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April was the coolest such since 1997 in the U.S. and since 1989 in the U.K. Flooding rains occurred in the north-central U.S. and in Argentina where 54 people died during a flash flood on April 2-3. Very heavy snowfalls occurred in South Dakota and Minnesota.

Below is a summary some of the month’s highlights.

NORTH AMERICA

This past April was the coldest on record for North Dak...<br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=157">Read More</a>]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 21:34:00 GMT http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=156 http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=156
A strong surge of warm air is flowing into the central U.S. early this week dramatically rising temperatures from near record cold to near record heat at some locations. Meanwhile Alaska continues to be much colder than normal while Washington State much warmer than normal. Here is a brief review of the extremes.

The NWS office in Fairbanks, Alaska announced that the five week period of April 3 t...<br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=156">Read More</a>]]> Mon, 13 May 2013 22:30:00 GMT http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=155 http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=155
A Mr. Cesar Ruelase of Chicago made a bit of a stir last week when he accused WGN TV’s weather man Tom Sullivan of being a “weather guesser” rather than a “meteorologist”, see his web site on the subject. Of course, Tom Sullivan, like most TV weather people, get much of the fundamental data used for their weather forecasts from the NWS (National Weather Service) local offices. Obviously, ...<br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=155">Read More</a>]]> Wed, 8 May 2013 21:00:00 GMT http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=154 http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=154
One of the hottest places in the country yesterday (May 5th) was Quillayute (La Push), Washington located near the northwestern tip of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington where a record 88° was reported. This smashed their previous daily record by 15° (73° in 1994) and made it warmer than even Death Valley, California where it was 87° on Sunday.





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Big May snowstorms are not unusual for the Rocky Mountains and northwestern Plains, but they are unusual for the Midwest and unprecedented in the case of the event that has occurred over the past 3 days (May 1-3) from Arkansas to Minnesota. Here is a summary of the snow and cold that this region has just endured.



NWS snow reports for the 72 hours ending 7 a.m. CST on May 3rd illustrate t...<br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=153">Read More</a>]]> Sat, 4 May 2013 08:46:00 GMT