Jim McKenney wrote: > Something's fishy there, Diane. 17C = about 62F; is there anywhere on earth > (outside of areas with geothermal influence) where the temperature does not > occasionally drop below that? > > Some places, especially near the equator and near the coast, don't ever get that cold. For example, I just looked up Singapore and Georgetown, Guyana and neither has ever dropped that low. --Lee Poulsen Pasadena, California, USA - USDA Zone 10a