People's expectations are also too high. I think our average is still below 80F. We shouldn't be seeing 90+ daily weather. In fact we're averaging AN after first 8 days of June.
There's a large area of below normal SSTs east of us into SE Canada while drought conditions are present in the plains and western regions.
I wonder if modeled heat waves in the LR will keep getting muted for our region because of this.
I never understood the unofficial start to summer for beaches in late May. Water is still very cold and temps can be very chilly too with any east wind.
To me the 4th of July weekend is the real start to summer.
Spring has been well above normal thus far. CC can cause cutoff lows due to the anomalous blocking. The rest of the country is torching. We're the island in the ocean of warmth.