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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
830 AM EDT SUN AUG 2 2009

...THIRD COLDEST JULY ON RECORD AT DETROIT...

WITH AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 68.9 DEGREES...JULY 2009 WILL 
GO DOWN AS THE 3RD COLDEST ON RECORD AT DETROIT. THE RECORD IS 67.2 
DEGREES SET BACK IN 1891...WITH SECOND PLACE BEING 68.8 DEGREES SET 
IN 1992. 

TO FURTHER ILLUSTRATE HOW COOL THIS MONTH HAS BEEN...THIS IS ONLY 
THE FOURTH TIME IN JULY THE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH FAILED TO 
REACH 87 DEGREES. ALSO...18 DAYS DURING THIS PAST MONTH THE LOW 
TEMPERATURE DROPPED BELOW 60 DEGREES...THIS IS THE THIRD MOST ON 
RECORD...WITH THE RECORD BEING 20 DAYS BACK IN 1891.

DETROIT AREA TEMPERATURE RECORDS DATE BACK TO 1870.


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SF