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>Non 90-degree streak to end for Minneapolis-Chicago

Written by Mark Vogan on August 4, 2009 in Rest of Europe with 0 Comments

>It can not last forever! I’ll be completely honest, I made a statement back on July 31 that New York would not hit 90 in August, I will now say that it looks unlikely to to remain below 90 over the coming couple of weeks as hot the strong upper-level ridge of high pressure that’s […]

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