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From: Jesse Ferrell - Vacation (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.com)
Date: Sat Aug 02 2003 - 22:43:14 EDT
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
...JULY 2003 WAS THE HOTTEST MONTH ON RECORD IN PHOENIX...
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT PHOENIX FOR JULY 2003 WAS 97.6 DEGREES...
WHICH ESTABLISHED A NEW RECORD FOR THE HOTTEST MONTH EVER RECORDED
IN PHOENIX. THE OLD RECORD...97.4 DEGREES...OCCURRED IN JULY 1989.
OFFICIAL TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR PHOENIX HAVE BEEN KEPT SINCE 6
AUGUST 1895...SO JULY 2003 WAS THE HOTTEST MONTH DURING THE PAST
108 YEARS.
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT PHOENIX DURING JULY 2003...108.7
DEGREES...RANKS AS SECOND HOTTEST ON RECORD...TRAILING ONLY THE
109.1 DEGREE MARK ESTABLISHED IN JULY 1989. THE AVERAGE LOW
TEMPERATURE DURING JULY 2003...86.6 DEGREES...ECLIPSED THE OLD MARK
OF 85.0 DEGREES SET IN JULY 1989.
NIGHTTIME LOW TEMPERATURES WERE 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER ON 10 CALENDAR
DAYS DURING JULY 2003 (OLD RECORD: 6 CALENDAR DAYS IN JULY 1996).
THE WARMEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR ANY CALENDAR DAY...96 DEGREES
...OCCURRED ON 15 JULY 2003. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHED OR
EXCEEDED 110 DEGREES ON 15 DAYS DURING JULY 2003 (THE RECORD NUMBER
OF DAYTIME HIGHS AT OR ABOVE 110 FOR ANY MONTH...18...OCCURRED IN
JUNE 1974).
THE COMBINATION OF A PERSISTENT AND STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
ALOFT OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES...A RELATIVELY LATE START TO
THE SUMMER THUNDERSTORM SEASON...AND THE IMPACT OF THE URBAN HEAT
ISLAND...CONTRIBUTED TO THE RECORD WARM CONDITIONS OBSERVED IN
PHOENIX DURING JULY 2003.
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