We entered July with a precipitation deficit of nearly five inches for the year. Lawns were browning out and the farmers needed rain for their crops.
We certainly flipped the pattern to a wet one in July. The Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport reported 22 days with rain. Some communities saw more and others less, and there were several reports of flash flooding.
What You Need To Know
- Temperatures were 2.7 degrees below the 30-year average
- 22 of 31 days were cooler than average
- Precipitation was 4.10 inches above average with 22 of 31 days reporting rain
- July rainfall made for the fifth-wettest on record dating to the 1870s
Let's look at the July 2021 numbers.
The 'cooling degree days' category is how far the average temperature was from 65 degrees each day, added up through the month. When cooling degree days are below average, you are likely saving on your cooling expense as you probably didn't run the air conditioning as much.
The wettest July on record was in 1947, over two inches more than the 7.66 inches we received this year.
