“Scottsbluff Daily Star-Herald – 09 Feb 1954, Tue – Page 3
Mercury Goes Higher
DENVER Record temperatures went, into the books at two Colorado cities’ Monday as the state’s spell of spring-like. weather turned to something approaching summer heat
Boulder had a 79-degree reading —an all-time high there for February”
09 Feb 1954, 3 – Scottsbluff Daily Star-Herald at Newspapers.com
“Record Temperature
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (AP) — Hot, high winds pushed the thermometer to a record 88 in San Diego Sun- day in a gusty blow that toppled scores of trees. There was also a light earthquake. There were an estimated 10,000 people at beaches.”
09 Feb 1954, 2 – North Bay Nugget at Newspapers.com
California 90 Arizona 85 Kansas 80 Colorado 79 Oklahoma 79 Florida 76 Nebraska 75 Texas 75 Wyoming 75 New Mexico 74 South Dakota 74 Utah 73 Nevada 71 Georgia 69 Montana 69 Oregon 69 Arkansas 68 Missouri 66 Iowa 65 Washington 65 North Dakota 63 South Carolina 61 Louisiana 60
For the month of February 1954, Boulder afternoon temperatures averaged 61 degrees – which is fourteen degrees above average.
During 1954, most of the US was in drought.
The summer of 1954 brought the third highest percentage of 95F (35C) days to the US, after 1936 and 1934.
