June: F’ing Cold June 30 2009
My pool might as well be an ice sheet.
Thanks to a conspiracy of generous cloud cover and persistently wet soil, this June will end up being the coolest in 12 years.
The official Philadelphia temperature for the month will come in right around 71 degrees, and while that’s less than 1.5 degrees below normal, that’s a lot chillier than some recent Junes, especially last year’s.
The relative coolness has a lot to do with the frequent cloud cover, which has obscured the sun, and the rains, which have dampened the ground and blunted the sun’s energy, says Todd Miner, a meteorologist at Pennsylvania State University.
Rainfall for the month has been about 150 percent of normal, however the most-prominent June feature has been the lack of extreme heat.
As a matter of fact, my pool WAS an ice sheet last night.
Behind us is the Arctic Ocean at Oliktok Point, Alaska… i’m with a gaggle of co-workers.
The air temp was 45 degrees and water was a balmy 32. It was my third or fourth jump in.. we had six newbies.
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