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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON OFFERS THE FOLLOWING DATA FOR JULY AS OF 2000:
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NORMAL
JULY
59.8°F to 81.4°F
Average 70.6°F
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WARMEST
JULY
Average 75.4°F in 1921
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COLDEST
JULY
Average 64.0°F in 1962
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WARMEST
JULY DAY
100°F
July 3, 1911
July 14, 1995
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COLDEST
JULY DAY
39°F
July 6, 1962
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NORMAL
PRECIPITATION
3.97"
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HIGHEST
PRECIPITATION
9.31 in 1998
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LOWEST
PRECIPITATION
0.58 in 1933
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MOST
PRECIPITATION
3.32"
July 9, 1899
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LEAST
PRECIPITATION
0.96"
July 4, 1996
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AVERAGE
SNOWFALL
Not Available
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MAXIMUM
SNOWFALL
Not Available
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MINIMUM
SNOWFALL
Not Available
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MOST SNOW
Not Available
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LEAST SNOW
Not Available
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 THE VERMONT WEATHER BOOK by David Ludlum (Vermont Historical Society, 1996) says of July:
“When Sirius rises with the sun, mark the dog days well begun,” goes the time-honored adage for July. The brightest star of the sky, nicknamed the Dog Star, rises in conjunction with the sun for a period of six weeks from early July to the middle of August. The Romans reputedly believed that the radiation of Sirius, when added to that of the sun, caused the excessive heat of midsummer, a time when dogs were likely to go mad and people became enervated. We now know that Sirius radiates only an infinitesimal amount of heat to the earth, but the phrase “dog days” survives as synonymous with the uncomfortable temperature-humidity index conditions prevailing in high summer.
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