and its not over yet.
...WARMEST METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER ON RECORD AT PHILADELPHIA...
...EIGHTH WARMEST AUGUST ON RECORD AT PHILADELPHIA...
...FOURTH MOST DAYS IN A YEAR THAT REACHED OR EXCEEDED 90 DEGREES
ON RECORD AT PHILADELPHIA SO FAR...
METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER (JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST), 2010 IS THE WARMEST
SUMMER ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 79.63 DEGREES. THE
PREVIOUS WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD OCCURRED IN 1995, WHEN THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WAS 78.53 DEGREES.
ALSO, AUGUST, 2010 IS THE EIGHTH WARMEST AUGUST ON RECORD WITH AN
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 79.0 DEGREES. THE WARMEST AUGUST ON RECORD
OCCURRED IN 1980, WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 79.9 DEGREES.
FINALLY, THE TEMPERATURE THIS YEAR AT PHILADELPHIA HAS REACHED OR
EXCEEDED 90 DEGREES ON 48 DAYS THROUGH AUGUST. THAT MAKES 2010
THE YEAR WITH THE FOURTH MOST DAYS THAT HAVE REACHED OR EXCEEDED 90
DEGREES SO FAR. THE YEAR WITH THE MOST DAYS THAT REACHED OR EXCEEDED
90 DEGREES IS 1991, WHEN IT OCCURRED ON 53 DAYS.
RECORDS DATE BACK TO 1872.
THE ELEVEN WARMEST METEOROLOGICAL SUMMERS AT PHILADELPHIA DATING
BACK TO 1872:
RANK TEMPERATURE YEAR
(DEGREES F)
1 79.63 2010
2 78.53 1995
3 78.30 1994
4 78.20 1993
5 77.87 1991
6 77.77 2005
7 77.67 2002
8 77.13 1900
8 77.13 1999
10 77.07 1973
10 77.07 1988
THE TEN WARMEST AUGUSTS AT PHILADELPHIA DATING BACK TO 1872:
RANK TEMPERATURE YEAR
(DEGREES F)
1 79.9 1980
2 79.8 1995
2 79.8 2001
4 79.6 2005
5 79.5 2002
6 79.2 1900
7 79.1 1978
8 79.0 2010
9 78.9 1991
10 78.8 1993
THE TEN YEARS WITH THE GREATEST NUMBER OF 90 DEGREE OR GREATER DAYS
AT PHILADELPHIA DATING BACK TO 1872:
RANK NUMBER OF 90 YEAR
DEGREE OR GREATER
DAYS
1 53 1991
2 49 1988
2 49 1995
4 48 2010 (THROUGH AUGUST)
5 46 2002
6 42 1943
7 41 1983
7 41 1993
9 39 1941
10 38 1953




















