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U.S. experiences second warmest summer on record Texas has warmest summer on record of any state
NOAA ^ | Sep 8 2011 | NOAA

Posted on 09/08/2011 9:14:35 PM PDT by worst-case scenario

Texas has warmest summer on record of any state

The blistering heat experienced by the nation during August, as well as the June through August months, marks the second warmest summer on record according to scientists at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) in Asheville, N.C. The persistent heat, combined with below-average precipitation across the southern U.S. during August and the three summer months, continued a record-breaking drought across the region.

The average U.S. temperature in August was 75.7 degrees F, which is 3.0 degrees above the long-term (1901-2000) average, while the summertime temperature was 74.5 degrees F, which is 2.4 degrees above average. The warmest August on record for the contiguous United States was 75.8 degrees F in 1983, while its warmest summer on record at 74.6 degrees F occurred in 1936. Precipitation across the nation during August averaged 2.31 inches, 0.29 inches below the long-term average. The nationwide summer precipitation was 1.0 inch below average.

This monthly analysis, based on records dating back to 1895, is part of the suite of climate services NOAA provides.

Excessive heat in six states – Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana – resulted in their warmest August on record. This year ranked in the top ten warmest August for five other states: Florida (3rd), Georgia (4th), Utah (5th), Wyoming (8th), and South Carolina (9th).The Southwest and South also had their warmest August on record

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Oklahoma; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: agw; globalwarming; heat; prayforrain; summer; texas; weather
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Damn I *knew* it was hot. But Texas! Your average temperature was 86! No wonder you caught on fire- just horrible. I hope you get some rain and cooler temps soon.
1 posted on 09/08/2011 9:14:39 PM PDT by worst-case scenario
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To: worst-case scenario

But then, it was in the mid-hundreds in the Fifth century in the US but nobody was here to write it down.


2 posted on 09/08/2011 9:16:16 PM PDT by SkyDancer (I Am The Person Whom I've Been Waiting For.)
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To: worst-case scenario

The prior record was 75 yrs ago? No trend there. Chicago had some heat this summer but it wasn’t bad. We have had plenty of rain for all that corn, too.


3 posted on 09/08/2011 9:17:53 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Why do They hate her so much?)
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The summer has been amazingly cool here in San Jose.


4 posted on 09/08/2011 9:18:18 PM PDT by RussP
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I live in the Houston area and the heat was only really bad for about two weeks. The real problem has been the lack of rain ALL YEAR LONG.


5 posted on 09/08/2011 9:20:19 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: worst-case scenario

Until the past week or two, I can’t remember a cooler summer in southern California.


6 posted on 09/08/2011 9:22:04 PM PDT by americanophile ("this absurd theology of an immoral Bedouin, is a rotting corpse which poisons our lives" - Ataturk)
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To: worst-case scenario

It felt quite a bit cooler the other day so I decided I would go out for a long bike ride. When I checked the temp it was only 97.


7 posted on 09/08/2011 9:23:21 PM PDT by trumandogz
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To: worst-case scenario

2nd? Who cares then?


8 posted on 09/08/2011 9:24:51 PM PDT by MNDude (Congratulations Jimmy Carter, you are no longer the worst President in History!)
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Because the first is probably one of the dust bowl years.


9 posted on 09/08/2011 9:26:10 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: worst-case scenario

NW Washington, coldest June and July on record and August wasn’t exactly balmy, either. This week we are having nice weather.


10 posted on 09/08/2011 9:30:32 PM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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When I was a child growing up in Chico, CA, I recall summer days of 115+ in the shade as being normal. I haven’t seen summer temps that high on a regular basis for years.


11 posted on 09/08/2011 9:30:42 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier currently deployed in the Valley of Death, Afghanistan)
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To: RussP

The Bay area has been very mild this summer. Certainly not the 2nd warmest summer on record here.


12 posted on 09/08/2011 9:33:09 PM PDT by A message
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Man made drought and man made heat....barry hates the productive Texas and Perry...so with his childish mentality he uses this to attack Texas.


13 posted on 09/08/2011 9:33:53 PM PDT by shield (Rev 2:9 Woe unto those who say they are Judahites and are not, but are of the syna GOG ue of Satan.)
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To: shield

How did he do that? With a weather machine?


14 posted on 09/08/2011 9:48:34 PM PDT by worst-case scenario (Striving to reach the light)
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Just wait! Only 6000 years ago, Nebraska was so dry and hot that there were SAND DUNES deposited there!


15 posted on 09/08/2011 9:49:19 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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Oh. We noticed.

16 posted on 09/08/2011 9:49:46 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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Most people have been complaining this summer has been too cold.

Fine by me, until this week when it reached the 90’s.

Can’t complain about a completely mild summer though. Luv it.


17 posted on 09/08/2011 9:52:38 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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Obligatory D@mn Warmal Globing remark!!

Signed,
Sweaty Texan


18 posted on 09/08/2011 9:54:02 PM PDT by DustyMoment (Go green - recycle Congress in 2012!!)
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http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/

Just check map, this will give you fair idea.


19 posted on 09/08/2011 9:56:00 PM PDT by jennychase
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Texas has warmest summer on record of any state
Fires will do that.
20 posted on 09/08/2011 10:00:56 PM PDT by lewislynn ( What does the global warming movement and the Fairtax movement have in commom? Misinformation)
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