It's been an unusually cool summer this year -- and if the folks
at ClimateCentral.org are right, such seasons will become even
less common as time marches on. A just-released article
declares: "Today, seven cities break 90°F on at least half of
the days of a typical August; by the 2050's, they could be
joined by Atlanta, Denver, Indianapolis, Miami and
Philadelphia." Elsewhere, a chart about projected August
temperatures in surveyed cities gets specific about Denver.
According to Climate Central's numbers, Denver averaged seven
days over 90 degrees each August in the 1980s and 1990s -- a
total that could rise to 22 by 2050. Likewise, the average of
one August day over 95 degrees during the past two decades is
predicted to reach twelve by mid-century. Start hoarding
sunscreen immediately.