<p>The Class of 2010 has the distinction of enduring the hottest Indoc since the founding of the US Merchant Marine Academy in 1943.</p>
<p>USA TODAY reported that 2006 was the hottest summer in 70 years. It was the 2nd hottest summer since the government started tracking nationwide temperatures in 1895. The hottest summer in 1936 was only .23 dgrees hotter than 2006.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/2006-09-13-hottest-summer_x.htm[/url]”>http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/2006-09-13-hottest-summer_x.htm</a></p>
<p>Also, 2006 was the 2nd hottest July on record according to the National Climatic Data Center.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2006/jul/jul06.html[/url]”>http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2006/jul/jul06.html</a>
<a href=“http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2006/aug/aug06.html[/url]”>http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2006/aug/aug06.html</a> </p>
<p>Good job completing a very hot Indoc Class of 2010. Thank goodness for the cooler weather we’ve had recently.</p>