Temperature records tumble this morning in region - The Connecticut Post Online

New record lows for today's date -- July 14 -- were set this morning at Sikorsky Memorial Airport, Danbury Municipal Airport and at Westchester County Airport.

Between 5 and 6 a.m. at Sikorsky this morning, the mercury dipped to 57 degrees; the former record low for the date was 60, set in 2001.

At Danbury Municipal Airport this morning, the early morning low there was 48, breaking the record for July 14 of 51, set in 1999.

And at Westchester County Airport -- the closest official weather station to Stamford and Greenwich -- the mercury dipped to 55 degrees this morning, shattering the 49-year-old record low for July 14 of 63.

So far this year, there have been only 153 cooling degree days in Bridgeport; the normal for this date is 255. This is a measure of the amount of air conditioning demands.

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The low temperature this morning is expected to be near the record low temperature for the day: 49 degrees set in 1940.

Lower than normal temperatures have dominated the first 13 days of July, keeping swimmers out of area pools and forcing people to wear sweat shirts or jackets in the early morning and evening hours.

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Last night, in fact, weather forecasters were expecting low temperatures around 50 degrees, busting past the record low of 52 degrees set back in 1888, when weather forecasts depended more on barn-top vanes and aching body parts.

"The summer started out pretty close to normal," said Shawn Smith, a meteorologist with AccuWeather in State College. "But July has been averaging four degrees below normal."

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Arthur Wiegenfeld is an independent investor in New York City. He has training in physics, computer simulation, finance, and economics.