* 81 was the high in Eagle, Alaska yesterday. Another sure sign that the changing season is spreading over our biggest state. Eagle is often one of the coldest spots in Alaska.
* 2.67 inches is how much rain has fallen on Central Park in New York City so far from the effects of Barry. Since that measurement, rain continues.
* 28.58 inches is the 2007 total for New York. That is an excess of 7.55.
* 16 inches will be the Birmingham deficit for the year, if it does not rain by Friday.
* 100 was the high in Birmingham on June 5, 1985. That is the earliest 100 temperature ever in the city.
* 106 is the hottest ever recorded in Birmingham in June. It was on the 29th in 1931.
* 12.09 inches is the most rain ever recorded in Birmingham in June.
* 0.9% (yes, that is less than 1%) is how much of the lower 48 states had a snow cover this morning. Almost all of that is in the remote high country of the West, where humans, dogs and cats usually do not live.
* 2.5 inches of snow fell in the last 24 hours at Cripple Creek, Colorado, elevation 10,200 feet.
* 219 inches was the deepest snow this morning on Bald Mountain at Sun Valley, elevation 9,153 feet.
* 49.26 inches is the rain shortage since January 1, 2005 in Huntsville. That is amazing. That is almost a year’s supply that they had to do without over a period of two years and five months.
* 6.99 inches is the most rain reported in Florida due to Tropical Storm Barry. That was at West Palm Beach Airport.
* 8.00 inches was the most in Georgia at Mt. Vernon.
* 6.12 inches was the most in South Carolina at Hardeeville.
* 2.12 was the most in North Carolina at New Bern.
* 3.75 was the most in Virginia at Pennington Gap.
* 1.70 was the most in Maryland at Frostburg.
* 1.66 was the most in Pennsylvania at Philadelphia.
* 1.54 was the most in Delaware at Dover Air Force Base.
* 3.24 was the most in New Jersey at Atlantic City.
* 3.20 was the most in New York State at Tannersville.
* 1.82 was the most in Massachusetts at Huntington.
* 10.56 inches is the Huntsville rain total so far this year as of this morning. That makes 2007 the driest on record for the first five months and three days.
* 43,500 was the number of farms in Alabama in the year 2005. That was about 500 less than the previous year.
* 230,000 was the number of farms in Texas in 2005.
* 6.40 inches per year marks the driest spot in Europe at Astrakhan, Russia.
* 117 is the hottest temperature ever recorded in the State of Montana. It happened on July 5, 1937 during the Dust Bowl years and killer drought.
* 187 degrees is the contrast in temperature ever recorded in Montana. They had 70 below zero at Rogers Pass on January 20, 1954. With much difficulty, I made my way to that little spot later that year. It was a most interesting visit and I would like to write a story about it later.
