July 2015 Summary

July was dry with average temperature

Even with the mini-heatwave we saw at the end of July with 4 days over 30°C, for the second month in a row it was a very average month for temperature, coming in again as just 0.1 degrees above average.    These 4 days over 30°C might have felt like something significant, but it is something we have seen in over half of the last 30 years.

Also interesting was that the low of 6.8°C on the 3^rd was the lowest July temperature since 2001.

The first half of the month was a pretty average for precipitation, but then the tap was shut off with only 1.6 mm after the 18^th.  This caused the total for the month (60.0 mm) to be well below the average (98.6 mm).

A dry month meant that the total for the year so far (438.2 mm) fell further away from the average (509.0 mm).

Summary for July 2015:

Maximum Temperature 31.7°C

Minimum Temperature 6.8°C

Average Daily High Temperature 26.3°C (Long term average 26.0°C)

Average Daily Low Temperature 13.8°C (Long term average 14.0°C)

Total Precipitation 60.0 mm (Long term average 98.6 mm)

(Long term averages based on 1981-2010 data for the Waterloo Wellington Airport)