Sunday, July 19, 2009

Back to normal this week...almost

While last week was a tad on the cool side, we will warm up a bit this week. The jet stream is shifting a bit north (see map at right) and that will put us barely on the warm side, but nonetheless we will be on the warmer side.

Our normal daytime high this week is 83. We'll start off the week in the upper 70s then warm to 80+ (only by a degree or two or three) for the end of the week. We may also see a few showers from time to time especially early week. (The pictorial forecast looks much more ominous than things will turn out to be.)

Looking at some historical data, so far July is averaging about 4.5 degrees below normal. The highest official temperature so far this summer was 90 at Akron/Canton on June 25. It only happened once so far. Frankly, I don't miss the 90s. The 80s work well for me...the 70s even better.

BTW, this past weekend NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) announced that June, 2009 was officially the 2nd warmest June (worldwide) in the history of the world. (Well, at least since they started keeping records in the 1800s.) That was not the case here in the Greater Akron area. Our June was right about spot-on normal.

That's it for now. Enjoy the week!

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Yes, it has been cool

If you think July has been a bit cooler than normal, you are correct. Our average daytime high the first two weeks of the month has been 77 degrees. Normal would be 82.

Through today (Tuesday, July 14) we have only had one day this month when the mercury was above normal. That was Saturday and only by a couple of degrees. We will probably be at or a degree or two above normal Wednesday and Thursday, but then by the weekend it will be back to temperatures in the low to mid 70s.

Actually, I quite like it. :-)

Enjoy!

Saturday, July 11, 2009

The cool with continue this week; A mild, dry Winter?

If you are looking for some really hot weather, head to south Texas. I'm heading down to Austin for a few days. I'm looking at daytime temperatures in the lower 100s. Wow! We haven't even been in the 90s yet this season.

What's on tap locally this week will be temperatures again slightly below the normal of 81-83. The week will start dry (see map) with highs in the upper 70s. Around mid-week slightly warmer air will push into the region and that may trigger some showers for Wednesday. Toward week's end temperatures will be right about normal.

You may have heard a lot of talk this past week about the El Nino winding up out in the Pacific. While this creates a strange variety of weather across some parts of the U.S. as well as the world, the general trend for the lower Great Lakes is for a somewhat dry and mild period from January-March. We'll have to wait and see how strong this thing gets before we know with a bit more certainty what will happen this Winter. But, just so you know, we'll be watching it.