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.