Comparing This Summer's Heat with Yester-year
Tony has some surpriings stats on just how this summer's heat compares with recent years. The numbers and his perspective may surprise you.
Wednesday Night Add On
Congrats to historic Marietta-Parkersburg. Wednesday's afternoon thundershowers arrived in the nick of time and helped to keep the temperature under 90 degrees for the first time in 13 days. The official high coming in at 88 at the Wood County airport (actually, the storm arrived a half hour later in Marietta so downtown in Belpre County did hit 90).
Meanwhile, Huntington and Charleston have taken turns dodging the 90 degree level, though just by a notch the past two days. So the heat wave is over right? Sort of !
You see, the tradeoff now is for a higher octane tropical climate, one where we exchange the heat for the humidity.
Now we turn our attention to that influx of southern moisture. Since the Dixie states have been super wet and steamy this summer, it stands to reason that when our air flow comes from the south, we are poised to get equally muggy and perhaps just as wet. It all adds up to a constant level of high humidity and the risk of an afternoon gully washer into next week.
Wednesday's thundery action affected Logan and Middleburg Island into the Tug Valley of Mingo County. Thunderstorms also dropped some heavy rains in Putnam County especially around the Winfield Lock. In Central WV, the Little Kanawha Valley experienced some downpours from Arnoldsburg downstream to Parkersburg. Elizabeth missed out but not so Spencer and Reedy in Roane WV.
In the Bluegrass, visitors to the Mountain Homeplace near Paintsville went scurrying for cover when a storm moved in while in the Buckeye State evening thunder rumbled and rained upon Scioto County from the fairgrounds northward. The soy and corn crops gulped in every delicious drop of water.
And there is more rain and thunder to come in the days ahead as we trade in the desert clime of early summer for the tropical environment of mid summer. But a word of caution, it can take hot and sunshiny hours to develop the storms, so don't cancel your plans until you see the downpour!
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Location
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2012
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Record/Previous Record
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Prior Record Year
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Dulles Ap, VA
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8
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6
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2002*
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Washington, DC
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8
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8
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1958*
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Wilmington, DE
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8
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7
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1934
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Baltimore, MD
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8
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7
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1966*
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Newark, NJ
|
8
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6
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1955
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Philadelphia, PA
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8
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6
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1999*
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Charleston, WV
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8
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8
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1921*
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Huntington, WV
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8
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8
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1999*
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Location
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Temp
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Date
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Rank
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Hottest
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Date
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Washington, DC
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105
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7/7/2012
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3
|
106
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7/20/1930*
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Elkins, WV
|
96
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7/8/2012
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6
|
99
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7/16/1988*
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Baltimore, MD
|
104
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7/7/2012
|
8
|
107
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7/10/1936
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Huntington, WV
|
104
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7/7/2012
|
8
|
108
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7/28/1930
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Dulles, VA
|
101
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7/8/2012
|
9
|
105
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7/22/2011
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Atlantic City, NJ
|
100
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7/7/2012
|
13
|
106
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6/28/1969
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Harrisburg, PA
|
101
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7/7/2012
|
16
|
107
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7/3/1966
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Wilmington, DE
|
101
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7/7/2012
|
18
|
107
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8/7/1918
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Newark, NJ
|
102
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7/7/2012
|
18
|
108
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7/22/2011
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|
JFK/NYC, NY
|
99
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7/7/2012
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18
|
104
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7/3/1966
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Philadelphia, PA
|
101
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7/7/2012
|
19
|
106
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8/7/1918
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