PRINTIt figures: You can count on Columbia summers
June 24, 2009 | 10:00 a.m. CST
Now is the time for air conditioning and ice cream eating. Vox can’t reduce the humidity, but we can offer you a few interesting figures that define Columbia summers.
106 degrees — Temperature at which folks were sweltering on June 19, 1936, the record high for the month of June.
40 degrees — The lowest temperature for June. June 5, 1993, had Columbians hugging their fleece blankets instead of sweating.
24 — Sparky’s Homemade Ice Cream flavors. The newest variety is a root beer and Uprise Bakery peanut butter cookie dough.
$2,000 — How much it costs Ragtag monthly to keep their cinema a cool sanctuary for the air-conditioning deprived.
67 — Parks and trails in town for you to get your picnic on.
$58,254 — The cost to repair Columbia’s outdoor trails after last year’s flooding damage.
89 — Days left of summer, officially, before fall arrives. Don’t waste them on your couch.
$19 — Price of the cheapest inflatable pool available at Wal-Mart. You should probably also invest in duct tape before diving in.
338 — More students enrolled at MU than last summer. This explains why it’s still a challenge to find a good parking spot downtown.
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