A persistent trough for much of the month in the Ohio Valley Region is responsible for bringing temperatures nearly 15° cooler than normal at times to the city. 26 out of 31 days for the month saw below normal temperatures. The average temperature of 70.1° was 5.4° below normal. This became the coolest July on record ahead of (now ranked #2) 1947 when the average temperature was 70.6°. The average maximum temperature was 79.3°. This was 0.3° shy from the 2009 record for the lowest average maximum temperatures of 79°. 2009 was the only time on record a July saw an average high for the month less than 80° prior to 2014. In fact, prior to 2009 the record was 81° set back in 1909. So, this year marks only the 2nd time for us to see an average high below 80 in July. The month's average low temperature finished at 60.9°. Its the 3rd lowest average low for a July on record. The coldest was 59.7° in 1947. This marks the 7th time on record a July sees a average low below 62° and only the 2nd time for the average low temperature to be below 61°.
Its pretty rare for July to end cooler than June but it happened this year. This unusual weather occurrence is only the 10th time since 1871 for this happen. The average temperature in July of 70.1° is 2.6° cooler than Junes average temperature of 72.7°. Normally, the average temperature in July should be 3.4° warmer than June. The last year July was cooler than June was in 2009 and previous to that was in 1984.
TOP 5 COOLEST JULY
(1) 2014: 70.1°
(2) 1947: 70.6
(3) 2009: 70.9
(4) 1960: 71.6
(5) 1891: 71.9
TOP 5 LOWEST AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN JULY
(1) 2009: 79.0
(2) 2014: 79.3
(3) 1909: 81.0
(4) 1882: 81.1
(5) 1947: 81.4
TOP 5 LOWEST AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IN JULY
(1) 1947: 59.7
(2) 1891: 60.8
(3) 2014: 60.9°
(4) 1950: 61.4
(5) 1984: 61.5
LAST 5 YEARS WITHOUT A HIGH OF 90° AND ABOVE IN JULY (1) 2014 (This is the 10th July since 1871 for this to happen)
(2) 2009
(3) 2004
(4) 2000
(5) 1992
MOST DAYS IN JULY WITH HIGHS BELOW 80°
(1) 16 in 2014
(2) 14 in 2009
(3) 12 in 1909
(4) 12 in 1915
(5) 12 in 2013
MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH HIGHS BELOW 80°
(1) 8: July 16-23, 1871
(2) 8: July 24-31, 2013
(3) 7: July 3-9, 1915
(4) 6: July 7-12, 1918
(5) 5: July 4-8, 1882
(6) 5: July 3-7, 1909
(7) 5: July 10-14, 1917
(8) 5: July 19-23, 1947
(9) 5: July 4-8, 1979
(10) 5: July 15-19, 2014
A series of cold front came through in the middle of the month but it wasn't enough to break any temperature records for lowest highs or lowest lows. The month ends cool again as a Canadian air pours back into the state. Temperatures once again flirting with record cool temperatures but ended up just a shy warm. Here's a look at the some of the records this month that barely got by from being tied or broken.
| DATE | ACTUAL HIGH TEMP |
RECORD COOLEST HIGH |
ACTUAL LOW TEMP |
RECORD COOLEST LOW |
| JULY 15 | 71° | 70° | 56° | 51° |
| JULY 16 | 72° | 71° | 53° | 49° |
| JULY 17 | 77° | 74° | 53° | 51° |
| JULY 28 | 73° | 72° | 57° | 51° |
| JULY 29 | 75° | 72° | 52° | 51° |
MORE INFO ON TEMPERATURES OBSERVED
During the month of July we saw 15 days with highs in the 80s but 16 days with highs in the 70s. As for lows, we saw 13 days in the 50s and 17 days in the 60s. The warmest morning for the month was 72° on July 13th while July 22nd went down as the warmest afternoon for the month with a high temperature of 88°. The coldest morning of the month was on July 29th when the temperature dropped to 52°. On July 15th, the high temperature only reached 71° making it the coolest afternoon for the month and the coolest July afternoon since July 19, 2009.
QUICK OVERVIEW OF PRECIPITATION OBSERVED
A line of storms came through on the 1st producing a 71 mph wind gust at Indianapolis International Airport. This was the highest wind gust of the year and one of the highest since 72 mph on April 6, 1988. There was several other storm systems throughout the month on the 7th, 8th, 14th, 26th, and 27th. Overall though, precipitation wasn't too sparing in Indianapolis as the month finished over an inch below normal. Most of the precipitation listed on the dates above were well below a half inch daily but accounts for about 37% of the months total rain.
We saw 10 days with measurable rain totaling 3.10" which is 1.45" below the normal amount of 4.55". There was 8 consecutive dry days from July 15th to 22nd. On the 23rd, the streak was ended when a record 1.61" fell for the date. The previous record was 1.34" set 57 years ago in 1957. This was the 8th day this year a calendar day saw more than 1" and was the wettest since 1.87" on May 21st. This day accounts for 52% of the months total rain. The month ended up as the 66th Driest July on Record.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE NWS INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA WRITE ON THE JULY 2014 CENTRAL INDIANA CLIMATE SUMMARY
Here's the year measures up so far in terms of monthly averages and rankings
| MONTH | AVG MONTHLY TEMP |
TEMP DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL |
MONTHLY TEMP RANKING |
TOTAL MONTHLY PRECIP |
PRECIP DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL |
MONTHLY PRECIP RANKING |
TOTAL MONTHLY SNOWFALL |
SNOWFALL DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL |
MONTHLY SNOWFALL RANKING |
| DECEMBER | 30° | -1.8° | 46th Warmest |
4.44" | +1.27" | 26th Wettest |
8.8" | +1.9" | 24th snowiest |
| JANUARY | 20.1° | -8° | 11th Coldest |
2.34" | -0.32" | 68th Driest |
26.9" | +18.3" | 2nd Snowiest |
| FEBRUARY | 22.3° | -9.8° | 12th Coolest |
2.45" | +0.13" | 66th Wettest |
16.5" | +10" | 9th snowiest |
| WINTER '13-'14 (DEC-FEB) |
24.2° | -6.3° | 8th Coldest |
9.24" | +1.09" | 50th Wettest |
52.2" | +30.2" | 1st Snowiest |
| MARCH | 35.7° | -6.5° | 20th Coolest |
2.38" | -1.18" | 40th Driest |
3.1" | +0.6" | 46th Snowiest |
| APRIL | 53° | 0.0° | 59th Warmest |
5.39" | +1.58" | 40th Driest |
0.3" | +0.1" | 34th Snowiest |
| MAY | 63.1° | +0.4° | 71st Warmest |
4.87" | -0.18" | 45th Wettest |
0.00" | 0.00" | N/A |
| SPRING (MAR-MAY) |
50.6° | -2° | 41st Coolest |
12.64" | +0.22" | 53rd Wettest |
3.4" | +0.06" | 53rd Snowiest |
| JUNE | 72.7° | +0.7° | 63rd Warmest |
7.04" | +2.79" | 13th Wettest |
0.00" | 0.00" | N/A |
| JULY | 70.1° | -5.3° | 1st Coolest |
3.10" | -1.45" | 66th Driest |
0.00" | 0.00" | N/A |
| JAN-JULY 2014 ANNUAL AVERAGES |
48.1° | -4.1° | N/A | 27.57" | +1.37" | N/A | 46.8" | +28.9" | N/A |
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