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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1037 AM PDT SAT JUN 1 2013

...MAY 2013 CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR BAKERSFIELD AND FRESNO...
...FRESNO TIES ITS 7TH WARMEST MAY ON RECORD...
...BAKERSFIELD HAS ITS 23RD WARMEST MAY ON RECORD...
...THE MAY 6TH BAKERSFIELD TORNADO...
...RAINFALL DEPARTURES...

   NOTE...DATA ARE PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO REVISION BY THE
          NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER

........................BAKERSFIELD...........FRESNO

RAINFALL
MONTH
MAY 2013................0.05 INCH.............0.07 INCH
 NORMAL MAY.............0.18 INCH.............0.43 INCH
 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.-0.13 INCH............-0.36 INCH
 PERCENT OF NORMAL......27.8..................16.3
RAIN SEASON /JULY 1 TO JUNE 30/
 THROUGH MAY 2013.......3.15 INCHES...........5.67 INCHES
 NORMAL THROUGH MAY.....6.39 INCHES..........11.29 INCHES
 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.-3.24 INCH............-5.62 INCHES
 PERCENT OF NORMAL......49.3..................50.2

TEMPERATURE
AVERAGE HIGH
 MAY 2013...............85.7..................86.6
 NORMAL MAY.............83.5..................84.1
 DEPARTURE...............2.2...................2.5
 HIGHEST.................100...................102
 DATE...................11TH...12TH...........12TH
AVERAGE LOW
 MAY 2013...............59.6..................59.5
 NORMAL MAY.............57.5..................56.2
 DEPARTURE...............2.1...................3.3
 LOWEST...................48....................49
 DATE...................23RD..................23RD
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
 MAY 2013...............72.7..................73.0
 NORMAL MAY.............70.5..................70.1
 DEPARTURE...............2.2...................2.9

&&

RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN IN MAY

BAKERSFIELD

 5TH...TIED THE STRONGEST WIND GUST ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF
       MAY OF 45 MPH...LAST SET ON MAY 23RD 1990.

12TH...TIED THE RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE OF
       70 DEGREES...LAST SET IN 1909.

FRESNO

12TH...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE OF 102 DEGREES. THE
       OLD RECORD WAS 100 DEGREES...SET IN 1987.
    ...RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE OF 70 DEGREES.
       THE OLD RECORD WAS 68 DEGREES...SET IN 1987.

13TH...TIED THE RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE OF
       66 DEGREES...LAST SET IN 1987.

14TH...RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE OF 68 DEGREES.
       THE OLD RECORD WAS 66 DEGREES...SET IN 1996.

&&

THE WARMEST MAYS ON RECORD
/AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN FAHRENHEIT/

       BAKERSFIELD           FRESNO

 1.    82.6...1909           77.3...2001
 2.    76.9...2001           76.0...1992
 3.    76.7...1973           75.3...2009
 4.    76.6...1992           75.3...1997
 5.    76.5...2009           74.8...1984
 6.    76.2...1931           73.6...1931
 7.    76.1...1982          *73.0...2013*
 8.    75.2...1976           73.0...1947
 9.    74.9...1979           72.9...1973
10.    74.8...1947           72.5...1924
11.    74.5...1940           72.3...2012
12.    74.5...1910           72.2...1940
13.    74.3...1969           72.0...1928
14.    74.0...1970           71.9...2006
15.    73.8...1997           71.9...1897
16.    73.6...1924           71.8...1987
17.    73.5...1975           71.5...2007
18.    73.3...1928           71.4...1904
19.    73.2...1974           71.3...1934
20.    73.1...1978           71.2...1986
21.    72.8...2007           71.0...2000
22.    72.8...1934           70.9...1981
23.   *72.7...2013*          70.9...1966
24.    72.6...1954           70.9...1910
25.    72.5...2006           70.8...2004
26.    72.5...1966           70.8...1970

&&

THE DRIEST RAIN SEASONS TO DATE
/RAINFALL IN INCHES/

       BAKERSFIELD**         FRESNO

 1.    1.89...1971-72        4.38...1933-34
 2.    2.14...1933-34        4.74...1971-72
 3.    2.38...2007-08        4.96...1897-98
 4.    2.45...1958-59        5.24...1923-24
 5.    3.06...2006-07       *5.67...2012-13*
 6.   *3.15...2012-13*       5.75...1932-33
 7.    3.30...1989-90        6.03...2006-07
 8.    3.35...1969-70        6.07...1965-66
 9.    3.59...2001-02        6.18...1912-13
10.    3.60...1984-85        6.30...1916-17

** NOTE...THE PAPER AND MICROFICHE FOR SEVERAL RAINFALL DATA SETS
          FROM THE SANTA FE RAIL DEPOT...BAKERSFIELD...HAVE
          DETERIORATED DUE TO AGE AND ARE NO LONGER CONSIDERED
          RELIABLE BY THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER. BECAUSE OF
          THE MISSING DATA...SOME RAIN SEASONS PRIOR TO 1928-29
          WERE EXCLUDED FROM THIS LIST FOR BAKERSFIELD.

&&

...BAKERSFIELD TORNADO ON MAY 6TH...

AT 1910 PDT ON MAY 6TH...A SMALL TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE DRY
RIVERBED OF THE KERN RIVER NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF OLD RIVER ROAD
AND STOCKDALE HIGHWAY. THE LOCATION IS APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES WEST
SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN BAKERSFIELD. THE TORNADO PATH HAD A LENGTH OF
A QUARTER MILE /1320 FEET/ AND A WIDTH OF 75 MPH. THE ESTIMATED WIND
SPEED WAS 50 MPH...RANKING THE TORNADO AT EF0 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA
SCALE.

THIS WAS THE 88TH TORNADO IN WFO HANFORD/S SEVEN-COUNTY WARNING/
FORECAST AREA SINCE TORNADO RECORD BEGAN IN 1950 AND THE 13TH IN
KERN COUNTY. THE LAST TORNADO IN KERN COUNTY WAS ON FEBRUARY 27,
2010...WHEN AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR TUPMAN IN SOUTHWEST
KERN COUNTY. THE LAST TORNADO TO TOUCH DOWN IN THE GREATER
BAKERSFIELD AREA WAS ON APRIL 3RD 1999...WHEN AN F0 TORNADO TOUCHED
DOWN 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BAKERSFIELD.

&&

RAINFALL DEPARTURES

                                   BAKERSFIELD       FRESNO

LAST MONTH.......ACTUAL.............0.05 INCH.........0.07 INCH
                 NORMAL.............0.18 INCH.........0.43 INCH
                 DEPARTURE.........-0.13 INCH........-0.36 INCH
                 PCT OF NORMAL......27.8..............16.3

LAST 3 MONTHS....ACTUAL.............0.93 INCH.........0.81 INCH
                 NORMAL.............1.91 INCH.........3.41 INCHES
                 DEPARTURE.........-0.98 INCH........-2.60 INCHES
                 PCT OF NORMAL......48.7..............23.8

LAST 6 MONTHS....ACTUAL.............3.01 INCHES.......4.31 INCHES
                 NORMAL.............5.33 INCHES.......9.40 INCHES
                 DEPARTURE.........-2.32 INCHES......-5.09 INCHES
                 PCT OF NORMAL......56.5..............45.9

LAST 12 MONTHS...ACTUAL.............3.15 INCHES.......5.67 INCHES
                 NORMAL.............6.47 INCHES......11.50 INCHES
                 DEPARTURE.........-3.32 INCHES......-5.83 INCHES
                 PCT OF NORMAL......48.7..............49.3

SINCE JAN 1ST....ACTUAL.............2.36 INCHES.......2.28 INCHES
                 NORMAL.............4.31 INCHES.......7.63 INCHES
                 DEPARTURE.........-1.95 INCH........-5.35 INCHES
                 PCT OF NORMAL......54.8..............29.9

&&

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