A big congratulations goes out to South Bend for setting a record during the month of July 2009. It turned out to be the coolest one since records started being kept in 1893.

When all of the day time highs were added together and all of the lows were added, an average of 68.3 was reached. This beats the previous record set back in 1996 when the monthly average was 68.5.

So what caused all of this? According to the National Weather Service cold Canadian air and above normal clouds cover helped keep temperatures low. Basically, there was a ridge of high pressure in the western U.S. which kept that side of the country warm. The east had a low. Since Low pressure systems spin counterclockwise, it pulled that cool air down from Canada.

Here are some other interesting date for July ‘09. The highest temperatures was 86 on the 15th. The last time an entre month of July only had one day at 86 was in 2000.

The coolest low was 49 on the 14th.

The average daytime high for the month was 77.9, which turns out to be a record for coolest average highs. The average low was 58.6, ranking the fifth coolest for average low temperatures.

We’re now in August and here’s hoping it will start to feel like a real summer!

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