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		AUGUST - COLUMBIA WEATHER CALENDAR
          SUN           RECORD TEMPS      NORMAL TEMPS   PRECIPITATION  RECORD PRECIP. 
       RISE  SET    HIGH YEAR  LOW  YEAR  HIGH LOW MEAN   MONTH   YEAR   AMOUNT  YEAR

  1    6:10  8:20   108  1980   53  1992    89  68  79     0.12  25.34    1.48   1954 
  2    6:10  8:19   108  2011   54  1925    89  68  79     0.25  25.47    2.68   2016
  3    6:11  8:18   104  1930   54  1974    89  68  79     0.37  25.59    3.77   2023
  4    6:12  8:17   108  1918   44  1894    89  68  79     0.49  25.71    2.40   1953
  5    6:13  8:16   106  1918   50  1894    89  67  79     0.61  25.83    1.22   1945
  6    6:14  8:15   107  1934   49  1994    89  67  79     0.74  25.96    2.50   1995
  7    6:15  8:14   107  1934   51  1997    89  66  78     0.87  26.09    3.21   2000
  8    6:16  8:12   109  1934   53  1989    89  66  78     1.00  26.22    2.19   1952
  9    6:17  8:11   110  1934   52  1922    89  66  78     1.13  26.35    3.75   1931
 10    6:18  8:10   110  1934   51  1917    89  66  78     1.26  26.48    3.06   1939
 11    6:19  8:09   105  1894   50  1890    89  66  78     1.39  26.61    2.40   2019
 12    6:19  8:08   105  1999   50  2004    89  66  78     1.53  26.75    4.27   1993
 13    6:20  8:06   104  1936   47  1964    88  66  78     1.66  26.88    1.90   2023
 14    6:21  8:05   105  1936   50  1890    88  66  78     1.79  27.01    2.43   1946
 15    6:22  8:04   108  1936   47  1992    88  66  78     1.93  27.15    2.94   1982
 16    6:23  8:02   103  2007   48  1992    88  66  78     2.06  27.28    2.55   1934
 17    6:24  8:01   106  1936   48  1897    88  66  77     2.20  27.42    1.91   1970
 18    6:25  8:00   106  1936   47  1890    88  66  77     2.34  27.56    4.06   2002
 19    6:26  7:58   104  1936   52  1897    88  65  77     2.48  27.70    3.08   1904
 20    6:27  7:57   102  2003   46  1950    88  65  77     2.63  27.85    3.38   2010
 21    6:28  7:56   105  2003   48  1956    87  65  77     2.77  27.99    2.91   1944
 22    6:29  7:54   104  1936   53  1956    87  65  77     2.91  28.13    2.44   1905
 23    6:29  7:53   103  1936   48  1923    87  65  76     3.04  28.26    1.08   1918
 24    6:30  7:51   105  1936   43  1891    87  65  76     3.18  28.40    1.61   1931
 25    6:31  7:50   102  1983   48  1958    87  64  76     3.32  28.54    3.80   1975
 26    6:32  7:48   104  1936   48  1910    86  64  76     3.46  28.68    2.29   2006
 27    6:33  7:47   103  1983   46  1910    86  64  76     3.59  28.81    1.64   1981
 28    6:34  7:45   106  1984   42  1986    86  64  75     3.72  28.94    2.08   1919
 29    6:35  7:44   110  1984   43  1986    86  63  75     3.86  29.08    2.60   1955
 30    6:36  7:42   104  1947   44  1893    85  63  75     4.00  29.22    1.64   2019
 31    6:37  7:41   103  1913   40  1915    85  63  75     4.14  29.36    2.23   2012

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 ...NORMALS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST...

 TEMPERATURES          PRECIPITATION                   HEATING 

 HIGH  87.7         MONTH            4.14       MONTH              1 
 LOW   66.7         YEAR TO DATE    29.36       SEASON TO DATE     1 
 MEAN  77.2 
                                                       COOLING 
                                                
                                                MONTH            379
                                                YEAR TO DATE    1238

 ...EXTREMES FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST... 

RECORD HIGH TEMP 110 IN 1984 AND 1934 (x2)       
RECORD LOW TEMP 40 IN 1915    
LOWEST HIGH TEMP 64 IN 1987, 1944, AND 1915 (x2)       
HIGHEST LOW TEMP 85 IN 1936 
HIGHEST MEAN TEMP 96 IN 1918
LOWEST MEAN TEMP 56 IN 1986      
COOLEST AUGUST 68.2 IN 1915       
WARMEST AUGUST 85.1 IN 1936
WETTEST AUGUST 10.19 INCHES IN 2005 
DRIEST AUGUST 0.06 INCHES IN 1909 
MAXIMUM 24 HR RAINFALL 5.43 INCHES IN 1993
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 81 MPH IN 2003
HIGHEST PRESSURE 30.41 INCHES IN 1967 
LOWEST PRESSURE 29.48 INCHES IN 1956