
Pretty, but not Louisville.
I’ve spent most of my summer in the hottest destination in America. No, I don’t mean hot as in “it’s awesome and everybody wants to go there,” I mean hot in the bad sense. The “my face is melting off someone please throw me in the river” kind of hot is more what I’m talking about. Unsurprisingly to the natives, the hottest city in the US this summer has been my home town of Louisville, Kentucky.
Now, hot is relative. Sure, Phoenix was probably hotter overall, but they’re used to it. By hot, the Forbes/Yahoo definition means hotter than average. This summer, Louisville racked up 73 days with temperatures higher than our usual summer average of 89-ish between June 1 and August 17, and we’re not quite done yet. Taking a gander at the 10 day forecast reveals another 8 days above our standard late-August average high of 85. Thanks, weatherman.
It could be worse, I guess. It could be snowing again.
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