National August 95ºF from Climate Central on Vimeo.
It's been an unusually cool summer this year -- and if the folks at
ClimateCentral.orgare right, such seasons will become even less common as time marches on.
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declares: "Today, seven cities break 90°F on at least half of the days of a typical August; by the 2050's, they could be joined by Atlanta, Denver, Indianapolis, Miami and Philadelphia." Elsewhere,
a chart about projected August temperatures in surveyed citiesgets specific about Denver. According to Climate Central's numbers, Denver averaged seven days over 90 degrees each August in the 1980s and 1990s -- a total that could rise to 22 by 2050. Likewise, the average of one August day over 95 degrees during the past two decades is predicted to reach twelve by mid-century. Start hoarding sunscreen immediately.
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