Gale Sayers. Knee injuries cut short the brilliant football career of running back Gale Sayers, but not before the Kansas Comet was recognized by the National Football League (NFL) as the greatest running back in the first 50 years of the league's history.
Ocean Shores, Washington, gets 78 inches of rain per year. The US average is 39. Snowfall is 2 inches. The average US city gets 26 inches of snow per year. The number of days with any measurable precipitation is 119.
The warmest ocean water of the year off southern California arrives in August. Pacific Ocean temperatures average 67 to 69 degrees Fahrenheit (19 to 21 degrees Celsius) at most beaches along the southern California coast. The beach weather in August is also warm, with daytime highs at the state's central and southern shores averaging above 70 degrees Fahrenheit (21 degrees Celsius). The high and low air temperatures are normals for the years 1981 to 2010.