California Hit With Hottest Rain in Recorded History

treehugger.com 16 Aug '12, 2am

California Hit With Hottest Rain in Recorded History

With much of the U.S. continuing to suffer under the worst drought conditions in half-a-century , any rainy weather system at all might seem a refreshing sight -- but evidently, sometimes a T-storm can feel a lot like a tea-storm. According to Weather Underground , the city of Needles, California, recently experienced what is believed to be the hottest rainfall on record. On Monday, not long after hitting a daytime high of 118°F (the hottest it's ever been there, by the way), a thunderstorm rolled through, dropping precipitation over the Mojave Desert town that reached a scorching 115°F. "Monday's rain at 115° in Needles sets a new world record for the hottest rain in world history," writes weather expert Dr. Jeff Masters . But that wasn't the only record set that day. The rain fell with conditions at just 11 percent humidity, "the lowest humidity rain has ever occurred at...

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@treehuggeruk » 27 Aug '12, 1am
RT @OoClimateChange: California hit with hottest rain in recorded history [link] #climatechange #California #EEUU
@OoClimateChange » 27 Aug '12, 1am
California hit with hottest rain in recorded history [link] #climatechange #California #EEUU
@treehuggeruk » 27 Aug '12, 1am
RT @J_Paul_SP: Hottest Rain Fall on Record Earlier this Month in Cal: 115 Degrees... [link] #climatechange
@J_Paul_SP » 27 Aug '12, 1am
Hottest Rain Fall on Record Earlier this Month in Cal: 115 Degrees... [link] #climatechange
@treehuggeruk » 24 Aug '12, 10am
RT @jlcastilloch: Otro evento extremo: lluvia a 45*C [link] vía @algore #redbiogeo
@jlcastilloch » 24 Aug '12, 10am
Otro evento extremo: lluvia a 45*C [link] vía @algore #redbiogeo
@treehuggeruk » 24 Aug '12, 6am
RT @JULISSAE: California Hit With Hottest Rain in Recorded History : TreeHugger [link] via @TreeHugger
@treehuggeruk » 24 Aug '12, 4am
RT @srikanthap: California Hit With Hottest Rain in Recorded History : TreeHugger [link]
@treehuggeruk » 24 Aug '12, 3am
RT @hoodwinkedfool: Hottest rainfall on record. Goofy cali weather owns [link]
@hoodwinkedfool » 24 Aug '12, 3am
Hottest rainfall on record. Goofy cali weather owns [link]
@treehuggeruk » 24 Aug '12, 2am
RT @BrianDunning: Hottest rainfall on record. This is why I love the California desert! [link]
@BrianDunning » 24 Aug '12, 1am
Hottest rainfall on record. This is why I love the California desert! [link]
@treehuggeruk » 24 Aug '12, 12am
RT @bdtmz: [link] Finally hot rains not only possible but increasing, 3 were in last 2 years with 2 in just past 3 months
@bdtmz » 24 Aug '12, 12am
[link] Finally hot rains not only possible but increasing, 3 were in last 2 years with 2 in just past 3 months
@treehuggeruk » 23 Aug '12, 11pm
RT @Ehoah: California had a day temperature of 118*F (47*C) which is unusually hot, that had rain 115*F (46*C) with... [link]
@Ehoah » 23 Aug '12, 11pm
California had a day temperature of 118*F (47*C) which is unusually hot, that had rain 115*F (46*C) with... [link]
@Kostyack » 23 Aug '12, 9pm
Hottest rain in recorded history: 115 degrees F this past Monday in Needles CA. [link] via @algore
@MissGreenGenes » 20 Aug '12, 6pm
"Not normal" is right. So is "scary". [link]
@tamraraven » 19 Aug '12, 11pm
@ClimateUNESCO #RAIN HOTTEST [link] MAP10km3x2:m3GPS #PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS [link] [link]
@prl3800 » 19 Aug '12, 11am
RT @livegreenbean: 115 degree rain drops california. Could this be a result of global warming.... [link]
@aledwg » 19 Aug '12, 8am
RT @nicdafis: Record am "law poethaf erioed" wedi'i dorri yng Nghaliffornia. #newidhinsawdd [link]
@nicdafis » 19 Aug '12, 8am
Record am "law poethaf erioed" wedi'i dorri yng Nghaliffornia. #newidhinsawdd [link]
@livegreenbean » 19 Aug '12, 4am
115 degree rain drops california. Could this be a result of global warming.... [link]
@cnare » 18 Aug '12, 7pm
Wow I did not know this. California Hit With Hottest Rain in Recorded History [link]
@TTWycombe » 18 Aug '12, 6pm
Wow! Who needs a shower when man-amplified nature can supply the "hottest rain ever recorded"? [link]
@austencan » 18 Aug '12, 6pm
California gets hottest rain ever recorded : TreeHugger [link] via @TreeHugger
@DiederickRaven » 18 Aug '12, 6pm
Even the rain is getting hotter. The world record for hottest rain ever recorded in California [link]
@LOVE2UNIQUE » 18 Aug '12, 6pm
Today the hotest day in England.. this week California's weather broken more records...including the hotter rain ever.. [link]
@GrandioseLadii5 » 18 Aug '12, 6pm
RT @ClimateReality: More weather records were broken this week in California, including the world record for hottest rain ever recorded [link]
@ClimateReality » 18 Aug '12, 6pm
More weather records were broken this week in California, including the world record for hottest rain ever recorded [link]
@GL3NN0 » 18 Aug '12, 1pm
Is this a second April Fools Day joke? “@wallacejnichols: The oil and coal companies didn't tell us this wd happen [link]”
@carbeye » 18 Aug '12, 11am
No climate change, nope, just crazy communist science. #RomneyRyan2012 Stupid, So You Don't Have To. [link]
@oceanshaman » 18 Aug '12, 11am
RT @DianeN56: RT @wallacejnichols The oil & coal companies didn't tell us this wd happen: CA Hit W/ Hottest Rain in Recorded History [link]
@DianeN56 » 18 Aug '12, 11am
RT @wallacejnichols The oil & coal companies didn't tell us this wd happen: CA Hit W/ Hottest Rain in Recorded History [link]
@ISF_Oceans » 18 Aug '12, 3am
RT @wallacejnichols: The oil and coal companies didn't tell us this wd happen: California Hit With Hottest Rain in Recorded History [link]
@wallacejnichols » 18 Aug '12, 3am
The oil and coal companies didn't tell us this wd happen: California Hit With Hottest Rain in Recorded History [link]
@JulieDuBrow » 17 Aug '12, 6pm
California Hit With #HottestRain in Recorded History : TreeHugger [link] via @TreeHugger #climatechange #drought
@JoshTickell » 17 Aug '12, 2pm
Cali is hotter than ever!….Rain, that is… [link]
@CityBench » 17 Aug '12, 2pm
Even when there's rain, the temperature is hitting record highs - [link] (via @TreeHugger)
@LCEOxford » 17 Aug '12, 2pm
RT @Good_Energy: Wkend weather: Feeling hot hot hot. But showery too. Hopefully nothing like this though...! [link]
@Good_Energy » 17 Aug '12, 1pm
Wkend weather: Feeling hot hot hot. But showery too. Hopefully nothing like this though...! [link]
@maisonorion » 17 Aug '12, 1pm
Hot rain in Needles, home of Snoopy's cousin Spike [link] @treehugger #climate #california
@BillNigh » 17 Aug '12, 10am
MT @rmassingham: RT @TreeHugger: Monday's rain at 115° in Needles sets a new record for the hottest rain in history [link]
@GAPMarilyn » 17 Aug '12, 5am
RT @gapireland: USA: 46°C ! That is the recorded temperature of RAIN that fell in California on Monday......... [link]
@GabrielleLipner » 17 Aug '12, 1am
Scorching rain over the Mojave desert: [link]
@Koryguitarist » 17 Aug '12, 12am
@heykim California Hit With Hottest Rain in Recorded History : TreeHugger [link] via @TreeHugger
@jeffwiedner » 16 Aug '12, 11pm
155 degree rain? Not exactly refreshing / California Hit With Hottest Rain in Recorded History [link]
@CairnBottles » 16 Aug '12, 11pm
Needles, CA hit with the hottest rain in record history, with only 11% humidity to boot! New trend? Read @TreeHugger [link]
@GirlWithBalls » 16 Aug '12, 11pm
Hottest Rain Ever Recorded in California History. Not a coincidence. [link] #ClimateChange #CantDenyIt
@MatthewKnell » 16 Aug '12, 9pm
RT @twdonovan: At 115 degrees, California just set a new record for the hottest rain in world history [link] #CantDenyIt