Monday, June 01, 2009

Record high temperatures for June


I debated whether to post the record high temperatures for June tonight or to do another post on homosexual marriage (“civil unions”) since the Illinois General Assembly still has that issue before them. I decided to only post an update on what has so far occurred.

The update: According to the House of Representatives’ calendar, the House had until May 31, 2009 to vote on the question of “civil unions.” As of Saturday night—May 30th—the House had not voted for or against. After posting, I will check for the latest action, if any. I am not adequately familiar with the House of Representatives’ rules to know if it can be voted on after the 31st. Therefore, as long as the General Assembly is in session, I will keep track of the progress, if any, and issue an alert on the vote, if one occurs. Do I trust the General Assembly to let this issue die a peaceful death? NO!

The record high temperatures for June:

On July 6th, 2007, I posted for the first time on my blog the record high temperature for Peoria, Illinois for each day of the month of July with the year the record occurred. I began the post with this paragraph:

Anyone ever ask you, “Hot enough for you?” It seems like I hear that every summer. I was at a funeral recently. I can’t remember the age of the person but I think she was around 90 years of age. One of the individuals who talked about her life mentioned that she often talked about how hot it was in 1936. 1936? But global warming is a new phenomenon! How could it be hot in 1936?

I had a post for each month from July of 2007 through June of 2008. I stopped at June because I did not have the new figures for the second half of the year. I now have the figures for January through June. Therefore, I thought I would begin the process again.

First, here are the conclusions for January, February, March, April, and May:

For January:

01) The record high temperatures for January ranged from 71° to a low of 56°.
02) There were two highs in the 70’s, three in the 50’s, and twenty-six in the 60’s.
03) The most record high temperatures for a decade occurred in the 1890’s and 1950’s with 5 each.
04) The decade of the 1880’s was the only decade with no record high dates.
05) The decade of the 1930’s had 2 record high temperature dates.
06) Four dates in the 2000’s had record high temperatures.
07) The highest record high temperature of 71° occurred on January 23, 1909.
08) The lowest record high temperature of 56° occurred on January 30, 1988.

For February:

01) The record high temperatures for February ranged from 74° to a low of 54°.
02) There were nine highs in the 70’s, two in the 50’s, and eighteen in the 60’s.
03) The most record high temperatures for a decade occurred in the 1930’s with 8.
04) The decades of the 1880’s, 1960’s, and 1980’s had no record high dates.
05) One date in the 2000’s had record high temperatures.
07) The highest record high temperature of 74° occurred on February 10, 1932.
08) The lowest record high temperature of 54° occurred on February 2, 1920.
09) The year of 1930 had five of six straight days with record high temperatures.

For March:

01) The record high temperatures for March ranged from 87° to a low of 70°.
02) There were fourteen highs in the 80’s, and seventeen in the 70’s.
03) The most record high temperatures for a decade occurred in 4 different decades—the 1900’s, 1980’s, 1990’s, and 2000’s—with four in each decade.
04) The decade of the 1880’s had no record high dates.
05) One date in the 1930’s had record high temperatures.
06) The highest record high temperature of 87° occurred on March 21, 1907.
07) The lowest record high temperature of 70° occurred on March 5, 1945.

For April:

01) The record high temperatures for April ranged from 92° to a low of 82°.
02) There were nine highs in the 90’s, and twenty-one in the 80’s.
03) The most record high temperatures for a decade occurred in the 1980’s with seven in the decade.
04) The decades of the 1910’s, 1950’s, and 1960’s had no record high dates.
05) The 1930’s had four record high temperatures.
06) The 2000’s had four record high temperatures.
07) The highest record high temperature of 92° occurred on April 10, 1930 and April 25, 1986.
08) The lowest record high temperature of 82° occurred on April 3, 1978.
09) There were seven record high temperatures in the 1880’s and 1890’s.

For May:

01) The record high temperatures for May ranged from 104° to a low of 89°.
02) There was one high in the 80’s, twenty-nine highs in the 90’s and one high in the 100’s.
03) The most record high temperatures for a decade occurred in the 1890’s with ten in the decade.
04) The decades of the 1940’s, 1960’s, and 1990’s had no record high dates.
05) The 1930’s had five record high temperatures including four in 1934.
06) The 2000’s had one record high temperature.
07) The highest record high temperature of 104° occurred on May 31, 1934.
08) The lowest record high temperature of 89° occurred on May 1, 1901.
09) There were 18 record high temperatures from the 1880’s through the 1910’s and 28 record high temperatures from the 1880’s through the 1950’s.

Here are the June record high temperatures for Peoria.

The Peoria Journal Star on December 21, 2008, page S2 published “The Weather Month by Month.” According to the Peoria Journal Star, here are the record highs for Peoria for the month of June with the year of that record high.

“June 1……. 105 ……. 1934*
June 2……. 100 ……. 1934*
June 3……. 100 ……. 1934*
June 4……. 097 ……. 1899
June 5……. 098 ……. 1977
June 6……. 097 ……. 1934*
June 7……. 099 ……. 1933*
June 8……. 096 ……. 1934*
June 9……. 100 ……. 1911
June 10……. 100 ……. 1911
June 11……. 099 ……. 1933*
June 12……. 098 ……. 1894
June 13……. 098 ……. 1894
June 14……. 099 ……. 1987
June 15……. 098 ……. 1894
June 16……. 100 ……. 1918
June 17……. 100 ……. 1887
June 18……. 101 ……. 1887
June 19……. 100 ……. 1971
June 20……. 100 ……. 1934*
June 21……. 099 ……. 1988
June 22……. 096 ……. 1988
June 23……. 099 ……. 1930*
June 24……. 099 ……. 1937*
June 25……. 105 ……. 1988
June 26……. 102 ……. 1934*
June 27……. 104 ……. 1934*
June 28……. 104 ……. 1934*
June 29……. 105 ……. 1936*
June 30……. 103 ……. 1931*

For June:

01) The record high temperatures for June ranged from 105° (three times with two of the three in the 1930’s) to a low of 96° (twice).
02) There were fourteen highs in the 90’s and sixteen highs in the 100’s.
03) The most record high temperatures for a decade occurred in the 1930’s with fifteen in the decade—half of the total record highs for the month.
04) The decades of the 1900’s, 1920’s, 1940’s, 1950’s, 1960’s, 1990’s, 2000’s (seven decades) had no record high dates.
05) The 1930’s had nine record high temperatures in 1934, two in 1933, and one each in four other years.
06) The 2000’s had no record high temperature.
07) The last record high temperature occurred in 1988 (105°) with none since.
08) Since 1937, there have been six record high temperatures—two in the 1970’s and four in the 1980’s.
09) There have been six record high temperatures in the 1880’s (two) and 1890’s (four).

The 1930’s has increased its lead by an additional 15 days! In January, the 2000’s led the 1930’s by a 2 to 1 margin. The 1930’s from January through February had 10 record high temperatures. The 2000’s had five. The 1930’s had one more record high temperature in March giving the 1930’s a total of 11 for the first three months of the year. The 2000’s added four more record high temperatures to its previous total of five increasing its three month total to nine just two less than the eleven of the 1930’s. Both the 1930’s and the 2000’s had four more record high temperatures in April. With the addition of five record highs in May, the 1930’s has 20 record high temperatures through May while the 2000’s, with only one additional, has 14 highs. June has shut out the 2000’s while adding 15 more for the 1930’s. The 1930’s has now more than doubled the 2000’s having a comfortable lead of 35 to 14. The 1930’s is pulling away!

What happened to the 2000’s? Who will win out? It must be “Al Gore’s” global warming—or not!

This is what the Bible says about our climate: “Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it. The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: ‘Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.

As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.’” Genesis 8: 20-22 (NIV)

As I’ve said before, no human can accurately predict what the weather is going to be like 50 years from today. We have difficulty predicting with 100% accuracy what the weather is going to be like seven days from now. This I do know. If GOD wants global warming as predicted by the “Al Gore gang” to occur, there is NOTHING man can do to stop it. If GOD doesn’t want global warming to occur, it won’t, no matter what man does. Of course, GOD could always let man proceed as they choose without HIS hand in it either way. I don’t know what will occur 50 years from now and NEITHER DOES any other human on this planet!

This I also know. If I were living a life of SIN, I’d be more concerned about what GOD will do today and tomorrow or what will happen to me after my death (none of us has a guarantee that we will live another fifty years) than what is going to occur in another 50 years!!!

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