Jacqueline Sharp, (left, and her two sons, Jackson, 2, center, and Justin, 7, enjoy some shaved ice under the Walnut Street Bridge on a cool Monday afternoon.JULY WEATHER BY THE NUMBERS
• 7 – days above 90 degrees• 4.47 – inches of rain in an average Chattanooga July• 7.79 – inches of rain this July• 80 – Chattanooga’s average temperature in July• 78.2 – average temperature this July so farSource: National Weather Service, Morristown, Tenn.
It’s cool. And that’s weird.
Temperatures dropped to a balmy 62 degrees in the Scenic City on Monday morning, sparking a citywide water cooler debate on the cause of the unseasonable weather.
It’s an early fall, some said. All the hot air is in Washington, argued others. Hell froze over. Witchcraft. Obama’s visit today is causing the temps to drop.
But National Weather Service meteorologist Anthony Cavallucci begged to differ.