it's getting hot in here

from weather.com:

RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 600 AM EST MON JAN 01 2007

...WARMEST FINISH OF ANY YEAR IN BOSTON...

...WARMEST DECEMBER AND WARMEST NOVEMBER-DECEMBER COMBINATION RECORDED AT BOSTON/S LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER 2006 WAS 41.1 DEGREES IN BOSTON. THIS BEATS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 40.7 DEGREES SET IN 1990. THE NORMAL DECEMBER MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IS 34.8 DEGREES WITH A DECEMBER 2006 DEPARTURE OF +6.3 DEGREES.

IN ADDITION...THE COMBINED AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2006 WAS APPROXIMATELY 45.1 DEGREES. THIS BEATS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 44.6 DEGREES SET DURING THE COMBINED MONTHS OF NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 1990.

THERE WERE 19 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FROM DECEMBER 10TH THROUGH DECEMBER 28TH AND 24 DAYS ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES IN DECEMBER 2006.

OFFICIAL RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT SINCE 1872.

at a certain point a duck that looks like a duck and quacks like a duck is a platypus, or in this case, a duck. too tired to make sense right now. happy 2007. other than the above piece of news, it's shaping-up to be a really great year.