Lucky you. We've been there already this year - several days. Guess I'll give up on my dream of moving to Wisconsin for cooler weather. :)

Dave

Good thing all my Fall brassicas have germinated and are in the seedling stage, at least anything I need to plant until it is time to harvest onions and garlic. These ten days of cool weather (65F was the high today), with rain, really helped. I say bring it on. Thanks for the heads up.

It's only supposed to be one day of extreme weather, here at least.

I'm lucky here in No CA, if we get to 100* it's usually only for a day or 2 . Just had that last week. NASTY heat!
Then our lovely fog rolls back in! We're back into the high70s-low 80s! Ahhhhhh Perfect! Nancy

ltilton-
Yeah..it looks progressive. No more then a day or two.

My broccoli have all had hollow cores. I'm thinking it was the extreme heat earlier this June and not Boron or some other nutrient because the Graffiti I've harvested have had no hollow cores. I've also had some flower very quickly after forming heads.

The upper-air pattern is not favorable for stability, more like early June pattern. Lot of heat at once, but not persistent.

Dan

Wheee! I have forecast highs of 100F beginning about July 3. Have not reached 100F yet this year. Last year, my daily high temp. hit 100F about 6-15, and daily highs stayed at 100F or higher until about 9-15. May have had a day or two with highs of 99F, but the rest were 100F+.

It was hot last year on the 4th of July weekend here, but the humidity was tolerable and the breeze was up. Nice beach weather -- I spent 3 days deep cleaning my workshop building after a squirrel had some how gotten in there and nested over the winter. Yucky. Maybe this year will be the same weather, less squirrel poo for me.

When I check the weather for my town (an hr east of Mpls), it is saying a high of 89 June 30th, but only high 70's/low 80's every other day through July 8th.

That sounds good to me! I am sick of the cold rainy weather I have been having. I still dont have any tomatoes setting fruit. I have had enough lettuce - give me pepper and eggplant weather!

La Crosse NWS showing 98F for a high tomorrow. Whole area is under a heat advisory. Minneapolis is under a excessive heat warning. Today/Sat look around 90F.

I pulled all my cole crops. Everything is in the compost bin. Next year I need to make some changes.

119 possible for Phoenix on Saturday.

I'll be cutting lettuce today, what hasn't bolted already.

No use pulling stuff - not going to be planting anything more in this weather.

119F? I can't imagine how anything can grow in that weather... I know I've had the greenhouse up to around that number (forgot to open it up) and my plants did not like it.

It's not easy. I have shade over the tomatoes. Let down on watering schedule for even half a day and some things die, just because the roots cook to death.
Okra. Corn and squash seem happy. Oh, and the red rippers and yard longs.

88F at 9:53AM... Showing 103F today... This weather blows. We go from wearing pants and sweatshirts to heat exhaustion.. .My melon plants are loving it.

Wow, 103, really? That is getting up there. Hottest I ever experienced was 105 in July of 2005, and that day was capped off with giant hail that ended up costing my insurance company about $30,000 in new roofs and siding. As luck with have it, all of the cars were either in the garage or not at home when it happened.

This surge of heat should move your way... The lakes do a nice job of protecting you to some extent i'm sure. I'd like to be up in Duluth on a day like today... Amazing variety of weather in this part of the country.

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Cole crops did horrible for me, even starting in April. I need a very short season cauliflower...Graffiti did great, but everything else was a turd. I harvested 1 cheddar, although the head was on the small side. I'll try again, but will limit myself to 10 plants (vs 40 this year!).

Yes, storms and clouds over Lake Michigan may keep this from building up so high, near Chicago.

It is supposed to be in the upper-80's the next couple of days, but after that, weather.com has us in the lower 80's with lows in the low-to-mid 60's the rest of the week. YEEHAW!!!!! Maybe then I'll be able to measure corn growth by inches instead of centimeters. My Savoy cabbages are very slow in heading up; I'm so afraid they're going to bolt before they make. Fingers are crossed!

Whew! We just had one heck of a storm here. Came right off Lake Michigan by the looks of it. Had to run to the car, and I am SOAKED. Hail in the town beside us too. I'm afraid between the wind gusts and the upcoming heat, by broccoli is done for. It's just starting to head, too.

I'm glad I didn't pull anything and now wish I hadn't harvested quite so much lettuce on the forecast.