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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
800 AM EDT THU AUG 4 2005


...3RD WARMEST JULY ON RECORD AT RICHMOND...
...18TH WARMEST JULY ON RECORD AT NORFOLK...
...11TH WETTEST JULY ON RECORD AT RICHMOND...

________________RICHMOND________________

-TEMPERATURE-
WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 81.7 F...2005 RANKS AS THE 3RD 
WARMEST JULY ON RECORD AT RICHMOND. THE AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 
OF 72.5 RANKS AS THE WARMEST ON RECORD. 20 DAYS RECORDED A HIGH 
TEMPERATURE OF 90 F OR HIGHER (NORMAL IS 15...AND MOST IS 26 DAYS IN 
1993). DESPITE REACHING A HIGH OF 100 F ON THE 27TH...NO RECORD 
HIGHS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH.  

-PRECIPITATION-
A TOTAL OF 9.28 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL DURING THE 
MONTH...MAKING 2005 THE 11TH WETTEST JULY ON RECORD AT 
RICHMOND...AND THE WETTEST SINCE 1975. THIS IS NEARLY TWICE THE 
NORMAL AMOUNT OF 4.67 INCHES. MOST OF THE RAINFALL WAS A RESULT OF 
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS FROM SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. MEASURABLE 
PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED ON 13 DAYS...JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE 
NORMAL OF 11 DAYS...AND LESS THAN BOTH JULY 2004 (19 DAYS) AND 2003 
(18 DAYS). THE WETTEST JULY ON RECORD WAS 1945...WITH 18.87 INCHES 
AND 22 DAYS OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION. THE DRIEST JULY OCCURRED 
IN 1983 WITH ONLY 0.51 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION.


_______________NORFOLK____________________

-TEMPERATURE-
WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 81.1 F...2005 RANKS AS THE 18TH 
WARMEST JULY ON RECORD AT NORFOLK. MOST OF THE WARMTH WAS A RESULT 
OF WARMER THAN NORMAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURES. THE AVERAGE MINIMUM 
TEMPERATURE OF 74.1 F RANKS AS THE 5TH WARMEST ON RECORD...WHILE THE 
AVERAGE HIGH OF 88.1 F WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. A HIGH OF 101 
F OCCURRED ON THE 27TH...THE 1ST TIME 100 OR HIGHER HAS BEEN 
RECORDED AT NORFOLK SINCE 1995. 

-PRECIPITATION-
IN CONTRAST TO RICHMOND...NORFOLK WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR THE 
MONTH...HAVING RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 3.67 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. 
NORMAL JULY PRECIPITATION AT NORFOLK IS 5.17 INCHES.

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