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Date Posted: 09:49:07 08/22/07 Wed
And the Environmental Left will argue, both are the result of their so-called man-caused global warming.
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Arctic August: NYC Sets Record For Coldest Day
High Of 59 Degrees Ties Chilliest August High Set In 1911
(CBS) NEW YORK A day after tying the record for the coldest high temperature during the month of August ever in New York City, temperatures were expected only to warm up slightly, before finally climbing back to normal by the end of the week.
The city along with the rest of the tri-state region is feeling the chilly effect of a cold front sweeping through the region, accompanied by cool rain showers.
Tuesday's high temperature in Central Park was just 59 degrees. The normal high for Tuesday was 82 degrees. The normal low was 67.
Forecasters were calling for temperatures to rise to about 66 for the high on Wednesday.
This unusual blast of cold air smashed our previous record for the coldest high temperature on August 21, which is 64 degrees, set back in 1999," CBS 2 meteorologist Jason Cali told wcbstv.com.
In fact, the 59-degree high tied the record for the coldest high temperature ever for the month of August in New York City, when it reached just 59 degrees in 1911.
Tuesday's highs are more common in the city for the final days of October, when the average high ranges from 59 degrees to 61 degrees.
The unusually cold air mass has come down from Canada, colliding with the moisture from the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin.
"The good news is the cold air is not going to stick around. We'll get back to more seasonal levels later this week and we may even sneak a few more final hot weekends of the summer," Cali said.
Temperatures are expected to climb back into the upper 80s by Friday.
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_233143509.html
Meanwhile:
Hotlanta Breaks Record For 100-Degree Days
POSTED: 5:39 pm EDT August 17, 2007
UPDATED: 6:05 pm EDT August 17, 2007
ATLANTA -- Atlanta on Friday endured its eighth day of 100-degree temperatures this month, breaking a record for the city's hottest month.
Previously, July 1993 held the record with seven days of temperatures of 100 degrees or more, according to records that go back to 1930.
Hotlanta lived up to its nickname this month, with the mercury hitting 100 on August 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16 and 17, according to the National Weather Service.
The mercury hit 100 degrees by 3 p.m. Friday. At that time it was also an even 100 in Rome and Macon, and 101 in Cartersville.
The four-day stretch of the 8th to the 11th tied the record for most days of 100-degree days in August, set in 1980, said Pam Knox, Georgia's assistant state climatologist.
The heat wave over much of the nation has proved deadly, with nine confirmed deaths in Missouri, eight in Illinois, four each in Arkansas and Georgia, three in Alabama, two in South Carolina and one in Mississippi, as well as one death in Tennessee outside Memphis.
Last summer, a heat wave killed at least 50 people in the Midwest and East. California officially reported a death toll of 143, but authorities last month acknowledged the number may have been far higher. A 1995 heat wave in Chicago was blamed for 700 deaths.
In the Atlanta area, thunderstorms were predicted for Friday evening, followed by sunny weather Saturday and temperatures in the high 90s, according to the National Weather Service.
Atlanta residents shouldn't feel too miserable. "It's not nearly as bad as Augusta," where it was 103 late Friday afternoon and which has experienced 12 days of 100-degree temperatures this month, Knox said.
http://www.cbs46.com/news/13919175/detail.html
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