- Today is the 232nd day of the year with 134 days remaining
- We in the 34th week of the year with 19 weeks remaining
- Today is the 81st day of meteorological summer with 11 days remaining
- Today is the 61st day of astronomical summer with 32 days remaining
- 25 out of the past 80 days has seen measurable rainfall
- 9 days this year saw a daily rainfall amount of 1" or greater, 4 record setters
- 131 days (56%) this year has seen a trace or more of precipitation
- 122 days since our last freeze (April 20th: Low-30°)
- 391 Days since our last 100 (July 25, 2012 High-103°)
- 99 days this year w/ above normal temps
- 34 days this summer season w/ above normal temps
- 14 days this year w/ normal temps
- 8 days this summer season w/ normal temps
- 118 days this year w/ below normal temps
- 38 days this summer season w/ below normal temps
- 110 days this year w/ temps 70+
- 65 days this year w/ temps 80+
- 5 days this year w/ temps 90+
- Since June 21st, we've lost 87 mins of daylight
ONCE IN A BLUE MOON
There's a cycle every month of the year where the moon goes through phases reaching full appearance near the end of the month (or anytime in the 2nd half of the month). This phase spans 29.5 days. Each month is suppose to get 1 full moon a month but because February has 28 days, sometimes a month may end up with 2 full moons such as January & March if there is no full moon in February. The extra moon in one calendar month is called a "blue moon" and doesn't necessarily have to happen in January or March, it can happen almost any month of the year. This is example #1. So, if January's full moon occurred on January 1st or 2nd, then there will be another moon January 30th and this would be a blue moon. As a result, there would not be a full moon again until March 1st. Later on March 30th, we'd end up having yet another full moon. Again, this would a blue moon as well. The last time there was 2 full moons in one month was in September 2012 (only in time zones east of UTC+10:30). This is not expected to happen again until July 2015.
Example #2: To coincide with the Earth's rotation and season's, there are 3 months to each season and 3 Full moons to each season. There are times where a season may end up with 4 full moons. The 3rd of the 4 is the blue moon. The summer solstice occured on June 21st. The moon was later full on June 23rd (early summer moon). This was the 1st full moon of the season. The 2nd full moon occured on July 22nd (midsummer moon). The 3rd full moon is tonight (blue moon/extra moon), and the 4th full moon is September 19th (late summer moon). This occurs before the autumnal equinox on September 22nd. The last time a season had 4 full moons was Fall 2010 and the next time this happens again won't be until Spring 2016.
As for the color, is it possible for the moon to be blue in color? Yes. You could call this a blue moon but this is not what the name was actually meant for. Regardless, moons appearing blue in color are typically rare and usually atmospheric conditions such certain particles in the air from volcanic eruptions, or large fires will cause the effect as with red moons. The moon is not naturally blue or red they just will appear to be that way from Earth.
Since this is the only moon this month this is also the Full August Sturgeon Moon. Fish is more abundant in the Great Lakes and other bodies of water. This was also named Dog's Days Moon, Fruit Moon, Red Moon, Green Corn Moon, and Grain Moon.
A FEW WEAK STORM CHANCES BUT HEAT WILL PREVAIL THE REST OF THE MONTH
There is a storm chance in for Wednesday, then again Thursday associated with a cold front. Don't expect much but we'll take what we can get considering rainfall is down not only for the month but for the summer season. With 0.85" of rainfall so far this month, this is ranked as the 7th driest August on record.
As a large dome of high pressure nudges from the West closer to the Ohio Valley, temperatures will warm up from the mid to upper 80s this week to the low to mid 90s next week. During this time, we will stay dry, humid and of course HOT! Another thing worth noting is the poor air quality next week. Ragweed is high for the allergy suffers. Stay medicated and hydrated!
The record highs for next week are as follows:
SUNDAY: 96° set/tied in 1872, 1936, & 1948
MONDAY: 97° set in 1948
TUESDAY: 97° set in 1948
WEDNESDAY: 96° set/tied in 1913, 1936, 1953
THURSDAY: 97° set in 1953
FRIDAY: 95° set/tied in 1881, 1953, 1964
SATURDAY: 97° set/tied in 1951 & 1953
DRY AUGUST UNDERWAY AND A STREAK OF 16 CONSECUTIVE WET WEEKENDS SNAPPED
You may have started to notice the crunch on the lawns over the past few weeks. Rainfall has been down. Since June 1st we've picked up 7.80". The normal amount is 10.83". We are running 3.03" below normal this summer. The month's 0.85" is 1.18" below the normal 2.03". Thanks to a wet start to the year, this has been enough to keep the years rainfall numbers above normal but is continuing to decline and the surplus is closing. With 29.63" of precipitation this year, we're 1.40" above the normal 28.23".
If you haven't noticed we've had a quite a bit of wet weekends this year. After looking back at the years observations I've found out that we recorded a trace or more of precipitation on Sunday on 21 occasions. Most wettest day of the week in terms of frequency but Thursday, Friday & Saturday is on its heels with 20 occasions each. There were not that many wet days on Tuesdays and Wednesday. So far this month, we've had 7 days with a trace or more of rainfall.
The wettest days this year with 1" or greater of rain are as follows:
Saturday, January 12th: 1.07" (NOTE: Record Set. Previous record-1.19" set back in 1930)
Sunday, January 13th: 1.28"
Monday, January 14th: 1.27"
Wednesday, January 30th: 1"
Tuesday, February 26th: 1.26"
Tuesday, April 16th: 2.08" (NOTE: Record Set. Previous Record-1.53" set back in 1953)
Thursday, April 18th: 2.29" (NOTE: Record Set. Previous Record-1.27" set back in 1887)
Thursday, May 9th: 1.08" (NOTE: Record Set. Previous Record-0.87" set back in 2000)
Sunday, June 23rd: 1.43"
In this table below is the total amount of days in each month of each day of the week that saw a trace or more of precipitation.
| SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY | MONTH'S TOTAL |
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| JANUARY | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| FEBRUARY | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| MARCH | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| APRIL | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| MAY | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| JUNE | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| JULY | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| AUGUST | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| TOTAL | 21 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 131 |
SUNRISE: 7:03AM | SUNSET: 8:32PM | DAYS UNTIL AUTUMNAL (FALL) EQUINOX: 32
57% OF THE DAYS THIS SUMMER AT OR BELOW NORMAL | DAYS GET SHORTER & NIGHTS GET LONGER
AUGUST PRECIP IS BELOW NORMAL. 25 OUT OF PAST 81 DAYS SAW MEASURABLE RAIN SINCE JUNE 1st
| AUGUST 21 | AUGUST 22 | AUGUST 23 | AUGUST 24 | AUGUST 25 | AUGUST 26 | AUGUST 27 | AUGUST 28 |
| WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY | SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY |
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| SCT'D T'STORM? |
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PARTLY SUNNY |
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| 20% CHANCE |
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AVG HIGH 84 |
AVG LOW 64 |
HOTTER | HOT!!! | HOT!!! | HOT!!! |
| 84 | 89 | 84 | 84 | 88 | 91 | 92 | 92 |
| 69 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 72 |
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