Dear Tom,
I’m not complaining, because I love this cool summer, but how many hours of temperatures in the 90s have we had in July and August?
–Peggy Pannke-Smith, Park Ridge
Dear Peggy,
The number of hours of 90 degree temperatures have been few and far between this summer. Frank Wachowski supplied the data from Midway Airport and reported there were no hours of 90s in July and so far in August just seven, recorded last weekend, Aug. 8 and 9. Wachowski noted we did have 20 hours spread over four days in June, so the total number of hours for the entire summer is 27. Compare that to some of the city’s hottest summers in which there were as many as 48 days in the 90s and you realize just how little heat there has been this year. Of course, summer is not over and more 90s are expected, possibly as early as next weekend.
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