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Northeast Regional Climate Center |
The Northeast returned to normal temperature-wise this month after a relatively cold June. Cool temperatures in the southern states were enough to balance out a slightly warmer than normal July in the northern states and keep the region's cold streak alive. This is now the 10th month in a row below normal in temperature. There were only five states below normal this time around. They included West Virginia, which had the greatest departure on the month at 0.8 degrees below normal. Rhode Island was the only state more than a degree above normal, the rest of New England and New York were all very close to their respective July averages.
This July also saw a lot of variation in rain totals across the Northeast. Five if the twelve states were below normal but the monthly average for the region was 4.67 inches, or 114% of the normal value. Four of the five below normal states were in New England, with the fifth being New Jersey. The southern states in the region made out well for rain this month. Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and Delaware all received more than an inch over their individual state normals. In Pennsylvania, where the July rain total was 5.72 inches, this was the 8th rainiest July on record. However, West Virginia was the wettest state in the region this month with 6.10 inches of rain. Overall for the region this was the wettest July since 1996 and only the second time since then the Northeast has been above normal in precipitation in July.
Monthly Summary of State Temperature and Precipitation Averages.
