The Clark County Fair begins Friday and the weather should be fair as well. Okay, sorry for the pun, but everything should be fun when those dismal, gray rain clouds aren’t hanging around.
Looking ahead for the entire run of the fair, it should be dry and warm, possibly hot on some days. The final weekend of the event may see morning low clouds and cooler temperatures.
I have been to the fair many times and have experienced both cool, wet conditions and almost unbearable heat. August can certainly be a month of extremes. Speaking of extremes, so far in July, Vancouver has seen a high temperature of 98 degrees on the July 1 and 50 degrees on the 25th. The average mean temperature is 70.5 degrees, 2.2 degrees above average. Rainfall, thanks to the deluge on July 23-24, is running .16 of an inch above average at .82 of an inch. We will end up at .14 of an inch above average when July clocks out. No rain on the horizon for us this week.
We are definitely in the “Dog Days of Summer,” which is regarded as the period of July 3 through August 11. The hottest stretch of summer. The phrase ‘Dog Days of Summer’ came from ancient times when people looked at the summer skies and saw Sirius, the Dog Star located in Canis Major.
