It has been a summer to remember, chocked full of 80°F-plus days and very little rain. Rain? Remember rain? The weather man tells us we are about to get a big reminder.
According to the National Weather Service special statement issued this morning, August 27th, regarding weather expected to arrive tonight:
The dome of high pressure that has prevailed over the
region will give way… allowing wet and cooler conditions to
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This weekend and into next week the daytime temperatures are not expected to exceed 70°F and rainfall is expected to range between 0.25″ and 1.0″ a day. As a front passes the area Saturday, high winds are expected with some areas forecast to get 45 to 50-MPH gusts.
So just how hot and dry was it this summer? Here are some local stats gleaned from WeatherUnderground data:
- There were as many days with measureable rain from May to August as there was in the month of April (7 days).
- The total amount of measureable rain from May to August (to date) was 1.66 inches. The average rainfall for the same period is 6.5 inches.
- There were 26 days of 80-degree or higher temperatures from June to August (to date).
- The highest and average temperatures for each month
- High Temp / Average
- May 76 °F / 66 °F
- June 87 °F / 74 °F
- July 93 °F / 77 °F
- August 86 °F / 76 °F (to date)