Climate Update for KGRR: August 2021
Max T 92, Mean 92
Min T 53, Mean 47:
Tied for sixth warmest August on record to 1892 by minimum temperature, with five other years ("global warming" is a transient phenomenon of recently moderating lows with 56% of the twenty-five warmest Augusts by minimum temperature on record occurring since 1960; that drops to 48% occurring since 1960 for the thirty-eight warmest Augusts by minimum temperature).
Av T 74.3, Mean 70.3:
Ninth warmest August on record by average temperature; the top five warmest Augusts were all before 1960.
Rain 2.33, Mean 3.06
Cooling Degree Days 295, Mean 190:
Ninth warmest August on record by CDD; the top five warmest were all before 1960.
CDD to date 800, Mean to date 616:
Six of the ten warmest years by total annual CDD (all ten above 963) are all before 1940, with 1921 at 1200 way out front as the hottest on record. Mean CDD for September is 76, so it would take a real scorcher in September 2021 to even hope of cracking the top ten for annual CDD. So far we are at 35 CDD in September.
