Exactly how hot was July? We'll tell you.

According to Guy Verhoff, local weather observer and weather reporter to The Icon, the average July temperature for the Ada-Bluffton area is 72.8 degrees. This July the average daily temperature was 78.3 degrees.

The maximum temperature was 102 on July 6. The minimum was a cool 56 on July 21 - that's a 46 degree difference. The daily maximum temperature reading in July surpassed 90 13 days. It surpassed 100 on three days.

July's normal rainfall is 4.18 inches. This year's July rainfall was only 3.85 inches. The heaviest rain fell on July 18-29 when 3.27 inches was recorded.