Hot, Hot, Hot!
If you are like me, I am sure you have a Facebook account full of friends posting pictures of how hot it is… everywhere but here! Yes, its still been quite warm here, but our 100 yesterday and 99 today seem tolerable when considering much of the mid section of the country is pushing 100-109 the last few afternoons. A huge ridge of high pressure has been bringing extremely high temperatures, and mainly dry weather. Also, an abnormally dry and warm winter has left much of the Midwest with much drier soil, and adds to the heat. This is something we have learned a lot in the past few years, the dry years are the hottest ones. Even this year, when the rain stopped falling the temps started to climb. Luckily for everyone the ridge is going to start breaking down and shifting west. This should allow us to see more clouds and start to increase our rain chances later this weekend. By next week we might even get lucky enough to get a weak frontal boundary down here. This hopefully should give us a few days in a row of below normal temps, and much above normal rain chances.
Below is a map showing high temps across the eastern half of the nation today (click on the map for a larger image)
Below are climate state summaries from the National Weather Service from today.
:ID LOCATION HIGH LOW PCPN
**Illinois**
ORD : CHICAGO-O'HARE : 103 / 82 / 0.00
CGX : CHI-NORTHERLY ISLE : 95 / 83 /
MDW : CHICAGO-MIDWAY : 104 / 83 / 0.00
LOTI2: NWS ROMEOVILLE : 101 / 78 / 0.00
RFD : ROCKFORD : 104 / 77 / 0.00
DPA : DUPAGE AIRPORT : 100 / 78 / 0.00
UGN : WAUKEGAN : 100 / 80 / 0.00
ARR : AURORA AIRPORT : 100 / 74 / 0.00
PWK : WHEELING : 104 / 81 / 0.00
MLI : MOLINE : 100 / 72 / 0.00
BMI : BLOOMINGTON : 103 / 75 / 0.00
CMI : CHAMPAIGN : 100 / 71 / 0.00
DEC : DECATUR : 104 / 74 / 0.00
LWV : LAWRENCEVILLE : 105 / 76 / 0.00
ILX : NWS LINCOLN : 102 / 69 / 0.00
MTO : MATTOON : 103 / 67 / 0.00
PIA : PEORIA : 103 / 74 / 0.00
SPI : SPRINGFIELD : 104 / 73 / 0.00
CPS : CAHOKIA : 107 / 76 / 0.00
UIN : QUINCY : 105 / 78 / T
MDH : CARBONDALE : 107 / 74 / 0.00
**Indiana**
EVV : EVANSVILLE : 104 / 75 / 0.11 / M / M
FWA : FORT WAYNE AIRPOR : 101 / 72 / T / M / M
IND : INDIANAPOLIS : 105 / 77 / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0
SBN : SOUTH BEND : 102 / 77 / 0.00 / M / M
BMG : BLOOMINGTON : 104 / 69 / 0.00 / M / M
EYE : EAGLE CREEK ARPT : 102 / 76 / 0.00 / M / M
GSH : GOSHEN AIRPORT : 104 / 74 / 0.00 / M / M
HNB : HUNTINGBURG : M / M / M / M / M
LAF : LAFAYETTE : 102 / 72 / 0.00 / M / M
MIE : MUNCIE : 101 / 75 / 0.00 / M / M
GEZ : SHELBYVILLE : 105 / 73 / 0.00 / M / M
HUF : TERRE HAUTE : 106 / 75 / 0.00 / M / M
VPZ : VALPARAISO : 100 / 77 / 0.00 / M / M
**Missouri**
CGI : CAPE GIRARDEAU : 106 / 73 / 0.00 / /
CDJ : CHILLICOTHE : 102 / 71 / 0.00 / /
COU : COLUMBIA : 106 / 78 / 0.00 / /
FAM : FARMINGTON : 102 / 73 / 0.36 / /
JEF : JEFFERSON CITY : 105 / 76 / 0.00 / /
JLN : JOPLIN : 102 / 74 / 0.00 / /
MCI : KANSAS CITY INTL : 104 / 75 / 0.00 / /
MKC : KANSAS CITY DWTN : 105 / 81 / 0.00 / /
IRK : KIRKSVILLE : 103 / 69 / 0.00 / /
AIZ : OSAGE BEACH : 106 / 72 / 0.00 / /
POF : POPLAR BLUFF : 104 / 75 / T / /
UIN : QUINCY : 105 / 78 / T / /
STJ : ST. JOSEPH : 100 / 70 / 0.00 / /
DMO : SEDALIA : 106 / 77 / 0.00 / /
SUS : CHESTERFIELD : 107 / 75 / 0.00 / /
SGF : SPRINGFIELD : 103 / 72 / 0.00 / /
SET : ST CHARLES : 105 / 77 / 0.00 / /
STL : ST. LOUIS : 106 / 83 / 0.00 / /
VIH : ROLLA/VICHY : 102 / 74 / 0.00 / /
UNO : WEST PLAINS : 104 / 73 / 0.01 / /
**Texas**
:...NORTH TEXAS...
ABI : ABILENE : 98 / 73 / 0.00/
GKY : ARLINGTON : 98 / 73 / 0.00/
CRS : CORSICANA : 98 / 75 / 0.00/
DAL : DALLAS LOVE FIELD : 100 / 80 / 0.00/
DFW : DFW AIRPORT : 99 / 77 / 0.00/
DTO : DENTON : 99 / 73 / 0.00/
AFW : FORT WORTH ALLIANCE : 100 / 76 / 0.00/
FTW : FORT WORTH MEACHAM : 99 / 75 / 0.00/
GGG : LONGVIEW : 99 / 77 / 0.00/
LFK : LUFKIN : 97 / 74 / 0.28/
TKI : MCKINNEY : 99 / 72 / 0.00/
MWL : MINERAL WELLS : 99 / M / 0.00/
PRX : PARIS : 99 / 73 / 0.00/
TPL : TEMPLE : 99 / 73 / 0.00/
TRL : TERRELL : 99 / 74 / 0.00/
TYR : TYLER : 97 / 75 / 0.00/
ACT : WACO : 100 / 76 / 0.00/
SPS : WICHITA FALLS : 102 / 74 / 0.00/
:...WEST TEXAS...
AMA : AMARILLO : 95 / 67 / 0.00/
CDS : CHILDRESS : 100 / 72 / 0.00/
DHT : DALHART : 96 / 66 / 0.00/
6R6 : DRYDEN : 95 / 70 / 0.00/
ELP : EL PASO : 87 / 69 / 0.44/
FST : FORT STOCKTON : 93 / 72 / 0.00/
GDP : GUADALUPE PASS : 81 / 61 / 1.60/
LBB : LUBBOCK : 95 / 65 / 0.00/
MRF : MARFA : 81 / 63 / 0.00/
MAF : MIDLAND : 95 / 68 / 0.01/
ODO : ODESSA : 94 / 68 / 0.00/
PEQ : PECOS : 92 / 69 / 0.32/
SJT : SAN ANGELO : 99 / 69 / 0.00/
INK : WINK : 94 / 68 / T /
:...SOUTH TEXAS...
ALI : ALICE : 100 / 75 / 0.00/
ATT : AUSTIN MABRY : 99 / 75 / 0.00/
AUS : AUSTIN BERGSTROM : 97 / 71 / 0.00/
BPT : BEAUMONT : 93 / 73 / 0.01/
BRO : BROWNSVILLE : 93 / 76 / 0.00/
BMQ : BURNET : 98 / 74 / 0.00/
CLL : COLLEGE STATION : 98 / 73 / 0.00/
CXO : CONROE : 95 / 69 / 0.00/
CRP : CORPUS CHRISTI : 95 / 74 / 0.17/
NGP : NAVY CORPUS : 90 / 77 / 0.00/
COT : COTULLA : 101 / 74 / 0.00/
DRT : DEL RIO : 100 / 77 / 0.00/
GLS : GALVESTON : 91 / 81 / 0.00/
HRL : HARLINGEN : 98 / 74 / 0.00/
HDO : HONDO : 98 / 73 / 0.00/
HOU : HOUSTON HOBBY : 94 / 76 / 0.00/
IAH : HOUSTON BUSH : 95 / 74 / 0.00/
UTS : HUNTSVILLE : 98 / 75 / 0.00/
JCT : JUNCTION : 97 / 75 / 0.00/
NQI : KINGSVILLE : 99 / 73 / 0.00/
LRD : LAREDO : 103 / 78 / 0.00/
MFE : MCALLEN : 102 / 69 / 0.00/
BAZ : NEW BRAUNFELS : 96 / 73 / 0.00/
PSX : PALACIOS : 91 / 79 / 0.00/
LVJ : PEARLAND : 93 / 75 / 0.16/
RKP : ROCKPORT : 92 / 76 / 0.00/
SAT : SAN ANTONIO : 97 / 78 / 0.00/
SSF : SAN ANTONIO STINSON : 98 / 75 / 0.00/
HYI : SAN MARCOS : 97 / 73 / 0.00/
DWH : TOMBALL : 97 / 70 / 0.02/
VCT : VICTORIA : 96 / 72 / 0.00/
.OTHERS
SHV : SHREVEPORT : 101 / 73 / 0.17/
TXK : TEXARKANA : 102 / 78 / 0.00/














