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AUGUST 2007 CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY
FOR BAKERSFIELD, FRESNO AND MARIPOSA COUNTY
Information Compiled From The National Weather Service And The Goldrushcam / Sierra Sun Times Private Weather Station.

  Mariposa at 3317 feet of elevation had a average daily temp of 79.0 degrees.
Our high was 99.4 on August 3 and our low was 59.3 on August 7.

We had 19 days in the 90's and 10 days in the 80's and 2 days in the 70's for high temps.

On August 30th we had .05 of early morning rain.

August of 2007 was 3.7 degrees warmer on average, with a little more rain than in August of 2006.

In August of 2006 our average daily temp was 75.3 degrees with 23 days in the 80's!

 		  
  
 ...AUGUST 2007 CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR BAKERSFIELD AND FRESNO...
 ...OBSERVATION LOCATION HISTORIES...
 
    NOTE...DATA ARE PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO REVISION BY THE
           NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER
 
 ........................BAKERSFIELD...........FRESNO       MARIPOSA
 
 RAINFALL
 MONTH
 AUGUST 2007.............0.00..................0.02          .05
  NORMAL AUGUST..........0.08..................0.01 INCH
  DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL..-0.08.................0.01 INCH
  PERCENT OF NORMAL......0.....................200
 SEASON
  THROUGH AUGUST 2007....TRACE.................0.02           .07
  NORMAL THROUGH AUGUST..0.08..................0.02 INCH
  DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL..-0.08.................0.01 INCH
  PERCENT OF NORMAL......0.....................100
 
 TEMPERATURE
 AVERAGE HIGH
  AUGUST 2007............95.9..................98.4   
  NORMAL AUGUST..........95.4..................94.8
  DEPARTURE..............-0.5...................3.6    
  HIGHEST.................106...................108           99.4
  DATE...................31ST...................4TH            3RD
 AVERAGE LOW
  AUGUST 2007............70.0..................67.2    
  NORMAL AUGUST..........68.4..................64.9
  DEPARTURE...............1.6...................2.3    
  LOWEST...................59....................58            59.3
  DATE....................7TH...................6TH...7TH      7TH
 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
  AUGUST 2007............83.0..................82.8            79.0
  NORMAL AUGUST..........81.9..................79.9
  DEPARTURE...............1.1...................2.9
 
 &&
 
 RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN IN AUGUST
 
 BAKERSFIELD
 
  30TH...A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES WAS SET  
  BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 78 DEGREES RECORDED IN 1977.
 
  31ST...A NEW RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES WAS 
  ESTABLISHED...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 78 DEGREES SET IN 1967.
 
 FRESNO
 
  30TH...A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 81 DEGREES WAS
  ESTABLISHED...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 78 DEGREES SET IN 1913.
  THIS IS ALSO THE LATEST IN THE YEAR FRESNO HAS RECORDED A LOW 
  TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES OR BETTER. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS ON 
  AUGUST 24...1913.
  
  31ST...A LOW OF 75 DEGREES TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH MINIMUM 
  TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE LAST SET IN 1972.
 
 &&
 
 OBSERVATION LOCATION HISTORIES...
 
 WEATHER OBSERVATIONS FOR FRESNO AND BAKERSFIELD WERE TAKEN AT 
 MULTIPLE LOCATIONS DURING THE PERIOD OF RECORD...AND THERE WERE 
 OCCASIONS WHERE OBSERVATIONS WERE TAKEN SIMULTANEOUSLY AT TWO 
 LOCATIONS. THESE LOCATIONS ARE LISTED BELOW...
 
 FRESNO
 
 SOUTHERN PACIFIC DEPOT....JANUARY 1878 TO AUGUST 16 1887
     /ONLY PRECIPITATION RECORDED/
 
 TAYLOR BUILDING...........AUGUST 16 1887 TO JANUARY 30 1889
 
 HUGHES BUILDING...........JANUARY 31 1889 TO SEPTEMBER 30 1890
 
 FRESNO SAVINGS AND LOAN...OCTOBER 1 1890 TO JANUARY 25 1895
 
 FARMERS NATIONAL BANK.....JANUARY 26 1895 TO APRIL 30 1913
 
 ROSWELL BUILDING..........MAY 1 1913 TO AUGUST 31 1933
 
 MADDUX FIELD..............JULY 1 1929 TO MARCH 14 1930
     /OBSERVATIONS SIMULTANEOUS WITH ROSWELL BLDG OBSERVATIONS/
 
 CHANDLER FIELD............MARCH 14 1930 TO MARCH 31 1935
     /OBSERVATIONS SIMULTANEOUS WITH ROSWELL AND BRIX BLDG OBS/
 
 BRIX BUILDING.............SEPTEMBER 1 1933 TO JULY 1 1939
 
 CHANDLER FIELD............MARCH 1 1939 TO AUGUST 20 1949
 
 FRESNO YOSEMITE AIRPORT...AUGUST 20 1948 TO PRESENT
 
 BAKERSFIELD
 
 SANTA FE RAIL DEPOT.......JANUARY 1889 TO SEPTEMBER 1937
 
 MEADOWS FIELD.............SEPTEMBER 28 1928 TO PRESENT
     /SIMULTANEOUS OBSERVATIONS WITH RAIL DEPOT SEP 1928 TO SEP 1937/

 

  

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