Record Setting Events
PHOENIX - High winds, heavy rain and golf ball-sized hail swept through the Phoenix area Tuesday, downing power lines, severely damaging homes and temporarily shutting down Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
RENO, Nev. - An early winter storm that chased record heat out of northern Nevada has swamped Reno with record-setting rain and dropped enough snow at the top of the Sierra to close a mountain highway pass near Lake Tahoe.
RENO, Nev. - An early winter storm that chased record heat out of northern Nevada has swamped Reno with record-setting rain and dropped enough snow at the top of the Sierra to close a mountain highway pass near Lake Tahoe.
LOS ANGELES - Forecasters may never know just how hot it got in Los Angeles during a day of record-breaking heat: After the temperature soared to 113 degrees in downtown, the thermometer took the rest of the day off.
ALBANY, N.Y. - New numbers confirm what the sweaty brows of Northeasterners have been saying for months: The summer of 2010 was a record-breaking scorcher.
