Wednesday is just about in the books, and it was another day of bright beautiful blue skies. It was warm, but not all that hot. Today's high of 87 degrees was just a couple of degrees above average. Statistically we are now in the hottest part of the year. The normal high temperature from now through the first week of August will stand at 84 degrees, and then start to slowly receded again as we move through the second half of the season of summer. This is also the time when the hottest temperatures, the all-time records have been established. The hottest that it has ever been in Spokane is 108 degrees, which was recorded twice, July 26th of 1928 and August 4th in 1961. The longest period of daylight, and the highest midday sun angles occur in late June, with the summer solstice, but there is about a month lag time in terms of the highest average temperatures and the all-time record heat for most parts of the country.
True to form, the weather will be heating up this weekend. We will see sunny skies and temperatures reaching into the mid 80s tomorrow and Friday. Beginning Saturday we should be into the low 90s, and then the mid 90s Sunday and Monday. All of this will be under continued daytime sunshine, followed by clear and mild nights. So far this summer we have not had to turn on the air conditioner, and we hope to keep it that way for the rest of the season...we shall see!
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