PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE IDAHO
1020 AM MDT WED SEP 3 2014

...THE HOT SUMMER OF 2013...

AS WE APPROACH FALL IT IS INTERESTING TO COMPARE SUMMER 2013 TO 
PREVIOUS SUMMERS. IN TERMS OF AVERAGE TEMPERATURE THIS WAS THE 
HOTTEST JUNE THROUGH AUGUST PERIOD EVER IN THE AIRPORT RECORDS
GOING BACK TO 1940. THIS YEARS AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE THREE
SUMMER MONTHS WAS 76.5. THAT BEATS 2007...THE PREVIOUS RECORD
HOLDER... BY ONE TENTH OF A DEGREE.  

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT BOISE FOR JUNE THROUGH AUGUST IS 71.9 
DEGREEES.

CONSIDERING RECORDS FROM ALL BOISE LOCATIONS GOING ALL THE WAY BACK
TO 1864 SUMMER 2013 RANKED NUMBER 3 BEHIND 1869 AND 1865 WITH SUMMER
AVERAGES OF 76.6 AND 76.8 RESPECTIVELY. 

SUMMER 2013 PROVIDED 14 DAYS WITH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES OF 100 OR 
HOTTER. THAT'S DOUBLE THE MOST RECENT 30-YEAR AVERAGE OF 7 (1981-2010). 
THAT INCLUDES A STRING OF 5 CONSECUTIVE 100 DEGREE DAYS FROM JUNE 28 
THROUGH JULY 2. THE RECORD IS 9 CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN 2003 (JULY 15 
THROUGH JULY 23).

THE HOTTEST DAY OF 2013 WAS THE SIZZLING 110 ON JULY 1. THE HOTTEST
TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED AT BOISE WAS 111 ON JULY 19 1960.

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JT

9/3/2014

the hot summer of 2013