Re: [OM] It's hot...

[Chuck Norcutt]

Because the tendency is to equate what is only this date's high 
temperature record with a broader statement that implies "it's hotter 
now than it has ever been in the past."  That's certainly not true for 
Central Park (the location of the NYC temperature station).

Chuck Norcutt


Moose wrote:
> On 7/7/2010 11:07 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> Memories tend get a bit short when folks want to complain about the
>> weather.  I just checked the temperature records for NYC and
>> yesterday was indeed a record for July 6 at 103F.  The previous
>> record for July 6 was 101F in 1998.  But on July 9, 1936 it was
>> 106F.  One has to be very explicit about what constitutes a record.
>> :-)
> 
> Why? ;-)
> 
> Moose
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