it's a scorcher

[Doug Henwood]

>From the U.S. National Climatic Data Center:

"August of 1998 continued the unprecedented string of record breaking
temperatures. Each month this year has set new all-time record global
near-surface temperatures."

For the full story, see
<http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/climate/research/1998/aug/aug98.html>.

Doug