Russ Steele
Several readers have written asking about May temperatures, and the month is not over yet.
So far 800 new May Low Temperatures have been set across the country. More details here.
Southern California is setting record lows:
- 17 May 11 - Long Beach Airport bottomed out at 49 degrees, breaking the 50-degree record set in 1964, according to the National Weather Service. UCLA recorded a low of 47 degrees, breaking the old record of 48 degrees set in 1953.
- At 42 degrees, Lancaster tied a record set 1955, while Big Bear dropped to 25 degrees, breaking the previous record of 26 degrees set in 1995.
- In Ventura County, Camarillo dropped to 42 degrees, breaking the previous record of 43, a record that has stood since 1955.
Anthony Watts has the latest on the Western Snow Pack in this post: Western snow pack is well above normal, Squaw Valley sets new all time snow record
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