Record Breaking Heat is to be expected (from Weather Service)

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http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/im...e#.UdGUTTs3udo

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Meanwhile..

First half of year wettest on record for Chicago

Through June, 28.46 inches of precipitation was measured, an inch and a half more than we got all of last year, according to the National Weather Service. The earliest measurement of six-month rainfall was in 1882, when 25.17 inches was recorded.

?The 28.46-inch mark is 11.93 inches above the average of 16.53 inches that normally falls in the Chicago area the first six months. Last year, only 13.11 inches were recorded for the first six months of the year and 26.91 inches for all of 2012, the weather service said.

Other sodden starts to the year include 26.19 inches in 1975, 25.75 inches in 2009 and 25.53 inches in 1993.

Rockford registered 27.16 inches of precipitation so far this year, making it the third wettest first six months since 1906, when officials began recording.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...,7098399.story

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air temperature is close to half the boiling point in california, the temperature on and near the ground can only be higher, much higher. people even find their shoes are melting, which's amazing.