A high of 124 degrees was reached at Death Valley, CA Saturday which made for the hottest of the year for the United States. Meanwhile, blistering triple digits weren’t solely confined to the deserts of the Southwest but extended all the way to eastern Washington where temps reached an impressive 111 degrees at Pasco, an all-time June record here.

Yesterday’s national highs. Note the contrast between Northwest and Northeast! 20 above to nearly 20 below normal!

Today is no better throughout the Northeast with 50s and 60s as of early afternoon…

Boston was stuck at a chilly 59 degrees at 2pm. Normal high by now is 79!

In DC, 2.75 inches of rain fell yesterday which was a record and also takes the city to 2nd place for wettest June on record.

Rainfall totals in the last 3 days.

Impressive flooding in Essex, Maryland yesterday.

Yesterday saw multiple all-time June record highs tumble to the east of the Cascades.

Today is no cooler.

Staying hot into the upcoming week.

Drought conditions certainly helping out with the hot surface temps.

The Southeast is feeling the relief from the recent passage of the cold front associated with the low over Ohio which produced 55 mph winds on Lake Erie and the flooding rains to the SE.

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As we go forward, expect it to rain a lot over the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys and cooler than normal conditions to dominate.

QPF 10-day rainfall.

The rule of where dry it wants to stay warm and where wet it remains cool is very much applicable to the upcoming 15 day period.

EPS control 5-day mean 2m temperature anomalies.

See video for the discussion.

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