The BBQ Index

Those of you who live in the Pacific Northwest know it's been an abnormally cold spring. To confirm what we already know, this morning on KUOW's Weekday program I heard about the BBQ index. A man who studies weather trends at the UW put together some fascinating data and found that yes, indeed, we have had the coldest first week of June in 117 years! His BBQ index looks at the high temperatures from March 11, which is when he says spring starts in our area, to June 10. He looks at the number of days that are above 60, the temperature he says most people are comfortable being outside doing fun things like BBQs. This year we have had a whopping 23 days with highs over 60! Compare that to years like 1992 which had 62 days! He said that this year's BBQ index is the worst it's been since 1917. Last year we had 48 days. Here's a link to the story for all you weather geeks (like me!)

http://www.komonews.com/weather/blog/19716809.html