FOR RELEASE: July 15, 1997
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ITHACA, N.Y. -- Atlantic City, N.J., was a relative cool spot as it broke
five low temperature records and tied another in June, while Baltimore
tallied three low temperature records, and Charleston, W. Va., marked its
first 90-degree reading in more than a year, according to the
climatologists at the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell
University.
Despite the panorama of temperatures at those locations, warmer weather
finally returned to the Northeast during June, said Keith Eggleston,
climatologist at the center. After experiencing the ninth coldest spring
on record, the first month of the summer season brought more seasonable
weather overall and some traditional summertime heat.
When the mercury hit 90 degrees on June 24, Charleston, W.Va., ended a
record-setting, 400-day streak without a 90-degree temperature. The
maximum temperature in Albany, N.Y., on June 21 was 94 degrees, the highest
temperature there since July 14, 1995.
For the twelve-state Northeast region, the average temperature was 0.2
degrees warmer than normal for June. Maryland averaged 2.2 degrees cooler
than normal, while Delaware, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey had
small departures from normal. The largest positive departure -- meaning
that it was warmer than average -- was plus 1.2 degrees for the state of
New York.
The spring's dry weather continued into June. The Northeast recorded 79
percent of the normal June precipitation making the month the 25th driest
June on record. Less than half the normal June precipitation was reported
from eastern New York, across central and parts of southern New England,
over much of Delaware and the southern tip of New Jersey. Massachusetts was
the driest state with 44 percent of normal for its 10th driest June in 103
years of records. With 54 percent of its normal precipitation, Delaware
recorded its ninth driest June.
For the Northeast, each of the last three months has been drier than
normal. Between April 1 and June 30, the Northeast received 83 percent of
the normal precipitation -- making it the 29th driest April 1-June 30
period. Statewide precipitation deficits during this period ranged from
-0.03 inches in Maine to -3.35 inches in Delaware. This figure for
Delaware represents only 69 of normal for this period and is their 11th
driest such period on record.
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Cornell news releases and photographs.
New Weather Records
Daily Precipitation Records (inches)
City Date New Previous
Caribou, Maine 13th 1.70 0.97 in 1959Maximum Temperature Records
City Date New Previous
Beckley, W.Va. 24th 86∞ 85∞ in 1996
Baltimore (tie) 25th 98∞ 98∞ in 1966
National Airport, Va. 25th 100∞ 98∞ in 1981
Atlantic City Airport, N.J. 25th 96∞ 95∞ in 1963
Harrisburg, Pa. (tie) 25th 98∞ 98∞ in 1966Minimum Temperature Records
City Date New Previous
Atlantic City Marina, N.J. (tie)
5th 46∞ 46∞ in 1945
Wilmington, Del. (tie) 5th 46∞ 46∞ in 1990
Baltimore 5th 44∞ 46∞ in 1965
Baltimore 6th 46∞ 47∞ in 1894
Atlantic City Airport, N.J. 7th 44∞ 45∞ in 1958
Atlantic City Airport, N.J. 8th 42∞ 43∞ in 1977
Baltimore 9th 43∞ 46∞ in 1913
Atlantic City Airport, N.J. 9th 41∞ 43∞ in 1980
Caribou, Maine (tie) 15th 38∞ 38∞ in 1971
Atlantic City Airport, N.J. 16th 44∞ 47∞ in 1995
Atlantic City Airport, N.J, 17th 47∞ 48∞ in 1995
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