Monday, 7/24

Okay, Sundays, what do you have against us?

After yesterday's cold & gloomy & yucky day, we've now gone through a period where 7 out of the past 8 Sundays have had temperatures have been below normal, the rain has been above normal, and the waste of a summer weekend day has more and more glaring.

Don't believe me? Here's what it's been like those eight Sundays, at least here in Marquette--

Sunday, June 4th—58 & foggy

Sunday, June 11th—77 early, with rain & falling temps (down to 58) throughout the day

Sunday, June 18th—57 & rainy

Sunday, June 25th--63 with a cold north wind

Sunday, July 2nd—sunny & 72.  That day was almost okay.

Sunday, July 9th—cloudy & drizzle, high of 60.

Sunday, July 16th—sunny but only 60 degrees because of a cold north wind

Yesterday, July 23rd--56 and rainy most of the day.

What gives? We've had one—ONE—Sunday all summer long that's been, well, “summer”-like.

I mean, if you consider June through August as “summer” (which meteorologists do) we have 13 summers this year. And with 7 out of the 8 of them so far much like yesterday, that means that 86 percent of our summers Sundays have been consumed by clouds and/or rain and/or cold. And the way things are going, there's a good chance that number could go higher, and our summer will join the 2008 Detroit Lions in the “what the heck just happened” hall of fame.

That, by the way, would not be a good thing.

We now have five “summer” Sundays left. I have no idea if they'll be nice, bad, or somewhere in between. But if I were a betting person, I'd be more than willing to bet real money that more of them than not will be subpar. That's not based on any scientific evidence or any talent in weather forecasting.

That's just based on the fact that Sundays don't seem to like us this year.

(jim@wmqt.com), who probably shouldn't write blogs on a summer Sunday when it's cold & gloomy, nor post them the morning after when it's sunny & warm.  8-(