Lower Colorado River Valley storm history

Gusty outflow winds, triggered by convection that occurred earlier in the night over western Arizona, moved through the lower Colorado River valley early in the morning hours on July 30th. The winds, gusting in excess of 40 mph at times, stirred up dense amounts of blowing dust a…

An unseasonably strong upper level low pressure system led to wet conditions along the lower Colorado River valley during the morning hours on May 16th. As a result, patchy and locally dense fog developed which affected the airport at Blythe California. At 0552PST the ASOS weathe…

Strong thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon hours across southwest Arizona, and they generated strong gusty easterly outflow winds in excess of 40 mph. The gusty winds spread into portions of the lower Colorado River valley, including Blythe, and created dust storm c…

A very strong upper level high pressure system was situated across the desert southwest in late June, 2013, and it lead to excessive heat along the lower Colorado River Valley of southeast California. According to the Blythe ASOS, high temperatures reached or exceeded 115 degrees…

A very cold airmass settled in across southeastern California during the day on Friday, January 11th, and it lingered into the morning hours on Monday January 14th. As a result, a Freeze Warning was issued for the lower Colorado River Valley beginning Friday evening continuing th…

Dense blowing dust and sand spread across the area reducing visibility to less than a quarter mile at times. Winds gusted to 48 mph in Imperial between 7 and 8 pm.