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Selected U.S. City and State Extremes August 2004Source NOAA/NWS Forecast Offices and compiled by NCDC. |
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| Location | Record Type | New Record Date | New Record | Old Record | Old Record Date |
| WISCONSIN Rhinelander Sturgeon Bay Marshfield Oshkosh Manitowoc |
Second daily lowest maximum temperature for the month | August 11, 2004 |
52°F 59°F 57°F 59°F 59°F |
50°F 57°F 56°F 57°F 58°F |
Aug. 24, 1917 Aug. 25, 1940 Aug. 30, 1965 Aug. 27, 1986 Aug. 29, 1915 |
| WISCONSIN Appleton Merrill Stevens Point |
Daily lowest maximum temperature for the month | August 11, 2004 |
57°F 52°F 55°F |
58°F 55°F 58°F |
Aug. 10, 1994 Aug. 10, 2004 Aug. 18, 1997 |
| WISCONSIN Antigo Wausau |
Tied daily lowest maximum temperature for the month | August 11, 2004 |
52°F 55°F |
52°F 55°F |
Aug. 12, 1902 Aug. 3, 1915 |
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Lincoln, IL |
Daily lowest maximum temperature for the month | August 12, 2004 | 63°F | 65°F | Aug. 19, 1997 |
| Jackson, KY | Daily lowest maximum temperature for the month | August 13, 2004 | 65°F | 67°F | Aug. 28, 1986 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | Tied daily lowest maximum temperature for the month | August 13, 2004 | 64°F | 64°F | Aug. 13, 1967 |
| MISSISSIPPI Greenville Greenwood Tallulah-Vicksburg |
Daily minimum temperature for the month | August 13, 2004 |
52°F 52°F 58°F |
54°F 52°F 59°F |
Aug., 1986 Aug., 1986 Aug., 1963 |
| Jackson, TN | Daily minimum temperature for the month | August 13, 2004 | 47°F | 48°F | Aug. 29, 1986 |
| Mobile, AL | Daily minimum temperature for the month | August 14, 2004 | 60°F | 62°F | Aug., 1992 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | Daily lowest maximum temperature for the month | August 15, 2004 | 58°F | 59°F | Aug. 14, 2004 |
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Yakutat, AK |
All-time maximum temperature | August 15, 2004 | 88°F | 87°F | June 10, 1995 |
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Denver, CO |
Tied daily lowest maximum temperature for the month | August 28, 2004 | 55°F | 55°F | Aug. 29, 1946 |
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Sioux Falls and Sioux City, SD |
Third coolest summer (June 1st - August 31st) on record | June-August 2004 | 66.9°F, 68.9°F | 63.7°F, 67.0°F | Both were set in June-Aug. 1915 |
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Fairbanks International Airport, AK |
Highest average summer temperature (June 1st - August 31st) on record | June-August 2004 | 64.5°F | 62.6°F | June-Aug. 1977 |
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Aberdeen, SD |
Coldest August and third coldest summer on record | August 2004, June-August 2004 | 63.4°F, 64.7°F | 63.7°F, 65.0°F | Aug. 1915, June-Aug. 1951 |
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| Location | Record Type | New Record Date | New Record | Old Record | Old Record Date |
| Honolulu, HI | Maximum rainfall total for the month | August 2004 | 3.74 inches | 3.08 inches | August 1959; normal rainfall for August is less than 0.5 inch |
| Fairbanks, AK | Minimum rainfall total for the month | August 2004 | 0.37 inches | 0.40 inches | August 1957; normal rainfall for August is 1.74 inch |
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| Location | Record Type | New Record Date | New Record | Old Record | Old Record Date |
| None Reported. |
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| Location | Record Type | New Record Date | New Record | Old Record | Old Record Date |
| None Reported. |
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| Location | Record Type | New Record Date | New Record | Old Record | Old Record Date |
| None Reported. |
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| Location | Record Type | New Record Date | New Record | Old Record | Old Record Date |
| Fairbanks, AK | Smoke reduced visibility | June-August 2004 | 42 of the 92 days of summer | 19 of the 92 days of summer | August 1977 |
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