We are in about the same place as you, only in southern Wisconsin. Mid to upper 90's forecast for all week. No rain in sight. Only a little over 1 inch of rain for the entire month of June. We have a sandy based soil, so everything is brown and crisp unless you are watering.

At 8 PM we have dropped to 88, but dew point is 72 so the heat index is still 94. I believe the high temp today was 95. Not sure what the heat index was then.

Ugh, awful here outside DC. We hit 104 on Friday, had storms (mostly lightning and wind with very little rain, alas) Friday night that knocked out power and felled trees all through the area and some are still without power. We have friends in Bethesda, Maryland who have been warned they may be without power for 5 more days. We were lucky-only lost power for 12 hours.

Hope others are faring well. 92 must seem terrible for you way up north there! Running through the sprinkler might help!

Our high was 108 today. It's horrible. I don't know about the other numbers.

Oh gadz....

I SO feel for those people out East/D.C.-area!!
Man...that weather is UGLY.
I'm hopin' power comes back much sooner than the estimates!!!

At least we've slipped to the mid-80's now!

Faron
(I'm gonna have to remember this weather when/if we hit MINUS 20 or so again!!!)

We broke a record yesterday at 105 - hottest day in my area since 1930's. Too hot, too early in the summer. Should be mid-90's by week's end.

We'll be at the lake some this week. Hope to hit a mountain area one day - picnic and just relax in the river or a stream. You can get shallow places where it's nice to put a lawn or beach chair.

Fortunately, while our humdity is up over the last few days, it's not as bad as it can get so that helps. A little. LOL

tina

We are we without power in the Washington DC area. The high today was 98 but the heat index was over 100 degrees. The storm was one of the scariest things I've been through, worse than Isabel and Irene. My whole family was in bed but I was up in anticipation of the storm, following it on the news as it advanced toward us. I had just walked into my bedroom to watch the news in bed as I waited, but before I set foot in bed, I heard a huge gust outside and promptly woke dh to suggest we get the kids to the basement. Seconds later as we left our bedroom, we heard a loud crash and glass shattering in our bedroom. We grabbed the kids and bolted downstairs. It passed by relatively quickly but our power had gone out just before the window shattered so we just slept in the basement where it was cooler. We discovered the next morning that a huge gum tree had snapped in half, landing on our swing set and lacrosse goal as well as a row of red tip shrubs. Thankfully, no one was hurt but there are shards of glass all over our bed, including dH's pillow.

Damage was severe all around our area and the majority of our local communities are without power. Thankfully, my parents have power though the houses directly across the street from them don't. We are staying here with them, along with my sisters family who had just arrived in town for a visit. My brother is also without power so his family is here too. 17 of us! We haven't been able to get any estimated forecast from the power company but news is reporting it might not be till the end of the week. With scorching temps and no running water (we are on well), we will have to stay here with my folks. We are blessed to have that option as many friends are in hotels or camping out at home. Our bedroom was 95 degrees when we went home today.

As much as it stinks to be stuck here, I feel so blessed that the tree fell the way it did, missing our house, except for one window. So many others were not so fortunate, with several lives lost due to falling trees.

This rash of severe weather across the country, fires, heavy rain, winds ,etc is scary.

Let me put it this way - our forest fire fighters are free to help out anywhere on the continent. They were in Colorado and aren't needed here - so far we have not had a summer. We're setting records all right - for low record June temp., lowest number of hours of sunshine for June, most rainfall for the month of June, etc. You get the idea. My shorts are still in my dresser. It's too bad we can't stir up the North American weather patterns and even this all out somehow.

We had rain/storm in the early morning hours. It's still wet outside and humidity was much lower this morning.

We should be outside enjoying it, but we're heading out shopping for some house projects LOL.

tina

Today is very hot but not so humid. The heat is bearable as long as the crushing humidity is gone. I may work in the garden a bit late -- at least in the shady areas. I have been watering a lot because of the heat. I really have to remember not to plant impatiens in pots that get sun next year.

Rainy & cool in NW Oregon. High today expected mid-70's, rest of the week will be sunny but still below 80. Humidity is bearable. I miss the DRY heat I had in LA & Vegas last week!

SE VA here and it's hot and humid...with bad storms Friday night and Saturday night. However, as odd as it might seem, it was wonderful on the golf course (just as hot and humid, but wonderful).

I traveled to Nashville this weekend for business, and it was an all-time record high on Friday at 109 degrees. Here in the Carolinas it wasn't much better.

My return flight was delayed 4 hours due to thunderstorms here. Luckily, no damage at our house or loss of power. I have a cyberfriend in Northern VA, she just contacted me that she lost power from Fri-Sun.

I feel so bad for you without power in this heat too.

Hot, hot and more hot in Northern Illinois again this week.
The storm hit us at 9:30 Friday night with no warning. I looked outside and the trees were sideways - the wind went from nothing to 50mph in about 30 seconds. Our power was out until about 2 a.m. A hot and sticky night without air or a fan. Driving to work the next day saw about 20 trees down throughout surrounding towns.

Stay safe and cool gw friends!

Gosh, I just heard on the news that our area is experiencing sone of the best weather in the USA. We have had a cooler than average summer here. Come visit me, hot ones!!

Sorry, but we have perfect low 80's and as always no humidity here in southern CA. Don't miss the snow or humidity of the northeast.

It's 9 pm, the temperature is 84 and the dewpoint is 73. The high today was, I think, about 92.

Had to ask my husband what this discussion was about, because I don't really understand other people being flabbergasted at the heat and humidity levels you all are discussing :). He used to travel to Colorado Springs with our son when they did the Jr. Olympics and he reminded me about things like leaving a wet washcloth out overnight and having it not only dry but crunchy dry next morning--single digit humidity just isn't something I've ever known or lived in for my whole life (born and raised in Ga, then been here in Miami since I was 18).

Hope you all get relief soon.

Ann

Yep. I regularly hang laundry outside to dry overnight. In the summer, clothes dry much faster outside than in my dryer.

Gadz again!!!

On the NWS colored Graphical map of temps, etc.....
We had an 8pm Monday dewpoint of 77!!!
According to that chart, it was the highest D-P in the whole upper midwest....uggghhh....

I think Fargo got to 96 "Officially" today.

I've linked this b4, but it's such a cool chart of various weather info.!
The color-shadings really help to visualize a regions' wind, temps, etc.

Faron

Here is a link that might be useful: NWS Graphical weather info...

A big storm blew thru our area, the meteorologists called it a "derecho". Blew down 3 trees, which squashed our camper, kayaks. One big tree broke the tops out of 4 other trees as it fell, smashed up our roof, siding and came to rest on our deck. It broke rafters and the deck railing and supports, warped everything and slightly pulled the deck away from the house. No power or water for 4 days. 100+ temperatures. It has been kind of exciting around here.

On the bright side, we were not home when the trees actually fell, so it didn't scare us. And everything is insured, so no troubles there. The only thing not insured was our small sailboat and the trunk of the tree missed it by 4 " ! No damage at all. Power and water restored this morning, not looking forward to dumping contents of refrig, though!

My husband and daughter baked me a birthday pineapple upside down cake with a cast iron Dutch oven and charcoal briquettes ; )

Neighbors and community all pulled together, out cutting up trees to open up roads and helping to clear up damage. Sharing ice and gasoline. Checking on each other. The way people are supposed to behave. ; )
Feling very grateful.

kiki: thankfully you are all ok. Can you repair the house or is it now structurally unsound.

It is definitely repairable ; )

you were lucky kiki. you must be somewhat near me in MD. we finally got power back Tuesday night. no big trees in our yard but some smaller branches crunched up the wires in the backyard. Lots of streets blocked for days because of downed wires. Glad we all are making it ok.