FPUS86 KSGX 011401 RRA OPUSGX OTHER PUBLIC PRODUCTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 700 AM PDT FRI JUL 1 2011 JULY WEATHER IN SAN DIEGO NIGHT AND MORNING CLOUDS CONTINUE THROUGH JULY...BUT AFTERNOONS ARE GENERALLY CLEAR AND BRIGHT. UNDER THE PROTECTIVE BLANKET OF MOIST AIR FROM THE PACIFIC, TEMPERATURES ARE LOW FOR THE LATITUDE. THE DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RARELY EXCEEDS 85 DEGREES. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE IN JULY WAS 100 DEGREES ON THE 30TH IN 1930. THE SECOND HIGHEST TEMPERATURE OF 99 DEGREES WAS REACHED ON THE 22ND OF THE MONTH IN 2006. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 54 DEGREES IN 1884. THE AVERAGE DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE IS 75.8 DEGREES...THE DAILY MINIMUM 65.9 DEGREES AND THE MONTHLY MEAN 70.9 DEGREES. HOT...HUMID WEATHER IS ALMOST UNKNOWN AND AS A RESULT THUNDERSTORMS RARELY OCCUR...BUT JULY BEGINS THE THUNDERSTORM SEASON IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. THE MONTH IS IN THE HEART OF THE DRY SEASON AND RAINFALL IS NEGLIGIBLE AVERAGING ONLY 0.03 INCH. SINCE THE RECORD BEGAN IN 1850 OVER HALF OF THE JULYS HAVE BEEN WITHOUT MEASURABLE RAINFALL. THE WETTEST AND THE ONLY ONE WITH A TOTAL OF OVER AN INCH WAS 1865 WITH 1.29 INCHES. AS THERE HAVE BEEN NO STORMS OF ANY INTENSITY DURING JULY...WINDS HAVE NEVER BEEN STRONG AND THE HIGHEST VELOCITY RECORDED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS ONLY 30 MPH IN 1925. THE AVERAGE SUNSHINE IS 68 PERCENT OF THE POSSIBLE OR ABOUT 12 PERCENT ABOVE THE AMOUNT FOR JUNE. HEAVY FOG HAS AVERAGED ABOUT ONCE EACH JULY AND NORMALLY THERE ARE 13 CLEAR...13 PARTLY CLOUDY AND 5 CLOUDY DAYS. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY AVERAGES 82 PERCENT NEAR SUNRISE...69 PERCENT NEAR NOON AND 66 PERCENT AT 4 PM. $$ JT