This map shows how many days have elapsed since a U.S. city has had a record-breaking temperature

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Originally published at: This map shows how many days have elapsed since a U.S. city has had a record-breaking temperature | Boing Boing

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Go Big D!!

Best place in America to avoid chronic climate change? Likely not, but I want that bumpersticker on my 1978 Bonneville.

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Shoutout to anyone else who read the map wrong and initially thought some place in North Dakota had a record high of 176. That didn’t seem right.

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I saw a lot of “85” years without a record high temperature, so I just learned about the 1936 Heat Wave:

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Nah, 2012 broke all SE Michigan’s high temperatures, it could be a while until we break a high temp record again.

Now, where’s the map for record low temperatures?

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