Looking back at August 2012

Looking back at August 2012…

One thing about last month was we saw the heat and humidity break…In fact there was two weeks we saw temps drop below normal for a change……That didn’t last long as we saw the heat and humidity make a strong come back… We did tie a record high of 91 on August 30^th..That record was set back in 1974…

We saw 10 thunderstorm days.

We had 2 severe thunderstorm days….

Time to break this down….

Non Severe thunderstorm days are as follows.

1, 2, 9,13, 19, 22, 23, 28.

Total thunderstorm days was 10. This is up by one from last year.

Severe thunderstorm days are as follows.

Late night of the 3^rd, early morning hours of the 4^th.

Watches/warnings.

There was no tornado watches.

The was 1 severe thunderstorm watch that ran from 10:57 PM of the 3^rd to 4 AM  on the 4^th.

There was tornado warnings issued.

There was 1 severe thunderstorm warning issued. The warning was issued at 11:39 PM on the 3^rd and ran through 12:45 AM on the 4^th.

Looking at the month of September.

So what can we except this month….

The avg high temps start off at 75 on the 1^st, and cool down to 63 by the 30^th.

The avg low starts off 54 on the 1^st, and cools down to 41 by the 30^th.

Last year we saw a freeze warning issued for the area on the 14 and 15. In fact we had lows middle 20s which brought the end of the growing seasion.

So for those who hate the humid and hot weather…..This month is a month of change…..

Looking at some long range forecasting models…After this heat wave which is forecasted to break tomorrow….Looks like we will see a cool down with temps at or slightly below normal for the rest of the month.