Past heat wave facts!

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 6^th. 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 30^th .High was 88.Don’t think the heat wave started then!

July 1^st. High was  91.

July 2^nd. High was 92.

July 3^rd . High was 90.Corrected temp to 93

July 4^th . High was 93.

July 5^th. High was 93.Correceted temp to 94

July 6^th . High was 95. Corrected temp to 96

July 7^th . 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 3^rd and 5^th saw highs of 88. With The Weather Centers observers reporting upper 80s to a few lower 90s.

July 2^nd 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 4^th 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 6^th was still a hot day with official temp of 91 while some of The Weather Center’s sites reported middle 90s.

July 1^st 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.