With temperatures reaching over 100 degrees this week, some folks are dreaming of a cooler weather.
By Wafic Khalil
This photo is from 1949. It was the last time it snowed in Pasadena. We hope by staring long enough at this photo, it will help you cool off a bit.
That year was exceptional, according to the historical weather records at Mount Wilson:
California has a Mediterranean climate with dry hot summers and mild winters.
The hottest day of 1949 was July 17, with a high temperature of 76°F.
– The hottest month of 1949 was July with an average daily high temperature of 65°F.
The coldest day of 1949 was January 4, with a low temperature of 10°F.
– The coldest month of 1949 was January with an average daily low temperature of 25°F.
It snowed the following year, in 1950. The snow did not fall on Pasadena City Hall, therefore it was not registered officially.
The L.A. times reported the snow melting as soon as it fell (see photo).
We hope by staring long and hard at the photo above, and thinking of cooler days, it will help get you through the days ahead.
It’ll get better, promise.
> See snow on Colorado Street Bridge.
I grew up on the west side of Pasadena one block east of Lincoln Ave near John Muir High. It snowed and stuck to the ground around 1959 or 1960. Maybe it didn’t snow near city hall but it did on the west side.
I have photos of my brothers playing in that snow.
Not helping.
Stare harder? 🙂
Thank you, as I worked outside at the farmers market today at Villa Park, and literally melted into the blacktop. WAITING for SNOW again in our beautiful city.
Check with the official weather records from the US Weather Bureau or copies at the main branch of the Pasadena Public Library. The written weather info underneath the photo of Pasadena City Hall draped in snow are factually wrong, They are unreliable, e.g., the hottest day in Pasadena in 1949 was 76 F degrees and the lowest was 10 F
degrees. Those assertions are factually wrong.
There are two local sources, the Pasadena Star-News and Pasadena Independent, as I recall, publishing at the time.