July 2002 Archive
County: Baker
City: Macclenny
State: Florida
Station Name: Baker County 2
Station # :BC02
Lat:30.248N Long:82.118W
Temperature:
Average monthly: 80.8 Departure from normal: -1.3
Average maximum: 92.0 Highest: 100.7 (38.2) on 7/19
Average minimum: 69.5 Lowest: 66.3 (19.1) on 7/2
Records:
7/17: 98.9 New (97 on 1951)
7/19: 100.7 New (98 on 1942)
Number of days with:
Maximum of 105 or above: 0
Maximum of 90 or above: 28
Maximum of 65 or below: 0
Maximum of 32 or below: 0
Minimum of 50 or below: 0
Minimum of 32 or below: 0
Minimum of 0 or below: 0
Precipitation (liquid or melted):
Monthly total: 6.67" Monthly norm: 7.81"
Departure from normal: -1.14
Year to Date: 25.54" (77%) (Norm Year to date: (33.16") Departure from normal: -7.62
Most in 24 hours: 2.33"
Days with 0.01" or more: 17
Days with 0.10" or more: 11
Days with 1.00" or more: 1
Wind:
Highest gust: 20 (17 kt) on 7/8 7/30
Highest 1-min Avg: 12 (10 kt) on 7/8
Avg Wind Spd: 1.2 (1.0 kt)
Dew Pt:
Highest: 81.2 (27.3) on 7/20
Lowest: 62.7 (17.1) on 7/2
Relative Humidity:
Highest: 97% on 7/2 7/4 7/6 7/9-7/11 7/15 7/22-7/25 7/27-7/29
Lowest: 36% on 7/19
Days of Lowest Rh% <_30%: 0/31 (0%)
Barometric Pressure:
Highest: 30.185"/hg (1022.2 mb) on 7/8
Lowest: 29.832"/hg (1010.2 mb) on 7/13
We have finally entered a normal summer pattern with slightly below normal temps/rainfall. Relative Humidity readings remained above 30%. Dew Point readings broke the 80º mark twice (7/16,7/20), making it a very humid month. We still remain in 5 yr drought. 2 new records where set on the 7/17 (98.9º) & 7/19 (100.7º). On the 13th, a low passed over head and moved NE and developed into what was Tropical Storm Authur on the 14th. The lowest pressure recorded during the passage was 29.832"/hg.
**AVGS BASED ON 68 YEARS OF CLIMATE DATA FROM Glen St Mary 1W,FL [1931-1998] (5 mi NW of me)**
