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Northeast Regional Climate Center |
The Northeast was 2.5 degrees cooler than normal this July, the fourth coolest on record. The average across all 12 states was 67.3 degrees. Discounting the record setting mark of last year, it's been 37 years since the region had a cooler July. All the states except Maine were more than two degrees below their respective state averages (Maine had a temperature departure of -1.8 degrees). Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and Vermont were all more than 3.0 degrees on the cool side. Delaware recorded its second coolest July on record at 73.1 degrees. That is less than a degree from the all-time record for that state which has held since 1895. West Virginia, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania were also less than a degree from their records.
Rainfall totals across the region averaged out to 3.58 inches, or -0.49 inches from normal, but there were states at both the wet and dry extremes. The three southernmost states were above normal (Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia). West Virginia was by far the wettest state recording a full 8.0 inches of rain, 3.25 inches above normal and the third wettest July on record in that state. The remaining states in the region were on the dry side. New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania were around one and a half inches below normal. Connecticut was the driest state this month with only 1.97 inches of rainfall. That accounts for only 46% of Connecticut's average July total.
Monthly Summary of State Temperature and Precipitation Averages.