The last two years I have had the heat on June 1st or later. That is a month or more later than usual. Today is November 2nd and the air conditioner is running as I type this and has been for at least the last week. And it has not rained at my house in over two months. I have to water the flowers and bushes every two days or they die. We had this problem a few years ago during summer and we even lost some old trees. I am afraid that is going to happen again this year. Global warming? Geeez - this is just really strange weather.