Tracking Storms with Impacts in the Eastern and Northwest U.S. into Friday

A storm will track north of the Great Lakes Friday with widespread rain showers across the Eastern U.S. along and ahead of its cold front. Further south along the front isolated severe thunderstorms are possible. A Pacific storm will continue moving across the Northwest U.S. into Friday with additional low elevation rain, gusty winds, and mountain snow. Read More >

During the month of July, temperatures across much of the Northern Plains, including portions of South Dakota and west-central Minnesota were well below normal . Aberdeen, Watertown and Pierre all ended up being in the top 10 for the coldest Julys on record.

A few other interesting heat related tidbits from this “cool” July are listed below:

Aberdeen has failed to reach 90 F this July. This is only the third time this has occurred since 1893 (the other years were 1915, 1962, and 1996).

The highest temperature recorded in Watertown this July has been 83 F. This is the “coolest” monthly maximum temperature ever recorded in July. Records in Watertown date back to 1893.

Like the summer of 2008, Pierre has yet to record a 100 F temperature during the summer of 2009. In fact, the last time Pierre reached 100 F was on 4 September 2007. Since 1933, Pierre has never experienced back to back summers when the temperature failed to reach 100 F.

Top Ten Coldest Average July Temperatures in Aberdeen (1893-2009)

	Value	Year(s)
1	64.2	1992
2	64.5	1915
3	67.1	1904
4	67.2	1950,1962
5	67.4	2009
6	67.5	1905
7	67.8	1958,1996
8	68.0	1895
9	68.1	1918
10	68.2	1971

Top Ten Coldest Average July Temperatures in Watertown (1893-2009)

	Value	Year(s)
1	62.9	1992
2	64.1	1915
3	65.0	1906
4	65.7	2009
5	65.8	1927
6	65.9	1905
7	66.7	1950
8	66.8	1918
9	67.1	1971
10	67.2	1913, 1925

Top Ten Coldest Average July Temperatures in Pierre (1933-2009)

	Value	Year(s)
1	66.3	1992
2	69.8	1993
3	70.3	1972
4	70.4	2009
5	70.5	1950
6	70.7	1958
7	70.8	1971
8	71.5	1962
9	71.9	1994
10	72.4	1951, 1979

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Tracking Storms with Impacts in the Eastern and Northwest U.S. into Friday

Cool July Temperatures