Jim and I return tomorrow. I've been diligently watering and packing stuff off to my storage unit. Fall is definitely here with nights getting down to 43 and 44 degrees. But, no rain in the forecast.
I have a new internet service called Uverse. It is supposed to be much faster than DSL. I don't think it is super fast, but the data you can transfer is huge and it does play video's which my old system often could or would not.
It seems all we do is TALK about the weather and wish it were better. I got this Weather Trivia in an email from Ron Heinsma and I don't know its origin. Hope you find it amusing.
Weather Trivia.
| 10 cities with Least weather variety Based on temperature variation, precipitation, wind, severe weather |
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| Top 10 hail prone cities Based on frequency and severity of hail |
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| Top 10 Tropical storm / Hurricane prone cities Average # of years with no storm. Totals based on data from 1871- 2007, hitting within 60 miles of the city | |
| 2.49 |
| 2.54 |
| 2.58 |
| 2.58 |
| 2.58 |
| 2.63 |
| 2.63 |
| 2.69 |
| 2.69 |
| 2.69 |
| Top 10 Tornado states Avg number of tornadoes per 10,000 square Miles, occurring from 1953-2004 | |
| 9.4 |
| 8.2 |
| 6.7 |
| 6.6 |
| 6.2 |
| 6.1 |
| 5.7 |
| 5.7 |
| 5.6 |
| 5.2 |
| Top 10 Thunderstorm Cities Avg annual number of thunderstorms | |
| 89 |
| 87 |
| 83 |
| 81 |
| 80 |
| 79 |
| 79 |
| 76 |
| 75 |
| 75 |
| Top 10 Tornado prone cities Ranked by tornadoes per 1,000 miles |
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| Top 10 Earthquake prone states # of earthquakes in the last 30 years Centered in the state |
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| 10 all-time hottest Temperatures Obtained from state temperature Records, NCDC | |
| 134 |
| 128 |
| 125 |
| 122 |
| 121 |
| 121 |
| 120 |
| 120 |
| 120 |
| 120 |
| 10 all-time coldest Temperatures Obtained from state temperature Records, NCDC | |
| -80 |
| -70 |
| -69 |
| -66 |
| -61 |
| -60 |
| -60 |
| -60 |
| -58 |
| -55 |
| 10 hottest cities Average annual temperature, F | |
| 77.7 |
| 75.6 |
| 74.6 |
| 73.9 |
| 73.9 |
| 73.6 |
| 72.4 |
| 72.4 |
| 72.1 |
| 72.0 |
| 10 coldest cities Average annual temperature, F | |
| 36.4 |
| 38.2 |
| 38.9 |
| 39.2 |
| 39.7 |
| 40.5 |
| 40.8 |
| 41.2 |
| 41.3 |
| 41.4 |
| 10 driest cities Avg annual precipitation in inches | |
| 2.65 |
| 4.19 |
| 5.61 |
| 5.72 |
| 7.11 |
| 7.13 |
| 7.49 |
| 7.64 |
| 7.82 |
| 7.82 |
| 10 wettest cities Avg annual precipitation in inches | |
| 128.00 |
| 104.50 |
| 69.60 |
| 67.87 |
| 64.64 |
| 64.59 |
| 61.16 |
| 59.74 |
| 59.72 |
| 59.55 |
| 10 snowiest cities Avg annual precipitation in inches | |
| 240.8 |
| 128.6 |
| 116.7 |
| 111.6 |
| 110.4 |
| 104.9 |
| 102.5 |
| 99.9 |
| 97.8 |
| 97.0 |
| 10 windiest cities Avg annual wind speed in mph | |
| 15.4 |
| 14.0 |
| 13.5 |
| 13.1 |
| 12.9 |
| 12.9 |
| 12.7 |
| 12.6 |
| 12.5 |
| 12.4 |
| 10 sunniest cities Annual percent of possible sunshine | |
| 90% |
| 85% |
| 85% |
| 85% |
| 83% |
| 79% |
| 79% |
| 79% |
| 78% |
| by Earl Tupper.NEW JERSEY .................. Has the most shopping malls in one area in the world.NEW MEXICO ............... Smokey the Bear was rescued from a 1950 forest fire here. NEW YORK .................... Is home to the nation's oldest cattle ranch, started in 1747 in Montauk. NORTH CAROLINA ........ Home of the first Krispy Kreme doughnut. NORTH DAKOTA ............ Rigby , North Dakota , is the exact geographic center of North America .. OHIO ............................. The hot dog was invented here in 1900. OKLAHOMA ................... The grounds of the state capital are covered by operating oil wells. OREGON ......................... Has the most ghost towns in the country. PENNSYLVANIA ............. The smiley : ) was first used in 1980 by computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University .. RHODE ISLAND ............. The nation's oldest bar, the White Horse Tavern, opened here in 1673. SOUTH CAROLINA ......... Sumter County is home to the world's largest gingko farm. SOUTH DAKOTA ............. Is the only state that's never had an earthquake. TENNESSEE ....................... Nashville 's Grand Ole Opry is the longest running live radio show in the world. TEXAS ............................... Dr. Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. The hamburger was invented in Arlington in 1906. UTAH ................................. The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant opened here in 1952. VERMONT ........................ Montpelier is the only state capital without a McDonald's. VIRGINIA ........................... Home of the world's largest office building, The Pentagon. WASHINGTON .................. Seattle has twice as many college graduates as any other state. WASHINGTON D.C. ......... Is the first planned capital in the world. WEST VIRGINIA .................. Had the world's first brick paved street, Summers Street, laid in Charleston in 1870. WISCONSIN ...................... The ice cream sundae was invented here in 1881 to get around Blue Laws prohibiting ice cream from being sold on Sundays. WYOMING ........................ Was the first state to allow women to vote. I hope you enjoyed this. I found it interesting!!! | |
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