SWMO. – It's a few days before
Christmas at about 1:30 AM and the temperature outside is 45°F!
A quirk of Mother Nature? Proof of global warming? I wasn't sure, but
what I was pretty sure of was the fact that the warmer than normal
temperatures were part of a curious pattern this December 2014.
I'd
taken to calling the pattern 'the 40 Club'. Forty as in the average
temperature. Take this date for instance. The high was 43.9°F
while the low was 40°F
giving an average for the day of 42°F.
Typically, at this point in the month we would see day time high of
around 46°F
with lows close to 26°F.
Not this year however as we are over 5 degrees above normal! All this
much appreciated heat has resulted in a much small electrical heating
bill and when combined with the record low prices for gasoline
(currently $2 per gallon), have made a lot of people like me very
happy.
