Made it back home to the states on Monday. Couldn't be happier how the weather turned out. It was cold and chilly Monday and was a bit of a shock to the system as my body tried to readjust but now definitely feel like I never left. I think I have enough heat for the summer, so hopefully we'll have days like today the rest of the summer. LOL.
I don’t see a way to avoid a record hot summer for the CONUS at this point. Believe me, I’ve looked. Probably a modern version of 1988 and/or 2010.
The PNW (probably?) escapes the first round of heat ridging that’ll blanket the lower-48 later this month. But it probably just expands further in Jul/Aug.