURN (1292 FT)(AWOS) 1155 PM JAN 12 28 F 2 SE ROCKLIN (471 FT)(APRSWXNET) 745 AM JAN 13 28 F 1 NE ROCKLIN (339 FT)(MESOWEST) 1150 PM JAN 12 28 F 1 ESE LINCOLN (164 FT)(MESOWEST) 730 AM JAN 13 29 F 1 SSE AUBURN (1440 FT)(APRSWXNET) 843 AM JAN 13 30 F ...PLUMAS COUNTY... CHESTER RAWS (4530 FT)(GOES) 702 AM JAN 13 -11 F 6 NNW BALD EAGLE MOUNTAI (HADS) 600 AM JAN 13 -5 F GREENVILLE (3560 FT)(GOES) 800 AM JAN 13 -1 F HAMILTON BRANCH (4560 FT)(GOES) 700 AM JAN 13 -1 F 5 WNW SLOAT (3860 FT)(MESOWEST) 755 AM JAN 13 0 F 2 NNE CRESCENT MILLS (APRSWXNET) 759 AM JAN 13 0 F 4 SE PAXTON (3420 FT)(APRSWXNET) 719 AM JAN 13 0 F QUINCY (ROAD) RAWS (3652 FT)(RAWS) 715 AM JAN 13 3 F 2 NW QUINCY (3422 FT)(MESOWEST) 500 AM JAN 13 5 F PRATTVILLE - PGE (4520 FT)(GOES) 400 AM JAN 13 6 F 4 NNE QUINCY (3455 FT)(MESOWEST) 800 AM JAN 13 6 F 1 ESE TWAIN (2957 FT)(MESOWEST) 700 AM JAN 13 9 F 5 SW CARIBOU (2500 FT)(RAWS) 759 AM JAN 13 13 F BUCKS CREEK PH - PGE (1760 FT)(GOES) 700 AM JAN 13 23 F ...SACRAMENTO COUNTY... FOLSOM LAKE DYKE 8 (550 FT)(MESOWEST) 535 AM JAN 13 16 F MATHER FIELD, SACRAMENTO (96 FT)(AWOS) 745 AM JAN 13 19 F 2 NE CAL EXPO (45 FT)(APRSWXNET) 745 AM JAN 13 22 F BRANCH CENTER (75 FT)(MESOWEST) 710 AM JAN 13 22 F 2 E FLORIN (52 FT)(APRSWXNET) 741 AM JAN 13 23 F 1 W ELVERTA (29 FT)(MESOWEST) 715 AM JAN 13 23 F FRANKLIN (20 FT)(MESOWEST) 630 AM JAN 13 23 F 1 W ANTELOPE (154 FT)(APRSWXNET) 718 AM JAN 13 23 F 2 E CITRUS HEIGHTS (202 FT)(APRSWXNET) 749 AM JAN 13 23 F 2 NW WILTON (95 FT)(APRSWXNET) 748 AM JAN 13 23 F 2 NW CARMICHAEL (88 FT)(APRSWXNET) 750 AM JAN 13 23 F 1 NNE ELK GROVE (49 FT)(APRSWXNET) 710 AM JAN 13 23 F 1 NW CITRUS HEIGHTS (153 FT)(AWS) 635 AM JAN 13 24 F 2 ESE ARDEN-ARCADE (55 FT)(APRSWXNET) 739 AM JAN 13 24 F 1 W LAGUNA (167 FT)(APRSWXNET) 742 AM JAN 13 24 F MCCLELLAN AFB (AWOS) 410 AM JAN 13 25 F 4 N RANCHO SECO PARK (APRSWXNET) 713 AM JAN 13 25 F 1 WNW FAIR OAKS (216 FT)(APRSWXNET) 718 AM JAN 13 25 F 1 NE ARDEN-ARCADE (83 FT)(AIRNOW) 800 AM JAN 13 25 F 2 E NATOMAS (347 FT)(APRSWXNET) 613 AM JAN 13 25 F 3 W ROSEMONT (42 FT)(APRSWXNET) 548 AM JAN 13 25 F SACRAMENTO AP (15 FT)(ASOS) 753 AM JAN 13 25 F 3 SSW SACRAMENTO ZOO (13 FT)(APRSWXNET) 644 AM JAN 13 26 F 1 ESE FAIR OAKS (219 FT)(APRSWXNET) 740 AM JAN 13 26 F SACRAMENTO (6 FT)(HADS) 700 AM JAN 13 26 F SACRAMENTO METROPOLITAN AIRPORT (ASOS) 353 AM JAN 13 27 F 1 NNE ARDEN-ARCADE (125 FT)(MESOWEST) 700 AM JAN 13 27 F 1 WNW SACRAMENTO (18 FT)(APRSWXNET) 752 AM JAN 13 27 F 2 S BRUCEVILLE (22 FT)(MESOWEST) 800 AM JAN 13 28 F 1 WNW FOLSOM (321 FT)(MESOWEST) 700 AM JAN 13 28 F 2 S BRUCEVILLE (22 FT)(AIRNOW) 800 AM JAN 13 28 F 1 WNW FOLSOM (321 FT)(AIRNOW) 700 AM JAN 13 28 F 2 NNW FRANKLIN (45 FT)(APRSWXNET) 754 AM JAN 13 29 F 3 SSE ELK GROVE (40 FT)(MESOWEST) 705 AM JAN 13 29 F 1 SSW NORTH HIGHLANDS (76 FT)(MESOWEST) 730 AM JAN 13 29 F 5 E COLLINSVILLE (23 FT)(WXFLOW) 732 AM JAN 13 30 F 1 E ARCO ARENA (13 FT)(AIRNOW) 500 AM JAN 13 31 F 1 E ARCO ARENA (13 FT)(MESOWEST) 200 AM JAN 13 32 F 1 NNE FLORIN (41 FT)(MESOWEST) 600 AM JAN 13 32 F ...SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY... 1 E VICTOR (79 FT)(WXFORYOU) 700 AM JAN 13 22 F 2 ENE LINDEN (82 FT)(APRSWXNET) 723 AM JAN 13 23 F 4 W WOODBRIDGE (23 FT)(MESOWEST) 715 AM JAN 13 23 F 1 N ESCALON (120 FT)(APRSWXNET) 713 AM JAN 13 25 F 3 NNW ACAMPO (50 FT)(MESOWEST) 630 AM JAN 13 25 F STOCKTON AP (26 FT)(ASOS) 655 AM JAN 13 25 F 1 NW RIPON (56 FT)(MESOWEST) 735 AM JAN 13 26 F 2 E LODI (90 FT)(AWS) 735 AM JAN 13 27 F 1 NE RIVERBANK (101 FT)(APRSWXNET) 433 AM JAN 13 27 F 2 W MORADA (32 FT)(MESOWEST) 740 AM JAN 13 27 F 2 NW KENNEDY (13 FT)(MESOWEST) 800 AM JAN 13 28 F 2 NW KENNEDY (13 FT)(AIRNOW) 800 AM JAN 13 28 F 1 SE COUNTRY CLUB (10 FT)(APRSWXNET) 754 AM JAN 13 28 F 2 W LATHROP (32 FT)(APRSWXNET) 559 AM JAN 13 29 F 1 W TRACY (8 FT)(AWS) 545 AM JAN 13 29 F 2 NNW LINCOLN VILLAGE (APRSWXNET) 756 AM JAN 13 29 F 3 ESE TRACY (46 FT)(AWS) 110 AM JAN 13 30 F 1 WSW MANTECA (28 FT)(MESOWEST) 800 AM JAN 13 30 F 4 S TRACY (198 FT)(MESOWEST) 700 AM JAN 13 32 F ...SHASTA COUNTY... 1 S BURNEY (3156 FT)(APRSWXNET) 751 AM JAN 13 -8 F MANZANITA LAKE RAWS (5750 FT)(GOES) 1152 PM JAN 12 1 F 5 WSW BURNEY (4366 FT)(MESOWEST) 555 AM JAN 13 3 F 1 WNW MANZANITA LAKE (5764 FT)(AIRNOW) 600 AM JAN 13 4 F SOLDIER MOUNTAIN RAWS (3704 FT)(RAWS) 713 AM JAN 13 4 F PIT PH #3 (2100 FT)(GOES) 700 AM JAN 13 6 F 1 W MANZANITA LAKE (5876 FT)(MESOWEST) 400 AM JAN 13 7 F MC CLOUD D (PG&E) (2690 FT)(GOES) 700 AM JAN 13 11 F OAK MOUNTAIN RAWS (2670 FT)(RAWS) 626 AM JAN 13 16 F OGO RANGER STATION (1300 FT)(GOES) 700 AM JAN 13 17 F SLATE CREEK (5700 FT)(GOES) 400 AM JAN 13 17 F HIRZ (3200 FT)(GOES) 700 AM JAN 13 19 F TRINITY GUARD STN (3870 FT)(GOES) 200 AM JAN 13 20 F CLEAR CRK (3300 FT)(GOES) 700 AM JAN 13 20 F 4 SW INWOOD (2122 FT)(APRSWXNET) 756 AM JAN 13 20 F SUGARLOAF RAWS (SHF) (3214 FT)(RAWS) 619 AM JAN 13 20 F SIMS RAWS (2580 FT)(GOES) 432 AM JAN 13 21 F BRANDY CRK (1300 FT)(GOES) 600 AM JAN 13 22 F COW CREEK (2840 FT)(GOES) 700 AM JAN 13 23 F 2 WSW KESWICK (974 FT)(APRSWXNET) 743 AM JAN 13 23 F WHITMORE RAWS (2450 FT)(GOES) 725 AM JAN 13 23 F SHINGLETOWN (3630 FT)(GOES) 600 AM JAN 13 24 F 3 E ANDERSON (429 FT)(APRSWXNET) 628 AM JAN 13 25 F 1 NE FISHER (1564 FT)(MESOWEST) 500 AM JAN 13 25 F SOUTH FORK MTN (3450 FT)(GOES) 700 AM JAN 13 26 F LAKESHORE (1100 FT)(GOES) 600 AM JAN 13 26 F 1 SSW LAKEHEAD (1080 FT)(MESOWEST) 700 AM JAN 13 26 F WHISKEYTOWN HQ #2 FORMERLY OAK BOTTOM R 600 AM JAN 13 27 F 1 NE CASTELLA (2004 FT)(MESOWEST) 1145 PM JAN 12 27 F 4 NNW CENTERVILLE (2044 FT)(RAWS) 600 AM JAN 13 28 F 2 S REDDING (528 FT)(APRSWXNET) 359 AM JAN 13 28 F 3 NNW REDDING (665 FT)(APRSWXNET) 1138 PM JAN 12 28 F ARBUCKLE BASIN RAWS (2452 FT)(GOES) 554 AM JAN 13 29 F 1 E COTTONWOOD (424 FT)(MESOWEST) 310 AM JAN 13 30 F 2 SW REDDING (488 FT)(MESOWEST) 800 AM JAN 13 31 F REDDING AIRPORT CDF RAWS (499 FT)(GOES) 424 AM JAN 13 32 F ...SIERRA COUNTY... SIERRA CITY (4700 FT)(GOES) 800 AM JAN 13 12 F SADDLEBACK RAWS (6690 FT)(GOES) 1118 PM JAN 12 14 F ...SOLANO COUNTY... TRAVIS AFB (62 FT)(AWOS) 358 AM JAN 13 25 F 3 S CORDELIA (21 FT)(APRSWXNET) 744 AM JAN 13 25 F 3 SW FAIRFIELD (33 FT)(MESOWEST) 700 AM JAN 13 25 F 4 ESE CORDELIA (7 FT)(MESOWEST) 620 AM JAN 13 25 F NUT TREE AIRPORT (114 FT)(ASOS) 353 AM JAN 13 25 F 1 ESE VACAVILLE (107 FT)(MESOWEST) 700 AM JAN 13 26 F 1 SSE VACAVILLE (146 FT)(AIRNOW) 500 AM JAN 13 27 F 1 NNW BENICIA (348 FT)(URBANET) 654 AM JAN 13 27 F 4 SW DIXON (62 FT)(MESOWEST) 1015 PM JAN 12 27 F 1 S VACAVILLE (175 FT)(AWS) 735 AM JAN 13 28 F 2 SW SUISUN CITY (NERRS) 745 AM JAN 13 28 F VALLEJO (98 FT)(MESOWEST) 700 AM JAN 13 29 F 2 NNW RIO VISTA (36 FT)(MESOWEST) 500 AM JAN 13 29 F ...STANISLAUS COUNTY... 9 WSW PATTERSON (1003 FT)(APRSWXNET) 801 AM JAN 13 23 F 1 S MODESTO (88 FT)(MESOWEST) 800 AM JAN 13 27 F MODESTO (78 FT)(AIRNOW) 800 AM JAN 13 27 F 2 NNE MODESTO (95 FT)(APRSWXNET) 645 AM JAN 13 27 F TURLOCK (103 FT)(AWS) 535 AM JAN 13 28 F DENAIR (111 FT)(AWS) 355 AM JAN 13 28 F DIABLO GRANDE (1850 FT)(GOES) 600 AM JAN 13 30 F 1 SSE KEYES (98 FT)(MESOWEST) 545 AM JAN 13 30 F 8 WSW KEYSTONE (370 FT)(MAP) 500 AM JAN 13 31 F ...SUTTER COUNTY... 3 E NICOLAUS (49 FT)(MESOWEST) 730 AM JAN 13 25 F 5 W PENNINGTON (54 FT)(AWS) 740 AM JAN 13 29 F 1 S LIVE OAK (70 FT)(MESOWEST) 430 AM JAN 13 29 F ...TEHAMA COUNTY... MINERAL (DWR) (4957 FT)(GOES) 500 AM JAN 13 2 F 5 SSW LYONSVILLE (3341 FT)(RAWS) 521 AM JAN 13 13 F DAVIS RANCH (550 FT)(GOES) 600 AM JAN 13 19 F LASSEN LODGE RAWS (4159 FT)(GOES) 250 AM JAN 13 21 F 2 WNW FLOURNOY (MESOWEST) 600 AM JAN 13 24 F SADDLE CAMP (3850 FT)(GOES) 500 AM JAN 13 24 F BATTLE RIDGE (3400 FT)(GOES) 700 AM JAN 13 25 F RED BLUFF MUNI AP (353 FT)(ASOS) 354 AM JAN 13 26 F 3 NNW VINA (210 FT)(MESOWEST) 600 AM JAN 13 26 F CORNING RAWS (CDF) (289 FT)(GOES) 455 AM JAN 13 27 F SACRAMENTO RIVER BLO RED BLUFF DIVERSIO 500 AM JAN 13 27 F 2 NNW RED BLUFF (332 FT)(MESOWEST) 710 AM JAN 13 27 F PATTY MOCUS NEAR PLATINA (GOES) 735 PM JAN 12 27 F EAGLE PEAK RAWS (3712 FT)(GOES) 303 AM JAN 13 28 F COTTONWOOD CREEK (3400 FT)(GOES) 300 AM JAN 13 29 F THOMES CREEK RAWS (1029 FT)(GOES) 628 AM JAN 13 32 F 4 ENE BLOSSOM (702 FT)(APRSWXNET) 718 AM JAN 13 32 F ...TUOLUMNE COUNTY... 5 ENE JUPITER (6601 FT)(MAP) 800 AM JAN 13 -16 F HORSE MEADOWS (8400 FT)(GOES) 700 AM JAN 13 -14 F DEADMAN CK - SONORA PASS (GOES) 500 AM JAN 13 -8 F LOWER RELIEF VALLEY (8100 FT)(GOES) 1000 PM JAN 12 0 F PINECREST (5600 FT)(GOES) 500 AM JAN 13 3 F 1 S STRAWBERRY (5700 FT)(RAWS) 557 AM JAN 13 5 F 1 WSW STRAWBERRY (5348 FT)(APRSWXNET) 1209 AM JAN 13 11 F COLUMBIA (AWOS) 715 AM JAN 13 19 F MOUNT ELIZABETH RAWS (4938 FT)(GOES) 402 AM JAN 13 19 F 1 SSW SONORA (1873 FT)(MESOWEST) 700 AM JAN 13 21 F SONORA (1908 FT)(AIRNOW) 700 AM JAN 13 21 F 2 NE GROVELAND-BIG OAK (APRSWXNET) 1204 AM JAN 13 22 F 1 NW GROVELAND-BIG OAK (APRSWXNET) 739 AM JAN 13 23 F 4 SW TUOLUMNE CITY (2401 FT)(APRSWXNET) 746 AM JAN 13 25 F STANISLAUS POWER HOUSE (1060 FT)(GOES) 300 AM JAN 13 27 F GREEN SPRINGS (1100 FT)(GOES) 303 AM JAN 13 29 F 3 NE LA GRANGE (857 FT)(AWS) 700 AM JAN 13 32 F ...YOLO COUNTY... BROOKS RAWS (354 FT)(RAWS) 159 AM JAN 13 26 F WOODLAND (70 FT)(MESOWEST) 720 AM JAN 13 27 F 1 SSW WOODLAND (68 FT)(APRSWXNET) 755 AM JAN 13 27 F 2 ESE WOODLAND (36 FT)(MESOWEST) 700 AM JAN 13 28 F 1 NE EL MACERO (32 FT)(MESOWEST) 750 AM JAN 13 28 F UNIVERSITY AIRPORT (2 WSW DAVIS) (AWOS) 635 AM JAN 13 28 F FINCH FARMS - HMT (7 FT)(MAP) 700 AM JAN 13 28 F 1 WSW WOODLAND (24 FT)(APRSWXNET) 749 AM JAN 13 28 F 1 SSE EL MACERO (59 FT)(APRSWXNET) 652 AM JAN 13 29 F 1 ENE DAVIS (41 FT)(APRSWXNET) 250 AM JAN 13 29 F 2 ESE WOODLAND (36 FT)(AIRNOW) 300 AM JAN 13 32 F 1 WNW WEST SACRAMENTO (25 FT)(WXFLOW) 705 AM JAN 13 32 F ...YUBA COUNTY... BEALE AFB (111 FT)(AWOS) 358 AM JAN 13 23 F PIKE COUNTY LOOKOUT RAWS (RAWS) 510 AM JAN 13 23 F COLGATE POWER HOUSE (595 FT)(GOES) 700 AM JAN 13 23 F WHEATLAND (85 FT)(APRSWXNET) 559 AM JAN 13 24 F MARYSVILLE AIRPORT (ASOS) (62 FT)(ASOS) 353 AM JAN 13 25 F 5 ESE LIVE OAK (77 FT)(MESOWEST) 545 AM JAN 13 29 F 4 S STANFIELD HILL (1309 FT)(APRSWXNET) 819 AM JAN 13 30 F 1 NE OLIVEHURST (63 FT)(MESOWEST) 140 AM JAN 13 32 F OBSERVATIONS ARE COLLECTED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES WITH VARYING EQUIPMENT AND EXPOSURES. NOT ALL DATA LISTED IS CONSIDERED OFFICIAL. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THANKS ITS PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PARTNERS FOR PROVIDING US WITH THIS DATA.
Of course as we all know, weather is only climate when it makes warm or hot records. /sarc
http://mapcenter.hamweather.com/records/yesterday/us.html
Of course, the perennial worry-warts will be quick to point out that there are more record highs than record lows on that map. What they won’t tell you about is how there are many more weather stations east of the Rockies with a higher spatial density to experience that weather.
I’m from Tennessee, and yes temperatures were in the 70’s on Friday and Saturday. Today is Sunday and the temperatures have fallen back to the 30’s now that the cold front has moved through. We always joke here that if you don’t like the weather, wait thirty minutes and it will change.
“The cows are coming home to roost” is probably more his style.
knr says: January 13, 2013 at 2:17 pm
To be fair to Gleick do we know he wrote this or did someone pretending to be him write it and try to pass it off has Gleick’s work in a dirty , low down, dishonest, cowardly, lying , attempt to smear him .In a way that only a person that is so low down that worms could not crawl under , would do ?
Ha ha! Love it knr.
You might have created anew saying: “Lower than a Gleick’s belly.”
Surely that tweet is too stupid to possibly be Gleick. What kind of complete moron would tweet that?
You never know these days – perhaps that isn’t Gleick’s tweet at all!
It could be someone perpetrating wire fraud by pretending to be Gleick and with the ultimate goal of stealing board meeting documents from the Pacific Institute?
Perhaps there will soon be a whistle blower report to the effect that the EPA have actually been funding the Pacific Institute all along!
Sally says:
January 13, 2013 at 4:33 pm
One record low for every three record highs these days. Guess which ones are reported here. and which ones aren’t. The chickens are here in spades 🙁
Sally,
How would you describe the person who wrote this review?
http://www.amazon.com/review/R3DB7LHRMJ14G5
Keep in mind, that whoever wrote that review might not necessarily have been the President of the Pacific Institute – it could have been someone trying to impersonate him.
Loch, I completely and vehemently disagree that the fairer gender is not or cannot be technical and/or “doesn’t understand basic stuff.” I’m a computer scientist (I work for Oracle) and am privileged to work with a great number of women of whom I wish I were even half as smart. If you need a practical lesson in this, and/or are living a life absent smart women, I encourage you to visit Lucia’s Blackboard. Cheers, Terry.
My post vanished. Sorry if it reappears and this is repetetive.
I recall sunbathing on a warm January day, up near sixty degrees, in the suburbs of Boston in the 1960’s. That was followed by a very snowy February.
When I was moaning and gtoaning about the lack of snow that January and Old-timer explained that usually there was a cold spell after Christmas, because,
“When the days begin to lengthen
Then the cold begins to strengthen.”
This would be followed by a January Thaw, which in turn would be followed by a return to wintery conditions until mid-February, when “winter’s back was broken,” and it was time to start tapping the Sugar Maples.
His general rule-of-thumb was “The warmer the January Thaw the worse the following spell of wintery conditions.”
The Old-timer made no big deal about his knowledge, and did not expect to be paid six figures like a climate scientist, nor go to meetings in Bali. However, unlike climate scientists, the Old-timer was right, most years.
Now I’m the Old-timer. This year we had a cold spell after Christmas, with over 60% of the nation snow-covered and sub-zero readings as far south as the suburbs northwest of Boston. This was followed by a January Thaw, Therefore, to the youth moaning and groaning about the lack of snow like I once moaned and groaned, I say, “Don’t worry, you’ll get your snow…..and then I’ll be the one moaning and groaning, because I’m not so fond of the stuff any more.”
Jeremy says:
January 13, 2013 at 7:03 pm
Surely that tweet is too stupid to possibly be Gleick. What kind of complete moron would tweet that?
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Oh just a Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA.
There’s some serious cognitive dissonance for him. How can he look in the mirror, see a NAS Member and not believe that the whole thing is a huge scam?
History will not be kind to this “useful” idiot.
Warm weather in January? It’s called a January Thaw!
We do this quite often here in the east US. In 1970, it was so warm for two weeks that the cherry trees blossomed along the Schuylkill River in Philladelphia. Then, winter returned and killed all the blossoms. Fortunately, trees also know of this January-thaw phenomenon and have secondary blossoms that can be used in the real Spring. And that’s exactly what happened then and what will happen now.
Jeremy asks me:
Sally, How would you describe the person who wrote this review?
Jeremy, I’m happy to respond in this case. I’d describe Peter Gleick as considerably more informed about the IPCC and climate science than the author of the book being reviewed (as is almost everyone who’s ever looked into the subject, present company excepted).
My idea of extreme weather, as regards (local) Temperatures, would be any measured Temperature reading (earth surface) below -90 deg C (-130 deg F), or above +60 deg C (+140 deg F), those being in the neighborhood of actual Temperatures measured on earth. And since the former low (about -128 F) occurred during the Antarctic winter night, while the latter occurred during an African Desert summer day, so they could possibly (but didn’t) have occurred at the same time.
So with a 150 deg C Extreme Temperature range possibility on earth surface, I don’t pay attention to these ho hum numbers. I do remember once back around 1995, when the Temperature at my house in the CA central valley, between Fresno, and Visalia, got down to 14 deg F and the galvanized iron pipes in my garage froze and burst. Golly, I do believe that 1995 was the peak of the latter 20th century warming episode (sans 1998 el nino).
And that desert high was actually circa 136 deg F . I discount the near +90 deg C measured blacktop temperatures that can fry eggs; those are clearly anthrogenic anomalies.
King of Cool, Jan 13 @ur momisugly 4:08
It is incredibly irrelevant but those temps add up to nearly 2C above average. Both max and min. So what is your point?
We had a toasty -21F near Truckee this AM. Good day for a ski race at Sugarbowl. Kids fine. Adults frozen solid.
Eastern North America is about to freeze. Pay attention.
Just woke up to about 2 inches of snowfall here in Cambridge, England. Damn that global warming! If only my taxes would lower atmospheric temp…. wait… never mind!
I think the real bad time here in California was on or about the winter solstice of 1990. Many parts of the Bay Area had suffered record lows in the 20’s resulting in pipes bursting and the like. Prior to that was a cold spell which I believe occurred in 1972, also during December.
Thanks everyone for reporting your very low temperatures. My $1000 is looking better by the minute. I can’t wait to see her face when she hands over the money. She may as well hand it over now instead of waiting for the end of the year. In fact, I’ll suggest that to her. That should get her riled up! I honestly don’t know what she is thinking as the evidence is staring her in the face and she can’t see it.
Terry, how many of those smart chicks you work with believe the earth is warming up?
Ugh, the hypocrisy of the mainstream news weathermen and their overblown coverage of only warm temperatures is absolutely appalling.
I live in the Northeastern US and we’ve heard for a week straight about how Sunday was going to be a warmer than average day and how warm it would get, close to 60 F, and then the day comes and wouldn’t you know it, it didn’t even hit 55. That didn’t stop the hyperactive weatherman from proudly displaying that it was 52 degrees right now on a pre-prepared graphic.
The only issue with that was the bottom of the screen showing the current weather only it read 47. Damn, reality just keeps screwing up the narrative!
By the way, this is the same weather team that got an entire day wrong by EIGHTEEN DEGREES when they went too high with the temperature and then proceeded to ignore all the colder than average days for the last four months. But, wow, that less than ten degree warm-up for two days is really something to panic about isn’t it? *Eyeroll* I can’t wait until this is finally proven false for good and these people find a job doing something they are good at: Peddling manure.
And who are happier right now; the ones with 71 F weather or those with 21 F?
Blast. I hate it when Alarmists get any ammunition, however here in New Hampshire the coldest place is usually the top of Mount Washington (6000+ feet) and yesterday it was warmer up there (48 degrees F) than down in my town (43 degrees.) This broke the old record for the warmest-January-temperature-atop-the-mountain, (47 in 1995.)
So you’d expect a lot of hoopla about the warm mountain, and total silence about the cold in California. However, perhaps by accident, they did mention it was warmer atop Mount Washington than it was in San Diego and Phoenix.
http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/boston-north/Record-warmth-reported-at-NH-s-Mount-Washington/-/11984708/18114360/-/lmsvohz/-/index.html
Turn around is fair play. Just say it is colder in Phoenix and San Diego than atop Mount Washington.
Being particularly observant of what goes on around the date of my birthday, I have noticed since junior high that there was/is almost invariably a ~ 1-week warm spell in mid-January every year in SC and GA (warm spell = 60-70° F highs). Got it this year, too. January 15 is my birthday, and I watched the 1st moon landing live.
Sally said (January 13 at 4:33 pm): “One record low for every three record highs these days. Guess which ones are reported here…”
I caught the smiley and don’t necessarily disagree but (just to make the point) this is all just hand-waving over weather. For climate, we must all come back here in about 15 years’ time, to see if the running average has actually moved – see:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/noaa-n/climate/climate_weather.html
And the fact that some 30 year (or longer) weather record is broken – or broken in successive days over some period – says nothing about the 30 year running average. These records are pretty much broken constantly somewhere in the world: Tasmania is in the headlines at present (where I am sure that Aussie resilience will ultimately prevail – but am desperately sorry to read of the fires). Next week it will probably be Moscow again, this time going down to record lows …
I’m enjoying the January Thaw here in eastern Massachusetts, between Boston and Worcester, up to 54.5º F so far this morning. It’s melted all the snow from the late December storm (we got 7.5″). The older I get, the less I like the cold, but the grandkids from Virginia are coming up here mid-February, so I hope the Old-timer is right and we get some snow for them.
/Mr Lynn
Calendar and Mr Lynn, I am not liking what you are writing. I have money riding on this and I don’t want here that places are breaking warming records. Please refrain from doing so in future.
TimC, your comments make sense, but it doesn’t help my bet to look at long term results. I’m betting that this year will be the coldest this century.