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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
635 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012

...AUGUST 2012 IN NASHVILLE WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL IN TEMPERATURE...AND
A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL IN RAINFALL...

A STRETCH OF 9 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ENDED
IN AUGUST WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH FELL BELOW
NORMAL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE OCTOBER 2011. THIS IS THE LONGEST
STRETCH OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN NASHVILLE SINCE A SIMILAR
STRETCH OCCURRED FROM NOVEMBER 1990 TO JULY 1991. THE LONGEST
MONTHLY STRETCH OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ON RECORD IS 12
FROM MAY 1881 TO APRIL 1882.

THE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST AVERAGED 77.9 DEGREES WHICH
IS 0.9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE HIGH WAS 88.4 DEGREES AND
THE AVERAGE LOW WAS 67.2 DEGREES. THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE DURING
THE MONTH WAS 99 DEGREES AND IT OCCURRED ON THE 2ND. THE COOLEST
TEMPERATURE WAS 56 DEGREES AND IT OCCURRED ON THE 21ST.

THE HIGH OF 99 DEGREES ON THE 2ND TIED THE RECORD FOR THE DATE SET
PREVIOUSLY IN 1988.

THE LOW OF 56 DEGREES ON THE 21ST TIED THE RECORD FOR THE DATE SET
PREVIOUSLY IN 1927.

RAINFALL DURING AUGUST TOTALED 3.70 INCHES WHICH IS 0.53 INCH
ABOVE NORMAL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT TO FALL IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD WAS
1.21 INCHES ON THE 1ST.

THERE WERE 8 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED WAS 4.8 MILES AN HOUR. THE FASTEST GUST WAS
52 MILES AN HOUR ON THE 16TH.

FOG OCCURRED ON 15 DAYS...WITH NO DAYS OF DENSE FOG.

1981-2010 NORMALS FOR AUGUST:

HIGH 89.0 DEGREES
LOW  68.4 DEGREES
RAINFALL 3.17 INCHES



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BOYD


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