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Which cities will be getting a White Christmas in 2009? Berlin? Bonn? Ottawa? Vienna? Bet365 allows you to bet on the weather with the bookmakers’ “Snow on Christmas” proposition bet.

Intertops is offering this prop bet until June 14th, which should provide an excellent opportunity to eliminate some possibilities for those with faith in patterns: Both summer heat waves became notable by mid-June. As July is Berlin (and Germany)’s hottest month traditionally by about 1.5⁰C over June and August. In Deutschland, a hot June often indicates hotter July.

The Met declared at year’s end 2008 that 2009 would be one of the five hottest summers ever (or at least since 1659, eh?) because the fortuitous activity of the tropical ocean phenomenon La Niña, which had kept temperatures down last year, would be changing.