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Last minute rain to make a very average July

By Sean Kennedy,

2026-08-02

After a record-breaking amount of rain on Friday where we received the most rain for July 31st at 1.87″, it brought us right where we should be for the month.

Where average July rain totals are around 4.23″ of rain, that last minute rain on Friday brought us to 4.31, just barely meeting the mark for this year’s July.

That last bit of rain to round out the month also brought us a fairly average July in general when looking at our rainfall and temperatures.

We were only half a degree warmer than average for the month of July and very close to average for rainfall for a very general month.

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