000 CXUS53 KDTX 011910 CLMFNT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 300 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 ................................... ...THE FLINT CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2008 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 101 07/14/1995 07/07/1988 07/06/1988 LOW 40 07/02/2001 07/01/1965 HIGHEST 90 07/16 MM MM LOWEST 44 07/04 MM MM 07/01 AVG. MAXIMUM 82.1 82.0 0.1 AVG. MINIMUM 59.3 59.1 0.2 MEAN 70.7 70.6 0.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 3.2 -2.2 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.35 1992 MINIMUM 0.73 1976 TOTALS 3.56 3.17 0.39 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.10 0.01 DAYS >= .01 11 MM MM DAYS >= .10 6 MM MM DAYS >= .50 3 MM MM DAYS >= 1.00 1 MM MM GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.30 07/02 TO 07/03 STORM TOTAL MM (MM/DD(HH)) MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM 5 24 HR TOTAL MM TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 LIQUID EQUIV 0.00 0.00 0.00 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 LIQUID 7/1 0.00 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 07/31 TO 07/31 STORM TOTAL MM (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 13 13 0 SINCE 7/1 13 13 0 COOLING TOTAL 197 199 -2 SINCE 1/1 366 347 19 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST MM LATEST MM ................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/270 DATE 07/07 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 36/270 DATE 07/07 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 17 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 14 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 66 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 7 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 11 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 17 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 14 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 300 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008 ................................... ...THE TRI CITIES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1898 TO 2008 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 111 07/13/1936 LOW 39 07/02/2001 HIGHEST 91 07/16 MM MM LOWEST 48 07/01 MM MM AVG. MAXIMUM 80.9 81.9 -1.0 AVG. MINIMUM 60.3 60.4 -0.1 MEAN 70.6 71.2 -0.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 3.9 -2.9 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM MM MM MINIMUM MM MM TOTALS 3.27 2.50 0.77 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.08 0.03 DAYS >= .01 11 MM MM DAYS >= .10 7 MM MM DAYS >= .50 4 MM MM DAYS >= 1.00 0 MM MM GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.81 07/02 TO 07/02 07/01 TO 07/02 07/02 TO 07/02 STORM TOTAL MM (MM/DD(HH)) MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM 5 24 HR TOTAL MM TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 LIQUID EQUIV 0.00 0.00 0.00 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 LIQUID 7/1 0.00 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 07/31 TO 07/31 STORM TOTAL MM (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 6 10 -4 SINCE 7/1 6 10 -4 COOLING TOTAL 188 200 -12 SINCE 1/1 332 363 -31 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST MM LATEST MM ................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/240 DATE 07/02 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/340 DATE 07/20 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 27 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 4 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 5 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ ================================================================== CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR FLINT/SAGINAW - JULY 2008 ...A RELATIVELY NICE JULY PREVAILED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.... ...TORRENTIAL RAINS POUND LAPEER LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING... ACTUALLY ALL IN ALL...JULY WAS A PRETTY GOOD SUMMER MONTH WEATHER-WISE ACROSS THE REGION WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES...GENERALLY ENOUGH RAINFALL AND PLENTY OF SUNSHINE. IN ADDITION...WHILE THERE WERE SOME WARM AND HUMID DAYS...THERE WAS ONLY ONE 90(+) DEGREE DAY /16TH/ AT BOTH FLINT /90/ AND SAGINAW /91/ DURING THE MONTH. AND LIKE THE MONTH`S AVERAGE TEMPERATURE...THIS WAS ALSO A BIT BELOW NORMAL SINCE ON AVERAGE...BOTH FLINT AND SAGINAW SEE AROUND THREE 90(+) DEGREE DAYS. ALTHOUGH JULY WAS REASONABLY AGREEABLE BY TEMPERATURE STANDARDS... THE STORMY WEATHER THAT GOT UNDERWAY IN JUNE PERSISTED THROUGH MUCH OF JULY. ONE OF THE MORE NOTABLE EVENTS ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN OCCURRED ON THE 16TH. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL AND SOME HIGH WINDS SWEPT ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE EVENING. HAIL AS LARGE AS GOLFBALLS CLOBBERED GENESEE (JUST NORTHEAST OF FLINT) AND NORTH BRANCH IN LAPEER COUNTY. IN ADDITION...TORRENTIAL RAIN ACCOMPANIED THE STORMS IN LAPEER BRINGING FLASH FLOODING TO THE CITY WHERE WATER WAS REPORTED OVER ROADS. THE STORMS ON THE 16TH WERE MAINLY RESPONSIBLE FOR LAPEER`S EIGHT INCH /8.01"/ MONTHLY RAINFALL (WHICH IS ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THE SUMMER AVERAGE)! SOME OTHER PLACES RECEIVING LARGE HAIL (3/4"-1.0") INCLUDED... ELBA...SAGINAW AND ALMONT. NEARLY A WEEK LATER /22ND/...STORMS CROSSING THE THUMB REGION BROUGHT HIGH WINDS AND HAIL TO THAT REGION. ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL FELL IN KINGSTON /TUSCOLA/...MARLETTE AND JUHL /SANILAC/...WHILE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS BLEW BRANCHES AND TREES DOWN IN BOMBAY /MIDLAND/...BAY AND CRUMP /BAY/ AND MARLETTE. RAINFALL WAS GENERALLY NORMAL TO ABOVE ACROSS THE REGION WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVY AMOUNTS. BESIDES THE AFOREMENTIONED LAPEER DELUGE... OTHER HEAVY AMOUNTS INCLUDE...5.82" AT CARO AND 4.68" AT SANDUSKY FOR JULY. FLINT AND SAGINAW`S RAINFALL TOTALED ROUGHLY JUST A HALF INCH ABOVE NORMAL. STORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION ON THE 2ND-3RD DROPPED 1.30" OF RAIN ON THE FLINT AREA WHILE SAGINAW SAW 0.81". DURING THE LATER THIRD OF THE MONTH...THE WEATHER STARTED TO TAME DOWN A BIT WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES...CONSIDERABLE SUNSHINE AND RELATIVELY COMFORTABLE AIR MASSES. IT WAS DURING THIS TIME WE SAW SOME OF OUR NICEST AND AGREEABLE SUMMER WEATHER...SOMEWHAT ATYPICAL FOR WHAT JULY IS GENERALLY KNOWN FOR. INCREDIBLE BLUE SKIES ALONG WITH WESTERLY BREEZES AND SOME FAIR WEATHER CUMULUS SKIRTED ACROSS THE SKY ON SEVERAL DAYS. ONE VOTE FOR A PICTURE PERFECT IDEAL SUMMER DAY (AND THERE WERE SEVERAL) WITH BRILLIANT SUNSHINE /90%/...CRYSTAL BLUE SKIES...LIGHT WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WAS THURSDAY THE 24TH. HIGH TEMPERATURES FLIRTED WITH 80 WHILE OVER LOWS FELL INTO THE MID 50S...ALLOWING FOR PERFECT SLEEPING WEATHER. DEEDLER