The Summer of ‘08

Heading into the wonderful Fall season, it’s now a good time to look back at the Summer that was.  The Summer of 2008.

Bottom line is the Summer of 2008 wasn’t as hot as normal and was a touch drier than normal.  We had only 6 days when the high in Cleveland topped 90 degrees.  This is less than normal.  The highest temperature was only 92.  That was hit on Sept 3.  The coolest night was 2 weeks later on Sept 17.  The low that night dipped to 47.

Overall our rainfall was about an inch below normal going back to start of June.  This included a very dry August.  In August, we only received 1.43″ of rain.  That was more than 2″ below normal.  I know a lot of lawns are still showing that evidence.  Even in September, we were dry.  We had one system come in before the leftovers of Ike moved through that gave us much of the rain we’ve gotten all month.  In fact, as I write this, we’ve had 9 straight days of dry weather, with several more in the forecast.  That number may turn into 15.  Some parts of Ohio are abnormally dry.  I’ll blog about this as we head into the end of the month.

I sound like a broken record saying, “Enjoy this great stretch of weather.”  I’m Meteorologist Jason Nicholas.