Posted on 07/28/2009 1:04:47 PM PDT by safetysign
Average Temperature Only 68.9 Degrees!
Have you left your air conditioner in the closet this summer, and worn long pants more often than shorts? If so, you may not be surprised to find out that Chicago is seeing its coldest July in more than 65 years.
The National Weather Service says 2009 has seen the coldest July since the official recording station was moved away from the lakefront in 1942. The average temperature this month in Chicago has been a mere 68.9 degrees.
Even in the years before 1942, when the National Weather Service recorded temperatures at the cooler lakefront, there are only three years that had colder Julys through the 26th.
There have also been far more days than usual with high temperatures less than 80 degrees this year. In 2009, there were 13 days where the temperature did not exceed 80 degrees. Only three Julys in the past 67 years have had more days in Chicago with highs less than 80 – there were 18 such days in 1992, and 14 in 1996 and 2000.
We have also failed to reach 90 degrees at any time this month.
But the good news is that homeowners this summer have been seeing a big break on their electric bills. Air conditioning usage, according to ComEd earlier this month, is way down from last year and has saved residents an average of $50 since June, compared with last year.
In addition to the mild weather, Com Ed's cost of power was also down 9 percent as of July 17, a savings passed on to you. Your natural gas price has been down even more, 27 percent. Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas estimate a typical home customer will pay $500 less this year than last year.
Do you have a clue how it would even be possible?
“Explain”?
It’s all about feelings, not facts. And brow beating people more successful than I makes me feel good.
We can put one of these across a river to protect the Great Lakes, but we can't put one along the Rio Grande to protect the national laws, customs and culture from another invasive species called "scoff-laws!!!"
Hay! That was rather GOOD!!!
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If Al came down to South Texas, he’d be saying, “I told you so”
It’s been a historic recording breaking summer so far. (and drought)
Could you northerners blow a little harder, please.
You nailed it. All sortsa crap invented to “save the lakes” and NOTHING TO ERADICATE THE FLOW OF FUTURE RAT VOTERS AND HEALTHCARE DEADBEATS.
Actually, I have a degree in an Environmental Science field and have read extensively on it and know that “Global Warming”/”Climate Change” is a hoax.
(You sarcasm detector is jammed.)
You're right - sorry 'bout that...
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