The Fourth of July is always an exciting holiday, with plenty of snap, crackle and pop. The weather for the big day this year will be lackluster: morning clouds, with a slight chance of drizzle or a shower mainly over the foothills. There will be some sunshine, too. Highs will hit only the 70s. Some would call it perfect weather.
If you desire hotter weather, you’ll need to take a road trip, because we slide into the 80-degree range only later in the week, and even then, it won’t be much above average.
Although we had a brief taste of summer last week, the weather pattern we experienced all spring still haunts us. Of course, it’s not as cold and not as wet, but it will be cooler than our normally warm summer temperatures.
Looking further into July, beginning around the 10th or so, we should return to more typical summer weather, with little chance of moisture, highs in the 80s and plenty of sunshine. No excessive heat waves, but pleasant summer weather, I would say.
We’ll see if those longer-range forecast models pan out. If not, then we should continue in a more yo-yo pattern, with up-and-down temperatures.
Despite all the clouds we had last month, June ended with an average temperature of 73.5 degrees, which is exactly normal. How about that? We had a high of 97 degrees on June 26 and a low of 46 degrees on June 7, a 51-degree difference. The dark spot was in the rainfall department, with 3.22 inches — 1.61 inches above average. One of the wettest months in a while.
As I mentioned, any light rain or drizzle that falls, you could probably catch all of it in both hands. There won’t be much, and there’s little chance that it will be measurable. Of course, there is always a caveat, so read the small print in every weather forecast. Must keep some humor here, mustn’t we?
Remember last year on the Fourth? What was the weather? It was sunny and 85 degrees. We didn’t have any measurable rain the entire month of July. Imagine that.
Stay tuned, and we’ll see how this month unfolds. Happy Fourth!
