High Humidity Marks Summer’s Second Heat Wave
The dewpoint on Saturday measured 78.6 degrees late in the morning, which is the highest measured so far this year. With the temperature around 85 degrees at the time, the heat index felt like it was 95. By 2 PM, the temperature had risen to 92, and with the dew point still at 76, the heat index stood at 104.
That’s still not the highest heat index for the year, which was 106 on July 27th. On that day, we had the warmest temperature of the year, at 97, however the humidity was lower.
Look for one more day of unpleasantly hot and humid weather on Sunday before things begin to back off a bit going into the latter part of the week. While the cold front that could have brought a taste of fall will stay to our north, we’ll enjoy a few days with highs in the mid 80s.
The forecast for next weekend and into the beginning of the last week of August is for a chance of cooler than normal temperatures, and below normal precipitation. An extended forecast into Labor Day weekend calls for slightly above-normal temperatures, but still below normal rainfall.
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