28 July 2009

The Meltdown: Chicago's Year Without A Summer-Max Van Dyke

Today's Meltdown is brought to you from the Windy City of Chicago where they are facing their coldest summer in years. According to the National Weather Service this has been Chicago's coldest summer in 118 years. The average temperature for the week of July 26 is 74 degrees. So far the temperature has been about 67 degrees.

To add to their cold streak this summer the thermometer has not gone over 85 and less than 20 days has it gone over 80 degrees.

The Chicago Tribune reports that throughout the month of July all but three days have been at least 3 degrees below the average temperature and the three biggest were 18, 17 and 15 degrees below the average.

Global Warming?

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