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Posted: Saturday, August 16, 2008 7:55 am
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The first 14 days of August have been rainless in Nashville and Murfreesboro making this the driest start to any August in at least 60 years, even beating last year’s record-breaking heat wave and drought.
There may be a break today, with the National Weather Service predicting a slight chance for a shower or thunderstorm in the Nashville-area.
“But over the next several days the rain chances look pretty skimpy,” said Bobby Boyd, NWS meteorologist.
Last year Murfreesboro measured 2.45 inches of rain with only 0.20 inches falling in the first 14 days. Nashville measured 1.38 inches of rain during the month of August much of which fell late in the month.
The driest August on record in the mid-state wasn’t last year, but back in 1929 when only 0.51 inches of rain fell. In contrast the wettest August was in 1923 when 9.60 inches of rain fell.
AUGUST 2007 AUGUST 2008
High Low High Low
1. 92 69 92 68
2 . 92 68 92 68
3. 96 71 96 68
4. 96 69 93 62
5. 97 73 98 67
6. 99 72 98 71
7. 98 72 95 70
8. 101 72 95 60
9. 103 74 86 55
10. 103 74 86 55
11. 103 68 89 61
12. 98 64 87 53
13. 99 63 85 59
14. 99 67 90 58
15. 101 68
16. 104 68
17. 101 68
18. 106 69
19. 100 70
20. 99 71
21. 96 72
22. 99 71
23. 101 70
24. 102 70
25. 102 70
26. 96 70
27. 93 69
28. 97 72
29. 97 71
30. 97 72
31. 90 70
Average - 98.7 69.8
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