* 28 inches is how much snow Boston received in December and that was 21 inches more than the average for December.
* 57 inches is how much rain that Oklahoma City got in 2007, a very impressive 21.47 inches above average.
* 1 above zero is the projected lowest dew point for Birmingham tomorrow afternoon based on one of the major weather models. (Translation: About as dry as it gets here in winter. With Brisk NW winds, this means an increase in fire danger.
* 71.80 inches of rain at Victoria, Texas in 2007. That is an amazing 31.70 inch surplus! Houston received an impressive 65 inches.
* 31.85 inches was the Atlanta share of rain in 2007, a shortfall of 18.35.
* 26.05 was the very low total for Tuscaloosa, a deficiency of 31.19 inches!
* 26.12 inches is how much Greystone Farms in North Shelby County had. Normal is about 54 inches. So they had less than half enough.
* 104 was the hottest temperature of the year at Greystone Farms on August 15 and 18 was the coldest on the morning of January 29.
* 72 days had temperatures 90 or hotter. 31 days had lows 32 or lower.
* 75 of the 365 days had measurable rain.
* $25,000 was the salary of our first president, George Washington. That would be equal to $531,000 today, which is more than our current president.
* 2 is the current population of Havelock, North Dakota. The town once had two banks, a grocery store, three grain elevators, a lumber yard and a stock yard. At that time the population was several hundred, but now only a man and his wife. Weather plays a huge part on the prosperity of a town. The Dust Bowl years of the 1930s caused a number of towns in across the Great Plains to become ghost towns.
* 1851 was the first year that Christmas trees were sold commercially in the USA. Very small beginning. Someone brought two ox sled loads down from the Catskill Mountains to Greenwich Village in New York City where the trees sold for only $1 each.
* 10,900 miles is the total shore length of the Great Lakes. Ontario is the smallest of the five Great Lakes but it is still the 14th largest lake in the world. The lakes have a great impact on weather in the region. For example, lake effect snow.
* From My Tiny Corner of The World, we (including Little Miss Molly) wish all of you a happy new year!
