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RECORD EVENT REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
355 PM PST SAT FEB 2 2013

...2012 WAS FRESNO/S WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD...
...2012 WAS THE SEVENTH WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD AT MEADOWS
FIELD...BAKERSFIELD...

2012 WAS THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD FOR FRESNO...WITH AN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF 66.7 DEGREES. THIS WAS DUE TO AN UNSEASONABLY WARM
LATTER HALF OF THE YEAR...INCLUDING THE MONTH OF AUGUST WHICH WAS
THE 5TH WARMEST MONTH ON RECORD.

THE 5 WARMEST YEARS ON RECORD FOR FRESNO
/AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT/

 1.             *66.7....2012*
 2.              66.0....1986
 3.              65.5....1992
 4.              65.4....2003
 5.              65.4....1936

THE LAST FIVE "TOP 10 RANKED WARMEST" MONTHS FOR FRESNO

DECEMBER 2012....TIED SEVENTH WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD
NOVEMBER 2012....SIXTH WARMEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD
OCTOBER 2012.....EIGHTH WARMEST OCTOBER ON RECORD
SEPTEMBER 2012...WARMEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD
AUGUST 2012......WARMEST AUGUST ON RECORD

THE 5 WARMEST MONTHS ON RECORD FOR FRESNO
/AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT/

 1.              87.9...JULY 2006
 2.              87.6...JULY 1931
 3.              87.0...JULY 1984
 4.              86.8...JULY 2005
 5.              86.6...AUGUST 2012


2012 WAS THE SEVENTH WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD FOR MEADOWS FIELD...
BAKERSFIELD. THIS WAS DUE TO AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AUGUST AND
SEPTEMBER. AUGUST 2012 WAS THE WARMEST AUGUST ON RECORD FOR MEADOWS
FIELD...AND THE 5TH WARMEST AUGUST FOR BAKERSFIELD SINCE RECORDS
BEGAN. SEPTEMBER 2012 WAS THE 6TH WARMEST ON RECORD FOR BOTH MEADOWS
FIELD AND FOR THE CONSOLIDATED BAKERSFIELD PERIOD OF RECORD. RECORDS
FOR BAKERSFIELD BEGAN ON JANUARY 1ST 1889 AT THE SANTA FE RAIL
DEPOT. OBSERVATIONS AT MEADOWS FIELD BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 8TH 1928.

THE 7 WARMEST YEARS ON RECORD FOR MEADOWS FIELD...BAKERSFIELD
/AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT/

 1.              67.8....1978
 2.              67.8....1977
 3.              67.7....1981
 4.              67.7....1977
 5.              67.5....1974
 6.              67.4....1970
 7.             *67.0....2012*

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