Summer heat in Chicago just ain't happening the way it used to:
August is the wettest and often the muggiest month of the year. Yet, summer heat continues in short supply, continuing a trend that has dominated much of the 21st Century's opening decade. There have been only 162 days 90 degrees or warmer at Midway Airport over the period from 2000 to 2008. That's by far the fewest 90-degree temperatures in the opening nine years of any decade on record here since 1930.
This summer's highest reading to date has been just 91 degrees. That's unusual. Since 1928, only one year—2000—has failed to record a higher warm-season temperature by Aug. 13.
The important thing to remember here is that these kinds of reports tell us nothing about global warming. What happens on a particular day, month, year, or decade -- in any one location on earth or worldwide -- is proof of nothing.
. . . Unless the anecdotal evidence supports global warming theory, in which case it's highly relevant.
And only expensive, restrictive laws and governmental programs can save us from our impending doom.
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