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Temperature / Dewpoint |
Location | Record Type | New Record Date | New Record | Old Record | Old Record Date |
Bradley Int'l Airport, MA | Warmest daily min temp for the month | August 3, 2006 | 78°F | 77°F | August 14, 1988 |
Buffalo, NY | All-Time warmest min temp on record | August 1, 2006 | 79°F | 78°F | July 4, 1897 |
Avoca, NY | Tied second warmest min temp on record | August 2, 2006 | 76°F | 76°F | N/A; Warmest min temp occured on July 15, 1995 with 79°F |
Syracuse, NY | Tied all-time third warmest min temp on record | August 1, 2006 | 77°F | 77°F | N/A; Warmest min temp occured on July 5, 1999 with 80°F |
Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, TX | Warmest daily min temp for the month; Tied all-time daily min temp on record | August 11, 2006 | 85°F |
84°F; 85°F |
August, 1994; July 2, 1980 |
San Antonio, TX | All-time warmest month on record and warmest August on record | August 2006 | avg temp of 88.3°F | avg temp of 88.1°F; avg temp of 87.5°F |
July 1998; August 1962 |
Austin-Mabry, TX | Warmest August on record | August 2006 | avg temp of 88.5°F | avg temp of 88.3°F | August, 1999 |
Duluth, MN |
Warmest summer(June-August) on record |
2006 |
avg temp of 66.9°F |
avg temp of 66.5°F |
Summer, 1930 |
Rainfall |
Location | Record Type | New Record Date | New Record | Old Record | Old Record Date |
El Paso, TX | Third All-Time 24-hour rainfall record | August 1, 2006 | 2.84 inches | 2.75 inches | June 30-July 1, 1897 |
El Paso, TX | Wettest August on record | August, 2006 | 6.76 inches | 5.57 inches | August, 1984 |
Midland Int'l Airport, TX | Wettest August on record | August, 2006 | 5.92 inches | 5.34 inches | August, 1934 |
Wilmington, NC | Wettest August on record | August, 2006 | 18.83 inches | 14.14 inches | August, 1940 |
Snowfall
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Location | Record Type | New Record Date | New Record | Old Record | Old Record Date |
None Reported. |
Wind |
Location | Record Type | New Record Date | New Record | Old Record | Old Record Date |
None Reported. |
Pressure |
Location | Record Type | New Record Date | New Record | Old Record | Old Record Date |
None Reported. |
Miscellaneous |
Location | Record Type | New Record Date | New Record | Old Record | Old Record Date |
None Reported. |
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