Since 1936-- the 84 dewpoint that was recorded in between hours/ metars/ (that is where the work is done) is from my research the new record. Old record was 82 in 2001.

Today felt cool compared to Sundays horrific heat n humidity! Mby had 2 thundershowers with .19" which kept the numbers down slightly. Temp 94.6 Dewpoint 84.0 Heat index 121.0 Its unbelievable to say but it felt better than Sunday!

This is a hell of a density of severe reports from around Chicago to Cincinnati. This narrow corridor is responsible for well over 200 reports

Still think it’s too far to be sure, particularly west of the Cascades. Running +1.7 for July, so while it’s by no means an extremely warm month, it is another summer month that’s fairly warmer than average for my area.