Last Weather By The Numbers in 2008

* 55.09 is going to be the final rain total for Birmingham Airport for 2008.

* 1.26 is the SURPLUS for the year

* 28.86 inches is how much we got last year, so we almost doubled that!

* 11.95 is how much rain Huntsville has received just this month. This brought the 2008 total to 48.30, not enough to prevent a 9.03 deficiency for the year.

* 57 below zero in Beaver Alaska this morning. That is awfully close to the dreaded 60 below zero mark.

* 54 below was the low this morning in Fort Yukon, Alaska, and I think it is ironic that that place once officially recorded 100 degrees, the all time high for the entire state of Alaska.

* 43 below was the low in Fairbanks after a “high” of 35 below yesterday. They have 15 inches of snow on the ground.

* 60 inches exactly is how much snow Spokane has received this month. They now have 21 inches on the ground and expecting more. That, by far is an all-time record for the biggest city in Eastern Washington. Seattle and Portland also had a lot of snow problems this month.

* Bismarck got a record 33 inches of snow this December, breaking the old record of 31 inches for that North Dakota city.

* 61 mph was a wind gust on Mt. Mitchell, N.C., earlier today. Grandfather Mountain experienced a gust to 64 mph. (Thanks to Larry Mason for drawing attention to that. He is vacationing in the area)

* 25 pounds additional weight loss is one of my New Years’s resolutions for 2009. I strongly believe in those although, unfortunately, most of mine are recycled from year to year. I know you don’t have that problem. Pop tarts, moon pies and doughnuts will become illegal except during one event.

Hope you had a Merry Christmas…and Happy New Year. Please don’t tailgate anyone in 2009 and don’t forget to signal when you change lanes or exit. It has become almost a lost art. That is my rant for this time. I draw tailgaters like flies even when I am doing the full speed limit.

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