That's not surprising when we remember that the

Arctic Sea ice reached its lowest amount since

satellite measurements began in 1979, shattering

the previous record low set in 2005.

June through August set more than 2,000 new daily

high temperature records..... and September saw

another 1,000 high temps broken.

The heat also helped spread the worsening drought to

almost half of the contiguous U.S., with conditions

across the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and Tennessee

Valley hardest hit.

Asian Typhoons (hurricanes) Nari, Wipha and Fitow

along with hurricanes Humberto, Felix, Lorenzo and Henriette

have made it a very active month around the world. "This is the

first time since records began in 1949 that both Atlantic and

Pacific hurricanes made landfall the same day (BBC News).

8 named storms in September nearly matches the 8.6

yearly average in the Atlantic region (1970 - 1994) with

one becoming a cat. 5 and two cat. 1s.

Oklahoma City's 24 hour rainfall record of 2.4 inches was

shattered with 6.3 inches falling on Sept. 10.



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National Climatic Data Center, October 16, 2007

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2007/sep/sep07.html