Alabama July Rain Reports

It is well known in weather circles that heat waves and long dry spells are kin to each other but there are limited exceptions.

This July may be an example. Some folks saw decent rain totals while others were high and dry. Trouble with July rain (unless a tropical system is involved) that the big amounts from thunderstorms come very quickly and much of it is runoff.

Nevertheless, we take a look at some July totals around the state. This, of course is not a complete list:

5.92 inches Anniston Airport
1.31 Birmingham
2.10 Shelby County Airport, home of NWS/Birmingham
3.77 Montgomery/Dannelly Field
2.73 Tuscaloosa
1.59 Troy
1.41 Auburn
1.99 Huntsville
3.54 Muscle Shoals
4.42 Mobile
3.70 Pensacola
8.05 Bessemer*

* Jeff Drake, the 33/40 Skywatcher for Bessemer reported that much of that 8.05 inches came in two separate but late-day and evening storms.

Average all the amounts above and it will still show a dry month. While we are at it, here are some high temperatures for yesterday afternoon:

SUNDAY HIGHS IN ALABAMA
101 Birmingham Aiurport
96 Anniston
98 Shelby County Airport
96 Cullman Airport near Vinemont
99 Huntsville
101 Mobile
101 Montgomery
102 Tuscaloosa
99 Pinson
100 Selma
97 Muscle Shoals
102 Dothan
103 Troy
100 Jasper
101 Coker and Concord/Hueytown
102 Moundville and Moody
99 Springville
97 Bessemer and Noccullaula Falls

OTHERS OF INTEREST
107 San Angelo, Tex.
104 Dallas-Fort Worth
113 Death Valley

AND TO COOL YOU OFF
30 low this morning at Stanley, Idaho
112 below expected tonight Vostok, Antarctica, wind chill 142 below!

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