JULY 2011 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WEST-CENTRAL TEXAS

...WARMEST JULY ON RECORD AT SAN ANGELO AND ABILENE...

...ALL-TIME RECORD FOR WARMEST MONTH SET AT SAN ANGELO AND TIED
AT ABILENE...

...DRIEST JULY ON RECORD TIED AT ABILENE...

PRECIPITATION IN JULY WAS MUCH BELOW NORMAL ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS. MANY LOCATIONS RECEIVED LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH
FOR THE MONTH...AND THIS REPRESENTED LESS THAN 10 PERCENT OF THE
MONTHLY NORMAL RAINFALL. ONLY A FEW SCATTERED LOCATIONS...MAINLY
ACROSS SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
RECEIVED MORE THAN ONE HALF INCH.

AT ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR
JULY WAS 90.1 DEGREES. THIS WAS 6.6 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 83.5 DEGREES. THIS NOT ONLY SET A NEW
RECORD FOR THE WARMEST JULY...IT ALSO TIED FOR THE ALL-TIME
WARMEST THE MONTH ON RECORD. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR JULY WAS
ONLY A TRACE. THIS WAS 1.70 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 1.70
INCHES. THIS TIED FOR THE DRIEST JULY ON RECORD AT ABILENE.

AT SAN ANGELO REGIONAL AIRPORT...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR
JULY WAS 89.6 DEGREES. THIS WAS 7.2 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 82.4 DEGREES. THIS NOT ONLY SET A NEW
RECORD FOR THE WARMEST JULY...IT ALSO ESTABILISHED A NEW RECORD
FOR THE ALL-TIME WARMEST MONTH ON RECORD. TOTAL PRECIPITATION
FOR JULY WAS ONLY A TRACE. THIS WAS 1.10 INCHES BELOW THE MONTHLY
NORMAL OF 1.10 INCHES. THIS TIED FOR THE DRIEST JULY ON RECORD
AT SAN ANGELO.

THE NUMBER OF DAYS WHERE HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHED 100 DEGREES
OR MORE INCLUDE 29 AT SAN ANGELO...27 AT ABILENE AND 20 AT
JUNCTION.

JULY 2011 WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS...

VERY HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS PREVAILED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS
DURING JULY...WITH ONLY SPOTTY RAINFALL. AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH
PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS THE DOMINANT WEATHER INFLUENCE ACROSS TEXAS
AND THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THIS HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OCCASIONALLY
EXPANDED EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES AND NORTHEAST INTO THE
MIDWEST...BUT REMAINED IN CLOSE ENOUGH PROXIMITY TO INHIBIT
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THIS HELPED TO PERPETUATE
THE HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION.

NUMEROUS DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED AT SAN
ANGELO AND ABILENE...AND ARE LISTED BELOW:

...ABILENE...

RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES:
8TH 105 TIED
21ST 105 TIED

RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURES:
8TH 80 NEW RECORD
9TH 84 NEW RECORD AND ALL-TIME WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE
10TH 79 TIED
13TH 81 NEW RECORD
15TH 82 TIED
16TH 80 TIED
21ST 80 TIED
26TH 81 TIED

...SAN ANGELO...

RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES:
5TH 105 TIED
9TH 105 TIED
15TH 105 TIED

RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURES:
9TH 78 TIED
10TH 79 TIED
12TH 80 NEW RECORD
13TH 79 NEW RECORD
15TH 80 TIED
16TH 79 TIED
21ST 79 NEW RECORD
27TH 80 NEW RECORD
28TH 81 NEW RECORD
29TH 80 NEW RECORD

THE OCCURRENCE OF LOW TEMPERATURES OF 80 DEGREES OR ABOVE IS
RELATIVELY RARE IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. HOWEVER...IN JULY...
ABILENE RECORDED 9 DAYS IN JULY WITH LOWS OF 80 DEGREES OR
ABOVE...AND SAN ANGELO RECORDED 5 DAYS WITH THESE LOWS.

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