Nice Tuesday With Another Heatwave Ahead

We're looking at one of the nicer days in quite some time today as highs will only reach the middle 80's today. The nice part is the northeast winds, which will gust to around 20 mph and much lower humidity levels. You'll notice the difference from the 8 straight days in the 90's. Overnight, temperatures will drop quickly and we will end up in the mid 50's by morning.

DON'T GET USED TO IT:
The heat returns on Wednesday with a high of 94°. But that isn't the worst news, there is no rain predicted until at least Saturday. Even then, the chances are remote at best. Temperatures will continue to heat up and I believe we'll push the 100-degree mark on both Thursday and Friday with near 100-degree temps for the weekend.

*Special Weather Statement*

RAINFALL DEFICIT:
We're short on rainfall significantly here in Cookeville. See below for exact #'s
Jan avg. 5.09 Jan 2012: 4.64
Feb. avg. 4.89 Feb 2012: 5.20
March avg. 4.80 Mar 2012: 5.57
April avg. 4.57 April 2012: 2.06
May avg. 5.51 May 2012: 1.98
June avg. 4.62 June 2012: .36

Avg. thru June should be 29.48...currently we sit at 19.81 or nearly 10" below normal. We're about 33% short for 2012. In fact, this quarter we are just 30% of normal or 70% short of average.

As you can tell, we started out great during the first quarter, however this quarter has been brutal in the lack of rainfall and none is expected for the rest of this month.


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Hotter Than A Firecracker

COOL MORNING START:
Interesting headline considering our morning low was 58°, which is the coolest morning in a more than a month. We'll have more on how our upcoming Independence Day holiday weekend just might resemble a hot firecracker as opposed to this cool, comfy weather like this morning.

AMAZING RAINS:
June's rainfall total ended up at 9.31", which is the 4th highest all-time in Cookeville since records have been kept dating back to the 1890's.

**The TOP 5 June Rainfall List**
1. 1998 - 16.62"
2. 1928 - 11.81"
3. 1997 - 11.07"
4. 2011 - 9.31"
5. 1989 - 8.53"

FANTASTIC JULY 4th WEEKEND:
Today's high across the Highlands of Tennessee is expected to be in the upper 80's, but it'll feel quite comfortable with much lower humidities. Looking ahead to our holiday weekend, expect highs to rise above 90° on Friday and stay there through July 4th. We'll hit 95° on Saturday, the same for Sunday, and drop a degree or two for Independence Day with a very slight chance of storms. Like I said, 'hotter than a firecracker'.

 *Latest Local Forecast*

Cookeville's Daily Almanac 
June 30, 2011
Our morning low: 58.1°
Yesterday's high: 83.2°
Yesterday's low: 61.4°

Last Year: 84.9° and 65.8°

Normal High: 87°

Normal Low: 64°

Records: 99° in 1936 and 48° in 1923

24-hour precip total: 0.00
June's monthly total: 9.31" (ranks 4th all-time)
1.42" of rain fell on this date in 2007

JUNE 2011 ALMANAC:

After a blazing, hot start where temperatures where near all-time highs, we've backed off quite a bit during the second half of the month and will finish the month (85.6°) about 1.5° higher than a normal June (84.1°), more than 2° cooler than last year (87.8°) and more than 7° lower than the record June in 1944 (92.7°). Rainfall was well-documented this month as we were very dry in the first half (less than 1 inch) and finished the month over 9" (9.31") resulting in the 4th wettest June in Cookeville's documented history. 

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