The 614cast
Tuesday tl;dr
🌦️ Mostly to partly cloudy with spotty showers/few storms, high in the middle 80s.
Forecast highlight
💧 Today’s the last decent rain chance for a while
A cold front pushes across Ohio today, and its timing keeps us in a chance of showers and a few thunderstorms. The highest chance is in the morning, but we could see a bit hang on into the afternoon. As has been the case lately, despite the opportunity for rain, we’ll have many dry hours.
Dry weather will be the theme for several days starting tomorrow. Looks like Fourth of July activities won’t have much worry.
Some parts of central Ohio have had at least a couple inches of rain since the middle of last week… those spots probably won’t mind a little break.
😎 Not out of the ordinary for early July
The aforementioned cold front brings in somewhat less humid air. Hooray! Today starts humid, but you’ll probably notice a difference already this evening if you’re out.
Dew points stay in the lower to middle 60s the rest of the week, which is pretty reasonable for this time of year and lower than they were last week.
Highs the next few days will be pretty run-of-the-mill. Our normal high all week is 85, and we’ll be close to that until we get toward the holiday weekend. Afternoon readings ought to be closer to 90 then.
📊 Today’s almanac
Normal low/high: 65 / 85
Record low/high: 44 (1988) / 98 (1953)
Sunrise/set: 6:07 a.m. / 9:04 p.m.
🌻 July’s normals and records
Well… July is already here.
Let’s check the numbers for what’s typical and what’s extreme:
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Average high: 85°
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Average low: 66°
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Average rain: 4.67”
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Hottest high: 106 (July 14, 1936 and July 21, 1934)
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Coldest low: 43 (July 6, 1972)
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Warmest monthly average: 80.5° (2012)
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Coolest monthly average: 70.0° (1891)
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Wettest: 12.36” (1992)
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Driest: 0.49” (1940)
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Sunrise/set on July 1: 6:07 a.m. / 9:04 p.m. (14 hours, 57 minutes of daylight)
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Sunrise/set on July 31: 6:29 a.m. / 8:46 p.m. (14 hours, 16 minutes of daylight)
🌭 Bonus weather weenie content
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“No one thinks they’re ever going to do that, but it happens to anyone.” Why so many kids still die in hot cars every year (Scientific American)
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Data cutoff of critical hurricane forecast tool gets pushed back a month (Associated Press)