Who knew my little town would win a nation award. Now given,
there are plenty of places that get extreme weather however for the past 3
years it has been nuts!
Weather Channel did a little competition between all the
cities in the U.S. for locals to vote on their own city having the most extreme
weather.
Well when Lubbock made it to the final four I though that
was as far as we would go concidering the other three cities:
Fargo, ND
Fairbanks, AK
Caribou, ME
These cities get feet of snow, hurricanes, extreme heat and
so on. So to think that Lubbock would then make it to the final two I was
excited!
Toughest Weather City
Championship Result
Fairbanks,
Alaska vs.
Lubbock, Texas
- Extreme cold, snowy,
mild
summer
- Wind, snow, F5 tornado in 1970
- 114 days of subzero
cold
- Drought-prone, dust storms
- 65" of
snow
- 8.1" snow, 7 days w/ snow
- 90+ heat once every two
years -
85 days of 90+ heat
(courtesy of weatherchannel.com)
After a ton of voting, the poles closed and results were
given:
Whose weather is
toughest?
Fairbanks, Alaska 34.15%
(4,498 votes)
Lubbock, Texas 65.85%
(8,672 votes)
There were a total of 13,170!
Here are a few pictures of the past three years of extreme weather here in good ol’ Lubbock, TX:
Haboob 2011
Dust Storm 2012
Golf Ball size Hail 2012
Damage From Hail Storm 2012
2012 Texas Drought
Lubbock Blizzard 2013
