Ithaca Climate Summary for July 2001

Temperature

• With an average temperature of 66.9 degrees, the month averaged 1.7 degrees cooler than normal.
• This was only the second cooler-than-normal month this year, so far.
• The average temperature this July was 1.5 degrees warmer than July 2000, but cooler than each of the previous 7 Julys.
• The warmest temperature of the month was 90 degrees on the 23rd and 24th.
• The coldest temperature of the month was 42 degrees on the 27th. This was a daily record, exceeding 43 degrees in 1977.

Precipitation

• July precipitation totalled 3.51 inches, which represented 102% of normal.
• This was the wettest July since 1992.
• The precipitation deficit for the calendar year was reduced to 0.76 inches.