Monday Will Be Another Hot One, But Just How Hot Have We Been This Summer?

Today will be much like yesterday. Hot, with a chance for a scattered shower/thunderstorm. Temperatures will reach 90 degrees once again. Today will not be quite as bad as yesterday, but with the humidity temperatures will still feel like anywhere from 95 to 100 degrees. The rest of this week looks hot, but a bit more manageable with highs mainly in the upper 80s. The image below is the HIRES NAM model's forecast high temps for the day.

Like I said, highs will be right around 90 degrees, but the humidity is what is going to make it feel even hotter. Unfortunately, here in the Lower Susquehanna Valley, whenever it gets really hot, the humidity also increases. Not often do we see hot temperatures with low humidity. One of many reasons I prefer the Fall over Summer. Anyways here is the same model's relative humidity forecast. Most of Dauphin County is around 60% relative humidity which is not terrible, but with temps around 90 degrees, this would mean we would have to add another 5-10 degrees which can be a bit on the dangerous side.

With all the talk on how hot it has been the past couple days, just how hot have we been this Summer? Thanks to a rather cool start we are right around an average Summer in terms of temperatures which is not uncommon during strong El Nino ENSO events. (Different story for a different day, but the strong El Nino will be a huge driving force during this Winter, but too early obviously for specific details). Here is an anomaly map so far of this Summer's temperatures. And yes, in the meteorology field we are a little past the half way point. Meteorological Summer begins June 1st and lasts until September 1st for those that do not know.

My question for you all is, do you prefer these hot temps the past couple days or would you rather have temps in the upper 70s/low 80s?

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