<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Real Science]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[stevengoddard]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/author/stevengoddard/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Illinois Summer Temperature&nbsp;Trends]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Reader &#8220;Hal&#8221; posted this comment in response to my &#8220;<a href="https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2010/09/22/summer-of-2009-was-the-coldest-in-chicagos-history/">Coldest Summer in Chicago</a>&#8221; article :</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;"><em>OOOOO a cold summer. How about looking at overall trends. You might see that it is warming. Don’t do big oils bidding. Educate yourself.</em></p>
<p>Fair enough &#8211; let&#8217;s do that.</p>
<p>Since the start of the NCDC record, <a href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/il.html">summer temperatures in Illinois</a> are falling at a rate of 0.2 degrees F per century.</p>
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<p>Since 1930, Illinois summer temperatures are falling at a rate of 2.2 degrees F per century.</p>
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<p>Hal &#8211; do you feel &#8220;educated&#8221; now?</p>
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