Dog Days of Summer ?
WHERE DID THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER GO? YES IT IS STILL MID AUGUST BUT FEELING MORE LIKE MID OCTOBER. WHAT HAPPENED? TO BE BRIEF...A HIGHLY AMPLIFIED LARGE UPPER TROUGH WAS CARVED OUT...WITH SOME ASSISTANCE FROM HURRICANE CHARLEY...WHICH BROUGHT A COOL DRY CANADIAN AIRMASS INTO THE REGION. ONCE THE VERY UNSEASONABLE AIRMASS WAS IN PLACE WE PROCEEDED TO SET NUMEROUS RECORD LOWS...ALL TIME RECORD LOWS AND RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR JUST ABOUT ALL STATIONS FOR SEVERAL DAYS! HERE AT JACKSON WE SET DAILY RECORD LOWS FOR THE LAST 4 DAYS! IF THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY BOTH TIED THE ALL-TIME AUGUST RECORD LOW WITH 54 DEGREES. FOR 6 STRAIGHT DAYS...MEI HAS SMASHED ITS RECORD LOWS AND BROKE THE ALL-TIME AUGUST RECORD 3 TIMES WITH THE LOWEST READING COMING ON SUNDAY MORNING WITH 51 DEGREES! IN ADDITION TO BREAKING NUMEROUS RECORD LOWS ACROSS THE REGION...SEVERAL RECORD LOW MAXIMUMS WERE BROKEN...EVEN AS FULL SUNSHINE PREVAILED.
THE FOLLOWING TABLES SUMMARIZE THE MANY BROKEN RECORDS OVER THE PAST
SEVERAL DAYS:
THURSDAY 8/12 NEW
LOCATION RECORD LOW MAX PREVIOUS RECORD
GREENWOOD (GWO) 79 80 1979
NATCHEZ (HEZ) 75 80 2001
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FRIDAY 8/13 NEW RECORD LOW PREVIOUS RECORD
LOCATION TEMPERATURE
GREENVILLE (GLH) 52 57 1964
GREENWOOD (GWO) 52 60 1984
HATTIESBURG (HBG) 58 62 1987
TALLULAH-VICKSBURG (TVR) 58 62 1931
MERIDIAN (MEI) 55 61 1959
NATCHEZ (HEZ) 55 57 1931
NEW ALL-TIME
RECORD LOW AUGUST PREVIOUS RECORD
LOCATION TEMPERATURE
GREENVILLE (GLH) 52 54 1986
GREENWOOD (GWO) 52 TIED 52 1986
TALLULAH-VICKSBURG (TVR) 58 59 1963
NATCHEZ (HEZ) 55 TIED 55 1963
LOCATION NEW RECORD LOW MAX PREVIOUS RECORD
GREENVILLE (GLH) 79 80 1964
GREENWOOD (GWO) 76 82 1984
HATTIESBURG (HBG) 80 83 1987
TALLULAH-VICKSBURG (TVR) 81 TIED 81 1964
MERIDIAN (MEI) 79 81 1959
JACKSON (JAN) 78 82 1922
NATCHEZ (HEZ) 79 80 1944
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SATURDAY 8/14
LOCATION NEW RECORD LOW PREVIOUS RECORD
GREENVILLE (GLH) 50 56 1931
GREENWOOD (GWO) 52 58 1967
TALLULAH-VICKSBURG (TVR) 52 65 1950
JACKSON (JAN) 54 57 1931
MERIDIAN (MEI) 53 61 2000
HATTIESBURG (HBG) 56 63 1951
NATCHEZ (HEZ) 52 60 1931
NEW ALL-TIME
RECORD LOW AUGUST PREVIOUS RECORD
LOCATION TEMPERATURE
GREENVILLE (GLH) 50 52 2004
GREENWOOD (GWO) 52 TIED 52 2004 & 1986
TALLULAH-VICKSBURG (TVR) 52 58 2004
JACKSON (JAN) 54 TIED 54 1956
MERIDIAN (MEI) 53 TIED 53 1976
NATCHEZ (HEZ) 52 55 2004 & 1963
LOCATION NEW RECORD LOW MAX PREVIOUS RECORD
GREENWOOD (GWO) 80 81 1963
HATTIESBURG (HBG) 81 84 1992
TALLULAH-VICKSBURG (TVR) 83 TIED 83 1968
NATCHEZ (HEZ) 79 80 1991 & 1978
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SUNDAY 8/15
LOCATION NEW RECORD LOW PREVIOUS RECORD
GREENVILLE (GLH) 53 59 1967
GREENWOOD (GWO) 54 59 1992
TALLULAH-VICKSBURG (TVR) 53 59 1963
JACKSON (JAN) 54 59 1963
MERIDIAN (MEI) 51 59 1963
HATTIESBURG (HBG) 55 65 1963
NATCHEZ (HEZ) 54 63 1963
NEW ALL-TIME
RECORD LOW AUGUST PREVIOUS RECORD
LOCATION TEMPERATURE
JACKSON (JAN) 54 TIED 54 2004 & 1956
MERIDIAN (MEI) 51 53 2004 & 1956
HATTIESBURG (HBG) 55 TIED 55 1952
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MONDAY 8/16
LOCATION NEW RECORD LOW PREVIOUS RECORD
GREENVILLE (GLH) 55 57 1929
GREENWOOD (GWO) 53 58 1992
TALLULAH-VICKSBURG (TVR) 56 61 1963
JACKSON (JAN) 56 58 1992
MERIDIAN (MEI) 54 60 1999
HATTIESBURG (HBG) 57 59 1963
NATCHEZ (HEZ) 55 TIE 55 1963
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TUESDAY 8/17
LOCATION NEW RECORD LOW PREVIOUS RECORD
GREENVILLE (GLH) 55 59 1929
GREENWOOD (GWO) 55 58 1992
TALLULAH-VICKSBURG (TVR) 55 59 1992
JACKSON (JAN) 56 58 1992
MERIDIAN (MEI) 54 60 1999
HATTIESBURG (HBG) 57 61 1992
NATCHEZ (HEZ) 57 TIE 57 1963
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TUESDAY 8/18
LOCATION NEW RECORD LOW PREVIOUS RECORD
MERIDIAN (MEI) 56 63 1992
HATTIESBURG (HBG) 58 61 1951
NATCHEZ (HEZ) 61 62 1963
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NOW FOR A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. THIS AUGUST COOL EVENT IS LIKELY A
ONCE IN A LIFETIME EVENT. ALL LOCATIONS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
EITHER SET DAILY RECORD LOWS OR SET ALL-TIME AUGUST RECORD LOWS.
THIS DID NOT OCCUR JUST ONCE, BUT ON SEVERAL OR CONSECUTIVE
OCCASIONS. GLH, GWO, MEI AND HBG ALL HAD 6 CONSECUTIVE DAYS BELOW 60
DEGREES. JAN, TVR AND HEZ ALL HAD 5 CONSECUTIVE DAYS. A COOL STREAK
LIKE THIS HAS NEVER OCCURRED BEFORE IN AUGUST!
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