* 2 is how many minutes of daylight that Birmingham will gain by tomorrow and sunset will be at 7:35 pm.
* 319 is how many inches of snow that Valdez, Alaska has received this winter. At Barrow, on the north coast, the total stands at 48 inches–about twice the average amount per winter. Barrow is now reporting8 below zero with freezing fog. How would you like to be there?
* 3:42 am is sunrise tomorrow in Barrow and it will not set until 1:15 Saturday morning. They continue to move forward to eventual full daylight. They love that after a long period of darkness in the winter.
* #1 is where Oklahoma City ranks for the most tornado prone city in the USA. This is based on the number of tornadoes per 1,000 per square miles. Birmingham ranks #10.
* 8.2 tornadoes is the average number per 10,000 square miles in the state of Oklahoma, making it #2 in the nation. Florida is #1.
* 89 is the average number of thunderstorms per year at Ft. Myers, Florida making it #1 in the nation. Tamps is #2 with an average of 87.
* 79 is the average number of thunderstorms annually in Mobile, which makes it #6 in the country.
* #4 is where Alabama ranks among lightning prone states based on the density of strikes in a 5-year study. Florida is #1.
* #1 is where Alaska ranks as the coldest state in the USA based on the mean annual temperature of 32.13 degrees. That means the year-round average. North Dakota ranks #2.
* 9.54 inches is the average annual precipitation statewide in Nevada making it the driest over all of the 50 states.
* 63.70 inches is the average rain amount for the entire state of Hawaii, making it our wettest of all 50 states. Alabama ranks fourth.
* 90% is the annual percent of sunshine at Yuma, Arizona making it the nation’s sunniest city.
* 30.5% is the average annual relative humidity at Las Vegas making it the least humid city in the nation.
* 277 is the average number of days with rain at Hilo, Hawaii making it the nation’s rainiest city. Yuma, Arizona is the least rainy with only 17 days.
* 83 degrees represents the biggest 12-hour warm up in the USA ever. That happened on February 21, 1918 at Granville, North Dakota. The temperature soared from 33 below zero early in the morning to 50 above zero by late afternoon.
* 42.2 feet was the river stage on the Cumberland River at Nashville this morning. Flood stage is 40 feet. That is a drop of 5.7 feet in the last 24 hours. That means it will probably return to its banks by tomorrow. Northwest of Nashville, at Clarksdale, the 6 am stage of the Cumberland was 57.6 feet–a drop of 3.1 in the last 24 hours. However, flood stage is 46 feet, so the river is still nearly 12 feet above flood stage.
