November 2013

November had the typical temperature swings that demonstrated winter weather is here while still giving a reasonable number of days where the weather was tolerably warm.  There was a noticeable overall negative trend in the temperature this month.  Reily had one snow event of about an inch which is not too unusual.  However, remnants of the snow did last longer than what is typical this time of the year - although it was mostly just in the northern shadows.  Towards the end of the month, areas not too far to the east got a few inches of snow at the end of the month.  There were also a couple of very significant rain events which came with very high winds.  The weather station is only about 10 feet off the ground so the measured gusts of over 30 mph is significant.

October 2013

October was seasonably fall in Reily, Ohio.  This is often the nicest time of year in Southwest Ohio with warm days and cool nights.  The middle of the month had a near record-setting stretch of cloudless days.  This was flanked on either side by significant rain events leading to higher than average monthly precipitation (over 6.5 inches vs. approximately 3 inches on average).  The rain storm at the end of the month also brought with it very high winds.  This second significant storm brings us into the start of November and potentially the beginning of more winter-like weather.

September 2013

Weather in Reily during September 2013 was typical late summer dry.  August ended very hot and uncomfortably humid which led into the same in early September.
After the brief Summer like weather, it fell into a more typical pattern of dry days and cool nights.  Leaves started to change through the month and some nearby crop fields were harvested by the end of the month.
There were a couple large rain events, but as is normal this time of year, they were isolated and followed by fall-like weather due to the cold front which brought the rain.

August 2013

Weather in Reily during August was perhaps more typical than July was, but was not as hot and steamy as can be expected.  Temperatures barely got into the low 90s and then it was at the end of the month.  The middle of August had near record low morning temperatures recorded in the mid to upper 40s.

The end of August often starts to get those cool, fall-like days, but August ended with hot and humid conditions, more typical of early August.

July 2013

July was not July.  The month started very, very wet.  The first day of July had torrential rainfall.  In Reily, over 1.5 inches of rain fell in about an hour; to the south, there was even more rain.  Many roads suffered flash flooding and homes were flooded as well.  Despite the wet weather, the wheat field behind the house was harvested on July 3, due to more anticipated heavy rain (which did not occur).  The field was so wet from the July 1 rainfall that some of it could not be harvested, and the combine tore up the field to a degree.

The middle of July was more typical with hot humid temperatures.  However, the temperature never got above the low 90s.  Overall, there still seemed to be more rain than normal.  July ended much cooler than typical.  The third week in July is the average hottest week of the year, but record low temperatures were recorded that week - more akin to late September.

June 2013

At the end of May, my weather station was in Haywood, CA for warranty repair due to a faulty barometric sensor.  It was returned in perfect working order within a reasonable amount of time and was back up an running within an hour of finding it on my doorstep.  I again pilfered weather data from a nearby station for the time it was offline.

June 2013 in Reily was wetter than average.  Intellicast's data says average rainfall for June should be around four inches and the area received over five inches.  Much of the end of the month has been socked in a pattern of cloudy weather with a daily threat of rain, a pattern more consistent with late spring which persists as of this writing.
Temperatures only warmed marginally in June (requiring little use of home air conditioning - my electric bill was pleasantly low).  Overnight winds were typically summer low.  While many areas of the country received an overabundance of severe weather in June, SW Ohio had very few severe weather warnings and even fewer events.

May 2013

Spring turned to summer in Reily in May with more warm days than cool ones.  There was a short cool spell in the middle of the month but it only lasted a few days.  Typical for May, there was frequent rain, although there was not very much in the way of heavy rain or scary weather in SW Ohio.  Hopefully there was enough rain to keep the baby trees just planted alive.
Unfortunately, the barometric sensor failed in the console of my Davis Vantage Vue.  I've heard much about the legendary service of Davis.  It was quite difficult to contact them - but eventually got them on the phone.  Shortly after this they finally answered my email.  I was surprised an email response was not faster.  The console is now in California for repair.  I pilfered data from a nearby station to keep my data up.  I really hope I get my console back soon.

April 2013

April 2013 in Reily moved firmly from early spring into late spring.  Average temperatures began to climb and Southwest Ohio started to green considerably fed by a little over 3.5 inches of rain.
Winter winds calmed and there were surprisingly few spring rain thunderstorms (yet).

March 2013

March 2013 in Southwest Ohio could be characterized as cold, much colder than normal.  Typically average temperatures begin to rise significantly in March, but the overall trend was nearly flat.  A late March snow storm occurred which was very atypical.  It dropped several inches of very wet snow, making a mess of travel.  Typical of late snow storms, the snow did not last very long.