On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:32:33 -0700, "
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In a similar vein, with temperatures rising on the average, record
highs should be somewhat more common than the logarithmic rule, record
lows should be somewhat less common. Likewise, with average
temeratures falling, the converse should be true- A. McIntire

Weather and local temperature is not statistics, physical
processes are responsible for all that happens.

The large changes in climate in Greenland are the result of
ocean currents, which also have affected the climate in western Europe.

The number of years during which the US has been populated
west of Indiana is not enough to result in a stabilized mature data set.
The records being broken are for individual observation
sites, while sites only a few miles away may have very different
temperatures.
An all time state record is more remarkable.

The significance of a record temperature can be studied by
checking the records of several days earlier and several days later,
and at nearby observation sites.