July 2008

Near average month...     The Mobile Regional Airport recorded 6.11 inches of rain during July. This total was 0.43 inches below the normal rainfall of 6.54 inches.  Thirteen of July’s thirty-one days recorded measurable rainfall.  The greatest 24 hour rainfall total was 2.83 inches on the 26th and 27th.  The driest July on record occurred 148 years ago, in 1860, when 1.25 inches fell.  The wettest July on record occurred in 1916 when the Port City was drenched with 20.50 inches of rain.  For the year to date, Mobile has recorded 39.45 inches of rain.  This is 1.31 inches below the normal amount of 40.76 expected for this time of year.      The average temperature during the month was near normal at 81.7 degrees, only 0.2 degrees above the  normal of 81.5 degrees.  The warmest July on record occurred 125 years ago, in 1883, when 85.6 degrees was recorded.  The coolest July was 78.7 degrees set in 1904. The average high temperature for the month was 91.4 and the average low temperature was 72.0.  Twenty-one days in July topped the 90 degree mark.  The highest temperature of the month was 97 degrees recorded on the 21st.  The lowest temperature of the month was 67 degrees recorded on the 1st.                                                      Wind information for the month: The average monthly wind speed was 4.4 mph.  The highest peak wind gust was 58 mph from the southeast on the 12th as a severe thunderstorm passed the airport.