2011 Brought It All in a "Year of Extremes"

January 02, 2012; 6:12 AM
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Wild weather rocked the United States in 2011 with monster snowstorms, swarms of tornadoes, killer heat and drought.

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This Day In Weather History

Fresno, CA (2001)
Six 100+ degree days this month. This broke the old May record of five days set in May 1889.

Iowa (1882)
Late May snowstorm blanketed eastern part of state with 4 to 6 inches.

New Hampshire (1814)
Merrimac, Litchfield, Londonderry and North Chester, NH; Tornado and hailstones with 11-inch circumference weighing 1/2 pound.