Weather By The Numbers 9/29/10

* 3 is how many inches of fresh snow is on the ground at Barrow, Alaska this morning. There is 2 inches at Northway. For sure a signal of a change in seasons. Wonder if we will be struggling with a big snow forecast for Birmingham at some point this winter?

* 0 (a big round zero) was the coldest in Alaska this morning at Anaktuvuk Pass.

* 26 was the coldest in the Lower Four Dozen States at Stanley, Idaho. So what else is new? I have mentioned this a zillion times but I was driving down the one main street of Stanley once and I saw a sign that said “Population and Speed Limit 35” I immediately pulled over and photographed it.

* 99 was the high in Downtown Los Angeles yesterday. That is very hot but a great improvement compared to their all time high of 113 on the previous day!

* 110 was the hottest in the entire USA yesterday–and yes it was in Southern California at Hemet and San Luis Obispo. It was 106 in China Lake. The report from Death Valley was not available.

* 129 is the highest temperature ever recorded in Israel. It was recorded at Tirat Tsvi. The elevation there is 722 feet BELOW sea level!

* 6.10 inches is the average annual rain amount for Baghdad. Compare that to 54 inches for Birmingham. Both cities are at about the same latitude. Only thing, Baghdad is in a big desert while we have a great friend, the Gulf of Mexico! Silence, please, don’t mention humidity!

* 109 is the average daily high temperature in Baghad in both July and August. We still have military forces there and I think of them and pray for them daily. Hope you do also.

* 84 is the average daily high temperature for Jerusalem in both July and August, They enjoy moderate summers. Their average overnight low in January is 39.

* 1.00 (yep just one inch) is the average yearly rain amount for Cairo. I sure would like to take a boat ride down the entire length of the Nile River starting at its beginning in the highlands hundreds of miles south of Cairo. (Will never happen)

FINAL NOTE

* I have mentioned this several times but it still impresses me greatly (doesn’t take much to do that) Did you know that there are adults in parts of the Sahara Desert that have never seen it rain?

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