As the trickles of sweat run down our ruddified faces, I’m just not believing those who say, “Oh, today is much better!” Really? Didn’t seem that way around 2pm transferring a certain Early Bird’s PEACOCKS (not mine, silly!) from an out-of-gas, broken-down truck.
NOTE ON THE PEACOCKS: If someone is waving at you from the side of the road where they have inexplicably pulled over, they might need some help. That wave might not just be your crazy neighbor wih the peacocks saying hello! Although it could be. But even peacocks sometimes need road-side assistance.
Anyway, back to the heat, raw data can always help confirm our intuitive analysis.
National Weather Service Observer High Temperatures for Friday.
SPOTTER REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1017 AM EDT SAT JUL 23 2011
THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES THAT WERE OBSERVED
FOR FRIDAY JULY 22 2011.
**********************HIGH TEMPERATURE**********************
LOCATION MAXIMUM TIME/DATE COMMENTS
TEMP OF
DEG F MEASUREMENT
NEW YORK
…CLINTON COUNTY…
3 S PLATTSBURGH 97.0 231 PM 7/22 ASOS
SCHUYLER FALLS RAWS 95.0 7/22 RAWS
…ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY…
2 ENE POTSDAM 90.0 247 PM 7/22 AWOS
2 S OGDENSBURG 90.0 134 PM 7/22 AWOS
2 ENE MASSENA 90.0 150 PM 7/22 ASOS
VERMONT
…ADDISON COUNTY…
MIDDLEBURY ARPT 96.0 7/22 NEPP
…CALEDONIA COUNTY…
1 SSW ST. JOHNSBURY 92.0 7/22 ASOS
…CHITTENDEN COUNTY…
ESSEX JUNCTION RAWS 95.0 7/22 RAWS
1 E SOUTH BURLINGTON 95.0 232 PM 7/22 ASOS
…GRAND ISLE COUNTY…
2 SSE SOUTH HERO NEP 98.0 7/22 NEPP
…LAMOILLE COUNTY…
2 SSW MORRISVILLE 93.0 346 PM 7/22 ASOS
…ORANGE COUNTY…
UNION VILLAGE 97.0 7/22 NEPP
UNION VILLAGE DAM 96.0 7/22 CO-OP OBSERVER
…ORLEANS COUNTY…
3 ENE COVENTRY 90.0 151 PM 7/22 AWOS
…RUTLAND COUNTY…
3 SSE NORTH CLARENDO 93.0 7/22 AWOS
…WASHINGTON COUNTY…
1 SE BERLIN 91.0 137 PM 7/22 ASOS
…WINDSOR COUNTY…
1 N NORTH SPRINGFIEL 97.0 345 PM 7/22 ASOS
WOODSTOCK 96.0 7/22 CO-OP OBSERVER
4 N BETHEL 96.0 7/22 CO-OP OBSERVER
N HARTLAND RES 95.0 7/22 CO-OP OBSERVER
Julia Carlisle
Woodstock Early Bird 