2007 rainfall to date: 2.60 in
Normal to date: 5.01 in
D/FW rainfall to date: 37.98 in
Number of 100+ degree days in 2007: 94
Number of 110+ degree days in 2007: 29 (all-time record; 9 more days hit 109)
Average number of 110+ degree days per year, current decade: 22
Average number of 110+ degree days per year, 1990s: 14
Average number of 110+ degree days per year, 1950s: 7
Median high temperature over the past 6 months (Feb 28 – Aug 29): 100 degrees
Warmest winter days of all time: March 16th & 17th, 2007 (99 degrees)
Warmest lunch spot: Balcony of the ASU Memorial Union, where I ate lunch today with fellow PhD students. In central Tempe the temperature at the time was 112 degrees. No telling what it was on our concrete balcony. I didn't choose the spot.
Number of Phoenix summers I’ve spent without car air conditioning: 3
Temperature readings in my car: As high as 195 on the dashboard; 150 degrees in the center console. Usually around 140 degrees.
# of minutes a local fire chief said someone could survive in a 140-degree car: 20
Length of my commute in minutes: 22
5 comments:
Interesting. I'm so tired of the heat. Maybe that's why my mind is melting...Mu-ha-ha! (Don't worry, I'm going to bed)
We Texans have been lucky this year. You'll get a job someplace cold and next year you can report on the blizzards you're enduring and just dream about being back in the heat.
Wow. I guess we're all lucky you've survived your 2-minute commutes, Robby!
Please, all you Arizonans, have your babies not in the summertime!
Further proof that global warming will soon kill us all...that's why I'm so glad that celebrities who own multiple mansions and fly around the world on private jets are doing "their part" by not washing their hair as often or only using one square of toilet paper.
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