651 CXUS53 KOAX 011830 CLMOFK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NEBRASKA 130 PM CDT THU AUG 1 2013 ................................... ...THE NORFOLK CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2013 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) HIGHEST 96 07/22 LOWEST 44 07/28 AVG. MAXIMUM 86.0 86.4 -0.4 AVG. MINIMUM 61.6 63.6 -2.0 MEAN 73.8 75.0 -1.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 12 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.11 1950 MINIMUM T 2012 TOTALS 1.23 3.32 -2.09 DAILY AVG. 0.04 DAYS >= .01 8 DAYS >= .10 5 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.42 07/25 TO 07/25 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 07/31 TO 07/31 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 13 4 9 SINCE 7/1 13 4 9 COOLING TOTAL 291 314 -23 SINCE 1/1 538 561 -23 ................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 26/210 DATE 07/18 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 35/170 DATE 07/12 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.20 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 16 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 5 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. >= INDICATES GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO. <= INDICATES LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO && ...JULY PRECIPITATION IN NORFOLK WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL...WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES... WITH A COOL START...A WARM MIDDLE...AND A VERY COOL END TO THE MONTH...TEMPERATURES IN JULY ENDED UP AVERAGING 1.2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...AT 73.8 DEGREES...WHICH IS THE 32ND COOLEST JULY ON RECORD...AND TIED WITH 1893 AND 1956. IT IS FORTUNATE THAT TEMPERATURES WERE NEVER EXCESSIVELY HOT...AS PRECIPITATION FOR JULY TOTALED JUST 1.23 INCHES. THAT TOTAL IS THE 19TH DRIEST JULY ON RECORD IN NORFOLK...AND IS 2.09 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. WHILE DROUGHT IS LINGERING IN THE NORFOLK AREA...CONDITIONS HAVE NOT DETERIORATED NEARLY AS EXTENSIVELY OR AS RAPIDLY AS THEY DID IN 2012. TEMPERATURES FROM THE 1ST THROUGH THE 4TH WERE BELOW NORMAL...DRIVEN MAINLY BY COOLER NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 50 TO 57. TEMPERATURES INCREASED FROM THE 5TH THROUGH THE 22ND...WITH JUST 4 DAYS OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THAT PERIOD. THUNDERSTORMS BROUGHT RAIN ON THE 8TH...9TH...AND 14TH...THOUGH AMOUNTS WERE BELOW A QUARTER INCH EACH DAY. LIGHTER AMOUNTS UNDER 0.05 INCHES FELL WITH THUNDERSTORMS ON THE 20TH...21ST...AND 23RD. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH...96 DEGREES...WAS RECORDED ON THE 22ND. UNLIKE AREAS TO THE SOUTH...NORFOLK ALSO HAD A WARM DAY ON THE 25TH...WITH 0.42 INCHES OF RAIN FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS. FROM THE 26TH THROUGH THE 31ST...TEMPERATURES SHIFTED TO MUCH COOLER READINGS AS A COOL AIRMASS OVERTOOK THE CENTRAL PLAINS. TEMPERATURES WERE ESPECIALLY COLD ON THE 26TH THROUGH 29TH...WITH AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURES IN THE DOUBLE DIGITS BELOW NORMAL. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ROSE TO 90 DEGREES ON THE 25TH...AND THE TEMPERATURE DID NOT RISE ABOVE 80 AGAIN UNTIL THE AFTERNOON OF THE 31ST. A RECORD MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS SET ON THE 28TH AT 44 DEGREES...WHICH WAS ALSO THE 3RD COLDEST TEMPERATURE FOR ANY JULY DAY...WITH THE COLDER JULY READINGS 43 IN 1908 AT 42 IN 1971. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 64 DEGREES ON THE 29TH SHATTERED THE RECORD COLDEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THAT DAY...WITH COOL SHOWERS IN THE AREA AS 0.17 INCHES FELL. DAILY RECORDS SET IN JULY 2013: DATE RECORD READING PREVIOUS RECORD JULY 28 MINIMUM TEMP 44 48 (1925) JULY 29 COLD MAX TEMP 64 71 (1981) $$ MAYES/SK/JEK