1.   Record high temperatures were recorded in northern Australia in March.

2.   And record cold temperatures in parts of the eastern U.S. last weekend and early this week may have boosted demand enough to prompt another drop in stockpiles.

3.   As a result, record high temperatures will likely be broken in a few places.

4.   A few all-time record high temperatures for the month of May are possible, especially in the Middle Atlantic states.

5.   A dropsonde is a tube about two feet long jammed with sensitive weather monitoring instruments that record temperature, pressure, humidity and other vital information.

6.   A heat wave has made the infected waters particularly dangerous, as Muscovites have sought relief from record temperatures by bathing at dozens of spots along the riverbank.

7.   After several record high temperatures were set in Texas on Wednesday, cooler air will arrive Thursday, though it will still be rather warm.

8.   But record temperatures in much of the nation this summer have been highs, not lows.

9.   But that small drop was accompanied by record low temperatures that effectively aborted summer in much of the northeastern United States and Upper Midwest.

10.   Crops and livestock across the Southeast were devastated last summer by record temperatures and a relentless drought.