As I wrote several months ago, the media did the same thing with the hot summer, arguing frequently that this recent hot dry summer proved a trend for extreme temperatures, drought, and forest fires.

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In the meantime, an exceptionally hot, dry summer has withered nearly three-quarters of this year's crops.

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Every year, the valley's winemakers await the long, hot, dry days of the southern hemisphere summer that increases the sugar content and intensifies the flavor of the grapes.

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Texas's summer has been unusually hot and dry, and punishingly so.

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