| 000 NOUS41 KOKX 010953 PNSOKX CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-021000- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 555 AM EDT SAT AUG 1 2009 ...CENTRAL PARK HAS ONLY REACHED ABOVE 85 DEGREES ONCE THIS SUMMER...THE FEWEST NUMBER OF DAYS ON RECORD FOR THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF SUMMER... ...CENTRAL PARK IN 2009 HAS NOT REACHED 90 DEGREES DURING JUNE OR JULY FOR ONLY THE SECOND TIME ON RECORD... ...JULY AND JUNE/JULY 2009 FELL IN THE TOP TEN FOR COOLEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AND COOLEST AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE...AND JUNE/JULY 2009 WAS IN THE TOP TEN FOR WETTEST FIRST TWO MONTHS OF SUMMER ON RECORD AT CENTRAL PARK... && ....NUMBER OF DAYS IN SUMMER ABOVE 85 AND NOT REACHING 90... CENTRAL PARK HAS HAD ONLY ONE DAY REACH ABOVE 85 DEGREES SO FAR THIS SUMMER (86 ON JULY 17TH). THIS IS THE FEWEST NUMBER OF DAYS ABOVE 85 ON RECORD AT CENTRAL PARK SINCE RECORDS BEGAN BEING TAKEN IN 1869. THE OLD RECORD WAS 7 IN 1996. CENTRAL PARK HAS YET TO REACH 90 DEGREES THIS SUMMER...FOR ONLY THE SECOND TIME ON RECORD. THE ONLY OTHER YEAR NOT TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE 90 DEGREE DAY IN JUNE OR JULY WAS 1996. && ....RAINFALL.... ...JUNE/JULY 2009 WAS THE THIRD WETTEST FIRST TWO MONTHS OF SUMMER ON RECORD AT CENTRAL PARK... HERE ARE THE TEN WETTEST JUNE/JULYS ON RECORD SINCE 1869 AT CENTRAL PARK: WETTEST JUNE/JULY AMOUNT YEAR 19.35 1975 17.17 2009 15.93 1928 14.71 2006 14.37 1922 14.28 1889 14.02 2003 13.92 1989 13.84 1972 13.70 1903 WITH 17.17 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE JUNE 1ST...THE JUNE/JULY OF 2009 IS THE SECOND WETTEST ON RECORD INCLUDING THE SECOND WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD (10.06 INCHES - WETTEST WAS 2003 - 10.27 INCHES) AND 7.11 INCHES THIS MONTH. WHILE THE RAINFALL THIS MONTH IS ABOVE NORMAL BY 2.49 INCHES...IT IS NOT IN THE TOP TEN...RANKING 19TH WETTEST JULY ON RECORD (WETTEST JULY - 11.89 INCHES IN 1889). ALSO OF NOTE...IS THAT ONLY 5.24 INCHES OF RAIN IS NEEDED BETWEEN NOW AND AUGUST 31ST TO MAKE THIS THE WETTEST SUMMER ON RECORD (WETTEST 1975 - 22.40 INCHES). && ....AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE.... ...JUNE AND JULY 2009 COMBINED TO BE THE THIRD COOLEST FIRST TWO MONTHS OF SUMMER FOR CENTRAL PARK... ...JULY 2009 WAS THE 7TH COOLEST JULY ON RECORD AT CENTRAL PARK... HERE ARE THE TOP TEN COOLEST JULYS AND FIRST TWO MONTHS OF SUMMER (JUNE/JULY) ON RECORD SINCE 1869 FOR CENTRAL PARK IN NEW YORK CITY: COOLEST JULY COOLEST JUNE/JULY AVG. TEMP. YEAR AVG. TEMP. YEAR 70.7 1888 69.4 1881 71.9 1884 69.8 1903 72.1 1914 70.1 2009 72.3 2000/1871 70.3 1902 72.4 1891 70.6 1916 72.6 1895 70.7 1927 72.7 2009 71.0 1915/1924/1926 72.8 1902/1869 71.2 1888/1918 72.9 1956 71.5 1893/1920 73.1 1890 71.7 1928/1958 DUE TO THE UNUSUALLY COOL CONDITIONS THUS FAR IN JULY AND THIS SUMMER...HERE ARE SOME INTERESTING FACTS TO NOTE... WITH AN AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE OF 72.7...RUNNING 3.8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...THIS IS THE SEVENTH COOLEST JULY ON RECORD AT CENTRAL PARK. DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN AT OR BELOW NORMAL EVERY DAY BUT TWO THIS MONTH (THE 28TH AND 30TH)...FOR 47 OF 49 DAYS DATING BACK TO JUNE 13TH...AND FOR 55 OF THE 61 DAYS SINCE JUNE 1ST. FOR THE MONTHS OF JUNE AND JULY...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN 2009 WAS 70.1 DEGREES...MAKING THIS THE THIRD COOLEST JUNE AND JULY ON RECORD AT CENTRAL PARK. OF NOTE IS THAT 7 OF THE 10 COOLEST JUNE AND JULY/S ON RECORD AT CENTRAL PARK WENT ON TO BEING ONE OF THE 10 COOLEST SUMMERS ON RECORD. && ....AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.... ...JUNE/JULY OF 2009 HAS THE THIRD COOLEST AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF SUMMER ON RECORD AT CENTRAL PARK... ...JULY 2009 HAS THE EIGHTH COOLEST AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR JULY ON RECORD AT CENTRAL PARK... HERE ARE THE TOP TEN LOWEST AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN JULY AND THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF SUMMER (JUNE/JULY) ON RECORD SINCE 1869 FOR CENTRAL PARK IN NEW YORK CITY: COOLEST AVG. HIGH TEMP. JULY COOLEST AVG. HIGH TEMP. JUNE/JULY AVG. TEMP. YEAR AVG. TEMP. YEAR 78.3 1884 76.1 1903 79.0 2000 76.6 1881 79.4 1888 77.5 2009 79.5 1914 77.6 1902 79.8 1996 78.0 1916 79.9 1891/1871 78.6 1875 80.0 1902 78.9 2000 80.4 2009 79.0 1927 80.5 1895/1956 79.1 1996 80.6 1875 79.2 1874 THE AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE IN JUNE/JULY 2009 WAS 77.5 DEGREES...MAKING IT THE THIRD COOLEST AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF THE SUMMER ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE IN JULY 2009 WAS 80.4 DEGREES...MAKING IT THE EIGHTH COOLEST AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR JULY ON RECORD. |