August was the fifth month in a row that saw temperatures come in below normal. The warmest temperature during the entire month was 94 degrees. We saw no record highs during the month and the coolest overnight low was 70 degrees. The month finished with a temperature average that was .2 degrees cooler than what’s normal. A warm ending to the month helped the average temperatures moderate somewhat. The reason why temperatures were generally below average was because of the increased cloud cover and rain.
A stalled frontal boundary over the Southeast helped enhance our normal scattered showers and thunderstorms for several days. In fact, August 1st saw the most rain. Officially in Jacksonville 1.25 inches of rain fell. The other big weather story for the month was the tropics. The First Coast was on the periphery of two different tropical systems- Tropical Storm Fred and Hurricane Ida. The area saw greater impact’s from Fred’s outer bands than Ida’s. Fred made landfall south of Panama City, FL on August 16.
Rain fell on 23 out of the 31 days of the month. This helped the yearly precipitation surplus continue. August closed out with more than half a foot of rainfall above average. August has the acclaimed title of usually being the rainiest month of the year. As we start to enter fall, chances for precipitation usually start to diminish quickly.
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