* 2,635 miles is how long the Mackenzie River is in Canada including its major tributaries. The river is navigable for over 1,000 miles from Great Slave Lake to the Arctic Ocean. I have always wanted to see Great Slave Lake, but I never will. I have a zillion places I still want to see in my lifetime.
* 4,200 billion gallons of water falls on the lower 48 states in an average day. That stat completely blows my mind (which happens often) This includes rain, sleet, melted snow and hail.
* 28 people died in a June 1912 tornado at Regina, Saskatchewan. 27 more persons were killed in a July 1987 tornado at Edmonton, Alberta. The plains of Central Canada east of the Canadian Rockies is their most tornado-prone area. However, it falls far, far short of tornado events in the USA.
* 76 inches of snow fell in only 24 hours at Silver Lake, Colorado during the winter of 1921–a USA record.
* 1 person was killed around 11:45 yesterday morning at Deerfield, New Hampshire from a possible tornado. The severe storm cut a 25-mile long path across Central New Hampshire. 50 homes were destroyed and 100 damaged at Epson and multiple homes collapsed near Barnstead. We will know later when the NWS completes a survey if one or more tornadoes were involved and how strong.
* 3.09 inches of rain at Poland, Maine (yes, Poland, not Portland) in the last 24 hours and 3.40 at Cornish, Maine.
* 4.50 inches of rain at Savoy, Massachusetts and 5.06 at New Market, New Hampshire. 5.45 inches fell at Delanson, New York in Schenectady County.
* 6.15 inches of rain was the two-day total at Kingston, New York.
* 25 miles south of Presidio, Texas was where the remnants of what was once Hurricane Dolly were located late this morning. She is passing just south of the SW Texas Big Bend country and still sporting winds of up to 40 mph and gusts and locally heavy rain. Here are some storm total rain events from Dolly. Thanks a bunch to Michelle Miklik, one of our 33/40 weather watchers in Calhoun County for sending this list.
12.00 at San Manuel
9.67 Rancho Viejo
8.62 NW of Brownsville
8.59 McAllen
6.83 Corpus Christi
5.77 Harlingen
* 9.23 inches of rain is how much has drenched Boston in just the last 7 weeks. (1.64 during the last 24 hours.)
* 34.24 inches is the total for the year so far in Boston–a surplus of 6.75.
* 22.64 inches is the total in Huntsville and that is a deficiency of 12.02 for that North Alabama city just to give you a contrast.
* 9.06 is the deficiency for Tuscaloosa Airport so far this year.
* 5.13 inches is the shortfall for Montgmoery.
* 0.33 is the EXCESS for Birmingham Airport so far. We are in sort of a small island of excess.
*14.62 is how much rain we had last year as of July 25. If my third grade math teacher, Mrs. Annie Ruth Martin, at Martin Stewart Elementary School 4 miles west of Havana Junction, taught me correctly, that is 230% more rain this year than last. (All of my teachers were great, not only at Martin Stewart but also at Moundville Elementary School and Akron High. When I graduated from Akron High, there were only seven students in the entire senior class. We used to take field trips in two cars–never needed a bus)
* 120 was the hottest temeprature in the good old USA yesterday in Death Valley. 33 was the coldest this morning at, you guessed it, Stanley, Idaho. One of the most enjoyable camping locations we ever visited.
* 46 was the low this morning in Anchorage after a high yesterday of only 57. I guess we can call it North County cooling, because all of Alaska having an exceptionally cool summer. According to a story in the Anchorage News on July 24, Anchorage may go through the year reaching the 65-degree mark for the fewest days on record. The “so-called summer” of 2008 is headed that way. Only 7 days this entire year has the Anchorage high temperature reached 65.
* 5.04 inches of rain yesterday at Perry, Missouri in only 6 hours!
* 8.28 inches in only 24 hours at Kirksville, Missouri.
* 12.18 inches is the rain surplus in St. Louis so far this year.
UPCOMING STORY
Monday, I will post a story about a couple of unusual hailstorms that Vic Bell experienced when living in Oklahaoma. Interesting stuff. Vic Bell lives in NE Etowah County NE of Gadsden and is our ABC 33/40 weather watcher for Black Creek/Scrougout.
Outta here…
