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July 2009 Archives8th Coolest July In 135 Years Of Records! This was the 8th coolest July on record in St. Louis. Those records go all the way back to 1874! Our monthly average temperature was 75.6. The record is 74.9 and I've listed the top ten below, This will likely be a top ten coolest July on record. Using my forecast through the end of July, I have our average July temperature at 75.5. You can see the top ten list of coolest July's on record below. My forecast of 75.5 would put July 2009 at the 8th coolest on record. Another interesting stat that the National Weather Service dug up, is that we've had 8 days this July with highs in the 70s. That's the most on record for the ... So how cool did it get this past weekend (July18 & 19)? My forecast was close but as usual Mother Nature threw us a couple of curves. Here's what happened: Saturday: Cloudy skies greeted us in the morning. While I was expecting clouds it was actually overcast and that worked to hold in the heat a little bit. The morning low on Saturday was 63, a little above my forecast but still well below the...
There will be several times where you can see the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station in the night sky without a telescope for the next week or more. Skies may cloud up a bit in the afternoon this weekend, but I'm hoping for some breaks in the clouds in the evening to make for a decent viewing of the shuttle and ISS. You may even need a jacket at night as it will be rather cool for July. >> Continue reading: Great week to see the Shuttle and Space Station over St. Louis NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) just released an announcement heralding the arrival of an El Nino event. I think the name El Nino more often than not conjures up negative weather images in many peoples minds but not all of the impacts of this global weather pattern are bad. In the short term we may see a decrease in the Atlantic hurricane activity for the remainder of the Summer. This is caused primarily by an increase i... With a high temperature of only 77 degrees, and an official rainfall total of 1.78", July 4th of 2009 goes into the books as the 10th coolest Independence Day in recorded St. Louis history, and the 2nd wettest too! Reliable records date back to the mid 1870s, by the way. St. Louis received a little additional rainfall on Sunday as well, bringing the total for the holiday weekend to 1.86". Some areas to the west and south were quite a... The bottom line: I have the St. Louis area with an 80% chance of storms between Midnight and Noon on Saturday and a 40% chance of isolated storms after Noon. But here's more details... Morning: Scattered Rain Likely |
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