I thought August was supposed to be hot

When I was growing up, it always seemed that August was the hotest month of the summer.  Remember the line "the dog days of August?" Seems that July is in the race this year. Yesterday (Thursday, 7/21) we topped out at 97 at the Weather Center. Cleveland Hopkins tied their record set in 1952 with a 97.  Toledo blew their record out of the water.  The old high was 99 in 1930.  They beat it by three maxing out at 102 degrees.

For us, the worst of the heat is over for now.  We are still going to be well above normal and the mercury will still flirt with 90 from time to time, but the 95+ temperatures have left the building, hopefully for the remainder of the summer.

This weekend is going to be warm...around 90 both days...but, then will we cool down a tad into the mid 80s for a few days.  It does look like another mass of hot air will push through the area late next week and into the weekend, but it will not be as prolonged or as hot as this one was...just lower 90s. (Actually, I'm waiting for nighttime lows to drop back into the lower 60s and upper 50s. That's makes for a very pleasant morning.)

Anyhow, enjoy what's left of July.  The outlook for August is for normal temperatures, so there is some relief coming down the pike about the second week of the month.