haha, yeah i found it pretty interesting myself John!!
Joe thanks a lot , a lot of drizzle that I just was dying to learn about.
--- On Sat, 12/11/10, Joe Azbrujo <azbrujo@misfitscafe.biz> wrote:
From: Joe Azbrujo <azbrujo@misfitscafe.biz>
Subject: MisfitsCafe.com - Interesting United States Weather Facts and Extremes
To:
Date: Saturday, December 11, 2010, 9:19 PM
Top 10 cities with most weather variety
Based on temperature variation, precipitation, wind, severe weather1. Springfield, Missouri 2. Topeka, Kansas 3. Rochester, Minnesota 4. Wichita, Kansas 5. Columbia, Missouri 6. Des Moines, Iowa 7. Lincoln, Nebraska 8. Madison, Wisconsin 9. Concordia, Kansas 10. Sioux City, Iowa
Top 10 cities with
Least weather variety
Based on temperature variation, precipitation, wind, severe weather1. San Francisco, California 2. San Diego, California 3. Los Angeles, California 4. Santa Barbara, California 5. Eureka, California 6. Long Beach, California 7. Honolulu, Hawaii 8. Santa Maria, California 9. San Luis Obispo, California 10. Kahului, Hawaii
Top 10 hail prone cities
Based on frequency and severity of hail1. Tulsa, Oklahoma 2. Amarillo, Texas 3. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 4. Wichita, Kansas 5. Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas 6. Arlington, Texas 7. Denver, Colorado 8. Colorado Springs, Colorado 9. Shreveport, Louisiana 10. Kansas City, Missouri / Kansas
Top 10 Tropical storm / Hurricane prone cities
Avg # of years with no storm. Totals based on data from 1871- 2007, hitting within 60 miles of city1. Cape Hatteras, North Carolina 2.49 2. Delray Beach, Florida 2.54 3. Hollywood, Florida 2.58 4. Deerfield Beach, Florida 2.58 5. Boca Raton, Florida 2.58 6. Florida City, Florida 2.63 7. Grand Isle, Louisiana 2.63 8. Ft. Pierce, Florida 2.69 9. Miami, Florida 2.69 10. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 2.69
Top 10 Tornado states
Avg number of tornadoes per 10,000 square
Miles, occurring from 1953-20041. Florida 9.4 2. Oklahoma 8.2 3. Kansas 6.7 4. Iowa 6.6 5. Illinois 6.2 6. Indiana 6.1 7. Mississippi 5.7 8. Maryland 5.7 9. Louisiana 5.6 10. Texas 5.2
Top 10 Thunderstorm
Cities
Avg annual number of thunderstorms1. Fort Myers, Florida 89 2. Tampa, Florida 87 3. Tallahassee, Florida 83 4. Gainesville, Florida 81 5. Orlando, Florida 80 6. Mobile, Alabama 79 7. W. Palm Beach, Florida 79 8. Lake Charles, Louisiana 76 9. Daytona Beach, Florida 75 10. Vero Beach, Florida 75
Top 10 Tornado prone cities
Ranked by tornadoes per 1,000 miles1. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 2. Tulsa, Oklahoma 3. Dallas - Ft. Worth, Texas 4. Wichita, Kansas 5. Springfield, Missouri 6. Kansas City, Kansas / Missouri 7. Ft. Smith, Arkansas 8. Little Rock, Arkansas 9. Jackson, Mississippi 10. Birmingham, Alabama
Top 10 Earthquake prone states
# of earthquakes in the last 30 years
Centered in the state1. Alaska 2. California 3. Hawaii 4. Nevada 5. Washington 6. Idaho 7. Wyoming 8. Montana 9. Utah 10. Oregon
Top 10 Lightning prone states
Ranked by density of strikes, 1996-20001. Florida 2. Louisiana 3. Mississippi 4. Alabama 5. Georgia 6. South Carolina 7. Tennessee 8. Kentucky 9. Illinois 10. Oklahoma
Top 10 safest Lightning states
Ranked by density of strikes, 1996-20001. Washington 2. Oregon 3. California 4. Idaho 5. Maine 6. Nevada 7. Montana 8. New Hampshire 9. Massachusetts 10. Wyoming
10 all-time hottest
Temperatures
Obtained from state temperature
Records, NCDC1. Death Valley, California 134 2. Lake Havasu, Arizona 128 3. Bullhead City, Arizona 126 4. Thermal, California 126 5. Laughlin, Nevada 125 6. Yuma, California 124 7. Blythe, California 123 8. Chandler, Arizona 123 9. Palm Springs, California 123 10. Phoenix, Arizona 122
10 all-time coldest
Temperatures
Obtained from state temperature
records, NCDC1. Prospect Creek, Alaska -80 2. Rogers Pass, Montana -70 3. Peters Sink, Utah -69 4. Riverside, Wyoming -66 5. Maybell, Colorado -61 6. Tower, Minnesota -60 7. Parshall, North Dakota -60 8. Island Park Dam, Idaho -60 9. McIntosh, South Dakota -58 10. Couderay, Wisconsin -55
10 hottest cities
Average annual temperature, F
entire 50 state rank1. Key West, Florida 77.7 2. Miami, Florida 75.6 3. W Palm Beach, Florida 74.6 4. Ft. Myers, Florida 73.9 5. Yuma, Arizona 73.9 6. Brownsville, Texas 73.6 7. Orlando, Florida 72.4 8. Vero Beach, Florida 72.4 9. Corpus Christi, Texas 72.1 10. Tampa, Florida 72.0
10 coldest cities
Average annual temperature, F
entire 50 state rank1. International Falls, Minnesota 36.4 2. Duluth, Minnesota 38.2 3. Caribou, Maine 38.9 4. Marquette, Michigan 39.2 5. Sault Ste Marie, Michigan 39.7 6. Fargo, North Dakota 40.5 7. Williston, North Dakota 40.8 8. Alamosa, Colorado 41.2 9. Bismarck, North Dakota 41.3 10. St. Cloud, Minnesota 41.4
10 hottest US states
Mean annual temperature, F
entire 50 state rank1. Hawaii 71.61 2. Florida 70.73 3. Louisiana 66.39 4. Texas 64.83 5. Georgia 63.51 6. Mississippi 63.35 7. Alabama 62.77 8. South Carolina 62.42 9. Arkansas 60.42 10. Arizona 60.31
10 coldest US states
Mean annual temperature, F
entire 50 state rank1. Alaska 32.13 2. North Dakota 40.43 3. Maine 40.97 4. Minnesota 41.16 5. Wyoming 41.98 6. Montana 42.74 7. Vermont 42.88 8. Wisconsin 43.12 9. New Hampshire 43.80 10. Idaho 44.39
10 driest cities
Avg annual precipitation in inches
entire 50 state rank1. Yuma, Arizona 2.65 2. Las Vegas, Nevada 4.19 3. Bishop, California 5.61 4. Bakersfield, California 5.72 5. Phoenix, Arizona 7.11 6. Alamosa, Colorado 7.13 7. Reno, Nevada 7.49 8. Winslow, Arizona 7.64 9. El Paso, Texas 7.82 10. Winnemucca, Nevada 7.82
10 wettest cities
Avg annual precipitation in inches
entire 50 state rank1. Hilo, Hawaii 128.00 2. Quillayute, Washington 104.50 3. Astoria, Oregon 69.60 4. Blue Canyon, California 67.87 5. Mobile, Alabama 64.64 6. Tallahassee, Florida 64.59 7. Pensacola, Florida 61.16 8. New Orleans, Louisiana 50.72 9. W Palm Beach, Florida 59.72 10. Miami, Florida 59.55
10 driest states
Avg annual precipitation in inches
entire 50 state rank1. Nevada 9.54 2. Utah 12.26 3. Wyoming 12.97 4. Arizona 13.61 5. New Mexico 14.63 6. Montana 15.37 7. Colorado 15.97 8. North Dakota 17.82 9. Idaho 18.96 10. South Dakota 20.14
10 wettest states
Avg annual precipitation in inches
entire 50 state rank1. Hawaii 63.70 2. Louisiana 60.09 3. Mississippi 59.23 4. Alabama 58.28 5. Florida 54.57 6. Tennessee 54.22 7. Arkansas 50.78 8. Georgia 50.72 9. North Carolina 50.45 10. Connecticut 50.39
10 snowiest cities
Avg annual precipitation in inches1. Blue Canyon, California 240.8 2. Marquette, Michigan 144.5 3. Sault Ste Marie, Michigan 116.7 4. Syracuse, New York 111.6 5. Caribou, Maine 110.4 6. Mount Shasta, California 104.9 7. Lander, Wyoming 102.5 8. Flagstaff, Arizona 99.9 9. Sexton Summit, Oregon 97.8 10. Muskegon, Michigan 97.0
10 windiest cities
Avg annual wind speed in mph1. Blue Hill Observatory, Massachusetts 15.4 2. Dodge City, Kansas 14.0 3. Amarillo, Texas 13.5 4. Rochester, Minnesota 13.1 5. Casper, Wyoming 12.9 6. Cheyenne, Wyoming 12.9 7. Great Falls, Montana 12.7 8. Goodland, Kansas 12.6 9. Boston, Massachusetts 12.5 10. Lubbock, Texas 12.4
10 sunniest cities
Annual percent of possible sunshine1. Yuma, Arizona 90% 2. Las Vegas, Nevada 85% 3. Phoenix, Arizona 85% 4. Tucson, Arizona 85% 5. El Paso, Texas 83% 6. Flagstaff, Arizona 79% 7. Fresno, California 79% 8. Reno, Nevada 79% 9. Sacramento, California 78% 10. Albuquerque, N.M. 76%
10 cloudiest cities
Avg number of cloudy days per year1. Astoria, Oregon 240 2. Quillayute, Washington 240 3. Olympia, Washington 229 4. Seattle, Washington 227 5. Portland, Oregon 223 6. Kalispell, Montana 213 7. Binghamton, New York 212 8. Beckley, West Virginia 211 9. Elkins, West Virginia 211 10. Eugene, Oregon 209
10 most humid cities
Avg relative humidity in %1. Quillayute, Washington 83.0 2. Olympia, Washington 78.0 3. Port Arthur, Texas 77.5 4. Lake Charles, Louisiana 77.0 5. Apalachicola, Florida 76.5 6. Gainesville, Florida 76.5 7. Corpus Christi, Texas 76.0 8. Eugene, Oregon 75.5 9. New Orleans, Louisiana 75.5 10. Houston, Texas 75.0
10 least humid cities
Avg relative humidity in %1. Las Vegas, Nevada 30.5 2. Phoenix, Arizona 37.0 3. Yuma, Arizona 38.0 4. Tucson, Arizona 39.0 5. El Paso, Texas 42.5 6. Albuquerque, New Mexico 44.5 7. Winslow, Arizona 46.0 8. Grand Junction, Colorado 48.0 9. Winnemucca, Nevada 48.5 10. Reno, Nevada 50.5
10 rainiest cities
Number of days per year with rain1. Hilo, Hawaii 277 2. Quillayute, Washington 210 3. Astoria, Oregon 191 4. Elkins, West Virginia 171 5. Syracuse, New York 171 6. Buffalo, New York 169 7. Marquette, Michigan 168 8. Sault Ste Marie, Michigan 166 9. Erie, Pennsylvania 165 10. Binghamton, New York 162
10 least rainiest cities
Number of days per year with rain1. Yuma, Arizona 17 2. Las Vegas, Nevada 26 3. Bishop, California 29 4. Santa Barbara, California 30 5. Long Beach, California 32 6. Los Angeles, California 35 7. Great Falls, Montana 35 8. Phoenix, Arizona 36 9. Bakersfield, California 37 10. San Diego, California 42
Largest annual temperature
variation
Change in average temperature between
summer and winter1. Fairbanks, Alaska 90.8 2. Bettles, Alaska 90.0 3. International Falls, MN 88.8 4. Fargo, North Dakota 87.0 5.Williston, North Dakota 86.6 6. Aberdeen, South Dakota 86.5 7. McGrath, Alaska 86.2 8. Bismarck, North Dakota 86.1 9. Alamosa, Colorado 85.9 10. St. Cloud, Minnesota 85.0
10 most uncomfortable
cities
Avg combination of summer heat and humidity1. Phoenix, Arizona 2. Corpus Christi, Texas 3. San Antonio, Texas 4. Dallas, Texas 5. West Palm Beach, Florida 6. Miami, Florida 7. Waco, Texas 8. Houston, Texas 9. Montgomery, Alabama 10. New Orleans, Louisiana
Top 10 clean air cities
Based on long-term particle pollution1.Cheyenne, Wyoming 2. Santa Fe, New Mexico 3. Honolulu, Hawaii 4. Anchorage, Alaska 5. Great Falls, Montana 6. Tucson, Arizona 7. Amarillo, Texas 8. Albuquerque, New Mexico 9. Flagstaff, Arizona 10. Bismarck, North Dakota
Top 10 dirty air cities
Based on long-term particle pollution1. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 2. Bakersfield, California 3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA 4. Visalia-Porterville, California 5. Pittsburg-New Castle, Pennsylvania 6. Fresno-Madera, California 7. Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman, Alanbama 8. Hanford-Cocoran, California 9. Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilimington, OH-KY-IN 10. St. Louis-St Charles-Farmington, Missouri, Illinois
Best cities for allergies
Based on pollen counts from 1999-20021. Grand Rapids, Michigan 2. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 3. Seattle, Washington 4. San Francisco, California 5. Minneapolis, Minnesota 6. Chicago, Illinois 7. Syracuse, New York 8. Salt Lake City, Utah 9. Los Angeles, California 10. Denver, Colorado
Worst cities for allergies
Based on pollen counts from 1999-200021. Kansas City, Mo/Ks 2. Louisville, Kentucky 3. Tampa/St. Pete, Florida 4. Tulsa, Oklahoma 5. Atlanta, Georgia 6. Austin, Texas 7. St. Louis, Missouri 8. Sacramento, California 9. Orlando, Florida 10. Indianapolis, Indiana
Fastest warming
12 hour warm-up: 83 degrees. From -33 in the morning to 50 by late afternoon in Granville, ND
on February 21, 1918
15 minute warm-up: 42 degrees. From -5 to 37 degrees in Fort Assiniboine, Montana on January 19, 1893
7 minute warm-up: 34 degrees in Kipp, Montana in 1896Fastest Cooling
24 hour chill: 100 degrees. From 44 to -54 below zero in Browning, Montana on January 23-24, 1916.
12 hour chill: 84 degrees. From 63 to -21 below zero in Fairfield, Montana on December 24, 1924.
2 hour chill: 62 degrees. From 49 at 6:00am to -13 at 8:00am in Rapid City, South Dakota on January 10, 1911
15 minute chill: 47 degrees. From 55 at 7:00am to 8 at 7:15am in Rapid City, South Dakota on January 10, 1911
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