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What Longer Summers Will Cost Us

While my summers always seem to be too short, they are actually longer. The Washington Post told us where. Longer Summers. By what metric can we say that our summers are hotter? We can check if temperatures rise before the calendar start of summer. Similarly, we can note if the heat lasts after the date that summer ends. And finally, we can ask whether peak temperatures are higher. The answer to all three is yes, yes, yes. Extending almost everywhere in the U.S., summers are noticeably longer in parts of California and the South ….[READ]