Saturday, August 1, 2009

Special Weather Statement

From the National Weather Service office located in Nashville, TN

...NASHVILLE EXPERIENCED ITS 4TH COOLEST JULY ON RECORD...AND THE
WETTEST JULY SINCE 1984...

THE TEMPERATURE DURING THE MONTH OF JULY IN NASHVILLE AVERAGED 3.4
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...MAKING IT THE 4TH COOLEST JULY IN NASHVILLE
AND THE COOLEST SINCE 1967. THERE WERE 6 LOWEST DAILY TEMPERATURE
RECORDS...EITHER TIED...OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH.

THERE WERE ONLY 4 DAYS DURING THE MONTH OF JULY IN WHICH THE
TEMPERATURE REACHED OR EXCEEDED THE 90 DEGREE MARK. THIS TIES
THE ALL TIME RECORD ALSO SET IN 1967 FOR THE FEWEST DAYS WITH 90
DEGREES AND ABOVE DURING THE MONTH OF JULY. THE WARMEST
TEMPERATURE DURING THE MONTH WAS 92 DEGREES ON THE 15TH...AND THE
COOLEST WAS 57 DEGREES ON THE 19TH.

THIS WAS THE WETTEST JULY IN NASHVILLE SINCE 1984...AND THE 22ND
WETTEST OUT OF THE LAST 138 YEARS THAT RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT.
RAINFALL FOR JULY 2009 TOTALED 6.03 INCHES WHICH IS 2.26 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. NORMAL RAINFALL FOR JULY IS 3.77 INCHES.

THE FIRST FULL YEAR OF WEATHER RECORDS IN NASHVILLE DATES BACK TO
1871.

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