Summer has Returned

Last week I had written of unseasonably cold temperatures in July.  Suffice it to say, Summer is back and with a vengeance.  Monday and yesterday the temperature reached into the upper 90's with heat indices of about 110 each day.

If you don't like hot weather just wait a day or two and it will change.  If you can live in the Midwest of the United States you can live anywhere.

It'll Be a Cold Day in July...

Today is that proverbial cold day in July.  Normally the high for the first full week of July is in the upper 80s.  Today it was 59 degrees when I left for work and only 66 when I went to lunch.  After sitting in a chilly office all day I came out to a cold damp car and turned the heater on for the drive home.  And I have to say as funny as it sounds the heat felt great.  I do enjoy the cooler weather but it won't last.  The temperature is forecast to reach into the mid 90's by this weekend.

Maybe the cold day in July explains the Chicago Cubs sweeping the St. Louis Cardinals in a day night doubleheader yesterday at Wrigley Field.  The Cubs won the day game 7-4 and the nightcap 5-3.  Still at the halfway mark of the season the Cardinals are 24 games over .500 at 54-30 and 7 /12 games ahead of the Cubbies.

Hopefully when the weather warms back up to where it should be the pennant race will be all but over.  If the Cardinals play .500 ball the rest of the way it will give them a total of 93 wins.  That will easily put them into the playoffs.