August 2007 - Record Month for Heat

Excessive Rainfall in the Southern Plains, Ozarks, and Upper Midwest Thursday

Heavy thunderstorms will continue areas of excessive rainfall and locally considerable flooding over parts of the southern Plains into the mid-Mississippi River Valley through Friday. Heavy to excessive rainfall may bring flash and urban flooding, along with isolated riverine flooding to a part of the Upper Midwest Thursday. Read More >

...HOTTEST AUGUST ON RECORD AT BOTH COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT AND AUGUSTA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD... THE AUGUST HEAT WAVE THAT PERSISTED FOR NEARLY 3 WEEKS ACROSS THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA PRODUCED THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES THE REGION HAS SEEN IN SEVERAL YEARS AS WELL AS THE HOTTEST AUGUST ON RECORD. THE HEAT WAVE PRODUCED 14 DAYS OF 100 DEGREES OR HIGHER TEMPERATURES AT COLUMBIA AND 15 DAYS OF 100 DEGREES OR HIGHER TEMPERATURES AT AUGUSTA. THERE WERE SEVERAL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. ALTHOUGH THE MONTHLY TEMPERATURES ARE NOT COMPLETE UNTIL MIDNIGHT...HERE ARE THE TEMPERATURES FOR COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA. COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT... AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE...97.2 DEGREES AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE...74.6 DEGREES AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE...85.9 DEGREES THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 85.9 DEGREES BREAKS THE PREVIOUS AUGUST RECORD OF 85.1 DEGREES SET IN 1900. IT WAS ALSO THE 3RD WARMEST MONTH ON RECORD. THE WARMEST MONTH ON RECORD IS JULY 1993 WITH AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 86.2 DEGREES. THE SECOND WARMEST MONTH ON RECORD IS JULY 1986 WITH AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 86.1 DEGREES. AUGUSTA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD... AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE...98.5 DEGREES AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE...72.3 DEGREES AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE...85.4 DEGREES THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 85.4 DEGREES BREAKS THE PREVIOUS AUGUST RECORD OF 85.0 DEGREES SET IN 1878. IT WAS ALSO THE 4TH WARMEST MONTH ON RECORD. THE WARMEST MONTH ON RECORD IS JULY 1993 WITH AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 86.3 DEGREES. THE SECOND WARMEST MONTH ON RECORD IS JULY 1986 WITH AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 86.0 DEGREES. THE THIRD WARMEST MONTH ON RECORD IS JULY 1878 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 85.5 DEGREES. TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR COLUMBIA BEGAN IN 1887 AND FOR AUGUSTA IN 1874.