See you in sunny (hot) Austin next week at the ESA annual meeting!
http://www.climatecentral.org/blogs/record-warm-nighttime-temperatures-a-closer-look/
July was hot:
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/july-heat-in-washington-was-unprecedented/2011/07/29/gIQA0uTzlI_print.html>Washington,
D.C.,
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/oklahoma-climatological-survey-says-july-was-hottest-month-ever-recorded-in-the-state/2011/08/01/gIQASzZsnI_story.html>Oklahoma
City,
<http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/breaking/We-Survived-The-Hottest-July-Ever-in-Philly-126533103.html>Philadelphia,
and
<http://www.kutnews.org/post/july-was-hottest-month-ever-austin>Austin
set records for not just their warmest July in history, but their
warmest month on record. The heat prompted people to hide indoors,
crank up the air conditioning, or attempt stunts such as cooking
<http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/07/is-it-hot-enough-to-cook-an-egg-on-the-watergate-roof-yes/242459/>eggs
on the roof. But what made this month unusual wasn't only the hot
days, but rather the hot nights.
Even though repeat heat waves brought sizzling hot days, overnight
temperatures broke far more records: According to the
<http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html>National Climatic Data Center
(NCDC), in July there were 6,106 record high minimum temperatures,
and "only" 2,722 record high daytime temperatures.
See the rest of the article at the link above.
