Ithaca Climate Summary for July 2005

Temperature

• With an average temperature of 72.4 degrees, the month averaged 3.7 degrees warmer than normal.
• This was the 4th warmest July on record (compared to data back to 1879 adjusted for station moves).
• The combined June/July temperature of 71.2 degrees was the warmest such period of record (old record 71.1 in 1949).
• The temperature reached 90 degrees on four days this month, bringing the total for the summer to date to 9 days. Normal for the entire summer is 4 days.
• There were 28 days in June and July combined with a temperature of 85 degrees or higher. This was the most since 34 such days in 1955.
• The warmest temperature of the month was 93 degrees on the 26th.
• The coldest temperature of the month was 47 degrees on the 3rd.

Precipitation

• The July precipitation total was 1.35 inches, which was only 38% of normal.
• This was the 8th driest July on record.
• There were only 2 July days with precipitation of more than 0.10 inches. This set a record for the fewest such July days.
• The May/June/July precipitation total of 8.16 inches was 2.47 inches below normal. Of this total, 67% came during thirteen days in June.
• Year-to-date precipitation was 21.67 inches, which was 1.01 inches more than normal.