Monthly Summary: August 2013

It’s the August that really wanted to be a July. All temperature markers are at least two degrees above the long-term average, thanks to a heat wave at the end of the month. Heat index reached 110F at that time.

Precipitation was 1 inch below normal. Drought conditions are returning.

 

All data refer to the time since June 7, 2007, as measured by the UMM weather station. Averages refer to data taken by the Morris Co-op and the USDA Soils Lab.

Aug-13

10-year average

50-year average

90-year average

Temperature

Monthly Mean:

71.9

oF

69.1

oF

68.4

oF

69.0

oF

22.2

oC

20.6

oC

20.2

oC

20.5

oC

Monthly max:

94.4

oF

90.8

oF

92.5

oF

93.7

oF

34.7

oC

32.7

oC

33.6

oC

34.3

oC

Monthly min:

51.4

oF

47.5

oF

44.8

oF

44.2

oF

10.8

oC

8.6

oC

7.1

oC

6.8

oC

Liquid precipitation

Total:

1.89

in

2.85

in

3.13

in

3.01

in

48.0

mm

72.3

mm

79.5

mm

76.5

mm

Wind gust

max:

46

mph

21

m/s

Solar Radiation:

total month

198.9

kWh/m2

average daily

6.6

kWh/m2

 

SB, 9/4/13