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Skyscan forecast & weather data for Atlantic: 8/1/16

Weather

August 1st, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Today: Showers & thunderstorms this morning, w/heavy rain possible. Becoming P/Sunny, warm & humid. High 88. Heat Index 100-102. SE @ 10-20.

Tonight: Partly Cloudy to Cloudy w/scattered shwr & tstrms. Low 75. S @ 5-10. Heat index 100-103 thru midnight.
Tomorrow: Isolated shwrs & tstrms in the morning. Becoming P/Cldy, continued hot & humid.  High 93. Heat Index 100-102. SW @ 1-20.
Tom. Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. Heat Index 100 thru midnight.
Wednesday: Shwrs & tstrms early; P/Cldy. High 91. Heat index around 100 during the afternoon.  NE  @ 5-10.
Thursday: P/Cldy. High 94.

Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 82. Our Low this morning was 68. We received .13“ of rain early this morning, through 7-a.m. (24-hour rainfall). Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 85 and the low was 64. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 102 in 1897. The Record Low was 42 in 1898.

July was wetter than normal, on average than in years past. We received 7.78” of rain during the month, which was 3.16” more than average. The most rain fell on July 11th (1.25″), July 17th (1.38″), July 19th (1.68″), and July 27th (1.5″).The average high of 83 was 2.17-degrees cooler than the normal, while the average low of 62 was one degree cooler than normal.The warmest day was July 21st (92 degrees), while the coolest morning was the 17th (51 degrees).