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The humidity and lows will be the defining feature of this July. Average dewpoint MTD is 69 F.
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Originally Posted by Glacierx
It is the 16th of July and we haven't had a drop of precipitation this month (Kelowna, British Columbia), and a new heatwave is about to hit us so it may be a while before we get any moisture.
Another interesting fact is that the average diurnal temperature variation in August for some spots in my area of the world is more than 20 degrees Celsius (36 F). This is the highest for any month anywhere in Canada.
You're from Kelowna? I was just there this past January. Had a great time. Beautiful area.
In sharp contrast to last summer which saw 47 days at or above 90F/32.2C (tied for second most on record with 1983, 1988 having the most), this summer thus far only has reached that temperature four times. Near record low with only three years having fewer to date.
You're from Kelowna? I was just there this past January. Had a great time. Beautiful area.
Small world!
I live just to the north, but it's part of the same area. Been here 5 years. Areas to the west of here are much drier. The village of Ashcroft had a relative humidty of only 11% today. Dew point was 30, and the temperature was over 91.
Here's how warm July has been to date. One patch of rural western Massachusetts is over 8°F above normal. For July, when temperatures tend to be less variables, this well off the norm of variability. Next week is forecast to be cooler, but it'll take a lot to bring it down to normal levels.
This is a great map, really revealing of trends so far this summer that seem to finally be reversing themselves now. Up until the cold front of July 23/24, temperatures got progressively cooler than normal as one went south and west from the northeast corridor. That hot patch in western MA is indeed very interesting as well. On quite a few nights during early and mid July, I'm pretty sure it was warmer, overnight low-wise, in New York as well as Philadelphia than it was in many tropical/ nearly-tropical cities like Miami, Tampa, New Orleans, Houston, etc!
Philadelphia, PA had an interesting month in terms of rainfall....
Average = 7.35in
On July 28th - 8.26 inches of rain fell that day which shattered the record for most rain ever recorded in a single day. The most unbelievable stat here is 7.35 inches of it fell between 3PM and 7:15PM .... 4 HRS & 15 MIN!!!!!!!!!!
It hasn't been 90F here in Harrisburg PA either for the month of August, after having like 7-8 days in a row of 90F or higher in July. More cool weather for the weekend. Rainfall here is actually 2 inches below normal for the year while extreme SE PA is almost drowning.
August was the warmest August ever in cities to the northwest of where I live (Merritt, Prince George, Clinton, MacKenzie, and Chetwynd. We had our 10th warmest August since record began here 113 years ago.
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