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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
704 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2012

...JULY IN NASHVILLE WAS THE 2ND HOTTEST AND 4TH WETTEST ON RECORD...

JULY CONTINUED THE TREND OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN NASHVILLE
WITH TEMPERATURES AVERAGING 4.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...MAKING JULY
2012 THE 2ND HOTTEST JULY ON RECORD AND THE HOTTEST IN NEARLY 60 YEARS.

TEN HOTTEST JULY'S ON RECORD.

1. 1954...84.1 DEGREES...HOTTEST JULY ON RECORD
2. 2012...83.5
3. 1930...83.4
4. 1901...83.4
5. 1993...83.3
6. 1952...83.0
7. 2011...83.0
8. 1980...82.8
9. 1969...82.7
10.1874...82.6

THERE'S BEEN 9 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN
NASHVILLE. THE MOST CONSECUTIVE MONTHS EVER WITH ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES IN NASHVILLE IS 12 THAT SPAN FROM MAY 1881 TO APRIL
1882. THERE WAS STRETCH OF 10 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS FROM MAY 1998 TO
FEBRUARY 1999...AND A STRETCH OF 11 MONTHS FROM MAY 2007 TO MARCH 2008.

THERE WERE 6 DAYS OF TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES IN JULY 2012...FIVE
CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES WHICH IS THE MOST IN
THE MONTH OF JULY...TIED WITH 1881.

THE MOST DAYS WITH 100 DEGREES OR ABOVE IN THE MONTH OF JULY IS 9
DAYS BACK IN 1930. THERE WERE 8 DAYS IN 1954...AND 7 DAYS IN 1881.

THERE WERE 16 DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES 95 DEGREES AND ABOVE IN JULY. THE
MOST DAYS IN JULY WITH 95 DEGREES AND ABOVE IS 19 DAYS IN 1952. THERE
WERE 18 DAYS IN 1954...AND 1930...AND 17 IN 1980.

NASHVILLE HAD ITS HOTTEST JULY 4TH ON RECORD IN 2012 WHEN THE
HIGH FOR THE DAY WAS 103 DEGREES AND LOW WAS 89. IN CONTRAST THE
COOLEST JULY 4TH ON RECORD WAS IN 1968...WHEN THE HIGH WAS 81
DEGREES AND THE LOW WAS 55 DEGREES.

NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR NASHVILLE SET IN JULY 2012

JULY 1ST...105...PREVIOUS RECORD 101 IN 1954
JULY 4TH...103...PREVIOUS RECORD 101 IN 1948
JULY 5TH...104...PREVIOUS RECORD 101 IN 1954
JULY 6TH...105...PREVIOUS RECORD 100 IN 1874
JULY 7TH...104...PREVIOUS RECORD 102 IN 1954

A NEW RECORD HIGHEST DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (NIGHTTIME LOW) WAS SET
ON JULY 1ST WHEN THE LOW WAS 81 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 77 DEGREES
SET BACK IN 1993.

THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF JULY WAS 93.9 DEGREES
AND THE AVERAGE LOW WAS 73.0 DEGREES. THE NORMAL (30 YEAR) HIGH FOR JULY
IS 88.7 DEGREES...AND THE NORMAL LOW IS 69.5 DEGREES.

THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE DURING THE MONTH WAS 105 DEGREES ON THE
1ST AND 6TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 68 DEGREES ON THE 30TH.

JULY 2012 IN NASHVILLE ENDED AS THE 4TH WETTEST JULY ON RECORD AND
THE WETTEST IN MORE THAN 100 YEARS.

TEN WETTEST JULY'S ON RECORD IN NASHVILLE.

1. 1878...9.43 INCHES...WETTEST JULY ON RECORD.
2. 1897...8.53
3. 1879...8.47
4. 2012...8.38
5. 1936...8.33
6. 1875...8.12
7. 1896...7.83
8. 1950...7.75
9. 1973...7.67
10.1967...7.46

RAINFALL IN JULY TOTALED 8.38 INCHES WHICH WAS 4.74 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL. THE WET JULY CAME ON THE HEELS OF THE 2ND DRIEST JUNE ON
RECORD IN NASHVILLE.

A NEW CALENDAR DAY RAINFALL RECORD WAS SET ON JULY 14TH WHEN 1.68
INCHES OR RAIN FELL BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1.59 INCHES
SET BACK IN 1947.

THERE WERE 9 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN JULY 2012 IN NASHVILLE. ON
AVERAGE THERE 9 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN JULY.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED WAS 4.8 MILES AN HOUR. THE FASTEST GUST WAS
47 MILES AN HOUR ON THE 19TH.

FOG OCCURRED ON 12 DAYS. THERE WERE NO DAYS WITH DENSE FOG.



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BOYD



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