NOAA: July Temperature Below-Average for the U.S

[Daylight]

The July 2009 temperature for the contiguous United States was below the long-term average, based on records going back to 1895, according to a preliminary analysis by NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.

The average July temperature of 73.5 degrees F was 0.8 degrees F below the 20th century average. Precipitation across the contiguous United States in July averaged 2.90 inches, which is 0.14 inches above the 1901-2000 average.

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090810_julystats.html

[Bluzmann57]

1. And it rained a lot too

At least it did in the Midwest.

[babylonsister]

2. NOAA should come to TX. Drought and heat, what's not to love?

:eyes:

I know, that's collectively. Just seems cruel to me. x(

[TexasObserver]

5. I fell into a burning ring of fire ...

Lord, Almighty
I feel my temperature rising

[babylonsister]

6. No kidding. It's been brutal for awhile.

:)

[TexasObserver]

8. It's the hottest summer for this part of Texas since 1980.

I made a point of looking it up, after we had that batch of 100 degree plus days in July.

[babylonsister]

9. June was brutal here, and I'd never seen that before. I'm SO over

this. Come on, November!

[Lisa0825]

17. And in the midst of our heat wave, my AC started acting up.

Thankfully I got it fixed in 24 hours. Last night was true misery!

MACKEY MECHANICAL RULZ!!!

www.mackeymechanical.com

I would actually consider getting pregnant just to give them my first born. That is how hot it has been here! :rofl:

[babylonsister]

18. Haha! I'm glad you got it back!

Pregnant?? :scared:

[Warpy]

3. They must not have kept any records in the southwest

or Pacific northwest.

July was a real stinker here in NM, a persistent high pressure parked over the Four Corners blocking off our monsoon rains.

It's been nice not having to reset all the electric clocks due to power outages, but I miss the storms.

[sofa king]

4. I think it's been responsible for lower violent crime, too.

New York and DC have noted it, I recall, in a recent news article in which someone--probably the lame journalist writing the article--was perplexed by the drop in crime just as all of us are losing our asses. Seems that even when we're desperate, we're pretty reasonable until someone turns the heat up.

Which bodes ill for next year, when a few million people will be living in tents.

[armyowalgreens]

7. It was 115 a lot during July. I think NOAA is lying.

[dalaigh lllama]

10. Here in Illinois the weather's been absolutely lovely

most days the temp was in the 70's or low 80's, low humidity, and rain for a few hours twice a week. Never saw such perfect summer weather.

Have a friend down in San Antonio who told us it was over 100 for a month. Yikes!

[armyowalgreens]

12. I'm just happy that it was only 105 today.

Anything below 110 is refreshing.

[dalaigh lllama]

19. So sorry!

Can't imagine how awful that must be.

[Echo In Light]

22. I'm not far from you, and it's been inordinately cool/wet here. Summer came & went in June

[KittyWampus]

11. July temperatures got so freakishly low here, it neared low 50's. That had to upset averages

[Gman]

13. Our average temp for July here in S Texas was 88.7

the hottest ever on record.

[Cha]

14. Global Climate

Change?

[strategery blunder]

15. Fuck that shit, Seattle had hottest July on record.

This report stinks of East Coast bias. :P

[mnhtnbb]

16. Not in North Carolina. Hotter and dryer.

[Orsino]

20. Yeah, I had this cited to me yesterday by a conservative...

...who followed it up with something like, "Take that, Al Gore." :eyes:

Because it was a co-worker, and we were using the company instant messenger, I didn't take the bait. If I'd corrected him, he would have just claimed to have been joking, anyway. I don't think I'll be able to help him distinguish weather from climate.

[PVnRT]

21. Yeah? So?

It's a statistical blip. It doesn't "disprove" global warming any more than an above-average warm January "proves" it.