Soil conditions remained extremely moist through the whole of July across Central New York with 4.19 inches of rain recorded in Syracuse.  That rainfall tally was .41" more than usual.  Temperatures were about one degree cooler than normal with an average temperature of 70.3 degrees.  Readings ranged from 51 to 86.  There were no 90-degree days leaving the season's total at two.  There were two, four-day, dry stretches during July, one centered over the July 4 holiday period and the second at month's end.