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Coldest July ever for Grand Rapids, Michigan
(Grand Rapids Weather Examiner, August 1, 2009)
http://www.examiner.com/x-16403-Grand-Rapids-Weather-Examiner~y2009m8d1-A-new-record-by-01
Coldest July on Record for Huntington, West Virginia
(WOWK-TV, August 1, 2009)
http://wowktv.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=63960
Coolest July Ever for Fort Wayne, Indiana
(Indiana’s NewsCenter, August 1, 2009)
http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/local/52267097.html
July was coldest on record for International Falls, Minnesota
(FOX 21 News, August 1, 2009)
http://fox21online.com/news/july-was-coldest-record-international-falls
That was the coldest July in Dubuque, Iowa Ever
(Dubuque Telegraph Herald, August 1, 2009)
http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=251827
Of course, there was also some high temperature records set too, for example in Seattle
Northwest dries out in record triple-digit heat (AP)
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/northwest-dries-out-in-103724.html
The National Weather Service in Seattle recorded 103 degrees at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, breaking a previous record of 100 degrees, set in downtown Seattle in 1941 and repeated at the airport in 1994.
The placement of the ASOS thermometer may have contributed to that high temperature record.
See this map, the red/white striped pole just left of the runway is the ASOS anemometer and wind vane mast. The temperature sensor is on the NW to SE line of dots. Airports do tend to run warmer.
h/t to popular technology
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I believe NOAA intended that to read “most beautiful freakin’ summer ever in Grand Rapids!” Seriously, I’m hoping for a change in the jet stream next month that would leave us in the mid 70’s for 5 straight months, June to October. Michigan is gorgeous at this temp.
A year without a summer in Korea too :
“In Busan, where Korea’s most popular beaches are located, temperatures did not rise above 30 (C) degrees for a single day in July, as against seven days in July last year… low temperatures is more serious on the east coast… the average high temperature in Gangneung city in July was 26.7 degrees, 3.6 degrees lower than last year… Temperatures are expected to continue cool in early August. ‘It is customary for Korea to see the hottest temperatures of the year between the latter half of July and the first half of August…’ ”
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/07/31/2009073100541.html
h/t ClimateDepot
Last night in Rockford, Illinois I saw a temp reported by Weather Bug (on my computer screen) of 52 F. Unseasonably cold to say the least. We got some 90F temps in April. Which was unseasonably warm to say the least.
Please; the state of Texas is a large state and *not* all quarters are suffering the same fate.
We here in Noth Central Texas certainly are not! (DFW area including the cities of Dallas, Ft. Worth, Arlington, Denton, McKinney)
Some specificity next time please.
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As cool as it was in the central and NE USA, I expect July to be bleow normal for the US. However, AMSU-A showed extraordinarily high temps. Record high, in fact, for some days. Globally, it appears to have been quite a warm July, significantly warmer than last July.
Julie L (15:02:23) : the insane, hellish, unbelievable, historic drought/heatwave in Texas.
There have been worse droughts.
The earth is in a cooling trend.
What is happening in Texas is ‘weather’. Also, don’t discount Urban Heat Island (UHI).
_Jim (16:30:28) :
Julie L (15:02:23) : Some specificity next time please.
I wouldn’t expect specificity from commenters like Julie. The specificity you are asking for would make render her comment powerless.
Julie is trying to create hysteria—i.e., the sky is falling!
here in Dallas we had two weeks of rain in July and hi temps (only) in the 80’s & 90’s. Both unheard of for a N. TX July.
Back to 102 on Monday, though. Ahhh….that’s more like it.
Upper midwest has been unseasonably cool almost all summer. I’ve taken to calling summer “a pretty nice spring” this year. Even NOAA admits that.
Meanwhile, NSIDC felt a gleeful need to have a breathless mid-month alert on July 22 about 2009 Arctic ice extant dropping below the 2008 trend line, while neglecting to mention this merely put it on the 2005 trend for this time of year. Well, the next two weeks will be interesting indeed, but the last two days might have the hairs standing up on the back of their neck a little. At any rate, it is now really time to see what we’re going to see about Arctic ice for summer 2009.
As indicated many times it has been quite cool here in the midwest. Locally we set a record for the lowest ever high temp in July (83). Overall it was the second coolest July. The air conditioner has had nothing to do since a couple of days in May. The first week of August is forecast to remain below normal.
However, I have noticed some of the weeds along creeks and roads are bigger than ever. They must really like the cool temps and/or abundance of CO2.
Hoytn and Schatten in their 1997 work,”The Role of the Sun in Climate Change”, list a number of factors on p87 that can cause problems with getting proper temperature readings. Airports also have large jet engines blasting hot air around that has to have an effect on temperature.
Issued by The National Weather Service
Nashville, TN
8:47 am CDT, Sat., Aug. 1, 2009
… 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.
The inland Northwest is having high temp records fall to new high record temps all over the place. In a week we will be back to 80’s though. Night time temps are still lower than average and are causing corn and tomato plant problems.
Vancouver International Airport (British Columbia, Canada) recorded the highest temperature *ever* recorded *last* week (according to a local radio station). There have been fires even near the coast. I have not stopped dripping buckets of sweat in weeks (but the trend has finally switched to gradual cooling).
By sharp contrast, the past 2 years here have been comfortably cool (considered “unusual”). 2003&4 were scorchers (considered “unusual”). 1999 saw record local-mountain snowfall (considered “unusual”). 2006 saw record winter-winds (considered “unusual”). A few short months ago it snowed continuously for 3 straight weeks (considered “unusual”).
Overall, my impression is that the interannual variability here [directly related to ENSO] is much higher than it “felt” on the Atlantic coast.
geo (17:36:06) :
“Upper midwest has been unseasonably cool almost all summer. I’ve taken to calling summer “a pretty nice spring” this year. Even NOAA admits that.
Meanwhile, NSIDC felt a gleeful need to have a breathless mid-month alert on July 22 about 2009 Arctic ice extant dropping below the 2008 trend line, while neglecting to mention this merely put it on the 2005 trend for this time of year. Well, the next two weeks will be interesting indeed, but the last two days might have the hairs standing up on the back of their neck a little. At any rate, it is now really time to see what we’re going to see about Arctic ice for summer 2009”.
Geo,
The ice extend is influenced by wind and ocean currents.
It is transported from the Arctic Ocean into the Atlantic.
(See icecap.us, last article left column)
In the mean time the NE passage is blocked. (see climatedepot.com and iceagenow.com
Simply forget the bla bla bla from the NSIDC.
They sing the AGW tune which is based on politics instead of science.
Prepare for another cold winter.
The oceans are still holding heat from the last 10 to 15 years. There is a lot of water out there, a huge heat sink. And the currents carry the heat all over even into the Arctic. But once that heat is dissipated the cooling will accelerate. The poles are getting colder and the interior from the poles toward the equator getting cooler. Where do the glaciers start from? Not the oceans. An occasional hot day (or even a week) in the west and northwest? *That* is weather. The coldest July in memory? *That* is climate. Canadian wheat production is estimated to be down 20% this year. And next year? More fungus on the potato crop then seen in many years. Too cool and damp. Get ready folks. Mother nature is about to give us a chill we have not seen in 200 years. Weather is not the killer, hot or cold, it is man’s arrogance. Instead of being ready for it we’ll have cap and trade. Instead of drilling for oil or digging up coal we’ll have solar heaters for the many cloudy days with rain and snow in our future. I’m moving further south, so should you.
Average July temps for Gjoa Haven 2009 were much cooler than 2008 or 2007 and the NW Passage is plugged with ice.
Temps high low average for Gjoa Haven
2007 14.7 5.5 10.1
2008 13.2 4.9 9.06
2009 11.1 3.4 7.2
http://www.climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/climateData/dailydata_e.html
Ice pockets choking Northern Passage: officials
http://www.windsorstar.com/technology/pockets+choking+Northern+Passage+officials/1853191/story.html
There is more than one sailboat in Tuk waiting for the ice to clear.
These sailboats will be lucky to make it through the NW Passage this year.
Might be like kayaking to the North Pole in 2008.
http://www.aroundtheamericas.org/
_Jim (16:30:28) :
I would not be so dismissive of Julie’s comment. UHI (and siting issues) could be the deciding factor in the record temperature in Seattle, but the heat wave in southern Texas is amazing and historic. (Meanwhile, I am not alarmed because heat waves and dry weather is not unprecedented in Texas.)
Dave The Engineer (18:23:04) :
Uhh. No thanks. Alarmist, for sure, just not in the way we are used to.
I’ve lived my entire life in Temple, TX. It has been extremely hot here in central Texas but due to the lack of rain the humidity has been very low. I have been able to tolerate this summer better than the years of normal heat but higher humidity. I finally got an inch of rain last Thursday and now the humidity is horrible.
No, this isn’t the case.
In the Austin and San Antonio area they *have* had drought conditions whereas we have not. As a matter of fact we had roughly three inches of rain over just the last three days, and I have not had to run the sprinklers/soaker hose for going on three weeks now on account of rain every several days. Prior to that we had *real* temps in the 100’s and I went through 2 cycles of watering (5 days or so between soaking the ground).
See, we have been receiving rain as a matter of the workings of several cold fronts that have progressed this far down (quite unusual for July here in North Central Texas), but by the time what remained of those ‘cold fronts’ upon reaching central Texas they got bupkis in the way of rain.
An Inquirer, I’m not just ‘readin the data’ I’m living the weather down here; no A/C in the car (3rd or 4th yr now) and down to one window A/C unit – believe me, I *feel* the changes in the weather down here more than most!
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Should have said that I’m 47 so that is a few summers.
More weather is not climate….
Just south of Calgary Ab. I recorded a slightly above average july (.4C), yet the better part of July was below normal and then the heat hit in the last 2 weeks to save us. However, we are about to go cool again! And Yes, BC is smoke’n hot!
…and if its record highs its global warming….cool weather is only weather…..right….
I have seen places like Austin and San Antonio in the post above, well I will add one for Houston. The Houston area had it driest and hottest May-July period on record. I was driving in the areas southwest of Houston last weekend and saw just about every crop that was planted was ruined. August and possibly September will continue the hot dry weather for much and south central and southeast Texas. The only hope I see is that an El Nino is on the way and every fall ( October in general) was cool and wet evey year with an El Nino coming on that year. The only expection was 2004. August 2004 was relatively cool here in the Houston area. I have look back to the early 90’s and every October since 1994 was very wet and cool in the Houston before and El Nino winter. Bring on the El Nino.
Louisville 81.0 87.0 -6.0 1st
Lexington 80.3 85.9 -5.6 2nd
Frankfort 80.4 86.9 -6.5 1st
Bowling Green 83.2 89.2 -6.0 1st