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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON OFFERS THE FOLLOWING DATA FOR AUGUST AS OF 2000:
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NORMAL
AUGUST
58.1°F to 78.4°F
Average 68.2°F
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WARMEST
AUGUST
Average 73.1°F in 1947
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COLDEST
AUGUST
Average 62.3°F in 1912
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WARMEST
AUGUST DAY
101°F
August 11, 1944
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COLDEST
AUGUST DAY
35°F
August 31, 1976
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NORMAL
PRECIPITATION
4.01"
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HIGHEST
PRECIPITATION
11.54 in 1955
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LOWEST
PRECIPITATION
0.72 in 1957
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MOST
PRECIPITATION
3.62”
August 11, 1998
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LEAST
PRECIPITATION
0.84”
August 3, 1912
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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 August:
High summer, meteorologically speaking, does not come until the month of August. Though land temperatures have commenced to cool, the surface waters of the vast oceans in the Northern Hemisphere now reach their highest thermal content, and this difference exerts an important influence in steering the general circulation of the atmosphere around the globe. In August the axis of the westerly wind belt normally lies close to 50°N, and the principal storm track across North America is located at its most northerly position, near 55°N, or in the latitude of southern Hudson Bay. Cyclonic storm centers moving across Canada may trail their cold fronts into northern New England, while southern sections of New England are not affected.
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