DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors Co in 2005 decided not to change an ignition switch eventually linked to the deaths of at least 13 people because it would have added about a dollar to the cost of each car, according to an internal GM document provided to U.S. congressional investigators.
During summertime, hot, muggy air masses from the Gulf of Mexico drift northward into Missouri, dominating the weather patterns. Daytime highs during the hottest months, July and August, average between 87 and 90 statewide. Luckily, cold fronts originating in Canada sometimes make their way through, particularly in the northwest, provides brief respites from the otherwise sultry, steamy atmosphere. Precipitation in summer varies.
Bats threatened by climate change, and may boost frog disease chytridiomycosis. BBC. Kansas climatic trends. Statewide average temperatures range from -1.6Â°C in January to 26Â°C in July (Figure 1). The statewide average annual temperature is 12.4Â°C. The lowest annual value was 11.0Â°C in 1912 whereas the warmest was 14.2Â°C in 1934. Precipitation ranges from 105 mm in June to 18 mm in January.