Summer 2006 Weather in the Grand Valley
As the Summer winds down, let’s look back at the weather in the Grand Valley. Meteorological Summer (June/July/August) started out warm and dry and, due to an early beginning of the Monsoon, ended wetter with near normal temperatures. Overall, the average daily temperature for the Summer was 76.8°, 2.6 degrees above normal. The total precipitation was 2.68 inches, 0.77 inches above normal for the three months.
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Eight days saw high temperatures in the triple digits, two less than in the Summer of 2005. The 100+ temperature days were in June and July, while the highest temperature to occur in August was only 95°. The warmest afternoon temperature was 104° on July 16th, while the coolest morning low was 48° on August 27nd. 67 days saw high temperatures of > 90° (the normal is 59). The Summer saw a total of 1110 cooling degree day units, 66 more than average.
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Breakdown by month:
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Month |
Avg Temp |
Normal |
Total Rain |
Average |
Greatest 24 hr |
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June |
75.8 |
71.1 |
0.30 |
0.41 |
0.18 / 7th |
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July |
79.8 |
76.8 |
0.91 |
0.66 |
0.50 / 19th |
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August |
74.8 |
74.4 |
1.46 |
0.84 |
0.70 / 15th |
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