Fantastic weather now, but heads up to this...

We've just had some incredible weather these last few days with the humidity being VERY low and temperatures getting stuck in the 70s for most areas. It's the kind of weather you might find in San Diego or LA, but Kansas in June? It's strange, but 70s in June aren't unheard of, especially when you are well above normal on rainfall. 

How common are 70s in June?

We did have a few years recently (2016-2017) where we didn't have any 70° weather in June. But when you look back over the last 5 or 6 years, you'll see we typically get a few. It's not usually cool enough to set very many records, but it sure feels weird. The reason we are seeing such cool air is because the northern Plains and northern Rockies have been extremely cool this spring, and we are feeling a small piece of it that has slipped farther south. 

Active weather about to unfold once again:

It's not the kind of news farmers will want to hear right now as wheat harvest is just weeks away. Harvest is no doubt late this year because of the cool, wet weather in May. And this outlook is a tough one to swallow as several waves of storms will be on the way for the next TWO weeks.

Here's what will happen - at the end of this week, we will see our winds aloft return from the west. Several small scale storms will approach and come right over the Rockies. This will likely favor evening and nighttime storms that roll off the higher elevations in Colorado and move east. Afternoon time periods should be free of storms, the overnight hours could be active. And this will be something we will have to deal with at least through the end of next week (so yes, all the way through June 22/23). 

Normally we see our severe chances drop off around the first day of summer, but this summer will likely be different. I'm expecting we will have more opportunities for hail and wind setting up as we head toward next week. 

End of June could have more breaks in the rain: 

I don't know that I would call it dry, but we should have some breaks in the rainfall at the end of the month.