July 2009 : Coldest On Record In The Midwest

Coldest July on record across Midwest

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Record or near-record cold swept much of the middle part of the nation in July — with some records being broken from the 1860s

A July record were set in Cincinnati (70.1 degrees – 6.2 degrees below normal), Columbus had its fourth-coldest July (4.7 degrees below normal) and Dayton had its second-coldest July. Dayton’s mark was colder than the weather in Cleveland at 69.6 degrees, or 4.7 below normal.

Records were also set in Michigan cities of Flint and Saginaw, while Detroit had its third-coldest July in more than 100 years.

Indianapolis had its second-coldest July on record, behind only 1947.

Chicago had its ninth-coldest, but second coldest since its weather station moved further away from Lake Michigan in 1942.

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