Another steam-bath July is gone. It was our third straight July with excessive humidity showing dew points in the 60s and 70s.
Oh, we had some very delightful days like Friday July 4th when the dew point stayed in the very comfortable 50s, one of only a handful of days that happened.
The heat and humidity and very little rain did not seem to hamper the beauty of the flowering plants and shrubs as the accompanying photo of my neighbor’s hydrangeas can attest.
This July’s extreme heat and humidity, a trend a meteorologist told me is the result of a very warm Atlantic ocean with bath water temperatures.
So warm in fact, it’s forcing aquatic life north, such as lobsters. The Southern New England seafood industry has declined greatly this century due to global warming.
Overall, the month was about 4 degrees warmer, showing once again the minimum temperatures are not as cool as they used to be.
As far as rainfall is concerned it was a matter of storm track. Most rain events seem to go to the north or south of us except the last day of the month when everyone received some very beneficial rains. A good example of a miss came on the 20th when Sheffield picked up 4.25” while we received a lot less.
Getting those final two days of rain brought this July from the 16th driest to the 17th wettest.
So, now it’s August and most times it’s cooler, but not always. Let’s hope this time it is.
