DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors Co in 2005 decided not to change an ignition switch eventually linked to the deaths of at least 13 people because it would have added about a dollar to the cost of each car, according to an internal GM document provided to U.S. congressional investigators.
During summertime, hot, muggy air masses from the Gulf of Mexico drift northward into Missouri, dominating the weather patterns. Daytime highs during the hottest months, July and August, average between 87 and 90 statewide. Luckily, cold fronts originating in Canada sometimes make their way through, particularly in the northwest, provides brief respites from the otherwise sultry, steamy atmosphere. Precipitation in summer varies.
Although the mean temperature for June and July is only 73 Â°F and 76 Â°F (23 Â°C and 24 Â°C) it is not uncommon for the temperature to reach 100 Â°F (38 Â°C) at least three concurrent days each week in these months, as it did in 1904 during the World Fair where the temperature in St. Louis, Missouri was 103 Â°F (39 Â°C).