RAIN BREAKS 28-YEAR PALMDALE RECORD.Byline: Daily News PALMDALE - Tuesday's rain set a record for the date, breaking a rainfall total that had stood for April 4 for 28 years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time National Weather Service said. Rainfall by midnight Tuesday was measured at 0.44 of an inch at Air Force Plant 42, passing the previous record of 0.29 of an inch that fell April 4, 1978, the Weather Service said. Between midnight and midafternoon Wednesday, an additional 0.18 of an inch fell, bringing the total Palmdale rainfall from the latest storm to 0.62 of an inch. The storm by midafternoon Wednesday had dropped 0.92 of an inch on Quartz Hill, 0.64 of an inch on central Lancaster, 1.17 of an inch on the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve The Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve is a California wildlife reserve located in the rural westside of the Antelope Valley in northern Los Angeles County. Constitutionally, it is a state park. Its namesake is the state flower, the California Poppy. , 1.16 inches on Acton and 0.39 inchs on Saddleback Butte State Park Saddleback Butte State Park is a state park located in southern California's Antelope Valley. The prominent feature of this park is Saddleback Butte, a butte that measures 3,651 feet (1,113 m) high. The park covers about 2,955 acres (11. near Lake Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . In the San Gabriel Mountains San Gabriel Mountains, S Calif., E and NE of Los Angeles, running c.50 mi (80 km) westward from Cajon Pass. San Antonio Peak (10,080 ft/3,072 m) is the highest of the range. Citrus fruits are raised on the southern foothills. , Mountain High Ski Resort operators said the resort near Wrightwood received 10 to 14 inches of snow overnight, the largest April storm in recent memory. The National Weather Service predicted mostly sunny skies today and Friday for the Antelope Valley. A 20 percent chance of rain returns for the weekend, increasing to 30 percent Monday. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) A pick-up truck powers through muddy water on Avenue N between 10th Street West and Sierra Highway in Palmdale. Today's forecast calls for partly cloudy skies. Jeff Goldwater/Staff photographer |
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