AccuWeather.com reports the summer of 2012 is in the running for
one of the top three hottest summers in the past 60 years in the
United States and southern Canada. Steven A. Root, Certified
Consulting Meteorologist and President and CEO of WeatherBank,
Inc. has been examining hourly and daily temperatures in 59 hub
cities dating back to Jan. 1, 1950. WeatherBank is an
AccuWeather, Inc. long-range forecasting and data partner. Mr.
Root computes the cooling degree days (CDD) for each city, each
day of the year. Cooling degree days are the number of degrees
that a day's average temperature is above 65 degrees. The period
from May 15 to Sept. 15 is considered to be the air
conditioning/cooling season for the U.S. and Canada.Root is
estimating this summer to finish up with 59,484 CDDs based on
what has happened thus far and what is projected. "The summer of
2012 is on pace to finish third hottest on the list of 62
summers since 1950, but is still in the running for number two
or one on the list," Mr. Root said.Th