August outlook

Heading into August and the weather has been dry for most of the Plains (but not all for sure). The turn around from very wet to almost nothing in the last 35-40 days has been pretty remarkable, but something most of us were afraid might happen. And after the 4 day heat wave of from two weeks ago, grass and crops are showing the stress.

Look at the number of 90° days since the beginning of June. It's not even close to what we had at this point last year. We've still had some uncomfortable days with the high humidity, but it could be so much hotter. Summer isn't over yet, of course, and August can be a hot month. Which leads me to my forecast.

Here's what is happening right now:

August will start hot, as you've probably gathered from looking at the 7 or 10 day forecast. But a shift in the pattern is coming next week and we think that's going to give our area another cool down. It may NOT be as cool as the weather we saw last week, but I do expect us to get some 80s back (if even for only 3 or 4 days) 

Temperatures aren't going to be that extreme - so we could have a decent stretch of weather throughout much of August. I DO expect things to warm up a bit heading into the second half of the month, but it should not be 100s.

Rainfall - Such a strange position we are in right now given that we haven't had anything widespread in quite awhile. I expect August will have near normal rains (certainly looking like more rain than we had in July) It's looking like we will have more chances in the coming weeks.

If we add in the first 10 days of August, there's a good chance most of the region will get some rain. It might not be the amount you are hoping for, but we at least we have something to look at moving forward.

Have a great day. Thanks for spending a few minutes reading the blog.