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.
July's average temperature of 93.5 degrees is the highest of the year, and the month features an average high temperature of 105.9 and an average low of 81.0. The temperature has reached as high as 121 on the 28th in 1995. The lowest ever recorded was 63 on the 4th and 5th in 1912.he hot weather is not completely over as there usually are on the average 13 days with 100 or higher during the month. The average date of the last 100 degree temperature is the 27th. The lowest temperature ever recorded was 47 on the 20th and 21st in 1965.