2025 In The U.S. Is Running Cool; Perth Chills, Sydney Shivers; + Bioethicists Propose Infecting You With Meat-Allergy Ticks

The real disease is the ideology — it's sick.

2025 In The U.S. Is Running Cool

So far this year, the percentage of U.S. days above 90F (32.2C) is the 26th lowest on record since 1895. That’s according to NOAA’s own Historical Climatology Network data, covering January through July.

As discussed previously: unlike homogenized “average temperature” products—routinely adjusted, infilled, and re-baselined—hot-day counts are binary: a thermometer either hit 90F or it didn’t. This makes them far harder to manipulate. Yes, individual readings can still be nudged upward, and the Urban Heat Island effect remains unaddressed — however, since UHI raises nighttime lows more than daytime highs, its impact here is also limited.

The graph tells the story: the peak of extreme-heat days came during the 1930s, with 1934 standing out at 18.3%—a number untouched in the modern “hottest years ever” era. In fact, today’s figure sits well below the long-term average of 11.5%.

It’s hard to spin this: despite the rhetoric, Americans are seeing fewer extreme-heat days than many times in the past century.

Perth’s Frost, Sydney Shivers

A barrage of cold fronts have tore through Australia in recent weeks, dragging temperatures to levels not seen in years