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Tue September 11, 2012 NOAA: Summer 2012 third hottest on
record, see how local climate has changed The National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center
reported today that the summer of 2012 "was the third hottest
summer on record for the contiguous United States since
recordkeeping began in 1895." They looked at records from June
through August of 2012 (summer is technically over on the
morning of September 22). ...the average temperature for the
contiguous United States between June and August was over 74°
Fahrenheit, which is more than 2° F above the twentieth-century
average. Only the summers of 2011 and 1936 have had higher
summer temperatures for the Lower 48. The online weather
service, the Weather Underground, has compiled data that allows
users to look at how their local climate has changed over the
years. It also allows users to see how local the climate is
expected to change in the coming years using two