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July 2026 numbers: Avg max: 76.6 0.3 AN Hottest day, 87 on the 2nd Avg min: 55.6 0.7 AN Coolest day, 46 on the 24th Mean: 66.6 0.5 AN Precip: 2.20" 1.72" BN Wettest day, 0.67" on the 22nd. After having 6 days with thunder in June, we had only one in July, tying 2010 and 2023 for the lowest. July '26 temps were +10 during the first 4 days and -1 on the next 27. The month had 2 noteworthy events, first being the HHH of 1-3, upper 80s (avoiding 90+ thanks to the trees) with low 70s TD. 2nd was the brief squall on the 16th. It dropped 1/4" in 5 minutes with gusts approaching 50 mph and cut the power, causing our on-demand generator to run for 7.4 hours.

Great summary. Some comparisons: Total snowfall: 86.9" 98% of average (88.4") The average ratio was 13.75:1, easily the highest of our winters (avg is just above 10:1). Even without the Jan 25-27 storm (19.6"/0.77" LE), the 12.1 to 1 ratio would be highest. Days with 1"+: 131 (123 consec.) About a week above average Days with 10"+: 74 (69 consec.) About a week below average Days with 20"+: 29 (17 consec.) Total was average, consec. 5 days BN Peak depth: 28" on Jan 26 during the 19.6" fluff bomb (25:1 ratio). Settling was rapid. Average is 29", median 26". SDDs: 1,526 203 BN but slightly above the median. That 19.6" storm is 10th biggest in our 28 winters here. 2nd biggest for 25-26 was 8.5", modest but well-timed (Dec 23-24) for the grandkids' sledding.

Got a nice drink (2"+) from Arthur with little wind. 200 miles east, Public Lands' Cutler tract had lots of trees flattened. Had 0.09" overnight, event total 0.16". From Tuesday thru yesterday, each subsequent QPF was lower than the previous one, finally fixing on <0.1" for both yesterday and last night - both verified.

"Event": 0.07" Week: 0.07" Month: 2.11" Year: 21.82" (79% of average)

Some years back my sister-in-law gave us a gift card for Red Lobster. Unfortunately, the 3-4 RLs in Maine had closed - couldn't compete with the locals. We had to go to northern Mass to use the card; combined it with a Bible conference in Concord, NH so didn't need a special trip. GYX overnight forecast (<0.1") was on target (sadly) - 0.07". Radar isn't very promising, either. NNJ where I grew up got pounded, 3-7". We'd lived in the hills, avoiding flood damage, but the Pompton/Passaic river system flooded frequently. Unfortunately, the Passaic took the lives of two 10-year-olds yesterday.

Shortly after moving to Maine in 1973, I read that more than half the world's people used wood as a heat source, and I thought that to be sort of quaint. At our NNJ home in NNJ, we had a fireplace, but it was more for atmosphere than heat. We moved from a Fort Kent apartment to our first house (tiny 2-story) in mid-May 1977 and couldn't wait to add a woodstove. I'd installed a Jotul 602 the day before the move. We've run woodstoves as a major heat source ever since - no chimney fires (yet).

Still waiting. Looks like we get about 1/4" at best. That 10" event is beyond my experience - tops was 8.90" on 27-28, 1971 at NNJ, PRE dropped 3.8" during daylight on the 27th then Doria 5.1" in the wee hours of 8/28. PWM had 9.62" on 10/21/996, also 2.78" the day before. I'm confident there was a 10/24 in there someplace.

Acclimation can occur without moving a bit. Sometime next month or early September we'll have a morning in the mid-upper 30s and it will feel quite chilly. In January that would be shirtsleeve weather. The early heat this month hit hard due to tall dews and not having had much real heat before that. With several weeks of mostly CoC since then, another big heat next month will take some more acclimation. Could happen - we've had only 2 heat waves here, each 3 straight 90+, and one came last year. In 28 summers, we've had 90+ on 23 days. June leads with 9 and August is 2nd with 7. Only 3 in July and 2 each for May/September. 30 thunder days in AK? That's twice my average here and last year we had a mere 5. Go far NW for SVR?

Tenth to a quarter? (thru Fri) Would like to bust low.

July 1-4: 85/66 +10 (Dews 70+) July 5-27: 76/53 -1 (7 mornings in the 40s)

If you get <1", we're likely to get <1/2". Precip maps only go to Thurs aft - maybe something that evening? Another CoC day here, 5th consecutive mostly sunny day - rare in July/August when most days are PC. Avg temps 23-27: 77/48.

Frost at HIE - cool. We had 40/39 on 27-28 that year. Farther back/north, we lost half our pumpkins on July 31, 1978 in Fort Kent, and the next door neighbor's beans were torched - their garden was 2-3 feet lower than ours, probably had 31 while we only got down to 32.

Yesterday's 76/47 (-4) dragged the monthly departure down to +0.8. My guess is 0.0 to +0.5 as the final figure. Rain thru yesterday is 2.04"; avg for July is 3.98". I think we're too far north/east to catch up.

Maybe, but the 30-year norms of 50 years ago were about 2F lower than the 1991-2020s.