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<blockquote data-quote="KPRC2" data-source="post: 47074" data-attributes="member: 148">As you know, we had ONE day in June where temperatures didn’t reach 90° thanks to the tropical disturbance just offshore--of course, that is officially at Bush/IAH. If you were west and north, you were plenty hot again yesterday. Here’s the month we just went through:<img src="https://www.click2houston.com/resizer/Dkc_H-h72z8lKqHXpFQfpQuzMug=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gmg/A4V7SXP4ONFPJNXUGOVSFZMBPY.JPG" alt="Every day but one reached 90 or higher!" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />With 29 days at 90 or higher, 4 of them reached triple digits. Low temperatures didn’t fall much below 76° every night 9if that) and so when you average the highs and lows you find that we all just survived the hottest Houston June on record:<img src="https://www.click2houston.com/resizer/6ncRkHt6ffAc_6b2K4ROH_QYR2Y=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gmg/IGF7SMUULZEA7FKSCMD34MYPPU.JPG" alt="We even beat the miserable 2011 drought year!" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />You might recall that 2011 was our drought year when August was 100° every day! Our temps also placed higher than the very hot 1998 and 1980, both of which were eased with tropical weather finally coming ashore. Speaking of tropical weather, the coast is benefitting from the heavier rains today while June for most of us came in just as dry as it was hot:<img src="https://www.click2houston.com/resizer/5RHCAYcN9jcRcdmLz1ocNqR8c1c=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gmg/C5YSE3TURJERXM4ABXZY66WNPE.JPG" alt="Hardly a smidge of rain" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />So we get the silver for rainfall. You’ll recall 2005 was the year of 28 storms including Katrina and Rita. Hot weather means hot water and that is the fuel for those storms. If you are wondering when we got that whopping .13″ of rain, here’s the calendar:<img src="https://www.click2houston.com/resizer/exiucmLeJyjazQDfEIfNSfScor0=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gmg/7LKA5SMS4FEBRPSRCGIYT26WBY.JPG" alt="Measurable rain only fell on 4 days in June!" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Only four of seven ‘rain’ days actually had measurable rain and, obviously, that was pretty pathetic.It’s a hot, dry summer so now what?<h3>July Forecast</h3>Usually, July is a dry, hot month for us so it will come as no shock that the long term forecasts for the month are for hot and dry. First, here’s the American Model through the July 17th and you’ll see that very little rain (those green areas) shows up:<img src="https://www.click2houston.com/resizer/z1h3-KnMIDPbzfUpKCXy7wjGCAc=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gmg/SZ3LGU3YPBEJNFSJUNI2OBQB5Y.gif" alt="Little rain shows up after Saturday through July 17th. Courtesy tropicaltidbits.com" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />From NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, the whole month comes in hotter and drier than average for most of Texas:<img src="https://www.click2houston.com/resizer/Lg2Fk6zYLwyp6zMcnCAXjg-2Zog=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gmg/5APHZ5GTI5DXNDJQGVXYUVNNME.JPG" alt="courtesy NOAA" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://www.click2houston.com/resizer/YpjJYZGqbFnkTadbQRtI8arJhvA=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gmg/XRIT76Y5NVBJ3D7FF4TCTTX5CI.JPG" alt="courtesy NOAA" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />On that cheery note, enjoy a bit cooler Friday with the clouds and have a safe and happy Independence Day weekend!Frank<a href="mailto:frank@kprc.com">Email me</a> and follow me on <a href="https://facebook.com/frankbillingsley" target="_blank">Facebook</a>!<a href="https://www.click2houston.com/weather/2022/07/01/well-that-was-a-record-smashing-june/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="KPRC2, post: 47074, member: 148"] As you know, we had ONE day in June where temperatures didn’t reach 90° thanks to the tropical disturbance just offshore--of course, that is officially at Bush/IAH. If you were west and north, you were plenty hot again yesterday. Here’s the month we just went through: [IMG alt="Every day but one reached 90 or higher!"]https://www.click2houston.com/resizer/Dkc_H-h72z8lKqHXpFQfpQuzMug=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gmg/A4V7SXP4ONFPJNXUGOVSFZMBPY.JPG[/IMG] With 29 days at 90 or higher, 4 of them reached triple digits. Low temperatures didn’t fall much below 76° every night 9if that) and so when you average the highs and lows you find that we all just survived the hottest Houston June [B]on record[/B]: [IMG alt="We even beat the miserable 2011 drought year!"]https://www.click2houston.com/resizer/6ncRkHt6ffAc_6b2K4ROH_QYR2Y=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gmg/IGF7SMUULZEA7FKSCMD34MYPPU.JPG[/IMG] You might recall that 2011 was our drought year when August was 100° every day! Our temps also placed higher than the very hot 1998 and 1980, both of which were eased with tropical weather finally coming ashore. Speaking of tropical weather, the coast is benefitting from the heavier rains today while June for most of us came in just as dry as it was hot: [IMG alt="Hardly a smidge of rain"]https://www.click2houston.com/resizer/5RHCAYcN9jcRcdmLz1ocNqR8c1c=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gmg/C5YSE3TURJERXM4ABXZY66WNPE.JPG[/IMG] So we get the silver for rainfall. You’ll recall 2005 was the year of 28 storms including Katrina and Rita. Hot weather means hot water and that is the fuel for those storms. If you are wondering when we got that whopping .13″ of rain, here’s the calendar: [IMG alt="Measurable rain only fell on 4 days in June!"]https://www.click2houston.com/resizer/exiucmLeJyjazQDfEIfNSfScor0=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gmg/7LKA5SMS4FEBRPSRCGIYT26WBY.JPG[/IMG] Only four of seven ‘rain’ days actually had measurable rain and, obviously, that was pretty pathetic. It’s a hot, dry summer so now what? [HEADING=2]July Forecast[/HEADING] Usually, July is a dry, hot month for us so it will come as no shock that the long term forecasts for the month are for hot and dry. First, here’s the American Model through the July 17th and you’ll see that very little rain (those green areas) shows up: [IMG alt="Little rain shows up after Saturday through July 17th. Courtesy tropicaltidbits.com"]https://www.click2houston.com/resizer/z1h3-KnMIDPbzfUpKCXy7wjGCAc=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gmg/SZ3LGU3YPBEJNFSJUNI2OBQB5Y.gif[/IMG] From NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, the whole month comes in hotter and drier than average for most of Texas: [IMG alt="courtesy NOAA"]https://www.click2houston.com/resizer/Lg2Fk6zYLwyp6zMcnCAXjg-2Zog=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gmg/5APHZ5GTI5DXNDJQGVXYUVNNME.JPG[/IMG][IMG alt="courtesy NOAA"]https://www.click2houston.com/resizer/YpjJYZGqbFnkTadbQRtI8arJhvA=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gmg/XRIT76Y5NVBJ3D7FF4TCTTX5CI.JPG[/IMG] On that cheery note, enjoy a bit cooler Friday with the clouds and have a safe and happy Independence Day weekend! Frank [EMAIL='frank@kprc.com']Email me[/EMAIL] and follow me on [URL='https://facebook.com/frankbillingsley']Facebook[/URL]! [url="https://www.click2houston.com/weather/2022/07/01/well-that-was-a-record-smashing-june/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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