Despite the heat of late in the Northern Plains, temperatures this month have been running near normal and with cooler weather now pushing down from Canada, July is likely to stay near normal if not slightly below. However, the west of Texas extending into New Mexico with the bulls eye reaching south-central Colorado, it’s been a hot month across the South and the positive anomaly is growing in the Northeast along with the drought.

While some continue to warm, the Pacific Northwest continues to cool and this could fall within a top 10, even 5 cold July.

Another hot, hazy, humid day in the East and South yesterday but as well as the heat, it turned stormy!

Greater New York City

The storms which rattling Chicago Sunday crossed the Northeast yesterday.

Great lightning shot overlooking Lower Manhattan from Jersey City yesterday.

Up to 90,000 lightning strikes with the storms pushing through the Northeast.

The heat has been relentless across the South.

It’s only 10.30am and Washington is already feeling like 96 degrees! That’s after it’s first 100 since 2012 yesterday.

While you’d expect cooling relief in the wake of yesterday’s storms, well there is non I’m afraid.

The Central US does catch a break however!

Part of the reason for the heat relief in the Central states is because the ridge and heat is rebuilding Out West again.

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