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July 2015 Saint Cloud Weather Summary


Deluge Continues in July

July 2015 St. Cloud Weather Summary

The rainy pattern that has dominated the late spring and early summer in Minnesota continued in July. While there were 11 days with measurable rainfall in July, fewer than in May or June, there were 4 days with more than an inch of rain in St. Cloud ( July 5, 12, 15, and 28). That's the most 1-inch July rain days since July 1997. Both July 1997 and this month have had the most July days with at least an inch since 1913 (7 days). The 9 days so far this year with at least an inch ties for the 9th highest total of 1-inch rainfall days. Last year, St. Cloud had 10 such days.

The total rainfall in July at the St. Cloud Airport has been 7.18 inches, 3.87 inches above average, now the 7th wettest July in St. Cloud records and the wettest since 1986. Some parts of central and eastern Minnesota has picked up 6-10 inches this month with individual cities seeing 2 or even 3 inches of rain in a day (Glenwood had 3.70 inches on July 24.

The St. Cloud May-July rainfall is 17.87 inches, 7.44 inches above average and tied with 1965 for the 4th wettest May-July total on record. The last late spring and early summer that was wetter was in 1990 (19.41 inches), which featured 10.56 inches in June, the third wettest month in St. Cloud records. This July is also St. Cloud's wettest month since August 1995 (7.35 inches).

Average Temperature, But Where Are the 90's?

The July average St. Cloud July temperature was 70.7°F, only 0.4°F from average. Still, there haven't been any 90-degree highs so far in July. Only July 2009 since 1996 has gone without a 90-degree high. The last time there was one or fewer days with a 90-degree high through the end of July was 1993. Note also that there hasn't been a summer with its highest temperature only being 90 degrees since 1993. Still, August has had the most 90-degree days recently in 2003, 2010, and 2013, so it's not over yet.

There was one sweltering day with high heat indices to our south on July 12-13. That heat and humidity led to severe thunderstorms overnight with strairght line wind damage in Todd, Pope and Stearns County. The worst damage was across Brainerd and Baxter.

Another round of severe thunderstorms began in west central Minnesota on July 17 and ended up producing continuous wind damage all the way to Michigan. There was one tornado that touched down west of Watertown.

     July 2015 Statistics

Temperatures (°F)
July 2015
1981-2010 Normals
Average High Temperature (°F)
82.2
82.3
Average Low Temperature (°F)
59.2
58.4
Mean Temperature for July (°F)
70.7
70.3
Daily St. Cloud July Records 10 Hottest/Coldest Julys
July Temperature Extremes
Temperature(°F)
Date
Warmest High Temperature for July 2015 (°F)
88
July 5, 26 ,27, 28
Coldest High Temperature for July 2015 (°F)
72
July 7
Warmest Low Temperature for July 2015 (°F)
69
July 26
Coldest Low Temperature for July 2015 (°F)
48
July 7, 8
Record Temperatures in July 2015
Temperature (°F)
Date
Old Record
No record temperatures set
Temperature Thresholds
Number of Days
Normal
July 2015 Days with High Temperatures >= 90°F
0
4.67
2015 Total Days with High Temperature of At Least 90°F
1 (fewest since 1993)
11.43
2015 Total Days with High Temperature of At Least 100°F
0 (Last: June 7, 2011)
0.51
July 2015 Days with Low Temperatures >= 70°F
0
1.72
July 2015 Days with Low Temperatures >= 75°F
0 (Last: July 4, 2012)
0.26
2015 Total Days with Low Temperatures >= 70°F
0
3.00
Precipitation (in)
This Year
1981-2010 Normals
July 2015 Rainfall (in)
7.18#
3.31
2015 Growing Season (April 1 through July 31) Rainfall (in)
19.54
13.10
2015 Year to Date (January 1 through July 31)
20.51
15.79
July Precipitation Extremes
Precipitation (in)
Date
Most Daily Precipitation in July 2015
1.70
July 12
Record Precipitation in June 2015
Precipitation (in)
Date
Old Record
No records set
Precipitation Thresholds
Number of Days
Normal
July 2015 Days with Measurable (>= 0.01 inch) Precipitation
11
9.3
Jan-July 2015 Days with Measurable (>= 0.01 inch) Precipitation
66
50.1
July 2015 Days with >= 0.10 inch Precipitation
8
5.9
Jan-July 2015 Days with >= 0.10 inch Precipitation
29
26.8
July 2015 Days with >= 0.25 inch Precipitation
8
4.1
Jan-July 2015 Days with >= 0.25 inch Precipitation
21
19.9
July 2015 Days with >= 0.50 inch Precipitation
4
2.5
Jan-July 2015 Days with >= 0.50 inch Precipitation
13
10.3
July 2015 Days with >= 1.00 inch Precipitation
4
1.2
Jan-July 2015 Days with >= 1.00 inch Precipitation
9
3.1

Complete list of Saint Cloud July Records
Link to 10 Wettest/Driest Julys

 

St. Cloud - Most Rain in May-July (avg: 10.43 inches)
Rank
Year
Rainfall (in)
1
21.54
1897
2
19.41
1990
3
18.30
1905
4 (tie)
17.87
1965
4 (tie)
17.87
2015
6
17.28
1906
7
17.25
1903
8
17.20
1912
9
17.14
1962
10
16.80
1913

 

 

Saint Cloud Hottest Annual Temperatures (1988-2015)
Year
Hottest High (°F)
Date
Days with High >= 97°F
1988
102°F
June 24, July 31
13
(7 days with >= 100°F)
1989
98°F
August 4
1
1990
101°F
July 3
1
1991
95°F
July 18
0
1992
92°F
June 12, August 9
0
1993
90°F
August 10
0
1994
95°F
June 14
0
1995
97°F
June 17, July 13
2
1996
96°F
June 28
0
1997
95°F
June 23
0
1998
94°F
May 18
0
1999
98°F
July 30
2
2000
94°F
June 9
0
2001
98°F
August 6, 7
4
2002
95°F
June 30, July 6
0
2003
96°F
August 24
0
2004
96°F
June 30
0
2005
98°F
June 23
1
2006
101°F
July 31
5
2007
96°F
August 10
0
2008
91°F
June 6, 11, August 18
0
2009
92°F
May 20
0
2010
94°F
May 24
0
2011
101°F
June 7
1
2012
94°F
May 18
0
2013
95°F
May 14, Aug 26
0
2014
94°F
July 21
0
2015
90°F
June 9
0
2016
90°F
June 9
0

 

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