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Weather Underground reported yesterday that record high temperatures in the United States are outnumbering record low temperatures by a 4 to 1 margin this year.  According to their story,  “As of July 24, there have been 34,289 daily high and warm daily low temperature records tied or broken so far this year, according to data from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information.  Conversely, there have been only 8,233 daily low and cold daily high temperature records tied or broken in the first six-plus months of 2016.”  In fact, if you look at the graphics, record warm nights are surpassing record warm days.  You can read about it here.

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