July is in the books with nary a drop of rain

NWS Chart

It is not too often in these parts to have a calendar month pass without any rain, but lo and behold, July 2013 did just that. This was not a hot month, in fact I never broke 90 degrees at my station. The official Vancouver station did hit 90 once or twice. It managed to break 70 degrees every single day except the 28th where Mr. Mercury got tired of rising at 69.8 degrees. I had a couple of chilly nights that had the thermometer drop into the upper 40s which is not exactly rare, but well out of character for July. There were some passing thunderstorms that scattered some very light rain sporadically but my gauge remained bone dry as did several 'official' gauges in the area.

Temperatures for July at my station

The National Weather Service shows that 1984 was the last time we had a completely dry July.

Temperatures were gifted from God almighty himself with a nice daily average high a touch under 80 degrees and lows averaging just over 55. The coldest night was 47.8 the warmest day was 88.8. The coolest afternoon high was 69.8 and the warmest overnight was 64.2 degrees. Overall this was an amazing month of perfect summer weather.

A little rain on the freeway in Portland this morning.

Perfection can only last so long however and this month has started off with the first real precipitation since, June 26th. The local weather prognosticators are calling for mild 70s for today and tomorrow with scattered light showers and thunderstorms. This will be followed by more of what we had in July for the weekend and beyond.

So august will start off drippy and then the 75 days of our glorious summer shall resume with more fabulous 80s and a flaming performance by El Sol :)  Soak it up my friends. Soak it up!