America in summers means summer frocks, ice lollies and roaming in the parks. However, this year, the story is quite different as some parts of America saw the hottest and wettest summer in 75 years.
THE UNITED States of America mostly has pleasant weather. At times the winter might get harsh but the summers are always a joyous occasion for people, when they can shed their winter clothes and roam about the streets in summer dresses and get as much of the pleasant sun as possible. However, thanks to the imbalance caused in the recent years by global warming - parts of the US are facing their hottest summer in 75 years.
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According to data released by the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C on Thursday, the average summer temperature this year is 74.5 degrees, which is 2.4 degrees above the long-term (1901-2000) average. It was in 1936 that America saw 74.6 degrees. State-wise the average temperatures are higher and making records for being the hottest this summer.
People can be seen wearing the bare minimum and hitting the swimming pools and air conditioned malls in order to ward off the sun that they all used to love in previous years. Texas and Oklahoma, are reporting an average temperature of 86.8 degrees and 86.5 degrees, respectively. This is much more than the previous state-wide average temperature record for any state during any season. It is also the driest summer for Texas as 81 percent of the state is experiencing extreme drought, according to Thursday's U.S. Drought Monitor.
The government bodies recorded that the states that were hit by the hottest summer in years were using 22 percent more temperature-related energy than the normal standard. On the other hand Washington and Oregon had a comparatively cooler summer, while California was washed with heavy rains. The global temperature data for the summer of 2011 is due to be released next week.
