Ithaca Climate Summary for July 2002

Temperature

• With an average temperature of 70.6 degrees, the month averaged 1.9 degrees warmer than normal.
• This was the warmest July since 1999.
• There were five days this month with temperatures reaching at least 90 degrees (normal is two).
• The warmest temperature of the month was 91 degrees on the 2nd.
• The coldest temperature of the month was 42 degrees on the 11th.

Precipitation

• July precipitation totalled 2.14 inches, which represented 60% of normal.
• This was drier than July during the last two years.
• Eight of the last ten months have been drier than normal.
• After four days with an inch or more of rain in June, July had only one such day.
• Year-to-date precipitation now stands at 22.67 inches, 2.01 inches above normal.