Even if you're not a "Weather Nut" you may find this interesting!!
Not sure if this information is old history with our present dramatic climate changes here in the USA as of late.
Top 10 cities with
Least weather variety
Based on temperature variation, precipitation, wind, severe weather
1. San Francisco, California
2. San Diego, California
3. Los Angeles, California
4. Santa Barbara, California
5. Eureka, California
6. Long Beach, California
7. Honolulu, Hawaii
8. Santa Maria, California
9. San Luis Obispo, California
10. Kahului, Hawaii
Top 10 hail prone cities
Based on frequency and severity of hail
1. Tulsa, Oklahoma
2. Amarillo, Texas
3. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
4. Wichita, Kansas
5. Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
6. Arlington, Texas
7. Denver, Colorado
8. Colorado Springs, Colorado
9. Shreveport, Louisiana
10. Kansas City, Missouri/Kansas
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
1. Cape Hatteras, North Carolina 2.49
2. Delray Beach, Florida 2.54
3. Hollywood, Florida 2.58
4. Deerfield Beach, Florida 2.58
5. Boca Raton, Florida 2.58
6. Florida City, Florida 2.63
7. Grand Isle, Louisiana 2.63
8. Ft. Pierce, Florida 2.69
9. Miami, Florida 2.69
10. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 2.69
Top 10 Tornado states
Avg number of tornadoes per 10,000 square
Miles, occurring from 1953-2004
1. Florida 9.4
2. Oklahoma 8.2
3. Kansas 6.7
4. Iowa 6.6
5. Illinois 6.2
6. Indiana 6.1
7. Mississippi 5.7
8. Maryland 5.7
9. Louisiana 5.6
10. Texas 5.2
Top 10 Thunderstorm
Cities
Avg annual number of thunderstorms
1. Fort Myers, Florida 89
2. Tampa, Florida 87
3. Tallahassee, Florida 83
4. Gainesville, Florida 81
5. Orlando, Florida 80
6. Mobile, Alabama 79
7. W. Palm Beach, Florida 79
8. Lake Charles, Louisiana 76
9. Daytona Beach, Florida 75
10. Vero Beach, Florida 75
Top 10 Tornado prone cities
Ranked by tornadoes per 1,000 miles
1. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2. Tulsa, Oklahoma
3. Dallas - Ft. Worth, Texas
4. Wichita, Kansas
5. Springfield, Missouri
6. Kansas City, Kansas/Missouri
7. Ft. Smith, Arkansas
8. Little Rock, Arkansas
9. Jackson, Mississippi
10. Birmingham, Alabama
Top 10 Earthquake prone states
# of earthquakes in the last 30 years
Centered in the state
1. Alaska
2. California
3. Hawaii
4. Nevada
5. Washington
6. Idaho
7. Wyoming
8. Montana
9. Utah
10. Oregon
10 all-time hottest
Temperatures
Obtained from state temperature
Records, NCDC
1. Death Valley, California 134
2. Lake Havasu, Arizona 128
3. Laughlin, Nevada 125
4. Lakewood, New Mexico 122
5. Alton, Kansas 121
6. Steele, North Dakota 121
7. Ozark, Arkansas 120
8. Tipton, Oklahoma 120
9. Seymour, Texas 120
10. Usta, South Dakota 120
10 all-time coldest
Temperatures
Obtained from state temperature
Records, NCDC
1. Prospect Creek, Alaska -80
2. Rogers Pass, Montana -70
3.. Peters Sink, Utah -69
4. Riverside, Wyoming -66
5. Maybell, Colorado -61
6. Tower, Minnesota -60
7. Parshall, North Dakota -60
8. Island Park Dam, Idaho -60
9. McIntosh, South Dakota -58
10. Couderay, Wisconsin -55
10 hottest cities
Average annual temperature, F
1. Key West, Florida 77.7
2. Miami, Florida 75.6
3. W Palm Beach, Florida 74.6
4. Ft. Myers, Florida 73.9
5. Yuma, Florida 73.9
6. Brownsville, Texas 73.6
7. Orlando, Florida 72.4
8. Vero Beach, Florida 72.4
9. Corpus Christi, Texas 72.1
10. Tampa, Florida 72.0
10 coldest cities
Average annual temperature, F
1. International Falls, Minnesota 36.4
2. Duluth, Minnesota 38.2
3. Caribou, Maine 38.9
4. Marquette, Michigan 39.2
5. Sault Ste Marie, Michigan 39.7
6. Fargo, North Dakota 40.5
7. Williston, North Dakota 40.8
8. Alamosa, Colorado 41.2
9. Bismarck, North Dakota 41.3
10. St. Cloud, Minnesota 41.4
10 driest cities
Avg annual precipitation in inches
1. Yuma, Arizona 2.65
2. Las Vegas, Nevada 4.19
3. Bishop, California 5..61
4. Bakersfield, California 5.72
5. Phoenix, Arizona 7.11
6. Alamosa, Colorado 7.13
7. Reno, California 7.49
8. Winslow, Arizona 7..64
9. El Paso, Texas 7.82
10. Winnemucca, Nevada 7.82
10 wettest cities
Avg annual precipitation in inches
1. Hilo, Hawaii 128.00
2. Quillayute, Washington 104.50
3. Astoria, Oregon 69.60
4. Blue Canyon, California 67.87
5. Mobile, Alabama 64.64
6. Tallahassee, Florida 64.59
7. Pensacola, Florida 61.16
8. New Orleans, Louisiana 59.74
9. W Palm Beach, Florida 59.72
10. Miami, Florida 59.55
10 snowiest cities
Avg annual precipitation in inches
1. Blue Canyon, California 240.8
2. Marquette, Michigan 128.6
3. Sault Ste Marie, Michigan 116.7
4. Syracuse, New York 111.6
5. Caribou, Maine 110.4
6. Mount Shasta, California 104.9
7. Lander, Wyoming 102.5
8. Flagstaff, Arizona 99.9
9. Sexton Summit, Oregon 97.8
10. Muskegon, Michigan 97.0
10 windiest cities
Avg annual wind speed in mph
1. Blue Hill Observatory, Massachusetts 15.4
2. Dodge City, Kansas 14.0
3. Amarillo, Texas 13.5
4. Rochester, Minnesota 13.1
5. Casper, Wyoming 12.9
6. Cheyenne, Wyoming 12.9
7. Great Falls, Montana 12.7
8. Goodland, Kansas 12.6
9. Boston, Massachusetts 12.5
10. Lubbock, Texas 12.4
10 sunniest cities
Annual percent of possible sunshine
1. Yuma, Arizona 90%
2. Las Vegas, Nevada 85%
3. Phoenix, Arizona 85%
4. Tucson, Arizona 85%
5. El Paso, Texas 83%
6. Flagstaff, Arizona 79%
7. Fresno, California 79%
8. Reno, Nevada 79%
9. Sacramento, California 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.
Posted by Luke Ormand on March 13, 2015 at 12:31 PM
Is home to the nation's oldest cattle
ranch, started in 1747 in Montauk.
Luke, my two brothers and I spent a couple summers with my Grandfather fishing in his boat off Montauk. Our haul of flukes and flounders was amazing. All of our relatives and friends on the Island loved us too as we traveled back to Huntington Station stopping at all their homes and passing out the fish. I'm a BIG seafood lover and those were always the best having caught them ourselves too.
Posted by Luke Ormand on March 13, 2015 at 2:42 PM
Paul - it ain't like that anymore! Catching fluke is a difficult task these days hah. When I was a kid I would summer in Hampton Bays and go out fishing and we had no problem hauling them in left and right...
Also, why is it there are so many Long Island transplants on this site? I'm the only consistent poster who lives here - but all these people chime in about having lived here previously haha. Even Jim left!!!!
Luke, our migration off the Island was a life changer for our entire family. It seems we all had severe health issues growing up in the damp weather and as such had relocated to drier region. That was the sum of it all. In fact, all of our relatives left on the Island slowly followed suit through the early 60's.
Sandra, you're quite welcome.
Posted by Hali Sowle on March 13, 2015 at 10:31 PM
I did notice there were a lot of LI "ex-pats" on this site. All the rest of my family still lives there but I escaped...
Not surprised to see Amarillo, TX as one of the windiest places: There's nothing but level ground between it and Canada!
When I was stationed there in 1966, we used to joke that it was impossible to go AWOL from Amarillo AFB because you could still be seen from the tower three days later.
The world's largest rose garden is in Tyler, Texas. It is really beautiful.
I would have thought Death Valley would have made the driest places list, but it's not. I was somewhat surprised that Bishop made the list at #3, but after thinking about it, it does sit in the Sierra rain shadow--lots of high peaks to block the weather systems.
I was there from late September until early January '67 for Basic and Tech School, so we likely passed each other on the street--small world!
Preston, I recall you'd mentioned that at one time, but did not recall your tech training was right there too. I did my 6 months of tech school, each block as they were called was 1 month long, all in Wichita Falls, TX. So not that far away from "Armadillo". Overall I was in Texas over 7months, which was plenty during the winter months.
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11 repliesNot sure if this information is old history with our present dramatic climate changes here in the USA as of late.
Top 10 cities with
Least weather variety
Based on temperature variation, precipitation, wind, severe weather
1. San Francisco, California
2. San Diego, California
3. Los Angeles, California
4. Santa Barbara, California
5. Eureka, California
6. Long Beach, California
7. Honolulu, Hawaii
8. Santa Maria, California
9. San Luis Obispo, California
10. Kahului, Hawaii
Top 10 hail prone cities
Based on frequency and severity of hail
1. Tulsa, Oklahoma
2. Amarillo, Texas
3. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
4. Wichita, Kansas
5. Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
6. Arlington, Texas
7. Denver, Colorado
8. Colorado Springs, Colorado
9. Shreveport, Louisiana
10. Kansas City, Missouri/Kansas
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
1. Cape Hatteras, North Carolina 2.49
2. Delray Beach, Florida 2.54
3. Hollywood, Florida 2.58
4. Deerfield Beach, Florida 2.58
5. Boca Raton, Florida 2.58
6. Florida City, Florida 2.63
7. Grand Isle, Louisiana 2.63
8. Ft. Pierce, Florida 2.69
9. Miami, Florida 2.69
10. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 2.69
Top 10 Tornado states
Avg number of tornadoes per 10,000 square
Miles, occurring from 1953-2004
1. Florida 9.4
2. Oklahoma 8.2
3. Kansas 6.7
4. Iowa 6.6
5. Illinois 6.2
6. Indiana 6.1
7. Mississippi 5.7
8. Maryland 5.7
9. Louisiana 5.6
10. Texas 5.2
Top 10 Thunderstorm
Cities
Avg annual number of thunderstorms
1. Fort Myers, Florida 89
2. Tampa, Florida 87
3. Tallahassee, Florida 83
4. Gainesville, Florida 81
5. Orlando, Florida 80
6. Mobile, Alabama 79
7. W. Palm Beach, Florida 79
8. Lake Charles, Louisiana 76
9. Daytona Beach, Florida 75
10. Vero Beach, Florida 75
Top 10 Tornado prone cities
Ranked by tornadoes per 1,000 miles
1. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2. Tulsa, Oklahoma
3. Dallas - Ft. Worth, Texas
4. Wichita, Kansas
5. Springfield, Missouri
6. Kansas City, Kansas/Missouri
7. Ft. Smith, Arkansas
8. Little Rock, Arkansas
9. Jackson, Mississippi
10. Birmingham, Alabama
Top 10 Earthquake prone states
# of earthquakes in the last 30 years
Centered in the state
1. Alaska
2. California
3. Hawaii
4. Nevada
5. Washington
6. Idaho
7. Wyoming
8. Montana
9. Utah
10. Oregon
10 all-time hottest
Temperatures
Obtained from state temperature
Records, NCDC
1. Death Valley, California 134
2. Lake Havasu, Arizona 128
3. Laughlin, Nevada 125
4. Lakewood, New Mexico 122
5. Alton, Kansas 121
6. Steele, North Dakota 121
7. Ozark, Arkansas 120
8. Tipton, Oklahoma 120
9. Seymour, Texas 120
10. Usta, South Dakota 120
10 all-time coldest
Temperatures
Obtained from state temperature
Records, NCDC
1. Prospect Creek, Alaska -80
2. Rogers Pass, Montana -70
3.. Peters Sink, Utah -69
4. Riverside, Wyoming -66
5. Maybell, Colorado -61
6. Tower, Minnesota -60
7. Parshall, North Dakota -60
8. Island Park Dam, Idaho -60
9. McIntosh, South Dakota -58
10. Couderay, Wisconsin -55
10 hottest cities
Average annual temperature, F
1. Key West, Florida 77.7
2. Miami, Florida 75.6
3. W Palm Beach, Florida 74.6
4. Ft. Myers, Florida 73.9
5. Yuma, Florida 73.9
6. Brownsville, Texas 73.6
7. Orlando, Florida 72.4
8. Vero Beach, Florida 72.4
9. Corpus Christi, Texas 72.1
10. Tampa, Florida 72.0
10 coldest cities
Average annual temperature, F
1. International Falls, Minnesota 36.4
2. Duluth, Minnesota 38.2
3. Caribou, Maine 38.9
4. Marquette, Michigan 39.2
5. Sault Ste Marie, Michigan 39.7
6. Fargo, North Dakota 40.5
7. Williston, North Dakota 40.8
8. Alamosa, Colorado 41.2
9. Bismarck, North Dakota 41.3
10. St. Cloud, Minnesota 41.4
10 driest cities
Avg annual precipitation in inches
1. Yuma, Arizona 2.65
2. Las Vegas, Nevada 4.19
3. Bishop, California 5..61
4. Bakersfield, California 5.72
5. Phoenix, Arizona 7.11
6. Alamosa, Colorado 7.13
7. Reno, California 7.49
8. Winslow, Arizona 7..64
9. El Paso, Texas 7.82
10. Winnemucca, Nevada 7.82
10 wettest cities
Avg annual precipitation in inches
1. Hilo, Hawaii 128.00
2. Quillayute, Washington 104.50
3. Astoria, Oregon 69.60
4. Blue Canyon, California 67.87
5. Mobile, Alabama 64.64
6. Tallahassee, Florida 64.59
7. Pensacola, Florida 61.16
8. New Orleans, Louisiana 59.74
9. W Palm Beach, Florida 59.72
10. Miami, Florida 59.55
10 snowiest cities
Avg annual precipitation in inches
1. Blue Canyon, California 240.8
2. Marquette, Michigan 128.6
3. Sault Ste Marie, Michigan 116.7
4. Syracuse, New York 111.6
5. Caribou, Maine 110.4
6. Mount Shasta, California 104.9
7. Lander, Wyoming 102.5
8. Flagstaff, Arizona 99.9
9. Sexton Summit, Oregon 97.8
10. Muskegon, Michigan 97.0
10 windiest cities
Avg annual wind speed in mph
1. Blue Hill Observatory, Massachusetts 15.4
2. Dodge City, Kansas 14.0
3. Amarillo, Texas 13.5
4. Rochester, Minnesota 13.1
5. Casper, Wyoming 12.9
6. Cheyenne, Wyoming 12.9
7. Great Falls, Montana 12.7
8. Goodland, Kansas 12.6
9. Boston, Massachusetts 12.5
10. Lubbock, Texas 12.4
10 sunniest cities
Annual percent of possible sunshine
1. Yuma, Arizona 90%
2. Las Vegas, Nevada 85%
3. Phoenix, Arizona 85%
4. Tucson, Arizona 85%
5. El Paso, Texas 83%
6. Flagstaff, Arizona 79%
7. Fresno, California 79%
8. Reno, Nevada 79%
9. Sacramento, California 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.
ranch, started in 1747 in Montauk.
Driven by it many times - really amazing place
Luke, my two brothers and I spent a couple summers with my Grandfather fishing in his boat off Montauk. Our haul of flukes and flounders was amazing. All of our relatives and friends on the Island loved us too as we traveled back to Huntington Station stopping at all their homes and passing out the fish. I'm a BIG seafood lover and those were always the best having caught them ourselves too.
Also, why is it there are so many Long Island transplants on this site? I'm the only consistent poster who lives here - but all these people chime in about having lived here previously haha. Even Jim left!!!!
Sandra, you're quite welcome.
Hali, I'd have to agree based upon my own departure. Although as far as I know we have no relatives there any longer.
When I was stationed there in 1966, we used to joke that it was impossible to go AWOL from Amarillo AFB because you could still be seen from the tower three days later.
The world's largest rose garden is in Tyler, Texas. It is really beautiful.
I would have thought Death Valley would have made the driest places list, but it's not. I was somewhat surprised that Bishop made the list at #3, but after thinking about it, it does sit in the Sierra rain shadow--lots of high peaks to block the weather systems.
--P
Me too. AF Basic between November and mid December. I recall fire watch duty at night walking the quads in freezing weather.
I was there from late September until early January '67 for Basic and Tech School, so we likely passed each other on the street--small world!
--P
Preston, I recall you'd mentioned that at one time, but did not recall your tech training was right there too. I did my 6 months of tech school, each block as they were called was 1 month long, all in Wichita Falls, TX. So not that far away from "Armadillo". Overall I was in Texas over 7months, which was plenty during the winter months.