2008.07.31
July: An abnormally normal month in Roanoke
If you want a good idea of what a "normal" July is for Roanoke, the one that has just ended is about as good an example as you will ever find.
Roanoke's July average temperature was 76.1 degrees ... one-tenth of a degree below normal ... and rainfall for the month was 3.67 inches, just a third of an inch below normal.
The month's average high temperature was a wee bit below normal ... 86.9 degrees, compared to the normal of 87.5 ... but it was partly made up for by an average low temperature that was an even smaller bit warmer than normal ... 65.3 degrees, compared to a normal of 64.9.
Often, when we have a month that works out to be near normal in temperature, it is the result of averaging extremely warm periods with extremely cool periods of similar length. Not so in July: 18 of the 31 days were within 2 degrees of the normal daily average temperature. Only two days were more than 5 degrees above normal; likewise, only two days were more than 5 degrees below normal.
Here's to a refreshing dose of normalcy before August likely begins with a period of extreme heat.
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