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Late June/Early July Extreme Heat Episode


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I have been saying the EXACT same thing here!!! True, DTW is way more urbanized (though still suburban) than it was 20 years ago, and DET is much less urbanized....likewise...true there is some downsloping that is said to occur between Ypsilanti and DTW. That said, the rate at which DTW beats DET is WAY more frequent than I ever remember it, and it seemed to have come out of nowhere in recent months (DET has always had the marine influence btw).

DET and DTW both ended up with same average temp last month (72.3)

http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KDET/2012/6/2/MonthlyHistory.html#calendar

I do think though that any sort of "bump" in temps at DTW has been built into the climate normals. Take for example FNT and DTW last month.

FNT was 69.2 or + 2.7

DTW was 72.3 or + 2.9

Detroit has been a good 3 degrees warmer than Flint on average everyday last month, but in the end both sites still had the same temperature anomalies, which is what should happen in a region. If you've got city A and nearby city B having huge variations in their temp anomalies, then there's concern for tainted temperatures.

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It's gonna be interesting to watch the temps in the coming days. The ridge will be centered farther north than what we've seen, which would suggest that the highest temps should be north but the drought is much worse farther south.

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It's gonna be interesting to watch the temps in the coming days. The ridge will be centered farther north than what we've seen, which would suggest that the highest temps should be north but the drought is much worse farther south.

I foresee the potential for some insane heat index readings in nrn IL/nrn IN this week, especially for the I-88 and I-80 corridors with all the precip since the end of last week.

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Still 81 here after midnight, which is pretty damn warm for being out in the sticks.

Regarding thermometer sensors I know my Davis runs at least 1-2 degrees too hot on days when it's really hot and there's little or no wind. Even though the thermometer shelter housing is well ventilated, on calm days there's no question the temp is a degree or two too warm in the middle of the day. They sell aspirators for sensor equipment but I haven't got that fancy yet lol. I can live with a degree or two on the days that are calm/near calm.

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ORD is simply running hot. Probably a sensor miscalibration.

It's the construction in the area. The sensor was swapped out last week just in case, but it was dead on with the sling psychrometer reading, and the new one was too. If it continues to run hotter than mdw in general (about 2f warmer than mdw with max T since at least May) it's definitely because of the construction and unfortunately there's nothing that can be done about it. It's really too bad back in 1980 that the observations were shifted from mdw to ord because mdw is more representative of Chicago than ord.

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It's the construction in the area. The sensor was swapped out last week just in case, but it was dead on with the sling psychrometer reading, and the new one was too. If it continues to run hotter than mdw in general (about 2f warmer than mdw with max T since at least May) it's definitely because of the construction and unfortunately there's nothing that can be done about it. It's really too bad back in 1980 that the observations were shifted from mdw to ord because mdw is more representative of Chicago than ord.

Haha don't get me started on that rant...

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Haha don't get me started on that rant...

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lot/?n=history

The distance isn't listed but even the moves that have taken place since the site has been ORD have been at least a few miles each. The Chicago climate record is pretty terribly compromised already. Now interestingly because of the construction, the average high temps at ord make it seem even more urban than mdw and the ho83 at northerly island. Until last Thurs, ORD was regularly seeing warmer highs than cgx, even on non lake breeze days.

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Hopefully after this morning convection moves out, temps can take off and hit at least 90, to keep the streak alive before the next round develops.

Move to Florida if that's what you want lol

79 °F with all sorts of convective debris and outflow around, it could still hit 100 if things clear out fast enough, but if this persists for a few hours then prob not.

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Move to Florida if that's what you want lol

79 °F with all sorts of convective debris and outflow around, it could still hit 100 if things clear out fast enough, but if this persists for a few hours then prob not.

Turtle, did you see MSN's point for Thursday? 104F, how often do you hit that in Florida?

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Daily records for Indianapolis through the weekend...

July 3: 100º in 1911

July 4: 103º in 1911

July 5: 99º in 1936

July 6: 99º in 1988

July 7: 101º in 1936

July 8: 104º in 1936

Same for Evansville...

July 3: 101º in 1911

July 4: 101º in 1921

July 5: 99º in 1953

July 6: 99º in 1921 and 1930

July 7: 106º in 1936

July 8: 103º in 1936

Fort Wayne's records...

July 3: 99º in 1911 and 1955

July 4: 101º in 1955

July 5: 99º in 1988

July 6: 99º in 1988

July 7: 102º in 1988

July 8: 104º in 1936

And finally, South Bend...

July 3: 98º in 1897

July 4: 99º in 1911 and 1921

July 5: 100º in 1911

July 6: 100º in 1911 and 1988

July 7: 102º in 1936

July 8: 106º in 1936

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Wisconsin-

You don't hit that in Florida, maybe north Florida far away from the ocean...

Anyone see this? I guess the heat caused the pavement to buckle in Eau Claire, WI

wow, that is crazy, this thing should go viral..

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