WARMEST AUGUST ON RECORD IN SALT LAKE CITY

 Record Heat in Salt Lake City 

 RECORD EVENT REPORT
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
 230 PM MDT WED SEP 5 2012
  
 ...WARMEST AUGUST ON RECORD IN SALT LAKE CITY...SECOND WARMEST SUMMER... 

THE MEAN (AVERAGE) TEMPERATURE AT THE SALT LAKE CITY AIRPORT FOR THE MONTH
 OF AUGUST 2012 WAS 81.7 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS THE RECORD FOR THE HIGHEST MEAN
 TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST OF 80.8 DEGREES SET IN 1994. THE NORMAL FOR AUGUST
 IS 77.0 DEGREES. IT WAS THE MILD NIGHTS THAT PUT IT OVER THE TOP...WITH
 AVERAGE MINIMUMS AT 69.1 DEGREES...WHICH IS 5.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
 THE MEAN HIGH OF 94.3 DEGREES WAS 3.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
 
 TOP 5 WARMEST AUGUST MEAN TEMPERATURES:
 
 81.7 - 2012
 80.8 - 1994
 80.6 - 2007
 80.0 - 2003
 79.0 - 2001/2011
 
 IN ADDITION...THE MONTHS OF JUNE...JULY...AND AUGUST 2012 TURNED OUT TO
 BE THE SECOND WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD WITH A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 79.2
 DEGREES. WE DIDNT MISS IT BY MUCH...AS THE WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD AT
 THE SALT LAKE CITY AIRPORT IS 79.3 DEGREES SET IN 2007. 
 
 TOP 5 WARMEST SUMMER MEAN TEMPERATURES:
 
 79.3 - 2007
 79.2 - 2012
 78.6 - 1994
 78.2 - 2003
 77.7 - 1988