July 18, 2024 Thursday Update: Wet Pattern in South
Stationary front hangs up in the Southeast
July 2024 was the 12th-warmest July in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 75.7°F against a 1991–2020 normal of 74.4°F (+1.3°F).
July 2024 was the 21st-wettest July in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 3.1in against a 1991–2020 normal of 2.9in (+0.2in).
NOAA/NCEI Climate at a Glance, contiguous United States. This is the observed record for the month, not a score of anything said in this piece — the forecast ledger begins 2026-08-17 and cannot reach earlier posts.
Stationary front stalls out in the Southeast keeping warm, moist tropical Atlantic flow to the south. The Integrated Vapor Transport (IVT) animation for the next 10-days nicely shows the moisture continuously streamed in the SE and some progress into the mid-Atlantic. Otherwise, flow out of Canada =very dry until a pattern shift in 8-10 days.
Thursday high temperatures are comfortable in the Great Lakes, Midwest, into the Ohio Valley and Northeast. Perfect mid-July day for > 200 million Americans who won’t see 90°F today.
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