August maximum temperatures were at or below average for the first week, and then well above average until the 22nd. Low temperatures ranged from below to above normal. The average high temperature and the average low temperature were both about two degrees above normal. No new records were set this month.
We had 1.79 inches of rain this month, well above normal. No new records were set this month. Total water year precipitation (since October 1) is 97% of normal.
Table 1 - daily data recorded at the Hyslop Experiment Station.
Table
2 - access to the daily data recorded at the Corvallis Agri-Met
Automated Station. You choose the station and parameters.
Summary: Parameter Observed Dep.* Parameter Observed Dep.* Average maximum temperature 84.4 2.0 Days with measurable precip. 9 5.1 Average minimum temperature 53.9 2.4 Days with .10" or more precip. 4 1.9 Monthly precipitation 1.79 1.06 Days with .50" or more precip. 1 0.6 Growing degree days @ 50F 600 85 Days with 1" or more precip. 1 0.9 * departure from 1971-00 normal
Looking ahead to September:
Maxima rise to about 77°
Minima rise to about 48°
Average precipitation is 1.47 inches
There are an average of 7 days with measurable precipitation
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