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Pattern August is the worst month of the year and it's not even close thread

NCSNOW said:
July is hands down worse than August for me. Recently we average way more 90 degree days ( by a lot)in July v/s August. Not to mention Football at least gets underway in August and the end of summer is in sight. I have July as the least favorable month on the calendar, August ranked 11th and June 10th May at # 9, sept # 8 April 7, Oct 6th, March 5th , Feb 4th, Nov 3, Jan 2, Dec 1.

I'm going with less than three 90 degree days this August for GSO.
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Late to the discussion but I agree that July is far worse. I would probably place June above August as well; despite the early June temps often being a bit better and less muggy, August (especially late August) is on the "downhill" side of summer while June is just getting started. Give me the lowering sun angle, shortening days, and upcoming Fall every time.

By the same token; I'll take Sept over May and April as well!
 
NCSNOW said:
July is hands down worse than August for me. Recently we average way more 90 degree days ( by a lot)in July v/s August. Not to mention Football at least gets underway in August and the end of summer is in sight. I have July as the least favorable month on the calendar, August ranked 11th and June 10th May at # 9, sept # 8 April 7, Oct 6th, March 5th , Feb 4th, Nov 3, Jan 2, Dec 1.

I'm going with less than three 90 degree days this August for GSO.
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I’ve got to go with February being the worst month… it’s cold/damp/still dark by 5:30… hunting season is over… fishing is slow and cold.. weather for golf isn’t good. At least in July and August you can go out on the lake or in the pool and play golf all month if you can handle the temps and humidity
 
Think the rain that was supposed to hit the ATL-ATH area hit me instead.

Over 2 inches in the rain gauge (may finally be slowing up). I am once again not the highest total in the area though; there was over 4 inches of rain in the Martinez area and flash flood warnings earlier. Even seems like more is headed that way.
 
Well for a minute it's not completely ridiculous outside

For a minute...

And yeah I got a feeling people are gonna be missing the rain soon just like I told them hahacurrent.TAIR.grad (14).png
 
It appears per radar that I’m about to get clobbered with heavy rain. Rain started ~5:50PM.

Edit: The heaviest rain fell mainly 5:50-6:20PM on Aug 2nd. The total was ~1.75”. Thus I get a break from having to water!
 
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NCSNOW said:
Someone is living in the land of Mucho Dinero and Luxury. How is the wx in Qatar currently?
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💩 than ----.

August is easily the worst month of the year in Qatar. Imagine a combination of Phoenix temps + dew points higher than Florida and US Gulf coast when onshore winds blow. At least June has mostly dry offshore winds. August has a mix of both but mostly onshore.

I like it warm, but not Arabian Peninsula levels of warm. Miami for example is perfect
 
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So far, I've missed out on some of the fun that other areas in the RDU area have been seeing as far as severe weather and rainfall totals. I did receive .35 inches of rain overnight at my home near Lake Wheeler in Raleigh. Tuesday looks like it might be my best chance to get some of the heavy rain totals that would go a long way to erasing the cumulative effects of the drought that have added up the past year or so.
 
weather bubba said:
So far, I've missed out on some of the fun that other areas in the RDU area have been seeing as far as severe weather and rainfall totals. I did receive .35 inches of rain overnight at my home near Lake Wheeler in Raleigh. Tuesday looks like it might be my best chance to get some of the heavy rain totals that would go a long way to erasing the cumulative effects of the drought that have added up the past year or so.
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Same, .01 so far this month. Still under 22" ytd
 
A second straight day with a dousing on the way? It just started at 12:30PM and is picking up in intensity as radar confirms.

Edit 4PM: That turned out to be only ~0.1”.
But there’s more storms nearby that may add to this.
 
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SD said:
I swear man it rains in the same places day after day and the rest of us just hope for scraps or to get lucky with their outflows
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That's exactly how it goes where I am too. Just this weekend I watched places 5 miles away get hit multiple times, including 2 times yesterday, while barely getting a trace here. I have no clue how we got so lucky about 10 days ago, but things are back to normal now.
 
Shaheen said:
IMO in most of Southeast US north of 32°N, January is the worst month not August.
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Let's use New Bern, NC as an example.

January is brutally cold, with only some nice days. Even in those nice days nights are often cold.

August (2nd hottest month) is mostly pleasant, though a few days can be too warm.
 
Shaheen said:
Let's use New Bern, NC as an example.

January is brutally cold, with only some nice days. Even in those nice days nights are often cold.

August (2nd hottest month) is mostly pleasant, though a few days can be too warm.
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new bern has an avg high of 55 in january and an avg low of 36. nothing brutally cold about that in fact it’s very mild compared to much of the country
 
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