On January
22 1943, the temperature at Spearfish, South Dakota (USA)
rose from minus 20°C (minus 4°F) at 7.30am to 7°C (45°F)
at 7.32 am (a 27°C rise in just 2 minutes!).
Temperatures dipped below freezing
in the north central U.S. Five cities in North Dakota
and Nebraska reported record low temperatures for the
date, including Bismarck ND with a reading of 17 degrees
above zero. Low pressure brought snow and sleet to parts
of Upper Michigan.
The temperature at Minneapolis,
MN, reached 90 degrees, their latest such reading of record.
Freezing temperatures were
reported in the Great Lakes Region and the Ohio Valley.
Houghton Lake MI reported a record low of 21 degrees.
The temperature at Sentinel
AZ soared to 116 degrees to establish an October record
for the nation.
Freezing temperatures were
reported in the Northern and Central Appalachians, and
the Upper Ohio Valley. The morning low of 27 degrees at
Concord NH tied their record for the date. Temperatures
soared into the 90s in South Dakota. Pierre SD reported
an afternoon high of 98 degrees.
The temperature soared to 104
degrees at San Diego, CA. Southern California was in the
midst of a late October heat wave that year. Los Angeles
had ten consecutive days with afternoon highs reaching
100 degrees.
The temperature at Honolulu,
Hawaii, reached 94 degrees to establish an all-time record
at that location.
The temperature at Wichita
Falls TX soared to 108 degrees to establish a record for
September.
The temperature at Deeth NV
soared from a morning low of 12 degrees to a high of 87
degrees, a record daily warm-up for the state.
Twenty-three cities in the
south central U.S. reported record low temperatures for
the date, including Topeka KS with a reading of 33 degrees,
and Binghamton NY with a low of 25 degrees. Showers and
thunderstorms in the southeastern U.S. drenched Atlanta
GA with 4.87 inches of rain, their sixth highest total
of record for any given ay.
In Australia, Marble Bar (WA)
recorded maximum temperatures equaling or exceeding 37.8°C
(100°F) on 161 consecutive days (between 30 October 1923
and 7 April 1924)
In New York in 1988 the temperature
stayed above 32°C for 32 days and the murder rate soared
by 75%.
The greatest recorded temperature
range in Australia is 57.2°C, measured in White Cliffs
(NSW) where the maximum has risen to over 50°C and the
minimum has fallen to minus 7°C.
The worlds greatest temperature
range at a single location is 105°C, from minus 68°C to
37°C recorded at Verkhoyansk, Siberia.
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