Hot town summer in the city? Climate change all fake? A short temperature level and song analysis.

Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn’t it a pity?
Doesn’t seem to be a shadow in the city
All around, people looking half dead
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head (Source:

We write the year 1966 — Lovin’ Spoonful produce their hit song “Summer In The City” (July). The song is played over and over on the radios. The car windows are open, people smoke cigarettes, they throw the cigarette butts on the black, glowing asphalt. They live and do not care about the heat related to climate change.

Today, we write the year 2022 — Temperatures in July seem to have reached a current global peak. News and posts on social media shout out for the impact the climate change has on temperature levels. Would John and Mark Sebastian as well as Steve Boone write today a new song naming it “Hottest Summer In the City”? So, is it hotter today compared to July 1966?

With some small research we find some data we can compare. Et voilà here are the facts:

Temperature levels 1966 in New York City (Source: © WeatherSpark.com):

Temperature levels 2022 in New York City (Source: © WeatherSpark.com):

So what do we see? Yeah, it seems July 1966 had a temperature peak at over 100° F. A value we did not reach in New York in 2022 yet. So, it seems Lovin’ Spoonful had some super hot summer days while releasing their song. Hence, today we can not call it a “hotter” summer in the city. So why the shout out about climate change and heat?

Well this is not a climate change critic analysis. It is simply a comparison of two years with one relation only — a beautiful song. So if you look for critical content on climate change, this is not it, and if you believe something is off check look for mean levels or just do a detailed analysis on https://www.worldclim.org/.

In Love To The Lovin’ Spoonful.