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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1206 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012


...RECORD HEAT IN JUNE AND LACK OF RAIN EXPANDED DROUGHT ACROSS
MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

JUNE CONTINUED THE TREND OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN NASHVILLE
FOR THE 8TH CONSECUTIVE MONTH. THE FIRST HALF OF JUNE 2012 WAS
ACTUALLY BELOW NORMAL IN TEMPERATURE BUT I DOUBT THAT ANYONE
REMEMBERS THOSE COOLER TEMPERATURES AS THE LAST HALF WAS WELL
ABOVE NORMAL. THE MONTH ENDED 1.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL BUT THE
BIG NEWS WAS THE RECORD HEAT. NASHVILLE BROKE ITS RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE WITH 109 DEGREES ON JUNE 29TH.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE WAS 106 DEGREES SET ON
JUNE 30TH 1952. THE 109 DEGREES ALSO BROKE THE ALL-TIME RECORD
HIGH TEMPERATURE AT NASHVILLE SET PREVIOUSLY ON JULY 27TH AND 28TH
1952.

NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR NASHVILLE IN JUNE 2012

JUNE 28TH...105...PREVIOUS RECORD 104 IN 1952
JUNE 29TH...109...PREVIOUS RECORD 103 IN 1952
JUNE 30TH...107...PREVIOUS RECORD 106 IN 1952.

THERE WAS ONE HIGHEST DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD SET. THE
LOW TEMPERATURE FOR JUNE 30TH WAS 80 DEGREES BREAKING THE OLD
RECORD OF 77 DEGREES SET IN 1941.

RAINFALL...FOR JUNE 2012 TOTALED ONLY 0.26 INCH WHICH IS 3.88 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. JUNE 2012 WAS THE DRIEST JUNE SINCE 1936 WHEN ONLY
0.21 INCH OF RAIN FELL. IN 1988 JUST UNDER AN HALF INCH OF RAIN
FELL MAKING IT THE THIRD DRIEST JUNE ON RECORD.

DRIEST JUNE'S ON RECORD...

1936...0.21
2012...0.26 2ND DRIEST ON RECORD
1988...0.45
1901...0.48
1899...0.75
1952...0.78

RAINFALL FOR JANUARY THROUGH JUNE OF 2012 HAS TOTALED 18.18 INCHES AT
NASHVILLE. THIS IS 7.26 INCHES BELOW NORMAL...AND RANKS AS THE 13TH
DRIEST FIRST SIX MONTHS OF ANY YEAR ON RECORD. LAST YEAR WE HAD
29.37 INCHES RAIN DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2011.

WITH RECORD HEAT AND LACK OF RAINFALL THE DROUGHT HAS CONTINUED TO
EXPAND ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE WITH PARTS OF THE MID STATE IN A
SEVERE DROUGHT. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF WATER QUALITY AND WATER
SUPPLY ISSUES IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...MAINLY DUE TO LOW WATER LEVELS
IN AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS WHERE THE WATER IS DRAWN FROM. SOME
AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP.

THERE WERE 4 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN JUNE 2012 AT NASHVILLE. ON
AVERAGE THERE ARE 8 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE MONTH OF
JUNE.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED WAS 5.7 MILES AN HOUR. THE FASTEST GUST WAS
31 MILES AN HOUR ON THE 11TH AND THE 30TH.

FOG OCCURRED ON 5 DAYS.

NO TORNADOES OCCURRED IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE
2012.

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...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

THE EXTREMELY HOT TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY JUNE 29 2012 SET
ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES AT MANY OF THE OFFICIAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER SITES.

SITE...............HIGH JUNE 29.....PREVIOUS RECORD/YEAR
WOODBURY...........110..............109/2007
COLUMBIA...........109..............109/1952
KINGSTON SPRINGS...109..............108/2007
CHEATHAM DAM.......108..............105/1980 AND 1983
CLARKSVILLE........108..............106/2007
FRANKLIN...........108..............108/1930
SHELBYVILLE........108..............107/1952
SPARTA.............108..............104/1980
LAWRENCEBURG.......106..............104/2007
OLD HICKORY........106..............105/2007
PULASKI............106..............105/1980
CENTERVILLE........105..............103/1980
COOKEVILLE.........105..............105/1930
SMITHVILLE.........105..............104/1980
JAMESTOWN..........103..............100/2007
MONTEREY...........103..............100/1952


OTHER HIGH TEMPERATURES NOT BREAKING THE RECORD.
MURFREESBORO.......108..............109/1954
DOVER..............108..............110/1901
DICKSON............106..............110/1930
LIVINGSTON.........106..............108/1980
CARTHAGE...........104..............111/1930
WAYNESBORO.........104..............108/1952
PORTLAND...........101..............105/2007
ALLARDT.............99..............104/1936


HIGH TEMPERATURE AT SITES WITHOUT RECORDS.
WATERTOWN..........109
CENTER HILL DAM....108
TENNESSEE RIDGE....108
BRENTWOOD..........107
FAIRVIEW...........107
LOBELVILLE.........107
ROCK ISLAND........107
THOMPSON STATION...106
CHRISTIANA.........106
BIRDSONG MARINA....105
MANCHESTER.........105
CAMDEN.............104
HOHENWALD..........104
WHITE HOUSE........104
MONTGOMERY BELL....102
WARTRACE...........102
MOUSETAIL LNDG.....101
BYRDSTOWN..........100
COALMONT...........100
CRAB ORCHARD.......100


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BOYD






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