1982 - 2.18" of rain fell today, with half of it pouring down in a one-hour period between 4:20-5:20 PM. And within that hour 0.55" fell in the fifteen minutes that began at 4PM.
- 1985 - Today was the 13th day this month with a seasonable mean temperature (average of high/low), the most for any month in the 1979-2012 period (later tied in July 2006).
- 1988 - Rain fell during twelve of the past fourteen days, amounting to 7.44" (and rain fell during fifteen of the past twenty days, measuring 8.13"). It was a tropical wetness as eight days had highs in the 90's and twelve hit 88 or above.
1997 - Today's high was 99 degrees, a record for the date.
1999 - This was the eleventh day this month with a high of 95 or hotter.
2008 - The morning low of 66 degrees was the coolest reading of the month, the mildest low temperature in July in more than fifty years (or ever - but I don't have the detailed records that go beyond 1950 to confirm it.)
- 2009 - Today was the first day this month with an above-average mean temperature (high of 85/low of 71 = mean of 78) - and it was just one degree above average.
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