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 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
 935 PM PDT WED APR 30 2008
 
 CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-012215-
 SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY-
 BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
 CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
 CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
 MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
 CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
 NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE-
 WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-
 WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA-
 932 PM PDT WED APR 30 2008
 
 ...JUST HOW DRY WAS MARCH AND APRIL 2008 IN NORTHERN 
 CALIFORNIA...
 
 BELOW IS A LISTING OF THE LOWEST PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS FOR 
 MARCH AND APRIL IN THE SAME YEAR. NOTE THE PERIOD OF RECORD
 FOR EACH STATION. 
 
 THIS YEAR...DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO...REDDING AND MODESTO...
 STATIONS WITH OVER A CENTURY OF DATA...HAD THEIR LOWEST 
 PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS FOR THE MONTHS MARCH AND APRIL IN 
 THE SAME YEAR.  
 
 
 DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTOPERIOD OF RECORD 1877-2008
 
 MAR-APR AMOUNT..YEAR
 1.  0.13........2008
 2.  0.29........1934 
 3.  0.32........1898
 4.  0.50........1908
 5.  0.60........2004
 6.  0.76........1885 
 7.  0.76........1959
 8.  0.81........1966
 9.  0.86........1997
 10. 0.87........1994 
 
 
 STOCKTONPERIOD OF RECORD 1948-2008
 
 MAR-APR AMOUNT..YEAR
 1.  0.06........2008
 2.  0.23........1997 
 3.  0.45........1966
 4.  0.64........1972
 5.  0.91........2004
 6.  1.02........1984 
 7.  1.08........1964
 8.  1.32........1962
 9.  1.36........1994
 10. 1.38........1990 
 
 
 MODESTO PERIOD OF RECORD 1906-2008
 
 MAR-APR AMOUNT..YEAR
 1.  0.01........2008
 2.  0.04........1934 
 3.  0.25........1997
 4.  0.36........2004
 5.  0.42........1959
 6.  0.56........1972 
 7.  0.73........1966
 8.  0.81........1984
 9.  0.82........1913
 10. 0.82........1932 
 
 
 REDDING PERIOD OF RECORD 1986-2008*
 
 MAR-APR AMOUNT..YEAR
 1.  0.73........2008
 2.  0.76........1898* 
 3.  2.61........2004
 4.  2.72........2007
 5.  3.05........1990
 6.  3.63........1885* 
 7.  3.78........1994
 8.  3.81........1988
 9.  3.98........2002
 10. 4.19........1997 
 
 *LONGER RECORD WHICH INCLUDES SOME CITY DATA. 
 THESE TOP TEN MAY NOT INCLUDE ALL THE LOWEST 
 PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS DUE TO LIMITED ACCESS OF 
 RECORDS PRIOR TO 1986. 
 
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