If you thought July was hot...

... and you happened to be in the vicinity of Washington, DC, you were right.

According to the current version of the Public Information Statement from the National Weather Service:

...WASHINGTON DC JULY 2011...

HOTTEST JULY AND HOTTEST MONTH EVER...MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMP OF 84.5F
SMASHED PREVIOUS HOTTEST JULY/MONTH AVERAGE OF 83.1F SET JULY 2010
AND JULY 1993.

TWO NEW DAILY RECORD HIGHS WERE SET...102F ON THE 23RD AND 104F ON
THE 30TH.

A READING OF 104F ON JULY 29TH TIED FOR 5TH ALL TIME DAILY HOTTEST
TEMPERATURE EVER. THE HOTTEST DAY IN WASHINGTON SINCE 1872 IS 106F
RECORDED TWICE...JULY 20TH 1930 AND AUGUST 6TH 1918.

MOST NUMBER OF DAYS IN JULY...OR FOR ANY MONTH...WHEN DAILY TEMPS
HIT 90F OR BETTER...25. PREVIOUS HIGHEST TALLY OF DAYS HITTING 90F
OR BETTER...24...IN JULY 1987 AND JULY 1993.

HOTTEST MONTHLY AVERAGE MAX TEMP FOR ANY MONTH INCLUDING JULY...OF
93.6F BEAT THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 92.8F SET IN JULY 1999.

HIGHEST MONTHLY AVERAGE MIN TEMP FOR ANY MONTH INCLUDING JULY OF
75.4F BEAT THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 73.9F SET LAST JULY 2010.

A NEW RECORD WAS SET FOR THE NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS WHERE THE
TEMPERATURE DID NOT DROP BELOW 80F...4 DAYS FROM THE 21ST THROUGH
THE 25TH.

JULY 2011 FEATURED THE MOST NUMBER OF DAYS FOR ANY MONTH WHERE THE
TEMPERATURES STAYED AT OR ABOVE 80F IN WASHINGTON DC...7.

Link also has info for Baltimore, MD & Dulles, VA. And yes, I am fully aware that Texas broke more records than this area did. And yes, I am suitably grateful for the fact that I don't have to live in Texas. :-)

Yesterday's high was in the triple-digits again. Today will be noticeably cooler, only in the mid-90s and not terribly humid. The rest of this week, we're expected to have highs around 90 degrees Fahrenheit, which is reasonable for this time of year (the normal high temp for August 1-6 is 88). I'd still like to try for a record low maximum temperature. Wouldn't highs in the 60s be nice for a change?

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In unrelated news, I'm at the update page on Dreamwidth and about to crosspost to LiveJournal, and my brain keeps reading the phrase "Crossposting Settings" as "Crossdressing Settings." Which settings would you suggest?