"Swingman" wrote in message news:...

It's a bit too cool to be out in the shop today ... damn hard to believe
it's April in Houston.

Being cold in April here in Houston made me curious, so just for fun (to
those with ****head tendencies pay attention to that last), and even though
I don't own a copy of PowerPoint, I did a little algorerithm:

Top 10 warmest Marches in the last 118 years in Houston:

72.1 1907
69.4 1953
69.2 1908
68.8 1945
68.7 1921
68.6 1938
67.6 1967
67.6 1918
67.5 1911
67.3 2004

(20% were in the last 50 years)

Top 10 Coolest Marches:

53.4 1915
56.0 1931
56.1 1969
56.4 2001
56.9 1970
56.9 1947
57.3 1978
57.4 1960
57.4 1941
57.6 1892

(50% were in the last 50 years)

Now just to be fair, since August in Houston is generally snynomous with
"hell":

Top 10 Warmest August's in 118 years:

87.0 1951
86.8 1999
86.8 1902
86.6 1980
86.5 1993
86.2 1987
86.0 1909
85.9 1962
85.8 1927
85.7 1948

(60% were in the last 50 years)

Top 10 Coolest

78.8 1894
79.5 1973
79.5 1891
80.1 1992
80.3 1972
80.4 1971
80.5 1893
81.0 1892
81.1 1975
81.1 1967

(60% were in the last 50 years)

The BURNING question: Should I go ahead and make my reservations for the
Academy Awards next year??

(Yeah, I know ... but it's too cold out in the shop right now, in April, in
Houston!)

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