Where's the heat?

[Shane Adams]

We southerners feel the same way about heat as you northerners do about cold. It's weird to me to see a thread where people are actually wanting hot weather. Believe me, you can have all of it you want, in fact I'd just as soon it pass right over us and land in your backyards

Heat down here is just like cold up there; it's fun for a few days or even a few weeks, but when you deal with it for months at a time, it becomes miserable.

 

[Cris Schroeder]

It's been another cool, wet spring and early summer around here so far. We've had some days over 90 which is par for the course, but low- to mid-80's on July 3rd is amazing. If the forecast holds, we won't hit 90 on the 4th of July which is a first in my memory.

 

[Joel Wright]

I think a lot of us feel that a summer just isn't a summer without some good ol' fashioned, intense summertime heat! I know just from talking with people that it's hard to believe it's July already. It seems much earlier than it should because we haven't experienced the sweltering yet. Weird how that happens.

I'm sure not everyone feels like I do, but a lot of us here in the midwest look forward to the intense heat of summer every winter as we shovel our sidewalks and driveways over and over.

 

[John Wetter]

Iowa/Minnesota and the Dakotas are definitely behind this year. Here in MN the corn is just barely knee high and much shorter in some areas. We'd expect it to be about thigh high by now. Also lacking has been the hot days with the big MCS coming through at night. MSP has only had one 90 degree day so far. We also haven't had the warm front setups for severe weather that we're used to up here. Just a different year so far.