Ithaca Climate Summary for August 2004

Temperature

• With an average temperature of 67.0 degrees, the month averaged 0.3 degrees cooler than normal.
• Each of the summer months (June, July, August) was cooler than normal and together averaged 1 degree cooler than normal.
• This was the coolest August and the coolest summer since 2000.
• In a manner similar to last month, the average high temperature for the month was 2.7 degrees cooler than normal, while the average low temperature was 2.0 degrees warmer than normal.
• The warmest temperature of the month was 86 degrees on the 29th.
• The coldest temperature of the month was 43 degrees on the 22nd.

Precipitation

• The August precipitation total was 7.63 inches, which was 225% of normal.
• This was the first time on record that Ithaca had two consecutive months receive more than 7 inches of rain.
• This was the sixth wettest August, the fourth wettest summer (June-August), and second wettest July-August period on record (since 1879).
• There were 17 days this month with measurable precipitation (normal is 11).
• There were 4 days with more than an inch of rain this month. This was a record for the month of August.
• There were 49 days with measurable precipitation this summer. This broke the old record of 46 days in 1947.
• Year-to-date precipitation was a bountiful 32.94 inches at month's end. This was 8.89 inches more than normal for this time of year.