* 49.58 inches is the normal annual precipitation for Savannah on the Georgia Coast. So why does Birmingham, over 250 miles from the coast, get 4.41 more inches of rain per year? (53.99 inches) The short answer is our dear friend, Gulf of Mexico. Birmingham gets more moisture from there. The Atlantic does not help Savannah THAT much because weather systems move generally west to east. Active low pressure areas also pass closer to the west and north of Birmingham than Savannah.
* 113 is the hottest temperature ever recorded in all of Canada. It happened on July 5, 1937 (yes, the Dust Bowl Years) at Midale and Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan. (I bet the grass really did turn yellow in all that heat)
* 18.02 inches in the 2007 rain deficiency for Huntsville as of today.
* 50.30 inches is their deficiency since January 1, 2005. They have missed a year’s supply of rain in the last 21/2 years.
* 17.78 is the 2007 shortage for Birmingham as of today.
* 15 inches the SURPLUS for Oklahoma City as of today.
* 44 was the nice crisp low temperature on Mt. Leconte in the Great Smokey Mountains this morning.
* 38 feet is how high the waves were today, being kicked up by powerful Typhoon Man-Yi in the west Pacific. It will be near Naha, Okinawa late today (Alabama time)
* 185 mph is the projected wind gusts for the typhoon by early Friday (Alabama time)
* 9 inches is how much rain has fallen in New York City in the last six weeks.
* 8.80 inches is the current excess for the Big Apple.
* 49 of the 50 U.S. states have experienced temperatures zero or lower.
* 12 above zero is the all time low in Hawaii, making it the only state to never shiver in zero cold.
* 87 below zero is the all time low for Greenland, at Northice on January 9, 1954. (How can you get a more appropriate name than that!)
* 70 below zero at Rogers Pass, Mont., is the coldest ever in the Lower 48. It happened on January 20, 1954. Interesting that it occurred only 11 days later than the Greenland record! One day, I want to write a story about my trip to Rogers Pass specifically to see and photograph that historic spot (weatherwise, at least)
* 8 is how many U.S. states that have experienced temperatures 60 below zero or colder.
* 25 of our 50 states experienced their all-time highs in the 1930s, generally considered the Dust Bowl years.
* 14 of our 50 states had their hottest weather of all time in 1936.
