Ah...relief!

Hot is nice in the summer, but too much of a good thing is...well...too much. I'm glad we finally got some cooler air to move into the region. Daytime highs the first part of the week will be in the lower 80s and that's gonna feel downright good.

We did bust a few official records this past week at the Akron/Canton NWS office. The hottest was Saturday when the mercury hit 101 degrees breaking an old record set in 1988. Here at the Weather Center in Streetsboro we only made it up to 99 degrees (sad face).  We could have cracked 100, but a thunderstorm moved through mid-afternoon and in a matter of minutes dropped the mercury from the upper 90s to near 80.

At any rate, the 10 day heat wave is gone...at least for this week.  We could see a return next week (the week of July 15th), so don't get too comfortable just yet.

Here are the daytime highs for the recent heat wave:

Date - NWS Akron/Canton - WSTB Weather Center

Thursday, June 28 - 95 / 95

Friday, June 29 - 96 / 95

Saturday, June 30 - 90 / 91

Sunday, July 1 - 94 / 93

Monday, July 2 - 92 / 92

Tuesday, July 3 - 85 / 83

Wednesday, July 4 - 96 / 96

Thursday, July 5 - 90 / 88

Friday, July 6 - 99 / 97

Saturday, July 7 - 101 / 99