Have added in some of the temps that were corrected by the NWS after my report was issued.
I also added in La Crosse temps throughout the heat wave, this will also show everyone it was cooler in the Rochester metro area than other places!
I went ahead and did this report on my own since The Weather
Center is being a butthead!
I will talk about a lot of things, However you will notice I’m
not going to run with maps, I’m going to give you the right information on this
heat wave!
This information is only for the city of Rochester.
There was a long lasting heat wave that started back on July
first and lasted through July 6th. Most days it was warmer up to the
North I will talk about that later.
Time to look at what the high temps were….
June 30th .High was 88.Don’t think the heat wave
started then!
July 1st. High was 91.
July 2nd. High was 92.
July 3rd . High was 90.Corrected temp to 93
July 4th . High was 93.
July 5th. High was 93.Correceted temp to 94
July 6th . High was 95. Corrected temp to 96
July 7th . High was 84. The heat wave broke this
day.
My sky watchers across the Rochester metro are reported
temps in the lower to middle 90s also. No 100s!!
Now if one wanted to find 100 degree temps one could find
them at other sites like The Weather Channel and underground weather, weather
bug. We all know they are wrong as they do a general over all view of the
temps.
We did not tie or break in record highs in the Rochester
metro area. The information below is to debunk some other info I have read.
What was interesting about this heat wave.
1 The days it lasted. Also this was not the longest heat
wave for the area. We need to look back to the 1911 year and also the 1936s.
1936 was the worst year on record that I could find. So just ask some of the
old people around and they will tell you about the dust bowl days.
2 the higher dewpoints we had with this heat wave. Dps where
in the 70s.
3 wasn’t much wind to help make it feel cooler.
4 was no showers and
storms to help cool the temps down a little in the late night hours and early morning
hours.
5 it was warmer north of the area. From Red Wing to La
Crosse and north of that line to Pine City MN to around the Hayward WI area.
Time to talk about that.
The Twin Cites metro area…Below is a report from the Minnesota
Climatology Working Group
A History of 100
Degrees in the Twin Cities
For the second time in a week, the
mercury hit 100 degrees or higher at the Twin Cities International Airport. The
last time there were two 100 degree maximum temperatures in the Twin Cities was
1988, when there were four.
July 1-6, 2012 will also finish the
warmest first six days of July on record in the Twin Cities with a preliminary
average of 87 degrees F, higher than the next closest average (July 1-6 1949)
with 84.2 degrees F.
It's been relatively uncommon to see
the mercury reach 100 at the Twin Cities International Airport in recent years.
Before 2011, the last time the maximum temperature was 100 degrees or more was
on July 31, 2006 when the air temperature reached was 101 degrees. Looking back
to 1873, the maximum temperature at the Twin Cities official measuring site has
reached 100 or more on 64 occasions. The most was in 1936 with nine days. The
last year with more than one 100 degree temperature was in 1988 with four.
Below is a table of all the dates
since 1873 of days where the temperature was 100 or more at the offical Twin
Cities observing site.
Year Month Day Precip High Low Average
1883 7 1 0 100 72 86
1894 7 11 0 100 71 86
1894 7 26 0 100 75 88
1901 7 20 0 102 76 89
1901 7 23 0 101 74 88
1901 7 24 0 101 67 84
1913 8 15 0 100 74 87
1926 7 16 0 102 68 85
1931 6 28 0 102 82 92
1931 6 29 0 102 83 93
1931 6 30 0 100 82 91
1931 7 15 0 101 77 89
1931 7 16 0 100 80 90
1931 7 27 0 104 80 92
1931 9 10 0 104 75 90
1932 7 20 0.02 101 74 88
1933 6 19 0 100 75 88
1933 7 30 0 100 78 89
1934 5 31 0 106 75 91
1934 6 27 0 104 70 87
1934 7 21 0 105 73 89
1934 7 22 0 105 71 88
1934 7 23 0 105 80 93
1936 7 6 0 104 69 87
1936 7 7 0 101 80 91
1936 7 8 0 101 82 92
1936 7 10 0 106 80 93
1936 7 11 0 106 82 94
1936 7 12 0 106 83 95
1936 7 13 0 105 86 96
1936 7 14 0.04 108 72 90
1936 8 15 0.44 103 70 87
1937 7 10 0 100 76 88
1940 7 18 0 101 68 85
1940 7 19 0.02 100 76 88
1940 7 22 0 103 74 89
1940 7 23 0 103 75 89
1941 7 23 0 100 74 87
1941 7 24 0 104 76 90
1947 8 4 0 102 76 89
1947 8 5 0 100 78 89
1947 8 10 0 101 75 88
1947 8 17 0.28 100 72 86
1948 7 6 0 101 75 88
1949 7 3 0 100 79 90
1949 7 4 0 100 75 88
1955 7 26 0.08 100 73 87
1955 7 28 0 100 72 86
1956 6 13 0 100 77 89
1974 7 8 0 101 73 87
1976 7 13 0 100 69 85
1977 7 19 0 100 79 90
1980 7 11 0.3 100 72 86
1982 7 5 0 100 78 89
1985 6 8 0 102 64 83
1988 6 24 0 101 70 86
1988 7 15 0.06 102 79 91
1988 7 31 0 105 72 89
1988 8 1 0 101 74 88
1990 7 3 0 100 72 86
1995 7 13 0 101 75 88
2006 7 31 0.09 101 80 91
2011 6 7 0 103 78 91
2012 7 4 0 101 81 91
2012 7
6 0 102
78 90*
*as of 5pm July 6
Once again we see that the year 1936
was the hottest summer on record.
Let us look at Rice Lake WI.
The official highs.
The 3rd and 5th
saw highs of 88. With The Weather Centers observers reporting upper 80s to a few
lower 90s.
July 2nd Rice Lake broke
their old record of 93 with an official temp of 95. Some of The Weather Center’s
observers reported a few upper 90s. as well as their office. Also EAU set a
record of 99 that broke the 1911 record of 98….. SO as one can see this day was
warmer than the Rochester metro area.
July 4th saw another hot
day up North. The official high for Rice Lake was 95.This tied the record of 95
that was set in 1972. Many of The Weather Center’s observers reported temps
hitting the 100 degree mark, Their office also hit 100.
Once again this day was warmer up
north than in the Rochester metro area.
July 6th was still a hot
day with official temp of 91 while some of The Weather Center’s sites reported
middle 90s.
July 1st was also warmer
up north than in the Rochester metro area. Temps in the middle to upper 90s up
in Rice Lake,WI.
La Crosse temps....
July 2nd. 99
July3rd. 99
July 4th. 103
July 5th. 98
July 6th. 103.
July 7th. 85
There you have the facts on this
heat wave, there was no adding to them to make us look better. Just the hard cold
facts.
