Not only did this trough bring cool temperatures but it also brought relatively heavy amounts of rain. Fresno, California received .06 inch of rain on Thursday. This broke the old 24-hour rainfall record of .03 set back 1970. By Saturday a ridge of high pressure moved into the area and produced record high temperatures on Sunday. The following table depicts the location where the record high temperatures were set, the new record high temperature, the old record high temperature and the previous record year.
All temperatures are in degrees Fahrenheit.
This tied the record low temperature set back in 1965. As a ridge of high pressure built into Utah record high temperatures were reported. The following table depicts the location where the record high temperatures were set, the new record high temperature, the old record high temperature and the previous record year. All temperatures are in degrees Fahrenheit. This was a result of a deep flow of tropical moisture coming out of Mexico and into the Desert Southwest.