PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
924 AM CDT SAT AUG 1 1998
...BOTH SAN ANGELO AND ABILENE RECEIVE THEIR THIRD WARMEST JULY ON
RECORD...
...A FEW SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN EVENTS ALSO OCCURRED IN
JULY...BUT OVERALL THE REGION REMAINED DRIER THAN NORMAL...
AT MATHIS FIELD IN SAN ANGELO...THE MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR JULY
WAS 87.4 DEGREES...RESULTING IN THE THIRD WARMEST JULY ON RECORD. THE
WARMEST JULY ON RECORD OCCURRED IN 1912 WITH A MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE
87.6 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE MEAN JULY TEMPERATURE FOR SAN ANGELO IS 82.7
DEGREES. DESPITE THE CONSISTENTLY HOT WEATHER...NO DAILY RECORD HIGHS
WERE TIED OR SET IN JULY AT SAN ANGELO.
AT ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT...THE MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR JULY WAS
87.6 DEGREES...RESULTING IN THE THIRD WARMEST JULY ON RECORD. THE
WARMEST JULY ON RECORD OCCURRED IN 1980...WITH A MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE
OF 89.4 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE MEAN JULY TEMPERATURE FOR ABILENE IS 84.0
DEGREES. DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE TIED ON THE
7TH...11TH...AND 12TH AT ABILENE.
THIS IS THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE MONTH THAT BOTH ABILENE AND SAN ANGELO
RANKED AMONG THE TEN WARMEST ON RECORD FOR EACH RESPECTIVE MONTH. FOR
BOTH CITIES...NO OTHER YEAR BESIDES 1998 CONTAINS A RANKING AMONG THE
TEN WARMEST FOR ALL THREE MONTHS OF MAY...JUNE...AND JULY.
RAINFALL REMAINED BELOW NORMAL FOR THE FOURTH STRAIGHT MONTH IN SAN
ANGELO...WITH ONLY 0.46 INCH OF RAIN REPORTED AT MATHIS FIELD...
COMPARED TO THE NORMAL JULY RAINFALL OF 1.06 INCHES. ABILENE REGIONAL
AIRPORT ALSO HAD BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL WITH 1.31 INCHES OF RAIN...
COMPARED TO THE NORMAL JULY RAINFALL OF 2.09 INCHES. A FEW LOCATIONS
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS RECEIVED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SCATTERED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY BETWEEN JULY 12TH AND 18TH. THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT RAIN EVENT OF THE MONTH OCCURRED IN BROWN COUNTY ON THE 4TH
WHEN A WEAK TROPICAL DISTURBANCE DUMPED 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN IN MUCH OF
THE COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF BROWNWOOD. THIS SYSTEM THEN PRODUCED UP
TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN THROCKMORTON COUNTY ON THE
MORNING OF THE 5TH. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE PROLONGED HOT WEATHER...
SIGNIFICANT DROUGHT CONDITIONS EXIST OVER WEST CENTRAL TEXAS AT THIS
TIME.
A FEW SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS OCCURRED IN JUNE...PRODUCING LOCAL AREAS OF
DAMAGE BUT NO INJURIES. MOST OF THE SEVERE WEATHER OCCURRED IN THE FORM
OF MICROBURST HIGH WINDS AND WIND DAMAGE. ON THE 12TH...HIGH WINDS SWEPT
ACROSS TAYLOR COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF ABILENE...DAMAGING SEVERAL
STRUCTURES AND BLOWING DOWN POWER POLES. A WIND GUST TO 105 MPH WAS
REPORTED AT DYESS AIR FORCE BASE IN ABILENE FROM THESE STORMS. ISOLATED
DAMAGING MICROBURSTS WERE ALSO REPORTED FROM THE 16TH THROUGH THE
18TH...WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRING AT MILES IN SOUTHWEST
RUNNELS COUNTY ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE 16TH. ONLY ONE HAIL EVENT OF
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL OR GREATER WAS REPORTED IN JULY...WHEN GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL OCCURRED NEAR BAIRD ON THE 14TH. NO TORNADOES WERE REPORTED ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS IN JULY.
IF THE SAME WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES IN AUGUST...THE SUMMER OF 1998 MAY
GO DOWN AS THE HOTTEST SUMMER ON RECORD DUE TO THE OVERALL LENGTH OF
TIME WHEN TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE NORMAL.
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