Trash Pickup Times in Extreme Heat: Rumpke trash collection could start as early as 4:30 a.m. Please place trash and recycling curbside the night before
Although we know lots of people talk about the weather, but no one does anything about it, when we see it rained 1.96 inches over a recent two-day period, we'll take it. No questions.
According to Guy Verhoff, local weather observer, here's the weather summary for the first six days of August:
Date High Low Prec
Aug. 1 87 65
Aug. 2 90 58
Aug. 3 92 65
Aug. 4 91 66 1.40
Aug. 5 83 65 0.56
Aug. 6 81 55
With the start of the 2012-13 Ada school year just days away, here is some back to school information.
The school office hours starting Monday, Aug. 6 is 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed for lunch.
ALL JUNIOR HIGH & HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS will pick up schedules on Thursday, Aug. 9, at the following times:
7th & 8th grade 8:00 am to 10:00 am ****Note: 7th graders MUST have TDAP vaccincation prior to the start of the new school year. Proof of vaccination MUST be provided to pick up schedule.
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.
It's a great summer Ada tradition: Ada's farmers' market. Every Thurday from 4:30-6:30 p.m. you'll find all the in-season garden produce you can imagine. It's home-grown and available at prices you wouldn't believe.
The market is each Thursday in the Ada depot park downtown. Here are some photos of the market.
A severe weather front has moved through parts of Ohio July 26 causing widespread damage and customer outages.
As of 7:15 p.m., just over 59,000 customers are without power. Most of these customers are located in the New Philadelphia, Columbus, and Newark areas.
AEP Ohio anticipates the number of customer outages will increase as the storm continues to travel across the state. AEP Ohio already has requested outside assistance from other companies, including companies within the AEP System.
In addition to restoration efforts, AEP Ohio personnel will be assessing the damage caused by the storm in order to get a more adequate estimate of restoration times.
AEP provided The Icon with the following weather information for July 26:
The atmosphere will become hot and extremely unstable ahead of an approaching cold front today. The result will be severe thunderstorms over much of the Upper Ohio Valley. Scattered severe thunderstorms will erupt early this afternoon across Indiana and northwest Ohio.
Severe storms will become more numerous as they spread southeast across the heart of AEP Ohio late this afternoon. Expect damaging wind gusts to 65 mph over Ohio.
Severe storms of this coverage and intensity typically cause moderate problems for AEP Ohio.
