It should come as no surprise that August was another hotter-than-normal month in Birmingham.
That was the story for most of the summer. Some August notes:
* The average high was over 93 and that was 3 degrees hotter than normal.
* Average low was 74 which was an impressive 5 degrees above normal
* 28 of the 31 days had high temperatures 90 or higher
* 11 of the 31 days had highs 95 or higher (That is an even better indication of how hot it was)
* The hottest all month was 100 on the 8th.
* 2.69 inches was the total rainfall--a deficiency of 0.79.
* only 1/4th of an inch fell in the last 10 days
As far as weather people are concerned, summer is over since we consider June-July-August as the three summer months.
While our summer heat waves were bad enough, we escaped a long stretch of extremely high temperatures with days on end over 100.
Will try to post a rundown of the entire summer tomorrow...
That was the story for most of the summer. Some August notes:
* The average high was over 93 and that was 3 degrees hotter than normal.
* Average low was 74 which was an impressive 5 degrees above normal
* 28 of the 31 days had high temperatures 90 or higher
* 11 of the 31 days had highs 95 or higher (That is an even better indication of how hot it was)
* The hottest all month was 100 on the 8th.
* 2.69 inches was the total rainfall--a deficiency of 0.79.
* only 1/4th of an inch fell in the last 10 days
As far as weather people are concerned, summer is over since we consider June-July-August as the three summer months.
While our summer heat waves were bad enough, we escaped a long stretch of extremely high temperatures with days on end over 100.
Will try to post a rundown of the entire summer tomorrow...