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Fire Weather Concerns; Record Warmth Spreads

The Plains to the mid-Mississippi Valley continue with warm and dry conditions. Any fires that initiate could spread quickly. The warm temperatures will expand across the Southern Plains into the Southwest where numerous records are expected through the weekend. Meanwhile, a cold front will move southward across the northern Plains and Great Lakes region where some snow will develop this weekend. Read More >

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AUGUST NORMALS & EXTREMES
PLUS SUNRISE/SUNSET & CIVIL TWILIGHT TIMES

ALEXANDRIA

  TEMP NORMALS WARMEST COOLEST COOLEST WARMEST NORM RECORD NORMS
DAY MAX MIN MEAN MAX/YR MAX/YR MIN/YR MIN/YR RAIN RAIN/YR HDD CDD
1 94 73 83 105/2023* 81/1971* 64/1936* 78/2021* 0.11 1.60/1893 0 18
CT STARTS 0501 CST    SUNRISE 0527 CST    SUNSET 1905 CST    CT ENDS 1932 CST
2 94 73 83 107/1998 80/2021* 63/1965 80/2023 0.10 2.00/1912 0 18
CT STARTS 0502 CST    SUNRISE 0528 CST    SUNSET 1905 CST    CT ENDS 1931 CST
3 94 73 83 106/1998 76/1976 66/2018* 80/2023* 0.10 2.95/1983 0 18
CT STARTS 0502 CST    SUNRISE 0529 CST    SUNSET 1904 CST    CT ENDS 1930 CST
4 94 73 83 106/2023 76/1893 64/1920 81/2023 0.11 2.74/1940 0 18
CT STARTS 0503 CST    SUNRISE 0529 CST    SUNSET 1903 CST    CT ENDS 1929 CST
5 94 73 83 105/2023 75/1894* 60/1912 81/2023 0.10 2.03/1955 0 18
CT STARTS 0504 CST    SUNRISE 0530 CST    SUNSET 1902 CST    CT ENDS 1928 CST
6 94 73 83 103/2023 80/1894* 60/1912 82/2023 0.10 3.30/1984 0 18
CT STARTS 0504 CST    SUNRISE 0530 CST    SUNSET 1901 CST    CT ENDS 1927 CST
7 94 73 83 104/2023* 76/1940 63/2004* 82/2023 0.10 5.70/1998 0 18
CT STARTS 0505 CST    SUNRISE 0531 CST    SUNSET 1900 CST    CT ENDS 1926 CST
8 94 73 83 106/1947 75/1940* 64/1901 81/2023 0.10 3.10/1944 0 18
CT STARTS 0506 CST    SUNRISE 0532 CST    SUNSET 1859 CST    CT ENDS 1925 CST
9 94 73 83 107/1947 78/1997* 60/1990* 80/2023 0.09 2.90/1998 0 18
CT STARTS 0506 CST    SUNRISE 0532 CST    SUNSET 1858 CST    CT ENDS 1924 CST
10 94 73 83 105/2023* 76/1997 57/1893 82/2023 0.09 2.45/1997 0 18
CT STARTS 0507 CST    SUNRISE 0533 CST    SUNSET 1857 CST    CT ENDS 1923 CST
11 94 72 83 107/2023 79/2003 56/1893 82/2023 0.09 1.83/1988 0 18
CT STARTS 0508 CST    SUNRISE 0534 CST    SUNSET 1857 CST    CT ENDS 1922 CST
12 94 72 83 106/2023 82/1996* 58/1893 81/2023 0.08 2.50/1987 0 18
CT STARTS 0509 CST    SUNRISE 0534 CST    SUNSET 1856 CST    CT ENDS 1921 CST
13 94 72 83 107/2023 81/2016 58/1893 82/2023 0.09 2.53/1968 0 18
CT STARTS 0509 CST    SUNRISE 0535 CST    SUNSET 1855 CST    CT ENDS 1920 CST
14 94 72 83 108/2023 81/2016* 54/2004 79/2012* 0.09 1.86/1964 0 18
CT STARTS 0510 CST    SUNRISE 0536 CST    SUNSET 1854 CST    CT ENDS 1919 CST
15 94 72 83 104/1948 77/2002 56/2004 79/2023* 0.09 3.85/1938 0 18
CT STARTS 0511 CST    SUNRISE 0536 CST    SUNSET 1852 CST    CT ENDS 1918 CST
16 94 72 83 104/1902 76/1985 57/2004 78/1915 0.10 3.87/1985 0 18
CT STARTS 0511 CST    SUNRISE 0537 CST    SUNSET 1851 CST    CT ENDS 1917 CST
17 94 72 83 107/1902 80/1931 59/2004 78/2024 0.10 0.99/1939 0 18
CT STARTS 0512 CST    SUNRISE 0537 CST    SUNSET 1850 CST    CT ENDS 1916 CST
18 94 72 83 106/2023* 80/1894 62/2004 80/2024 0.11 2.74/1897 0 18
CT STARTS 0513 CST    SUNRISE 0538 CST    SUNSET 1849 CST    CT ENDS 1915 CST
19 94 72 83 110/2023 79/2001* 63/1943 79/2023 0.12 1.68/1989 0 18
CT STARTS 0513 CST    SUNRISE 0539 CST    SUNSET 1848 CST    CT ENDS 1913 CST
20 94 72 83 109/2023 75/1895 63/1943* 77/2023* 0.12 1.84/2013 0 18
CT STARTS 0514 CST    SUNRISE 0539 CST    SUNSET 1847 CST    CT ENDS 1912 CST
21 94 72 83 105/2023 76/1897 57/1940 80/2023 0.13 1.45/1978 0 18
CT STARTS 0515 CST    SUNRISE 0540 CST    SUNSET 1846 CST    CT ENDS 1911 CST
22 93 72 83 105/2023 80/1958 55/1893 78/2023 0.12 2.25/1918 0 18
CT STARTS 0515 CST    SUNRISE 0540 CST    SUNSET 1845 CST    CT ENDS 1910 CST
23 93 71 82 108/2023 83/1960* 57/1893 80/2023 0.12 3.20/1958 0 17
CT STARTS 0516 CST    SUNRISE 0541 CST    SUNSET 1844 CST    CT ENDS 1909 CST
24 93 71 82 110/2023 80/1958* 57/1956 81/2023 0.13 2.45/2022 0 17
CT STARTS 0517 CST    SUNRISE 0542 CST    SUNSET 1843 CST    CT ENDS 1908 CST
25 93 71 82 105/2023 75/1895 60/1917* 80/2023 0.12 1.24/1977 0 17
CT STARTS 0517 CST    SUNRISE 0542 CST    SUNSET 1841 CST    CT ENDS 1906 CST
26 93 71 82 108/2023 77/1926 57/2015 77/2022* 0.12 1.65/1921 0 17
CT STARTS 0518 CST    SUNRISE 0543 CST    SUNSET 1840 CST    CT ENDS 1905 CST
27 93 71 82 109/2023 78/1992 60/2015 78/2023* 0.12 5.15/2020 0 17
CT STARTS 0519 CST    SUNRISE 0544 CST    SUNSET 1839 CST    CT ENDS 1904 CST
28 93 71 82 105/1943 75/2017 56/1896 77/2023* 0.12 2.65/2017 0 17
CT STARTS 0519 CST    SUNRISE 0544 CST    SUNSET 1838 CST    CT ENDS 1903 CST
29 93 71 82 103/1954 79/2017* 55/1896 77/2020* 0.11 5.30/2010 0 17
CT STARTS 0520 CST    SUNRISE 0545 CST    SUNSET 1837 CST    CT ENDS 1901 CST
30 93 71 82 105/1954 77/2012 57/1986* 80/1908 0.12 2.56/2014 0 16
CT STARTS 0520 CST    SUNRISE 0545 CST    SUNSET 1835 CST    CT ENDS 1900 CST
31 92 70 81 108/2000 78/2017 59/1893 78/2020 0.12 2.47/1991 0 16
CT STARTS 0521 CST    SUNRISE 0546 CST    SUNSET 1834 CST    CT ENDS 1859 CST
MON 93.5 71.9 82.7         3.32   0 549

                                                       

OTHER MONTHLY MEANS
# DAYS WITH  MAX >=90F MAX <=32F MIN <=32F MIN <=0F
  27 0 0 0
# DAYS PRECIP >=0.01" >=0.10" >=0.50" >=1.00"
  9 5 2 1

 

Note: Daily sums/averages will not equal monthly sums/averages due to rounding - click here for more info
 

  Normals are for the 30-year period from 1991-2020

Extremes (or records) are for the period of record (1892-2025) 

 

  Bold colored records indicate extreme for the month

Italicized bold colored records indicate most recent of multiple extreme occurrences 

 
* Asterisks indicate records which tied previous records; asterisked value was the last year record occurred
 

Sunrise/Sunset times are in Central Standard Time - add one hour during Daylight Savings Time 
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