Ithaca Climate Summary for July 2003

Temperature

• With an average temperature of 68.7 degrees, the month averaged exactly normal.
• This July was 1.9 degrees cooler than July 2002.
• There were 15 days with a temperature of 80 degrees or higher. The average is 16 such days.
• There were no 90 degree days - average is 2.
• The warmest temperature of the month was 87 degrees on the 4th.
• The coldest temperature of the month was 47 degrees, recorded on the 19th.

Precipitation

• The July precipitation total was 6.81 inches, which represented 192% of normal.
• The was the 4th wettest July since records began in 1879. The Julys that were wetter were: 1992 with 7.50 inches, 1976 with 8.44 inches, and 1935 with 12.79 inches (wettest of any month on record).
• The rainfall measurements for July 22nd and 23rd together totaled 3.10 inches. Such a two-day total occurs on the average once every four or five years.
• There were 31 days during June and July with measurable rainfall. This was 7 days more than normal and the most since 1987.
• The year-to-date precipitation accumulation of 24.02 inches was 3.36 inches more than normal.