STN  T      T1     U  U1   V      V1   W X   Y     Z   1  2 3  4     5    6   6A   7   7A    8     S
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TRI  5.80  +1.59 1.18  7 1.30 21-22 16 2 26.96  0.0           0.0   4.0                           2400
DAV  6.62        1.98  8            20 2 37.35  0.0           0.0 162.1                           0700    

Virginia:

Annandale - Lowell sends this summary: " July was both hot and wet but was wetter than hot. It was the seventh hottest July in the last 25 years and the warmest since 2002 and was the fourth wettest July here in the last 25 years. Most months that are hot are often dry but this July being the exception with the added moisture and high dew points made the heat more uncomfortable. The lowest daily maximum temperature for the month was only 78° F. which was the highest recorded in July since 1995 when the 25 year record was set at 82° F; the average is only 72.5° F. The lowest daily mean temperature for July was 73.5° F on the 8th which was the highest ever recorded here in July in the last 25 years; the previous record was 71.5°F in July 1994. The average mean temperature was 79.32°, a departure of +1.6° F. We had 15 days equal to or above 90° F and 2 days equal to or above 95° F. Only 1980, 1988, 1995, 1999 have had a higher maximum temperature reading for July in the last 25 years than this July's 98° F recorded on the 27th. We had 13 days with measurable precipitation that was the sixth greatest number of days with measurable rain in July. The 25-year maximum record is 17 that occurred in July of 1994. There were 10 days with thunder which tied the July record for the most days with thunder since these records were started in 1995. The rainfall for July was 6.20 inches which was a surplus for July of 1.99 inches. The 2.50 inches of rain from Cindy on the 8th was the most rain in a calendar day since Feb. 22, 2003 when 2.78 inches occurred. It was also the most rain in a July calendar day since July 4, 1981 when 3.25 inches occurred. The 2.94 inches on the 7th and 8th was also the most in a 24 hour period since Feb. 21-22, 2003 when 3.07 inches occurred and the most in a 24 hour period in July since July 4, 1981. It was also the cloudiest July on my records but the wet July of 2003 was nearly as cloudy and was the previous record. July DAILY Records Tied or Broken- (25) Years of records) - 4 HIGH maximum temperature records: 1, 12, 26, 27; 3 HIGH minimum temperature records: 19, 20, 26; 1 HIGH temperature: 25; 1 HIGH precipitation: 8. " [ + + ] 

Arlington - Report from NWS LWX: " TEMPERATURES IN JULY WERE ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS EXACTLY NORMAL...HOWEVER...THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS OVER 3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WERE 13 DAYS ABOVE 90 DEGREES. THE HIGHEST WAS 97 DEGREES ON JULY 26TH AND 27TH. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN IN JULY. THE ALL TIME RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 106 DEGREES WAS SET ON JULY 20, 1930. PRECIPITATION WAS WELL ABOVE NORMAL IN JULY. JUST OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. JUST OVER 2 INCHES FELL ON JULY 8TH FROM THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM CINDY AND OVER AN INCH FELL ON JULY 15TH FROM HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS. NO RECORDS FOR PRECIPITATION WERE TIED OR BROKEN IN JULY. " [ + + ] 

Bridgewater - " The temperature was 2.3 degrees above normal, and the rainfall was about an inch above normal. Precipitation for the year is 3.98 inches below normal. There were 3 days with temperatures 90 degrees or above. However, there were eleven days with temperatures in the high nineties. In Bridgewater, we didn't receive as many thunderstorms as places nearby. " - [ + + ] - report from Clayton

Centreville - " As for July in Washington (or at least nearby), how many ways can you spell yuck? August is a possibility, but let's save that for another time. The hottest temperature for July was a 97° reading on the 27th. A total of nine days managed to push the mercury to 90° or above, but for the month, the average high was only 0.2° above the statistical 86.9°. It is interesting to note that the average high and the average low of 69.6° for July occurred at mid-month within a day of each other. A brief respite from night time temperatures at or approaching 70° came on the 24th when a low for the month of 62° was recorded. When averaging the averages, a result of 3.3° to the hot side is what we got. That only tells us that the night temperatures lingered at the warmer end of the thermometer from where we should be; 6.4° above the 63.2° average to be more exact. A trend for warmer than usual nights that resumed in June after a moderating period in the spring, has apparently returned with significantly higher than usual readings from those predicted. With a fair amount of help from tropical storm Cindy, July started with a respectable amount of rain when 3.43" fell in the first eight days giving us 70% of our monthly accumulation. Over the next three weeks we were registering rainfall every three or four days. For the month we accumulated 4.88", or 137% of our 3.57" normal. A surplus of 1.21" for the month, and 1.87" for the year are welcome amounts in anyone's garden. " - [ + + ]

Chesapeake - The thunderstorm activity was very isolated in nature in my area and as a result I have noticed that the rainfall totals have differed much. For example, one night (early in the morning of the 13th) isolated t-storms formed over only southern Chesapeake and dumped nearly 4 inches of rain in a couple hours time. That's 4 inches of rain that no one else in Hampton Roads (SE VA) got. I noticed that it was a remarkable month in that many storms formed and most of them seemed to hit my area a lot more often that neighboring areas. I just thought I would mention this because my monthly rainfall total was nearly double what it usually is. (Editor's note: More proof that the southern half of Chesapeake often receives more thunderstorms and significantly more lightning strikes than other areas of SE VA and nearby NE NC. The question remains, "why?") - [ + + ]

Falls Church - " July 2005 was a rather humid month with above average rainfall. A good portion of my rainfall fell on the 8th when Tropical Storm Cindy came through. My total that day was over 2 inches and caused flooding in my basement. I also had a wind gust of 30 MPH that day. " - [ + + ] - report from Erica

Hampton - David sends this report:" HOT AND HUMID WX WITH THE FIRST 100 DEGREE DAY MAX IN TEN YEARS- IN FACT 17 DAYS HAD MAX TEMPS 90 OR HIGHER. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED 16 VARIATIONS IN PRECIP WITH MONTHLY TOTALS BELOW NORMAL. " - [ + - ] 

Herndon - Russ sends these notes: " A hot, humid month. Above normal averages continue, with July temperatures 1.1 degrees above normal. Precipitation was 1.81" above average, which made up for much of the June deficit. We had thunderstorms pass nearby on the 1st, 5th, 15th, and 16th and two move through our area on the 25th and 27th. We had record daily rainfall of 1.35" on the 5th, and 2.06" on the 8th. " - [ + + ] 

Herndon - Bob reports:" My average MAX temperature was 1.8 degrees BELOW the Dulles "normal" and the average MIN was 4.7 degrees ABOVE "normal". The real-time recorder on the groundwater well at the USGS in Reston showed a net water-level decline of only one foot during the month, sustained by the substantial rains of the 5th to 8th. " - [ + + ] 

Norfolk - ...18TH WARMEST JULY ON RECORD AT NORFOLK... TEMPERATURE: WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 81.1 F...2005 RANKS AS THE 18TH WARMEST JULY ON RECORD AT NORFOLK. MOST OF THE WARMTH WAS A RESULT OF WARMER THAN NORMAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURES. THE AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 74.1 F RANKS AS THE 5TH WARMEST ON RECORD...WHILE THE AVERAGE HIGH OF 88.1 F WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. A HIGH OF 101 F OCCURRED ON THE 27TH...THE 1ST TIME 100 OR HIGHER HAS BEEN RECORDED AT NORFOLK SINCE 1995. PRECIPITATION: IN CONTRAST TO RICHMOND...NORFOLK WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR THE MONTH...HAVING RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 3.67 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. NORMAL JULY PRECIPITATION AT NORFOLK IS 5.17 INCHES. - [ + - ] - from Brown and Maloit at NWS Wakefield  

Portsmouth - " The monthly temp average was ½° ABOVE normal while rainfall was 118% of the norm or +0.96" The average temperature at this site was the 13th warmest in the database to 1976. Meanwhile, rainfall placed the month as the 11th wettest. July 2005 station records: 13TH - PRECIPITATION - DAILY - 1.18" [PREVIOUSLY 0.78" 1989]; 15TH - PRECIPITATION - DAILY - 2.38" [PREVIOUSLY 0.69" 1996]; 26TH - TEMPERATURE - TIE MAXIMUM MINIMUM 77ø [PREVIOUSLY 1987]; 27TH - TEMPERATURE - MAXIMUM 100° [PREVIOUSLY 98° 1995]; 28TH - TEMPERATURE - MAXIMUM MINIMUM 77ø [PREVIOUSLY 1997]; 29TH - WIND - MAXIMUM GUST 26 MPH [PREVIOUSLY 25 MPH 1991]; 31ST - TEMPERATURE - TIE MINIMUM MAXIMUM 77° [PREVIOUSLY 1984]. While the remanants of tropical storm activity remained to our west and north early in the month, we nevertheless enjoyed substantial rainfall from thunderstorm activity. - [ + + ] 

Richmond - ...3RD WARMEST JULY ON RECORD AT RICHMOND... TEMPERATURE: WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 81.7 F...2005 RANKS AS THE 3RD WARMEST JULY ON RECORD AT RICHMOND. THE AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 72.5 RANKS AS THE WARMEST ON RECORD. 20 DAYS RECORDED A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 90 F OR HIGHER (NORMAL IS 15...AND MOST IS 26 DAYS IN 1993). DESPITE REACHING A HIGH OF 100 F ON THE 27TH...NO RECORD HIGHS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH. PRECIPITATION: A TOTAL OF 9.28 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL DURING THE MONTH...MAKING 2005 THE 11TH WETTEST JULY ON RECORD AT RICHMOND...AND THE WETTEST SINCE 1975. THIS IS NEARLY TWICE THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF 4.67 INCHES. MOST OF THE RAINFALL WAS A RESULT OF LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS FROM SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED ON 13 DAYS...JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 11 DAYS...AND LESS THAN BOTH JULY 2004 (19 DAYS) AND 2003 (18 DAYS). THE WETTEST JULY ON RECORD WAS 1945...WITH 18.87 INCHES AND 22 DAYS OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION. THE DRIEST JULY OCCURRED IN 1983 WITH ONLY 0.51 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. - [ + + ] - from Brown and Maloit at NWS Wakefield  

Mechanicsville - " Thunderstorms from the remnants of tropical depression Cindy moved through the area on the 7th and 8th with strong t-storms and downpours. " - notes from Glenn

Ruther Glen - Danny notes: " July brought well above normal temperatures and precipitation, two things that the area had seriously been lacking over the previous several months. 11 days with thunder are the most days with thunder ever recorded in a month at this location (back to 8/03). July 27th's 100 degree high temperature is also the highest temperature ever recorded at this location (back to 8/03). Yards throughout the region were thankful for over 5 inches of total rain for the month. " - [ + + ]

North Carolina:

Raleigh - " July conditions included the hottest temperatures of the year along with above normal precipitation. The high temperature on the 26th and 27th exceeded the century mark for the first time since August 1, 1999. The average daily temperature was approximately 2.4 degrees above normal. In addition, the weather was very humid with a number of days that the dewpoint was at least 77 degrees. " - [ + + ] - notes from Bob Woodson

Raleigh - NWS Raleigh (RAH) reports: " The significant weather highlights during July, 2005, include the heavy rain associated with the remnants of Hurricane Cindy that fell over the Mountains early in the month and the persistent hot weather that occurred east of the Mountains all month long, with only a scattering of cooling and wetting thunderstorms. The remnants of Hurricane Cindy http://www4.ncsu.edu/~nwsfo/storage/cases/20050707/ brought heavy rain and cooler temperatures to the Mountains early in the month. Much of this rainfall during the first week of July was related to the remnants of Cindy as they tracked from the Gulf Coast northeast along the Appalachian Mountains. Wet conditions persisted throughout the month over the Mountains and western Piedmont even after Cindy moved away. Thunderstorms were almost a daily occurrence at many Mountain, Foothill, and western Piedmont locations. It was a far different story for areas over the northeast Piedmont and northern Coastal Plain. A hot and dry weather pattern prevailed in these areas for most of July. Scattered storms brought some local cooling and wetting affects to select locations. Often there were consecutive dry days between these beneficial summer storms. The heat was likely the biggest weather highlight in July as many areas tallied between 20 and 25 days in which high temperatures reached into the 90s. The very hot weather reached a climax around July 27 and 28 when many areas east of the Mountains reached or exceeded 100 degrees. The full July 2005 NC Weather Review is available at: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rah/climate/data/MonthlySummary.Jul.2005.doc. " - [ + + ]

South Carolina:

Florence: - " RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE (101°) SET ON THE 26TH. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 99 SET IN 1949. RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE (101°) SET ON THE 27TH. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 100 SET IN 1949. " - [ + + ] - report from NWS RDU

North Myrtle Beach: - " RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE (101°) SET ON THE 27TH. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 100 SET IN 1949. RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE (99°) SET ON THE 28TH. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 98 SET IN 1949. " - [ + - ] - report from NWS RDU