Buresh Blog: Summer by the numbers... 90-degree days... Sept. averages... Bird migration time

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We’re approaching the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season... see & read updates every day at “Talking the Tropics With Mike”.

Meteorological summer is over & - no surprise - it was a hot one! June, July & August were 1.3 degrees above average led by the especially warm months of June & July. And we played catch up on rainfall after a wet season that sputtered in June, July & early August. JIA ended up with 20.87″ of rain - just 0.38″ below average. But the long term drought continues with JIA still more than 12″ below average since last September.

Records show NE Florida & SE Ga. typically have drier than average summers during an El Nino which is going strong in the Pacific Basin.

As for 90-degree days... Jacksonville continues to be far above average. Through Aug. 31st, the average is 71 90-degree days but had already reached 96 90-degree days - 3rd on the all-time list behind only last year & 2011. With another 90-degree day Sept. 1, Jacksonville is now at 97 90-degree days. The most 90-degree days in a year is 114 days in 2011.

September averages (the last month of the wet season & lose nearly an hour of daylight!):

It’s that time of year - the autumn bird migration & Cornell has activated their migration maps & forecasts. Check it out * here *.