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August 2012 Obs/Discussion Thread


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June and August will both finish below normal for RDU, but yet this met summer will rank in the top 15 all time hottest summers for Raleigh since 1892 thanks to the incredible 6/28 to 7/28 stretch. All and all this summer has been great if you take that 30 day period out. Havent been above 93 in Raleigh since 7/28. We may threaten that today and especially tomorrow.

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That's the seventh wettest August in Columbia since 1948....with high temps the 19th coolest (max temp avg. of 89.4)

May, July and August have been above normal in the rainfall dept. June and August temps were below the max average, so I can say that this summer has been full of awesomeness :wub: Much, much better than these past few years of the "hottest summer's ever" :lol:

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May, July and August have been above normal in the rainfall dept. June and August temps were below the max average, so I can say that this summer has been full of awesomeness :wub: Much, much better than these past few years of the "hottest summer's ever" :lol:

Wow, it's like the portals froze over, or at least had a little frost :)

I've gotten 1.3 out of Isaac so far, and for this month, that's a lot.Tony

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August was much drier than July here. My rainfall reports are atypical based on the large numbers that other people are able to post for the month. In fact, I received over 2 inches of rainfall less than I received last year during the same month. Yet, it was also a very pleasant month that was almost 2 degrees cooler than last August. Here are the stats from my PWS for the month:

Final August Stats:

Hi Temp: 93.3 F (on 8/31, the last day of the month, no less)

Hi Temp Above 90: 6 days

Lo Temp: 58.4 F (on 8/25)

Lo Temp Above 70: 6 days

Mean Temp: 74.3 F (compare to 76.1 from 2011)

Hi Wind Gust: 16.0 mph (on 8/02)

Total Rainfall: 2.26 in (measured rainfall > 0.01 in on 12 different days)

Wettest Day: 0.71 in (on 8/19)

Rainfall for Year: 31.92 in (Jan - Aug)

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From CAE.......What an amazing August :wub:

.COLUMBIA SC...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH AT COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN

AIRPORT WAS 80.4 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 0.4 DEGREES COOLER THAN THE

NORMAL AUGUST AVERAGE OF 80.8 DEGREES. NO DAILY RECORD HIGH OR

LOW TEMPERATURES WERE SET OR TIED. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE OF THE

MONTH WAS 97 ON THE 2ND. THE COOLEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 63

ON THE 25TH AND 26TH.

.COLUMBIA SC...

9.81 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN AIRPORT IN

AUGUST...WHICH WAS 4.55 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL AUGUST MONTHLY VALUE

OF 5.26 INCHES. THIS WAS THE WETTEST AUGUST IN 24 YEARS...AND IT WAS

THE HIGHEST MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTAL AT COLUMBIA SINCE JULY 2005.

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From CAE.......What an amazing August :wub:

.COLUMBIA SC...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH AT COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN

AIRPORT WAS 80.4 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 0.4 DEGREES COOLER THAN THE

NORMAL AUGUST AVERAGE OF 80.8 DEGREES. NO DAILY RECORD HIGH OR

LOW TEMPERATURES WERE SET OR TIED. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE OF THE

MONTH WAS 97 ON THE 2ND. THE COOLEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 63

ON THE 25TH AND 26TH.

.COLUMBIA SC...

9.81 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN AIRPORT IN

AUGUST...WHICH WAS 4.55 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL AUGUST MONTHLY VALUE

OF 5.26 INCHES. THIS WAS THE WETTEST AUGUST IN 24 YEARS...AND IT WAS

THE HIGHEST MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTAL AT COLUMBIA SINCE JULY 2005.

If you have to have an August that's the kind of August to have.

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