Is this Global Warming?

Finally, a cool day - the first one for the better part of a fortnight.  In fact, as I write this entry, it is actually raining.  Not much - very light - and won't last long, but it is an almost forgotten scenario this year.  With the exception of one day, we have only had 21mm since January 1st (16mm on the 31st, January, so obvioulsy very little on the other 71 days.

To demonstrate just how dry and hot March has been, below is a table showing the daily maximum temperatures (no point in including rainfall as this has been zero every day)

Friday	March 1st	24.8°C	76.6°F
Saturday	March 2nd	30.5°C	86.9°F
Sunday	March 3rd	31.9°C	89.4°F
Monday	March 4th	36.9°C	98.4°F
Tuesday	March 5th	39.9°C	103.8°F
Wednesday	March 6th	38.0°C	100.4°F
Thursday	March 7th	35.8°C	96.4°F
Friday	March 8th	40.6°C	105.1°F
Saturday	March 9th	37.7°C	99.9°F
Sunday	March 10th	31.4°C	88.5°F
Monday	March 11th	39.6°C	103.3°F
Tuesday	March 12th	40.3°C	104.5°F
Wednesday	March 13th	29.0°C	84.7°F

On the old scale (or, the way those backward Americans express temperature  - °F) that is five days in excess of 100°F and that's not even including a 99.9°F and two others in excess of 98°F.  Whew, that must have been why it's seemed so damn hot.  Can't wait for our next power bill, should be a doozy given the number of hours the air conditioner has been running; which reminds me, time to clean the filters!

Certainly the hottest and dryest spell since I started monitoring the weather here.  Mayber, we'll get the mother of all winters to make up for it.