Ohio.com - Summer weather stats are chilling

July is not yet over, but the average daily temperature at Akron-Canton Airport could be a record low, depending on what happens the rest of the month.

Through Thursday, the area's average daily temperature is 67.2 degrees, 4.5 degrees below normal.

The coldest July on record in the Akron-Canton area via daily average temperatures was 1904 with 67.6 degrees. Second coldest was 2000 with a 67.8 degrees.

Record lows, global cooling across U.S. (OneNewsNow.com)

Marc Morano with ClimateDepot.com says all across America, record low temperatures have been broken throughout the summer. He blames that on a recent trend of global cooling that has been in place for more than seven years.

"The reason Climate Depot is covering this is because every heat wave, every extreme storm, everything the media tries to promote when it's the other way -- every hurricane, every drought, flood...they always blame everything on global warming," he notes. "So, all we are merely doing is pointing out some of the dramatic record low temperatures -- dramatic to the point where some meteorologists have dubbed 2009 the year without a summer."

The good old summertime? Ah, yes, I remember it well... The Republican-American

You could ask Al Gore, but meteorologist Jacquemin believes our current weather cycle is caused by an absence of solar activity that affects our weather-carrying jet stream. The notion that our weather cools down when sun spots disappear and warms up when they reappear over an 11-year cycle is gaining credence with many scientists, and is complicating the whole controversy over global warming.

"We're at the bottom of that cycle now," Jacquemin said. But we're getting off easy: During an extended period of no sunspot activity in the late 17th century, Europe got hit by what is now known as "The Little Ice Age," when crops failed to grow and thousands starved to death.

By the way, the Danbury-based weatherman says there's no such thing as a reliable "extended outlook." Weather patterns elude long-term predictions, from week to week, region to region, he said.

Brisk July portends frigid, snowy winter, experts say - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Meteorologists at AccuWeather have a name for 2009: "Year Without True Summer." The worst part? It could lead to the truest of winters.

July's below-average temperatures could mean heavy snowfalls and bitter cold this winter along the Eastern Seaboard, according to the State College-based service and its chief meteorologist, Joe Bastardi.