STATE CLIMATOLOGIST JUSTIN GLISAN (GLISSEN) SAYS THE DROUGHT-BUSTING RAINS OF JULY PUSHED THE MONTH TO NEAR THE VERY TOP OF THE IOWA RECORD BOOK:
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HE SAYS IT WILL BE A JULY MANY PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER FOR THE BIG THUNDERSTORMS THAT ROLLED THROUGH THE STATE:
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GLISAN SAYS.IOWA WAS ABOUT AN INCH-AND-A-HALF FROM THE ALL-TIME JULY RECORD, AND THAT THERE WERE TWO MAIN SOURCES OF MOISTURE THAT LED TO AMPLE JULY RAIN
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GLISAN SAYS HE GETS ASKED A LOT ABOUT THE SO-CALLED “CORN SWEAT” WHERE MOISTURE COMES OFF THE 13 MILLION ACRES OF CORN IN IOWA.
HE SAYS IT IS ANOTHER SOURCE OF WATER THAT LEADS TO RAIN.
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GLISAN SAYS THE HEAT DOME THAT SET UP AROUND THE THIRD WEEK OF JULY LED TO HEAT INDEXES IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS, BUT NOT RECORD HEAT.
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HE SAYS THAT HEAT DID SPAWN STORMS, INCLUDING THE DERECHO THAT BARRELED ACROSS THE STATE A WEEK AGO.
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