The Salem and Centralia Water Treatment Plants have released the final rainfall figures for July, and they are up considerably from last year.
The Salem Water Plant recorded 13.34 inches of rain during July, more than four times the amount of rain we received in July of last year when 3.51 inches was recorded. The total rainfall for the first seven months of the year has also surged to 39 inches, nearly 13 inches more than the same period last year.
The Centralia Water Plant recorded 11.64 inches of precipitation in July.
Temperatures were cooler in July compared to last year. The high temperature of the month, 96 degrees reached on July 17th is shy of the 101 degree temperature reached last July. The low temperature of 55 this year is below last year’s low of 62 degrees.
