Quick note: looking at the local weather in the paper at lunch. The stats are odd. Rainfall is more than twice normal month to date (~6" vs. 3") with four days to go and thuderstorms predicted through the weekend.

Cooling degree days (days above 65 degrees requiring air conditioning) 411 ytd to date vs. 310 normal, a 32.4% increase.

These are not minor changes.

Update 7/30/06: We got another 2" of rain yesterday bringing our MTD total to 8" or 266% of normal. Things are downright tropical and we’re forecast for three days in the 90s this week. This is cool compared to most the country where they’re seeing 100+ in many areas.
150+ people died from heat in CA this week.