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Month of August, 2012 — View Current Conditions
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Daily Weekly Monthly Custom
  Max Avg Min Sum
Temperature
Max Temperature 96 °F 84 °F 67 °F
Mean Temperature 82 °F 71 °F 59 °F
Min Temperature 70 °F 57 °F 44 °F
Degree Days
Heating Degree Days (base 65) 6 1 0 18
Cooling Degree Days (base 65) 17 6 0 192
Growing Degree Days (base 50) 30 20 8 634
Dew Point
Dew Point 77 °F 59 °F 42 °F
Precipitation
Precipitation 1.56 in 0.10 in 0.00 in 2.99 in
Snowdepth - - - -
Wind
Wind 37 mph 5 mph 0 mph
Gust Wind 48 mph 23 mph 16 mph
Sea Level Pressure
Sea Level Pressure 30.22 in 29.97 in 29.73 in
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Astronomy
May. 25, 2013 Rise Set
Actual Time 6:33 AM CDT 7:58 PM CDT
Civil Twilight 6:04 AM CDT 8:27 PM CDT
Nautical Twilight 5:28 AM CDT 9:02 PM CDT
Astronomical Twilight 4:51 AM CDT 9:39 PM CDT
Moon 3:36 PM CDT 12:14 AM CDT
Length Of Visible Light 14h 23m
Length of Day
13h 25m
Waxing Gibbous, 63% of the Moon is Illuminated
Aug 25
Waxing Gibbous
Aug 31
Full
Sep 8
Last Quarter
Sep 15
New
Sep 22
First Quarter
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Monthly Calendar Overview
Print This Calendar Precipitation: Actual month total 2.99 Average month total 4.42
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
 
1 Fog
Actual: 94 | 62
Precip: 0.00
Average: 81 | 59
Precip: 0.08
2 Clear
Actual: 93 | 70
Precip: 0.00
Average: 80 | 59
Precip: 0.08
3 Clear
Actual: 94 | 67
Precip: 0.00
Average: 80 | 59
Precip: 0.08
4 Thunderstorm
Actual: 81 | 63
Precip: 1.56
Average: 80 | 58
Precip: 0.08
5 Clear
Actual: 78 | 54
Precip: 0.00
Average: 79 | 58
Precip: 0.08
6 Clear
Actual: 87 | 51
Precip: 0.00
Average: 79 | 57
Precip: 0.08
7 Thunderstorm
Actual: 91 | 60
Precip: 0.01
Average: 79 | 57
Precip: 0.09
8 Thunderstorm
Actual: 84 | 64
Precip: 0.67
Average: 78 | 57
Precip: 0.09
9 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 82 | 60
Precip: 0.00
Average: 78 | 56
Precip: 0.09
10 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 77 | 55
Precip: 0.00
Average: 78 | 56
Precip: 0.09
11 Clear
Actual: 79 | 50
Precip: 0.00
Average: 78 | 56
Precip: 0.09
12 Rain
Actual: 67 | 61
Precip: 0.14
Average: 78 | 56
Precip: 0.10
13 Rain
Actual: 79 | 57
Precip: 0.02
Average: 78 | 56
Precip: 0.10
14 Clear
Actual: 83 | 54
Precip: 0.00
Average: 78 | 56
Precip: 0.10
15 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 86 | 56
Precip: 0.00
Average: 78 | 57
Precip: 0.09
16 Thunderstorm
Actual: 76 | 51
Precip: 0.15
Average: 78 | 57
Precip: 0.09
17 Clear
Actual: 76 | 46
Precip: 0.00
Average: 78 | 57
Precip: 0.09
18 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 73 | 44
Precip: 0.00
Average: 79 | 57
Precip: 0.09
19 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 76 | 48
Precip: 0.00
Average: 79 | 58
Precip: 0.09
20 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 80 | 46
Precip: 0.00
Average: 79 | 58
Precip: 0.09
21 Clear
Actual: 82 | 46
Precip: 0.00
Average: 79 | 58
Precip: 0.08
22 Clear
Actual: 93 | 51
Precip: 0.00
Average: 79 | 58
Precip: 0.08
23 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 92 | 55
Precip: 0.00
Average: 80 | 58
Precip: 0.08
24 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 87 | 63
Precip: 0.00
Average: 80 | 58
Precip: 0.08
25 Rain
Actual: 73 | 63
Precip: 0.43
Average: 80 | 58
Precip: 0.07
26 Partly Cloudy
Actual: 86 | 65
Precip: 0.00
Average: 80 | 57
Precip: 0.07
27 Clear
Actual: 90 | 56
Precip: 0.01
Average: 80 | 57
Precip: 0.07
28 Clear
Actual: 91 | 59
Precip: 0.00
Average: 80 | 57
Precip: 0.07
29 Clear
Actual: 94 | 59
Precip: 0.00
Average: 80 | 56
Precip: 0.07
30 Clear
Actual: 96 | 62
Precip: 0.00
Average: 80 | 57
Precip: 0.13
31 Clear
Actual: 92 | 58
Precip: 0.00
Average: 80 | 56
Precip: 0.13
 
Calendar Legend
Sunny
Clear		 Mostly Cloudy
Partly Sunny		 Partly Cloudy
Mostly Sunny		 Cloudy Rain Snow
Hail
Flurries		 Thunderstorms Hazy
Fog		 Sleet '?' denotes
'chance of'		 Unknown
Daily Observations
2012 Temp. (°F) Dew Point (°F) Humidity (%) Sea Level Press. (in) Visibility (mi) Wind (mph) Precip. (in) Events
Aug high avg low high avg low high avg low high avg low high avg low high avg high sum  
1 94 78 62 69 64 61 100 70 39 29.97 29.92 29.80 10 7 0 9 3 - 0.00 Fog
2 93 82 70 70 67 64 90 67 44 29.83 29.80 29.77 10 10 10 10 4 15 0.00  
3 94 81 67 69 67 65 93 66 39 29.87 29.81 29.73 10 10 7 12 5 18 0.00  
4 81 72 63 70 65 59 90 72 54 29.99 29.88 29.79 10 8 0 37 8 48 1.56 Fog , Rain , Thunderstorm
5 78 66 54 59 55 51 93 67 40 30.22 30.15 30.01 10 10 10 17 7 23 0.00  
6 87 69 51 65 58 50 100 72 43 30.18 30.08 29.97 10 10 9 13 5 18 0.00  
7 91 76 60 73 65 59 97 70 43 29.98 29.96 29.93 10 10 10 20 2 26 0.01 Rain , Thunderstorm
8 84 74 64 77 67 61 100 84 67 30.04 29.95 29.83 10 9 2 33 6 47 0.67 Rain , Thunderstorm
9 82 71 60 66 62 55 100 73 45 30.02 29.95 29.90 10 8 2 25 12 31 0.00  
10 77 66 55 58 56 53 93 73 53 30.13 30.08 30.01 10 9 2 14 7 24 0.00  
11 79 65 50 58 53 48 96 66 36 30.10 30.05 29.99 10 10 10 9 2 13 0.00  
12 67 64 61 61 59 57 90 84 78 30.00 29.95 29.88 10 10 5 13 6 17 0.14 Rain
13 79 68 57 61 59 54 100 72 43 30.06 30.01 29.96 10 9 2 18 8 22 0.02 Rain
14 83 69 54 60 57 54 93 67 40 30.01 29.95 29.88 10 10 10 12 4 16 0.00  
15 86 71 56 64 60 56 100 73 45 29.91 29.83 29.73 10 10 9 12 9 14 0.00  
16 76 64 51 66 57 48 96 69 41 30.09 29.92 29.74 10 10 8 31 11 40 0.15 Rain , Thunderstorm
17 76 61 46 50 46 42 93 62 31 30.13 30.08 30.03 10 10 10 16 5 18 0.00  
18 73 59 44 56 50 43 100 71 41 30.06 30.03 30.01 10 10 10 16 4 18 0.00  
19 76 62 48 56 53 48 93 68 43 30.05 30.02 29.96 10 10 10 17 7 26 0.00  
20 80 63 46 56 52 46 100 68 35 30.04 30.00 29.95 10 10 7 10 1 17 0.00  
21 82 64 46 53 49 45 100 65 30 30.08 30.04 30.01 10 10 8 12 3 17 0.00  
22 93 72 51 61 54 48 89 56 22 30.02 29.97 29.91 10 10 10 20 5 25 0.00  
23 92 74 55 58 55 51 93 60 26 29.99 29.93 29.87 10 10 10 24 8 31 0.00  
24 87 75 63 65 58 50 87 62 37 29.95 29.90 29.87 10 10 7 21 7 32 0.00  
25 73 68 63 70 65 58 100 84 68 29.97 29.93 29.88 10 5 2 8 2 20 0.43 Rain
26 86 76 65 69 66 64 100 78 55 30.04 29.96 29.91 10 5 2 9 3 21 0.00  
27 90 73 56 66 60 54 100 65 29 30.15 30.10 30.04 10 8 2 7 1 10 0.01  
28 91 75 59 67 62 58 97 67 37 30.14 30.06 29.96 10 9 3 14 4 18 0.00  
29 94 77 59 64 61 56 100 64 28 30.00 29.93 29.85 10 10 7 22 9 29 0.00  
30 96 79 62 63 59 56 87 57 26 29.94 29.90 29.85 10 10 10 23 10 29 0.00  
31 92 75 58 69 63 57 93 66 38 30.01 29.98 29.94 10 9 5 10 2 13 0.00  
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