Record Report Issued by NWS San Joaquin Valley, CA
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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
941 AM PST THU FEB 21 2013
...RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES SET OR TIED ON FEBRUARY 20TH...
A VERY COLD AIRMASS BLASTED ACROSS THE REGION YESTERDAY BRINGING
RAIN AND SNOW TO THE AREA. DUE TO THE COLD AIR AND PRECIPITATION,
SEVERAL LOW MAXIMUM RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN FOR FEBRUARY 20TH
ACROSS THE REGION.
AIRPORT LOCATION MAX TEMP PREVIOUS RECORD
BAKERSFIELD 51 52 IN 1922
HANFORD 51 54 IN 1998
MADERA 52 54 IN 2004 AND 2006
* THE AUTOMATED STATIONS AT THE HANFORD AND MADERA AIRPORTS ARE NOT
THE OFFICIAL CLIMATE SITES FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE CITIES. RECORDS
AT THESE AIRPORTS ONLY DATE BACK TO THE COMMISSIONING OF THE
AUTOMATED STATIONS IN 1998 /HANFORD IN FEBRUARY AND MADERA IN
SEPTEMBER/...THE AIRPORT READINGS SHOULD NOT BE USED AS THE
OFFICIAL RECORDS FOR THESE CITIES.
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