Today's weather video and photos come from Ralph Fato in Norwalk. He wrote, "Many times this year the Sun is failing to burn through the layers. I took some pictures and video this morning with my Kodak Z990." You can almost feel the heat and humidity looking at these. The video can also be found on my Facebook page at facebook.com/piorek12.
So, how have we fared weatherwise since the Summer Solstice 30 days ago? The start of Summer was slightly cooler-than-normal with four of the first five days of the season featuring below normal average temperatures. In fact, the daytime high June 24 was 67 degrees, and the the mercury didn't reach 80 degrees the first five days of Summer.
This month has been a different story, however. Daytime highs reached 91 and 95 degrees, respectively, June 11 and 12, marking the only time we've hit the 90s this year. All but four days this month have been warmer-than-normal, and that trend will certainly continue over the next three days, boosting the 77.4-degree average temperature this month.
The last 30 days have been especially dry. In fact, only seven of the days brought more than one-hundredth of an inch of rain to the region. There was no measured rain over an eight-day stretch from June 30 through July 7, and there have been just two days in the last 12 with more than one-hundredth of an inch of rain.
July and August are traditionally the hottest months of the season with average daily temperatures of 74 and 73.1 degrees, respectively. We experienced a heat wave at the end of August last year. Both months average about three-and-a-quarter inches of rain, but we're nowhere near that this month. Let's see how the final two months of Summer play out.
Paul
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