Related weather definitions from WXYZ: • barometer – a device used to measure the atmosphere's barometric pressure at a given altitude. • barometric pressure – the weight of the air above a given location from the surface of the earth to the top of the atmosphere.
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Place: Southern CA Year: 1967 Event: Heavy rains; 14 inches of rainfall in the mountains, 7.96 inches in downtown LA. Severe local flooding with damaging mud slides. Said to be the worst since 1934.
Place: Florida Year: 1985 Event: Hurricane Kate made landfall at Mexico Beach. This is the latest know hurricane to hit the U.S. so far north.
