Yes, it is hot

The number of days with high temperatures over 90 and under 20 at Lansing Airport (LAN) for the years since we moved to Lansing. We only lived here for the second half of 2006, and 2012 if of course partial.

How hot has this summer been?  Well, we’ve had a window air conditioner sitting in the basement ever since we moved into this house in 2006.  Last summer, we slept in the basement for a few nights, but didn’t even think of getting the AC out.  This summer, we got the job done on Independence Day.  (More like Dependence Day if you ask me.)

I became so frustrated with the weather that I needed to prove how hot it was.  Here is the data for the Lansing Airport (LAN), from Weather Underground.

I think this can be described as a warming trend.  I’m pretty sure there was a La Niña event in 2007-2008 that might explain some of that cooler weather. It turns out that last years number of days over 90 was equal to the 43-year average, but I’m a little nervous to see how high that red line will go this year.

Don’t get me started about days over average temperature and months below average rainfall.

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