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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
715 PM CST THU SEP 2 2005

...A WET AND HOT AUGUST...

THE MONTH OF AUGUST WAS EXCEPTIONALLY WARM AND WET. AT NASHVILLE
AIRPORT...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 81.8 DEGREES...WHICH IS 3.9
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS TIED FOR THE TENTH WARMEST AUGUSTS
EVER IN NASHVILLE. THE RAINFALL AMOUNT ALSO BROKE THE TOP TEN. WITH
6.89 INCHES...THIS MADE AUGUST 2005 THE 9TH WETTEST AUGUST EVER IN
NASHVILLE.

TWENTY-TWO OF THE FIRST TWENTY-FOUR DAYS SHOWED HIGH TEMPERATURES OF
90 DEGREES OR ABOVE. THE WARMEST WAS 98 DEGREES ON THE
10TH...11TH...12TH...AND 20TH. THIS WAS ALSO THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE
IN NASHVILLE SINCE 100 DEGREES ON AUGUST 17TH OF 2000.
THE COOLEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 63 DEGREES ON THE
THIRTY-FIRST.

MUCH OF THE RAINFALL OCCURRED DURING A FEW DAYS' TIME. IN
FACT...NASHVILLE AIRPORT SAW 2 RECORD RAINFALL...WITH 3.22 INCHES
ON THE 17TH...AND 1.97 INCHES ON THE 30TH. AFTER A DRY START FOR THE
MONTH...THE PERIOD FROM THE 14TH THROUGH THE 17TH SAW ON AVERAGE 2
TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTH HALF OF THE MID STATE...WITH SOME
PLACES GETTING 4 TO 6 INCHES.

THERE WERE A FEW MINOR SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS DURING THE MONTH. THE
BIG STORY WAS TROPICAL STORM KATRINA...WHICH VISITED THE MID STATE AT
THE END OF THE MONTH...BRINGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TO MUCH
OF THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE REGION...WHILE DUMPING HEAVY RAIN AND
DOWNING TREES. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN WAS QUITE COMMON...BUT
AREAS FROM DICKSON TO COLUMBIA SAW 5 TO 6 INCHES.

CROSSVILLE AVERAGED 75.5 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH...WHICH IS 2.3 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL. THE TOTAL RAINFALL WAS 4.98 INCHES...WHICH IS 0.91
INCH ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 90 DEGREES ON THE
20TH...WHILE THE COLDEST WAS 61 DEGREES ON THE THIRTY-FIRST.

CLARKSVILLE AVERAGED 80.1 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH AND TABULATED 7.32
INCHES OF RAIN. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 100 DEGREES ON THE
13TH...AND THE COLDEST WAS 60 DEGREES ON THE THIRTY-FIRST.

FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS OF JUNE...JULY AND AUGUST...NASHVILLE AVERAGED
79.9 DEGREES...WHICH IS 2.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE TOTAL RAINFALL
WAS 11.98 INCHES...WHICH IS .85 INCH ABOVE NORMAL.

CROSSVILLE AVERAGED 74.1 DEGREES FOR THE SUMMER...WHICH IS 1.4
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. TOTAL RAINFALL WAS 13.60 INCHES...WHICH IS
1.23 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.

CLARKSVILLE AVERAGED 77.8 DEGREES FOR THE SEASON...AND REGISTERED
13.82 INCHES OF RAINFALL.

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