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From: rickf515515 (rickf5151{at}insightbb.com)
Date: Sun Sep 01 2002 - 11:20:43 EDT
AUGUST 2002 VERY WARM AND DRY AT INDIANAPOLIS,Indiana
AT INDIANAPOLIS DURING AUGUST 2002...TEMPERATURES REACHED 80 DEGREES
OR HIGHER ON ALL 31 DAYS OF THE MONTH. THIS HAS HAPPENED DURING
AUGUST ONLY ONE OTHER TIME SINCE TEMPERATURE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1871.
NORMALLY AUGUST SEES ONLY 24 DAYS WITH HIGHS OF 80 OR ABOVE.
THE END OF AUGUST ALSO MARKED THE 76TH DAY IN A ROW WITH TEMPERATURES
OF 80 OR HIGHER IN INDIANAPOLIS. THIS IS THE RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE
DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES OF 80 OR HIGHER...EXCEEDING THE PREVIOUS
RECORD OF 61 DAYS IN 1931.
TEMPERATURES ALSO MADE IT INTO THE 90S FREQUENTLY DURING THIS
AUGUST. THE MERCURY ROSE TO 90 OR ABOVE ON 11 DAYS WHICH IS 7 MORE
THAN NORMAL. THE LAST TIME THERE WERE MORE DAYS IN AUGUST WITH
TEMPERATURES OF 90 OR ABOVE WAS IN 1995 WITH 20 DAYS...THE RECORD IS
23 DAYS DURING THE AUGUST OF 1983. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE THIS
AUGUST WAS 96 RECORDED ON THE 4TH AND THE LOWEST WAS 59 ON THE 7TH.
AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE NORMAL ON ALL BUT 4 DAYS
DURING AUGUST. THE MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 77.4 IS 3.9 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL AND RANKS THE MONTH AS THE 10TH WARMEST AUGUST ON RECORD. THE
LAST TIME AUGUST WAS WARMER WAS IN 1995. THE WARMEST AUGUST ON
RECORD WAS IN 1936 WITH AN AVERAGE OF 80.5 AND THE COOLEST WAS IN
1915 WHEN THE AVERAGE WAS 67.5.
WITH ALL THE WARMTH YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE SOME DAILY MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE RECORDS SET...BUT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE...AS THERE WERE
NO RECORDS...HIGH OR LOW DURING THE MONTH.
THE WEATHER WAS ALSO QUITE DRY AT INDIANAPOLIS DURING AUGUST WITH
MEASURABLE RAIN FALLING ON ONLY 7 DAYS. THE MONTH/S TOTAL OF 1.42
INCHES WAS 2.40 BELOW NORMAL AND PLACES THE MONTH AS THE 17TH DRIEST
AUGUST ON RECORD. THE LAST TIME IT WAS DRIER DURING AUGUST WAS IN
1987 WHEN 0.86 OF AN INCH WAS RECORDED. THE DRIEST AUGUST ON RECORD
WAS IN 1897 WHEN ONLY 0.42 INCHES FELL AND THE WETTEST WAS IN 1980
WITH 8.34 INCHES.
IT WAS A MONTH WITH ABUNDANT SUNSHINE WITH 76 PERCENT OF POSSIBLE.
THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED ON 5 DAYS OF THE MONTH...BUT THERE WERE NO
SEVERE STORMS AND THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE. THE PEAK
WIND GUST WAS 43 MPH FROM THE WEST ON THE 23RD.
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