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...5TH HOTTEST JULY ON RECORD AT RICHMOND...
...4TH DRIEST JULY ON RECORD AT NORFOLK...

____________________________RICHMOND_______________________

WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 81.5...JULY 2006 RANKS AS THE 5TH 
HOTTEST JULY ON RECORD AT RICHMOND...SINCE OFFICIAL RECORDS BEGAN IN 
1880. THE AVERAGE HIGH OF 91.5 IS 10TH WARMEST...WHILE THE AVERAGE 
LOW OF 71.5 IS 3RD WARMEST. A TOTAL OF 21 DAYS HIT 90 F OR HIGHER 
(NORMAL IS 15 DAYS)...AND 10 DAYS HIT 95 F OR HIGHER. THE HIGHEST 
TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 99 F...ON BOTH THE 17TH AND 18TH. NO 
RECORD HIGHS WERE SET OR TIED THIS MONTH (A RECORD REPORT HAD BEEN 
SENT STATING THAT THE 99 F READING ON THE 17TH HAD TIED A PREVIOUS 
RECORD...BUT THIS WAS INCORRECT...THE RECORD FOR THE 17TH IS 100 F 
IN 1980). THE HOTTEST 5 JULYS ON RECORD ARE LISTED BELOW...  

1) 82.4 F IN 1993
2) 82.3 F IN 1887
3) 81.7 F IN 2005
4) 81.6 F IN 1894
5) 81.5 F IN 2006



____________________________NORFOLK_________________________

A TOTAL OF JUST 1.34 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED AT THE 
NORFOLK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR JULY 2006. THIS RANKS AS THE 4TH 
DRIEST JULY ON RECORD SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1871 (NORMAL FOR JULY 
IS 5.17 INCHES). HOWEVER...PRECIPITATION AROUND THE REGION ENDED UP 
QUITE VARIABLE FOR THE MONTH...WITH MOST LOCATIONS NOT AS DRY AS THE 
AIRPORT.
 
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BROWN