Monday, August 1, 2011

All-Time Hottest Month at Amarillo and Dalhart, Texas


Images (click to enlarge): Consecutive days with 90°+ temperatures and total number of days with 100°+ temperatures at Amarillo, from National Weather Service

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July 2011 was the all-time hottest month on record at both Amarillo and Dalhart, Texas in climate records which extend back over a century to 1892 and 1894, respectively. The 40 consecutive days of 90°+ temperatures at Amarillo through July 31 was the 4th longest streak in history. This has now been extended today to tie for 3rd. The 32 days of 100°+ have already well exceeded the previous annual record.

The National Weather Service reports:
...JULY 2011 RANKS AS THE WARMEST JULY AND THE ALL TIME WARMEST  
MONTH ON RECORD AT AMARILLO...

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR JULY 2011 AT AMARILLO WAS 85.2
DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS WARMEST JULY AND THE WARMEST MONTH ON RECORD
WAS 84.1 DEGREES...SET IN JULY 1934.

...JULY 2011 RANKS AS THE WARMEST JULY AND THE ALL TIME WARMEST
MONTH ON RECORD AT DALHART...

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR JULY 2011 AT DALHART WAS 83.2
DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS WARMEST JULY AND THE WARMEST MONTH ON RECORD
WAS 82.2 DEGREES...SET IN JULY 1980.

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