Weather
So, in order to balance out the cold, I bring you this story from the New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/01/nyregion/01hot.html?em
Relevant Quotes:
"Not a single day that the temperature even approached 90. For just the second time in 140 years of record keeping, the temperature failed to reach 90 in either June or July.
The daily average last month was at or below normal every day but two. The temperature broke 80 on 16 days in New York - one more day than in Fairbanks, Alaska."
"The high was 86 on July 17. "
(Granted, Fairbanks, Alaska had a month of record high temperatures. The highest reading was 91 on July 8. Still, reminds me of the time that Austin was hotter than Death Valley.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/01/nyregion/01hot.html?em
Relevant Quotes:
"Not a single day that the temperature even approached 90. For just the second time in 140 years of record keeping, the temperature failed to reach 90 in either June or July.
The daily average last month was at or below normal every day but two. The temperature broke 80 on 16 days in New York - one more day than in Fairbanks, Alaska."
"The high was 86 on July 17. "
(Granted, Fairbanks, Alaska had a month of record high temperatures. The highest reading was 91 on July 8. Still, reminds me of the time that Austin was hotter than Death Valley.)