June part 2

[metalicwx366]

At least last summer didnt have drought and smoke everywhere. Its everywhere outside. Then it mixes with fog which makes it very hard to see and smells like something. Lol

[FoothillsNC]

Out this way last summer was definitely more brutal but I do believe 90s are becoming more of the norm.

I've gone over 90 just a few times this Summer. Most days are 90 and less here, which is much cooler than last Summer.

This pattern over the next week is a good one for most of the Southeast. Daily showers and thunderstorms should be pretty abundant. The models have the main ridging high out west and one to our east, so we're sandwiched in with a weakness and 2 dying fronts, and a really soupy airmass, and possibly a very weak upper low forming in GA. Of course not everybody will get a daily shower, but the coverage should be a little higher than climo, and considering how dry many areas are the last few Summers, it will feel wetter than average probably. Ala, GA and the Carolinas should be the general region of daily storms the next 5 to 7 days. Florida does very well too.

[Snowless in Carrollton]

Today will be Atlanta's 34th day of 90+ this summer and it's only early July !! I think the average # of 90+ days for the entire summer is 40-45, so Atlanta could have an entire summer's worth of heat by the time we reach mid July ! Comparing this summer's heat to last summer, through July 3rd last year Atlanta had 21 days of 90+, compared to 33 days of 90+ this year. Atlanta ended up with 85 days of 90+ last year ! I would have to do some research, but I would be surprised if there's ever been this many 90+ days this early in the summer.

[Snowless in Carrollton]

I've gone over 90 just a few times this Summer. Most days are 90 and less here, which is much cooler than last Summer.

This pattern over the next week is a good one for most of the Southeast. Daily showers and thunderstorms should be pretty abundant. The models have the main ridging high out west and one to our east, so we're sandwiched in with a weakness and 2 dying fronts, and a really soupy airmass, and possibly a very weak upper low forming in GA. Of course not everybody will get a daily shower, but the coverage should be a little higher than climo, and considering how dry many areas are the last few Summers, it will feel wetter than average probably. Ala, GA and the Carolinas should be the general region of daily storms the next 5 to 7 days. Florida does very well too.

That's interesting that you've been over 90 just a few times this summer and Atlanta has had over 30 days of 90+. I wonder why such a big difference ? Are you at a very high elevation ?

[FoothillsNC]

That's interesting that you've been over 90 just a few times this summer and Atlanta has had over 30 days of 90+. I wonder why such a big difference ? Are you at a very high elevation ?

I think the way its played out has been pretty active in the western Piedmont and foothills over the last 6 weeks, meaning a lot of clouds around. I've been partly cloudy numerous times when other places were full sun all day. Just how the pattern worked out, and that cut down on temps, plus that holds in ground moisture which has a feedback effect. Lately though, its getting dry again and any sunshine zaps the moisture from the ground quickly esp. on sunny afternoons. Thanfully, clouds are going to become abundant pretty soon, starting this afternoon and we get into a cloudier pattern which should squash the big heat some.

[buckeyefan1]

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC100 AM EDT FRI JUL 1 2011...JUNE 2011 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE MIDLANDS AND CSRA......3RD WARMEST JUNE AT COLUMBIA......8TH WARMEST JUNE AT AUGUSTA......MULTIPLE SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE......DRY WEATHER CONTINUES FOR THE MIDLANDS AND CSRA...

THE THEME FOR JUNE ACROSS THE REGION WAS THE PERSISTENT HEAT AND THE CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES AVERAGED NEARLY 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH. IT WAS THE 3RD HOTTEST JUNE ON RECORD AT COLUMBIA AND THE 8TH HOTTEST JUNE ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA. THE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR BOTH COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA WERE 90 DEGREES OR ABOVE FOR EVERY DAY OF THE MONTH. THIS IS THE FIRST JUNE IN HISTORY AT COLUMBIA WHERE EVERY DAY THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER. IT IS THE SECOND JUNE ON RECORD FOR AUGUSTA WERE EVERYDAY WAS 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER. THE ONLY OTHER YEAR WAS JUNE 1952. WHICH IS ALSO THE WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA. THE WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION WAS THE DOMINATED BY THE STRONG MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVEL AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE THAT PERSISTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTRY. AT BOTH COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA THERE HAVE BEEN 34 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF HIGH TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES. THE TREND BEGAN ON MAY 28TH. AT COLUMBIA THIS TIES FOR THE 6TH LONGEST STREAK ON RECORD WITH 1992. THE RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER AT COLUMBIA IS 54 DAYS DURING THE SUMMER OF 1986. AT AUGUSTA THIS IS THE 7TH LONGEST STREAK ON RECORD. THE RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER AT AUGUSTA IS ALSO 54 DAYS DURING THE SUMMER 1986. THE OTHER BIG STORY FOR THE MONTH WAS THE NUMBER OF DAYS WITH STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. AT LEAST ONE WARNING OR MORE WAS ISSUED ON 18 OF THE 30 DAYS DURING THE MONTH. THERE WERE OVER 90 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ISSUED FOR THE MONTH AND OVER 200 REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER RECEIVED AT THE OFFICE. MOST OF THE EVENTS INVOLVED STRONG DAMAGING WINDS THAT BROUGHT DOWN TREES AND POWERLINES. THERE WERE ALSO SEVERAL EVENTS WHERE LARGE HAIL WAS OBSERVED. THE AREA ASOS AND AWOS SYSTEMS RECORDED SOME VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS. HERE ARE THE PEAK WIND GUSTS FOR THE MONTH AT EACH STATION: AUGUSTA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD.....67 MPH ON THE 15TH.AUGUSTA DANIEL FIELD............62 MPH ON THE 15TH.MCENTIRE ANG BASE...............61 MPH ON THE 15TH.MCWHIRTER FIELD LANCASTER.......58 MPH ON THE 18TH.ORANGEBURG AIRPORT..............56 MPH ON THE 26TH.COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT..........52 MPH ON THE 2ND.OWENS FIELD DOWNTOWN AIRPORT....45 MPH ON THE 2ND.CHECKING SOME OF THE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM THE OUR COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVERS SHOWED MANY LOCATION CLIMBED AT OR ABOVE THE CENTURY MARK. HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES RECORDED DURING THE MONTH:WATEREE DAM (WATS1)...............105 DEGREES ON THE 22ND.UNIV. OF SOUTH CAROLINA (USCS1)...104 DEGREES ON THE 21ST.LONGTOWN (LNTS1)..................103 DEGREES ON THE 21ST AND 22ND.CHESTERFIELD (CTFS1)..............103 DEGREES ON THE 22ND.BATESBURG (BATS1).................102 DEGREES ON THE 21ST.AS FOR PRECIPITATION...RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA WAS GENERALLY BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES...WHICH IS BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WERE ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTION OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVE AREA WHERE 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. THE LOWEST PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WERE ACROSS THE PEE DEE REGION WHERE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS...AS SEVERE STORMS MOVED ACROSS FORT GORDON NEAR AUGUSTA ON JUNE 15TH...24 SOLDIERS WERE INJURED FROM DEBRIS CRASHING ONTO THEIR TENTS FROM THE STRONG WINDS. LIGHTNING PRODUCED BY A THUNDERSTORM ACROSS NORTHERN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF RUBY ON JUNE 21ST STRUCK 4 PEOPLE AT A SOFTBALL FIELD. ONE OF THE PEOPLE DIED AND 2 OTHERS WERE TREATED AND RELEASED.LIGHTNING PRODUCED BY A THUNDERSTORM OVER DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA STRUCK A TREE WHERE 5 LANDSCAPE AND MAINTENANCE WORKERS WERE RESTING. TWO WORKERS WERE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND THE OTHER 3 WORKERS WERE SHAKEN UP BY THE EVENT. ONE OF THE WORKERS WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. TEMPERATURES...RECORD DAILY TEMPERATURES FOR APRIL 2011 FOR COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN AIRPORT (CAE) AND AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD (AGS):AT COLUMBIA...CAE MINIMUM 76 28TH...TIED 1969 AT AUGUSTA...THERE WERE NO RECORDS EITHER TIED OR BROKEN COLDEST TEMP OF THE MONTHCAE 68 4TH...7TH...15TH AND 25THAGS 64 8TH...10TH AND 11THWARMEST TEMP OF THE MONTHCAE 101 20TH AND 21STAGS 101 20TH AND 21STCOLUMBIA SC METROPOLITAN AIRPORT (CAE) AVERAGE TEMPERATURE... AVG HIGH/DEEP AVG LOW/DEEP AVG TEMP NORMAL DEPARTURE JAN 2010 52.4/-2.7 29.6/-4.4 41.0 44.6 -3.6FEB 51.8/-7.7 31.2/-5.1 41.5 47.9 -6.4MAR 65.7/-1.7 41.1/-2.4 53.4 55.4 -2.0APR 80.3/+4.6 51.3/+0.6 65.8 63.2 +2.6MAY 86.6/+3.5 65.3/+5.3 76.0 71.6 +4.4JUN 94.6/+5.5 72.8/+4.9 83.7 78.5 +5.2 JUL 95.1/+3.0 73.7/+1.9 84.4 82.0 +2.4 AUG 92.3/+2.3 74.6/+4.6 83.5 80.3 +3.2 SEP 91.3/+6.5 66.6/+2.0 78.9 74.7 +4.2 OCT 79.8/+4.0 51.2/-0.3 65.5 63.7 +1.8 NOV 68.3/+1.6 41.9/-0.7 55.1 54.7 +0.4DEC 51.1/-6.7 28.2/-7.9 39.6 47.0 -7.4 ANNUAL 75.8/+0.5 52.3/+0.7 64.0 63.6 +0.4JAN 2011 52.7/-2.4 30.7/-5.5 41.7 44.6 -2.9 FEB 64.6/+5.1 39.7/+3.4 52.2 47.9 +4.3MAR 68.6/+1.2 45.7/+2.2 57.1 55.4 +1.7 APR 80.9/+5.2 54.6/+3.9 67.8 63.2 +4.6 MAY 85.5/+2.4 62.8/+2.8 74.2 71.6 +2.6JUN 95.2/+6.1 71.4/+3.5 83.3 78.5 +4.8 AUGUSTA GA BUSH FIELD (AGS) AVERAGE TEMPERATURE... AVG HIGH/DEEP AVG LOW/DEEP AVG TEMP NORMAL DEPARTUREJAN 2010 53.9/-2.6 29.5/-3.6 41.7 44.8 -3.1FEB 53.6/-7.7 30.6/-4.9 42.1 48.4 -6.3MAR 66.0/-3.2 39.5/-3.0 52.8 55.9 -3.1APR 80.9/+4.2 47.7/+0.4 64.3 62.4 +1.9 MAY 86.9/+3.0 61.4/+4.2 74.2 70.5 +3.7JUN 95.9/+6.3 69.6/+4.2 82.8 77.5 +5.3JUL 95.8/+3.8 71.5/+1.9 83.6 80.8 +2.8AUG 92.4/+2.2 72.2/+4.3 82.3 79.3 +3.0SEP 91.5/+6.2 61.9/-0.5 76.7 73.8 +2.9OCT 81.1/+4.6 47.3/-2.3 64.2 63.1 +1.1NOV 70.1/+2.3 39.7/-1.2 54.9 54.4 +0.5DEC 52.9/-6.2 26.0/-8.7 39.4 46.9 -7.5ANNUAL 76.8/+1.1 49.7/-1.0 63.2 63.2 0.0JAN 2011 54.1/-2.4 29.2/-3.9 41.7 44.8 -3.1 FEB 65.9/+4.6 36.9/+1.4 51.4 48.4 +3.0MAR 71.4/+2.2 43.9/+1.4 57.6 55.9 +1.7APR 82.6/+5.9 51.6/+3.5 67.1 62.4 +4.7MAY 86.7/+2.8 57.7/+0.5 72.2 70.5 +1.7 JUN 96.2/+6.6 67.9/+2.5 82.0 77.5 +4.5 PRECIPITATION...COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT PRECIPITATION... TOTAL NORMAL DIFFERENCE (INCHES)JANUARY 2010 3.18 4.66 -1.48 FEBRUARY 2.88 3.84 -0.96 MARCH 2.34 4.59 -2.25 APRIL 0.91 2.98 -2.07 MAY 2.10 3.17 -1.07 JUNE 4.20 4.99 -0.79 JULY 7.70 5.54 +2.16 AUGUST 5.56 5.41 +0.15 SEPTEMBER 1.94 3.94 -2.00 OCTOBER 1.83 2.89 -1.06 NOVEMBER 1.46 2.88 -1.42 DECEMBER 1.40 3.38 -1.98 ANNUAL 35.50 48.27 -12.77JANUARY 2011 1.70 4.66 -2.96 FEBRUARY 4.21 3.84 +0.37 MARCH 4.00 4.59 -0.59APRIL 2.76 2.98 -0.22 MAY 2.74 3.17 -0.43JUNE 2.87 4.99 -2.12AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD PRECIPITATION... TOTAL NORMAL DIFFERENCE (INCHES) JANUARY 2010 5.39 4.50 +0.89 FEBRUARY 2.37 4.11 -1.74 MARCH 3.20 4.61 -1.41 APRIL 1.20 2.94 -1.74 MAY 1.36 3.07 -1.71 JUNE 2.19 4.19 -2.00 JULY 5.86 4.07 +1.79 AUGUST 2.04 4.48 -2.44 SEPTEMBER 1.89 3.59 -1.70 OCTOBER 0.67 3.20 -2.53 NOVEMBER 1.30 2.68 -1.38 DECEMBER 1.17 3.14 -1.97 ANNUAL 28.61 44.58 -15.97JANUARY 2011 2.11 4.50 -2.39 FEBRUARY 4.31 4.11 +0.20MARCH 5.45 4.61 +0.84APRIL 1.93 2.94 -1.01MAY 2.50 3.07 -0.57JUNE 1.98 4.19 -2.21.NOTE...TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR COLUMBIA GO BACK TO 1887 AND FOR AUGUSTA BACK TO 1873. PRECIPITATION RECORDS FOR COLUMBIA GO BACK TO 1878 AND FOR AUGUSTA BACK TO 1871.