Chicago Sees Coldest July In 67 Years

[thundley4]

Chicago
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.

GlowBull Warming?

[Ptarmigan]

All the heat went to Texas. 

[Chris_]

All the heat went to Texas. 

....or the primary source of hot air moved to DC.   

[Chris]

Cool weather has broken a previous low temperature for July 21 in Nashville that was set when Rutherford B. Hayes was president.

When the temperature at the National Weather Service station dipped to 58 degrees at 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, it wiped out the previous record low for the date of 60 degrees, which was set in 1877.

NWS forecaster Bobby Boyd noted it was the third consecutive morning when Nashville either tied or broke a daily low temperature record.

http://www.whnt.com/news/sns-ap-tn--recordcool,0,4032125.story

Early Monday, Atlanta set a new record: a summer low of 61 degrees. The dip is part of a cool wave felt across other states, including Alabama, Tennessee and Iowa.

Dubuque, Iowa, recorded a very cool 49 degrees Monday, but the real shock was in Alabama where the normal low temperature for July is 70 degrees, with a high of 93.

Early Monday morning at Birmingham Airport, the temperature dipped to 59 degrees, breaking a 62-year record low of 60 degrees. In Montgomery, the chill plummeted to 59 degrees, handily beating the record of 63 set in 1923.

http://news.aol.com/article/july-temperatures-set-records/581222

It's nearly August, and it's 72° in the middle of the afternoon. 

[Ptarmigan]

....or the primary source of hot air moved to DC.  

Ah yes, that's where it came from. Damn it! 

[Chris_]

It's nearly August, and it's 72° in the middle of the afternoon. 

Let's hope this trend ends before winter.  72° on Christmas would suit me just fine.