While doing a little research on the lack of rain we had this past summer and fall, I stumbled across some information on the Internet that I found to be interesting.

Did you know that Seymour holds two records when it comes to the hottest temperatures ever recorded in the state.

According to the Indiana State Climate Office at Purdue University, Seymour holds the highest temperature ever recorded in the state for both the months of June and August. Back in 1936, a really hot year, there were at least one day in each of those two months when the temperature reached 111 degrees.

By the way, those aren’t temperatures were not the highest ever recorded in the state. That honor goes to Collegeville where the temperature hit 116 in July of the same year. Collegeville is located in Jasper County in far northwestern Indiana.

For more, visit http://www.agry.purdue.edu/climate/facts.asp

For the record, the drought that plagued the county for most of the spring, summer and fall of 2007 is long gone. It began in late May and ended in early December.

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