Western U.S. Anomaly Page - MHeight Top 10

 

Rank
Date
MHeight
Description
References
1 10 November 1969 6.884 Cut-off low…1-2" rain in southern CA and AZ
2 09 June 1976 5.619 Record breaking Tornado outbreak in ND
3 25 June 1969 5.551 Heavy rain from the Pacific NW o MT and ND
4 17 July 1987 5.372 Record rain OR/ID/MT; Yellowstone F4 Tornado Fujita 1989; Evans and Johns 1995
5 16 November 1986 5.356 Cut-off near Baja; 1-2" rain southern CA
6 11 October 1962 5.347 Intense low - Columbus Day windstorm - northern CA to the Pacific NW
7 05 December 1997 5.312 Significant heavy rain and flooding in southern CA
8 17 April 1983 5.303 Cut-off low…1-2" rain in southern CA and AZ
9 14 December 1967 5.095 Massive winter storm in AZ…state 24 hour snowfall record
10 11 February 1978 5.054 California heavy rain; local 2 day totals in excess of 15"