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| A brief but beautiful downpour out on my deck in St. Albans, Vermont early this morning signals the end of that awful heat wave |
The temperature reached 96 degrees in Burlington Tuesday for the second day in a row. That was enough to break the record high for the date of 93, last set in 1975.
To sum up the records set in this heat wave:
1. Longest June heat wave on record (six days of 90+).
2. Tie for second longest heat wave on record.
3. Now part of a four way tie for the most consective days of at least 94 degrees (four of them).
4. A tie with 1949 for the most days of 90 degree weather in June (seven of 'em).
Mercifully, the chances of another 90 degree day this month seem low, but not zero. The next few days are going to be better than the last few, that's for sure.
A little bit of needed rain came with the arrival of somewhat cooler air this morning. Burlington had 0.21 inches of rain in just an hour dear;y today. That's really not much, but still makes this the "wettest" day in a very parched June, 2020.
We're now suddenly in a somewhat cooler weather pattern, though temperatures should stay near or even a wee bit warmer than normal over the next several days.
That means highs mostly in the 75 to 85 degree range through early next week. Some nights will drop into the 50s, giving us some decent sleeping weather for a change.
There's even hope that a storm system could give us a fairly decent shot of rain Saturday. That's not guaranteed yet, but it's reason for a little hope, anyway.
Of course, depending on how that Saturday system behaves and where it tracks, it also gives us a chance of severe storms. That prospect is even more uncertain than the chances of weekend rain, but it's something to watch.
Beyond early next week, the weather becomes really uncertain. It'll be a weird weather pattern, with early indication of another cut off low setting up near the Northeast, and a heat ridge to our northwest in Canada.
What that means for us: God only knows at this point.
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