Average Temperatures By Month. This Page and Lake Powell climate and weather chart shows the average high and low temperature by each month of the year. It also shows the average rainfall, sunshine, sunrise, and sunset times. This information will plan your trip or vacation to Page AZ and Lake Powell.
Pearl Harbor and the Road to War. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise, but Japan and the United States had been edging toward war for decades. The United States was particularly unhappy with Japanâs increasingly belligerent attitude toward China.
In late May 1940, President Roosevelt ordered the Pacific Fleet to remain in Pearl Harbor after the completion of Fleet Problem XXI. (The fleet had been based in San Diego, California, with Pearl Harbor serving as an advanced deployment base.) Roosevelt hoped it would act as some sort of deterrent.