50th Ninety-Degree Plus Day

6:28 am in Climate by Ted Keller

With Monday’s high of 92, Springfield recorded the fiftieth high of ninety-degrees or higher this year! And more may be coming.

The table shows the 30 year normal number of days of 90 plus heat by month.

Month Normal # Days
Max ≥ 90°F
Actual 2010
June 6.1 11
July 16.5 17
August 14.8 22(30th)

We are still looking like summer (June-August) 2010 will rank in the top ten, somewhere around 6th hottest.