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August 2022 General Discussion


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4 hours ago, hawkeye_wx said:

This is my fourth consecutive dud event.  I only received 0.11".  Since August 8th, I've only received 0.60".

This was what June and July were like here.  The switch finally flipped at the beginning of this month.  Grass is spring-green again, but there's still evidence of stress to some of the younger trees.

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Up to just 5.5 inches for the month of August now.  Could have used some of this rain in June and July.  Evidence of the early summer drought is harder to find at this point.  Some trees are have patches of yellow/brown leaves.  More splotchiness with a lot of weed and crab grass in my yard as I hate watering.  I water my baby trees and flowering plants, but screw the grass if it doesn't rain.

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41 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said:

Warm biased PWK was the only other location to hit 90+ (91).

90°+ day tally for the year...

25 - MDW
19 - RFD
19 - Ex-Home
16 - ORD
16 - Current Home

Other than the notable heat around the solstice, it's been a pretty snoozeworthy summer from a temp perspective.  The Jul/Aug departures in particular are about as ho-hum as it gets.

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Other than the notable heat around the solstice, it's been a pretty snoozeworthy summer from a temp perspective.  The Jul/Aug departures in particular are about as ho-hum as it gets.

As a few others have said, the heatwaves and increasing drought in May and June had you thinking a hot summer was on the way. But the persistent GOA/Pac NW and Hudson/Greenland troughing combo that developed in June really snuffed that hot summer idea.
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I'm up to 107 mm of rain for the month, likely in the top-tier but since my records are incomplete I'm in the dark. The pattern of getting moderate rains and then sunny days spaced ideally maximizes crop growth. I can't recall an August that was this perfect for growing. Morning had a stray isolated shower pass over me then another at noon, followed by partly sunny and very humid. I missed the main MCS that rolled through MI/ON in the evening to the south.

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August here in Two Harbors has temps/precip below avg at 63.9 (65.3), and 2.72" (3.48"). Precip is right about avg for the year now at 21.89" (21.42"). 

Summer was on the cooler side with 60.8 (62.1), and drier with 9.36" (11.76"). With the Lake being so much cooler this year, it had a big effect on temps here, and the weather pattern really helped it stay that way through the summer with so many cooler, drier nights. In looking at the data, we really didn't see a steady stream of warmer nights until mid August. The lower humidity allows for more cooling at night.

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Look at the difference in precip between ORD and RFD... 2.05" vs 8.88"

 

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Chicago IL
1256 PM CDT Thu Sep 1 2022 /156 PM EDT Thu Sep 1 2022/

...A Look Back at the Climate for the Month of August 2022 for
Chicago and Rockford...

At Chicago, the average high temperature was 83.0 degrees, which
is 0.5 degrees above normal. The average low temperature was 65.7
degrees, which is 0.6 degrees above normal. The average
temperature for the month was 74.4 degrees, which is 0.6 degrees
above normal. During the month of August, 2.05 inches of
precipitation were recorded, which is 2.20 inches below normal.

There were no records set during the month of August 2022 for
Chicago.


At Rockford, the average high temperature was 82.4 degrees, which
is 0.4 degrees above normal. The average low temperature was 61.8
degrees, which is right at normal. The average temperature for
the month was 72.1 degrees, which is 0.2 degrees above normal.
During the month of August, 8.88 inches of precipitation were
recorded, which is 4.69 inches above normal.

There was one daily record for Rockford during the month of
August 2022:
* Record daily precipitation of 3.23 inches on the 8th.

One Top Ten Monthly Record:
**Seventh wettest August on record since 1905 with 8.88 inches.

$$

Yack
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Met summer for Chicago and Rockford...

 

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Chicago IL
126 PM CDT Thu Sep 1 2022 /226 PM EDT Thu Sep 1 2022/

...A Look Back at the Climate for Meteorological Summer (June, July,
August) 2022 for Chicago and Rockford...

At Chicago, the average high temperature for the summer season was
83.0 degrees, which is 0.5 degrees above the 1991 to 2020
average. The average low temperature was 64.8 degrees, which is
0.7 degrees above normal. The mean temperature for the season was
73.9 degrees, which is 0.6 degrees above normal. A total of 9.21
inches of precipitation was recorded during this past summer,
which is 2.85 inches below normal.

Records established or tied during the summer months:

June: Record daily high temperature of 96 degrees on June 15th.

July: None.

August: None.

Tied the 24th warmest summer on record for Chicago


At Rockford, the average high temperature was 83.6 degrees, which
is 1.4 degree above normal. The average low temperature was 61.3
degrees, which is 0.4 degrees below normal. The mean temperature
for the season was 72.4 degrees, which is 0.5 degrees above
normal. A total of 16.52 inches of precipitation was recorded
during this past summer, which was 3.29 inches above normal.

Records established or tied during the summer months:

June: Tied the daily record high of 98 degrees on June 14th. Set
the daily record high of 97 degrees on June 15th. Tied the daily
high minimum temperature of 74 on June 15th. Tied the daily
record low of 46 degrees on June 19th. Tied the daily record high
of 100 degrees on June 21st.

July: None.

August: Record daily rainfall of 3.23 inches on August 8th. 7th
wettest August on record with 8.88 inches of precipitation.

This was the 19th wettest summer on record for Rockford.

$$

Yack
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6 minutes ago, Hoosier said:

That's a lot of yellow and orange

JJA22-TDept-US.png

It was a different type of summer around here than what we’ve become used to the last few years. A lot more days with lower dew points allowing cooler nights. It seemed like we were never going to have summer dew points below 60 again after the last few years.

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1 hour ago, roardog said:

It was a different type of summer around here than what we’ve become used to the last few years. A lot more days with lower dew points allowing cooler nights. It seemed like we were never going to have summer dew points below 60 again after the last few years.

Indeed.  Here's the breakdown of the highs and lows, relative to average.  

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