Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Summer of 2009 not so hot for southwestern California.
FROM: NWS in Oxnard/Los Angeles
Sorry about the "ALL CAPS".
ALTHOUGH ASTRONOMICAL SUMMER OFFICIALLY ENDS DURING THE AFTERNOON OF SEPTEMBER 22ND... METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER...CONSIDERED TO BE THE MONTHS OF JUNE... JULY AND AUGUST HAS ENDED. THE SUMMER OF 2009 ENDED UP COOLER THAN NORMAL ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE SUMMER WERE GENERALLY BETWEEN ONE AND TWO DEGREES BELOW NORMAL IN MOST COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS... THANKS TO A PERVASIVE LAYER DURING THE VERY COOL MONTH OF JUNE. IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE SUMMER WERE ACTUALLY CLOSE TO NORMAL.
HERE ARE SOME PRELIMINARY AVERAGE MONTHLY AND SUMMER TEMPERATURES FOR A FEW SELECTED LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. 30-YEAR NORMAL DATA WAS FROM THE 1971-2000 PERIOD... EXCEPT 1961-1990 FOR WOODLAND HILLS.
*****IMPORTANT NOTE******
THESE DATA ARE PRELIMINARY AND NOT OFFICIAL. IN SOME CASES... ROUNDING ERRORS MAY HAVE CAUSED SLIGHT DISCREPANCIES IN THE AVERAGES BUT MOST DATA SHOULD BE CORRECT TO WITHIN ONE TENTH OF A DEGREE. ____________________________________________________________________ ***DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (USC)*** JUNE JULY AUG SUMMER 2009 AVE HIGH/AVE LOW 74.5/60.8 83.8/64.3 84.1/64.4 80.8/63.2 30-YEAR NORMAL 79.5/61.4 83.8/64.6 84.8/65.6 82.7/63.9 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL -5.0/-0.6 0.0/-0.3 -0.7/-1.0 -1.9/+0.7 THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER 2009 IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES WAS 72.0 DEGREES...OR 1.3 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 73.3 DEGREES. ____________________________________________________________________ ***BURBANK (BOB HOPE AIRPORT)*** JUNE JULY AUG SUMMER 2009 AVE HIGH/AVE LOW 75.5/58.9 89.4/64.8 88.5/64.0 84.5/62.6 30-YEAR NORMAL 83.2/58.3 88.9/62.1 89.9/62.4 87.3/60.9 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL -7.7/+0.6 +0.5/+2.7 -1.4/+1.6 -2.8/+1.7 THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER 2009 AT BURBANK AIRPORT WAS 73.5 DEGREES...OR 0.6 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 74.1 DEGREES. ____________________________________________________________________ ***WOODLAND HILLS (PIERCE COLLEGE)*** JUNE JULY AUG SUMMER 2009 AVE HIGH/AVE LOW 79.2/53.2 96.5/58.3 94.5/57.2 90.1/56.2 30-YEAR NORMAL 87.7/53.5 95.4/57.3 95.4/58.2 92.8/56.3 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL -8.5/-0.3 +1.1/+1.0 -0.9/-1.0 -2.7/+0.1 THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER 2009 AT PIERCE COLLEGE IN WOODLAND HILLS WAS 73.2 DEGREES...OR 1.4 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 74.6 DEGREES. ____________________________________________________________________ ***LANCASTER (FOX FIELD)*** JUNE JULY AUG SUMMER 2009 AVE HIGH/AVE LOW 84.8/58.5 101.1/68.9 97.4/62.5 94.4/63.3 30-YEAR NORMAL 89.1/60.4 95.5/66.0 94.8/64.1 93.1/63.5 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL -4.3/-1.9 +5.6/+2.9 +2.6/-1.6 +1.3/-0.2 THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER 2009 AT FOX FIELD IN LANCASTER WAS 78.9 DEGREES...OR 0.6 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 78.3 DEGREES. ____________________________________________________________________ ***SANDBERG*** JUNE JULY AUG SUMMER 2009 AVE HIGH/AVE LOW 71.7/51.9 88.0/66.5 85.2/63.2 81.6/60.5 30-YEAR NORMAL 77.7/56.3 84.7/62.8 84.4/63.2 82.3/60.8 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL -6.0/-4.0 +3.3/+3.7 +0.8/0.0 -0.7/-0.3 THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER 2009 AT SANDBERG WAS 71.1 DEGREES...OR 0.4 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 71.5 DEGREES. ___________________________________________________________________ BRUNO/RORKE
Sorry about the "ALL CAPS".
ALTHOUGH ASTRONOMICAL SUMMER OFFICIALLY ENDS DURING THE AFTERNOON OF SEPTEMBER 22ND... METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER...CONSIDERED TO BE THE MONTHS OF JUNE... JULY AND AUGUST HAS ENDED. THE SUMMER OF 2009 ENDED UP COOLER THAN NORMAL ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE SUMMER WERE GENERALLY BETWEEN ONE AND TWO DEGREES BELOW NORMAL IN MOST COASTAL AND VALLEY AREAS... THANKS TO A PERVASIVE LAYER DURING THE VERY COOL MONTH OF JUNE. IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS...AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE SUMMER WERE ACTUALLY CLOSE TO NORMAL.
HERE ARE SOME PRELIMINARY AVERAGE MONTHLY AND SUMMER TEMPERATURES FOR A FEW SELECTED LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. 30-YEAR NORMAL DATA WAS FROM THE 1971-2000 PERIOD... EXCEPT 1961-1990 FOR WOODLAND HILLS.
*****IMPORTANT NOTE******
THESE DATA ARE PRELIMINARY AND NOT OFFICIAL. IN SOME CASES... ROUNDING ERRORS MAY HAVE CAUSED SLIGHT DISCREPANCIES IN THE AVERAGES BUT MOST DATA SHOULD BE CORRECT TO WITHIN ONE TENTH OF A DEGREE. ____________________________________________________________________ ***DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (USC)*** JUNE JULY AUG SUMMER 2009 AVE HIGH/AVE LOW 74.5/60.8 83.8/64.3 84.1/64.4 80.8/63.2 30-YEAR NORMAL 79.5/61.4 83.8/64.6 84.8/65.6 82.7/63.9 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL -5.0/-0.6 0.0/-0.3 -0.7/-1.0 -1.9/+0.7 THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER 2009 IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES WAS 72.0 DEGREES...OR 1.3 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 73.3 DEGREES. ____________________________________________________________________ ***BURBANK (BOB HOPE AIRPORT)*** JUNE JULY AUG SUMMER 2009 AVE HIGH/AVE LOW 75.5/58.9 89.4/64.8 88.5/64.0 84.5/62.6 30-YEAR NORMAL 83.2/58.3 88.9/62.1 89.9/62.4 87.3/60.9 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL -7.7/+0.6 +0.5/+2.7 -1.4/+1.6 -2.8/+1.7 THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER 2009 AT BURBANK AIRPORT WAS 73.5 DEGREES...OR 0.6 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 74.1 DEGREES. ____________________________________________________________________ ***WOODLAND HILLS (PIERCE COLLEGE)*** JUNE JULY AUG SUMMER 2009 AVE HIGH/AVE LOW 79.2/53.2 96.5/58.3 94.5/57.2 90.1/56.2 30-YEAR NORMAL 87.7/53.5 95.4/57.3 95.4/58.2 92.8/56.3 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL -8.5/-0.3 +1.1/+1.0 -0.9/-1.0 -2.7/+0.1 THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER 2009 AT PIERCE COLLEGE IN WOODLAND HILLS WAS 73.2 DEGREES...OR 1.4 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 74.6 DEGREES. ____________________________________________________________________ ***LANCASTER (FOX FIELD)*** JUNE JULY AUG SUMMER 2009 AVE HIGH/AVE LOW 84.8/58.5 101.1/68.9 97.4/62.5 94.4/63.3 30-YEAR NORMAL 89.1/60.4 95.5/66.0 94.8/64.1 93.1/63.5 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL -4.3/-1.9 +5.6/+2.9 +2.6/-1.6 +1.3/-0.2 THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER 2009 AT FOX FIELD IN LANCASTER WAS 78.9 DEGREES...OR 0.6 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 78.3 DEGREES. ____________________________________________________________________ ***SANDBERG*** JUNE JULY AUG SUMMER 2009 AVE HIGH/AVE LOW 71.7/51.9 88.0/66.5 85.2/63.2 81.6/60.5 30-YEAR NORMAL 77.7/56.3 84.7/62.8 84.4/63.2 82.3/60.8 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL -6.0/-4.0 +3.3/+3.7 +0.8/0.0 -0.7/-0.3 THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER 2009 AT SANDBERG WAS 71.1 DEGREES...OR 0.4 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 71.5 DEGREES. ___________________________________________________________________ BRUNO/RORKE
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