MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for JUL. 2006 NAME: Charleswood CITY: Winnipeg STATE: MB ELEV: 235 m LAT: 49° 54' 00" N LONG: 97° 18' 00" W TEMPERATURE (°C), RAIN (mm), WIND SPEED (km/h) HEAT COOL AVG MEAN DEG DEG WIND DOM DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS DAYS RAIN SPEED HIGH TIME DIR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 23.6 30.1 3:45p 17.9 6:45a 0.0 5.3 0.0 2.9 29.0 3:00p N 2 21.4 29.1 4:15p 13.2 5:15a 0.9 3.9 0.5 1.1 25.7 7:15p NNW 3 18.5 23.3 4:30p 12.2 5:45a 1.4 1.6 0.0 4.7 32.2 10:30a N 4 19.1 27.6 4:15p 9.6 6:30a 2.5 3.3 0.0 1.3 20.9 3:30p N 5 21.3 29.1 2:45p 12.3 4:15a 1.5 4.3 0.0 0.6 19.3 3:15p SW 6 23.6 32.3 4:00p 15.5 6:15a 0.4 5.6 0.0 5.1 40.2 4:30p SW 7 24.2 31.6 6:00p 19.4 6:00a 0.0 5.9 T 4.5 40.2 12:15p SW 8 23.1 29.9 2:45p 17.3 12:00m 0.0 4.8 0.0 4.7 33.8 8:30p N 9 14.3 19.9 5:45p 8.4 6:15a 4.2 0.1 0.0 6.0 38.6 10:00a N 10 18.2 26.4 4:00p 8.4 6:00a 2.9 2.7 0.0 1.8 25.7 7:00p SW 11 24.2 31.9 6:00p 15.7 6:00a 0.5 6.3 0.0 4.5 41.8 1:15p SSW 12 26.2 35.5 3:15p 14.5 6:00a 0.5 8.4 0.0 2.9 32.2 3:45p SSW 13 24.1 28.9 6:00p 21.3 12:00m 0.0 5.8 3.8 3.9 30.6 9:15a SW 14 24.5 32.6 5:00p 16.4 6:15a 0.2 6.4 0.0 1.1 27.4 2:00p WNW 15 24.9 34.3 4:45p 15.6 5:30a 0.5 7.0 0.0 1.0 20.9 6:00p ENE 16 25.2 35.3 4:45p 15.6 5:45a 0.3 7.1 T 2.6 32.2 8:15p SW 17 21.7 27.4 3:00p 14.6 6:15a 0.5 3.9 0.0 4.0 43.5 2:00p N 18 21.1 29.2 4:30p 13.1 5:15a 1.4 4.2 0.0 5.8 45.1 3:15p SSW 19 23.8 29.7 4:00p 18.2 12:00m 0.0 5.5 0.0 4.5 33.8 12:15a N 20 21.1 28.2 4:45p 13.6 6:15a 0.9 3.7 0.0 1.8 17.7 2:00a N 21 21.3 30.3 1:15p 12.3 6:00a 1.4 4.5 2.8 1.6 33.8 7:15p N 22 23.3 32.1 4:45p 13.6 6:15a 1.1 6.1 0.0 0.6 17.7 4:00p SW 23 26.2 34.9 5:00p 17.4 6:15a 0.0 7.9 0.0 2.4 29.0 4:30p N 24 24.2 31.9 4:15p 16.4 6:00a 0.2 6.1 0.0 1.6 20.9 1:30p N 25 20.7 26.9 4:45p 17.1 3:45a 0.2 2.6 4.8 0.6 19.3 10:00a N 26 22.8 31.0 4:15p 14.0 6:30a 0.7 5.2 0.0 1.0 17.7 11:15a N 27 23.0 31.6 1:30p 14.7 6:00a 0.6 5.3 0.5 1.9 29.0 2:30p SW 28 18.7 22.2 1:45a 14.5 12:00m 0.8 1.2 T 6.9 33.8 11:00a N 29 18.7 26.3 2:15p 10.6 6:00a 2.2 2.6 0.0 1.4 17.7 11:45a N 30 24.8 35.5 3:15p 15.1 6:15a 0.6 7.0 T 1.9 25.7 9:45p NE 31 24.9 32.5 2:00p 17.1 12:00m 0.0 6.6 0.0 2.9 43.5 3:30p N ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22.3 35.5 12 8.4 9 26.2 150.9 12.4 2.8 45.1 18 N ..JULY 2006 HIGHLIGHTS... ..DRIEST JULY IN OVER 130 YEARS OF RECORDS.. JULY 2006 WILL GO DOWN AS THE DRIEST JULY IN WINNIPEG SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1872. THE OFFICIAL MONTHLY TOTAL OF 10.5 MM AT WINNIPEG AIRPORT BEAT THE PREVIOUS DRIEST JULY SET WAY BACK IN 1875 WITH 13.5 MM. THE MONTH FEATURED ONLY THREE DAYS OF MEASURABLE RAINFALL (5 AT MY SITE) COMPARED TO THE NORMAL OF 11 DAYS. THE MONTHLY TOTAL OF 10.5 MM WAS ONLY 15% OF THE NORMAL MONTHLY JULY RAINFALL OF 70.6 MM AND COMES ON THE HEELS OF A VERY DRY JUNE IN WHICH ONLY 29 MM OF RAIN FELL (33% OF NORMAL) THIS MAKES THE TWO MONTH JUNE-JULY PERIOD THE DRIEST ON RECORD IN WINNIPEG WITH ONLY 39.5 MM OF RAIN OVER THE TWO MONTH PERIOD. (25% OF NORMAL 160 MM - PREVIOUS RECORD DRIEST JUNE-JULY: 1886 - 47.5 MM) AT MY SITE IN CHARLESWOOD, CONDITIONS WERE EVEN DRIER WITH A TWO-MONTH TOTAL OF 33 MM. THE DRY CONDITIONS HAVE CREATED DROUGHT LIKE CONDITIONS OVER SOUTHERN MANITOBA WITH CONSIDERABLE MOISTURE STRESS IN AREA CROPS AND VEGETATION. THIS IS IN SHARP CONTRAST TO LAST YEAR WHEN TOO MUCH RAINFALL CAUSED SIGNIFICANT CROP LOSSES DUE TO WATERLOGGED FIELDS. THE LACK OF RAIN CONTRIBUTED TO PLENTY OF SUNSHINE THAT HELPED BOOST TEMPERATURES TO RECORD HIGHS AT TIMES. THERE WERE 16 DAYS OF TEMPERATURES OF 30 DEGREES OR MORE.. SECOND ONLY TO JULY 1936 WHEN SEVENTEEN 30 DEGREE DAYS WERE RECORDED DURING WINNIPEG'S HOTTEST MONTH ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE HIGH IN JULY 2006 WAS A SIZZLING 29.8C, SECOND ONLY TO JULY 1936 (AVERAGE HIGH 31.4C) EVEN SO, THE MONTHLY MEAN OF 21.5c AT WINNIPEG AIRPORT WAS WAS ONLY THE 10TH WARMEST JULY ON RECORD. THIS WAS DUE TO RELATIVELY COOL NIGHTS DURING THE MONTH WHICH AVERAGED 13.2c THUS THE EXTREME HEAT OF THE DAY WAS PARTIALLY OFFSET BY GENERALLY COMFORTABLE NIGHTS. ALL IN ALL.. A HOT DRY MONTH BUT TOO DRY FOR FARMERS AND GARDENERS