* 54.5 was the average daily high in Birmingham during February, about 4 degrees colder than normal
* 35.4 was the average low, which is exactly normal
* 14 is how many nights the temperature fell to 32 or lower
* 13 is the number of days with measurable rain in Birmingham during February, including 3.42 inches on February 6
* 8.71 inches was the total for the month--about double normal
* 2.49 inches was the Huntsville rainfall for February--only about one-half normal
* 11 is the number of rain days in Alabaster during February
* 1 is how many doughnuts I am going to eat at the Southeast Severe Storms Symposium at Mississippi State University, Starkville, this weekend, because...
* 36 pounds is how much weight I will lose this year--about 3 pounds a month
* 3 years is how long it will take me to look like Jason Simpson, except for the hair. I am going to approach John Oldshue to see what he would charge me to do a hair transplant
* 92 was the high in Childress and Wink, Texas Tuesday, the nation's high
* 13 below was the low this morning in the lower 48 at Caribou and Presque Isle, Maine
* 44 below was the coldest in Alaska at Bettles where there is 28 inches of snow on the ground
* 63 below zero is the wind chill in Bettles
* 76 is our forecast high for Birmingham today, which will be 120 degrees warmer than the low in Bettles. Tell me, had you rather be in B or B (Bettles or Birmingham)?
* 79 was the high in Brewton yesterday, Alabama's warmest
* 62 below zero is the wind chill in good old Deadhorse, Alaska. I have no idea why I am so fascinated about that place
* 74 mph was the wind gust at Cape Romanzof, Alaska this morning where it was 18 degrees. How would you like to be there?
* 6.82 inches is how much rain fell at Lodgepole, California in Tulare County yesterday
* 50 inches is how much new snow fell in the higher elevations of Fresno County from this latest storm
* 18th of October was the last time it rained in Phoenix
* 133 days with not a trace of rain is how long they have been dry
* 101 is the previous record for rainless days occurring in 1999
* 4 months in a row with not a drop of rain in Phoenix and that has never happened before in recorded history
* 0 is the number of ski areas in New Mexico operating on natural snow at this time. That, of course, is due to their severe drought which also means the snow drought
* 916 is the number of places left on Bill Murray's list of 1,000 places that he must visit
* 1/2 century is how old one of the guys in our weather crew will be later this year (he shall remain nameless)
* 2 is the number of messages I have received in the last few days complaining about Weather By The Numbers. Both wanted me to mention ONLY Alabama material. I respect their opinions but I disagree. We have people from all 50 states that read our blog + numerous countries from around the world. In a recent week, for example, we had 212 logons from Wisconsin, 4,485 from Georgia, 194 from Pennsylvania, 185 from Michigan, 56 from Utah, 516 from California, 803 from Illinois, 5 from France and Brazil, 91 from Canada, 13 from China (just to name a few)
* 35.4 was the average low, which is exactly normal
* 14 is how many nights the temperature fell to 32 or lower
* 13 is the number of days with measurable rain in Birmingham during February, including 3.42 inches on February 6
* 8.71 inches was the total for the month--about double normal
* 2.49 inches was the Huntsville rainfall for February--only about one-half normal
* 11 is the number of rain days in Alabaster during February
* 1 is how many doughnuts I am going to eat at the Southeast Severe Storms Symposium at Mississippi State University, Starkville, this weekend, because...
* 36 pounds is how much weight I will lose this year--about 3 pounds a month
* 3 years is how long it will take me to look like Jason Simpson, except for the hair. I am going to approach John Oldshue to see what he would charge me to do a hair transplant
* 92 was the high in Childress and Wink, Texas Tuesday, the nation's high
* 13 below was the low this morning in the lower 48 at Caribou and Presque Isle, Maine
* 44 below was the coldest in Alaska at Bettles where there is 28 inches of snow on the ground
* 63 below zero is the wind chill in Bettles
* 76 is our forecast high for Birmingham today, which will be 120 degrees warmer than the low in Bettles. Tell me, had you rather be in B or B (Bettles or Birmingham)?
* 79 was the high in Brewton yesterday, Alabama's warmest
* 62 below zero is the wind chill in good old Deadhorse, Alaska. I have no idea why I am so fascinated about that place
* 74 mph was the wind gust at Cape Romanzof, Alaska this morning where it was 18 degrees. How would you like to be there?
* 6.82 inches is how much rain fell at Lodgepole, California in Tulare County yesterday
* 50 inches is how much new snow fell in the higher elevations of Fresno County from this latest storm
* 18th of October was the last time it rained in Phoenix
* 133 days with not a trace of rain is how long they have been dry
* 101 is the previous record for rainless days occurring in 1999
* 4 months in a row with not a drop of rain in Phoenix and that has never happened before in recorded history
* 0 is the number of ski areas in New Mexico operating on natural snow at this time. That, of course, is due to their severe drought which also means the snow drought
* 916 is the number of places left on Bill Murray's list of 1,000 places that he must visit
* 1/2 century is how old one of the guys in our weather crew will be later this year (he shall remain nameless)
* 2 is the number of messages I have received in the last few days complaining about Weather By The Numbers. Both wanted me to mention ONLY Alabama material. I respect their opinions but I disagree. We have people from all 50 states that read our blog + numerous countries from around the world. In a recent week, for example, we had 212 logons from Wisconsin, 4,485 from Georgia, 194 from Pennsylvania, 185 from Michigan, 56 from Utah, 516 from California, 803 from Illinois, 5 from France and Brazil, 91 from Canada, 13 from China (just to name a few)
on March 1, 2006, 10:04 am
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