The heat wave that has shrouded Kansas in triple-digit temperatures for the past couple of days is showing no signs of letting up — especially in the eastern part of the state.

The National Weather Service in Wichita said Salina recorded the state’s highest temperature this week at 106 degrees Monday. Most parts of the state have had temperatures ranging from 100 to 103, NWS meteorologist Chris Jakub said Tuesday. The state’s high temperature Tuesday was 105 in Salina.

Thunderstorms in western Kansas on Monday made conditions even hotter for some, sparking wildfires in Ellis, Trego and Russell counties. More storms were in the forecast for Tuesday, some possibly bringing damaging hail and wind, the weather service said.

The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for Tuesday in extreme eastern Kansas. A heat advisory is issued when the heat index — a combination of temperature, humidity and dew point — hits 105 degrees.

The heat and lack of significant rainfall over much of the state have created extremely dry conditions — so dry that even rain-producing storms are a fire hazard.

Ellis County Fire Chief Dick Klaus said lightning from a line of storms that swept through Monday afternoon sparked several grass fires, including one that consumed 90 acres.

Sustained temperatures in the upper 90s and into the triple digits can be dangerous, even deadly. But Sharon Watson of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said there had been no reported casualties during the current stretch of high temperatures.

“There have been two deaths in the state this year because of the heat,” Watson said. “But those were in July. As for heat-related illnesses, it’s hard to get data on that because it’s not a reportable disease.”

Tim Burke, a meteorologist in the Dodge City weather service office, said temperatures in southwest Kansas are expected to “ease back into the 90s” after Tuesday. He said strong storms with damaging hail were possible Tuesday in parts of western Kansas, but they weren’t organized or expected to last long.

Randy Coleman, a meteorologist in Goodland, said the average temperature for this time of year was 87 degrees.

“We’re above average, and that should continue for the next 10 days,” he said. “We don’t have the 80s anywhere in our eight-day forecast.”

The Kansas Department of Agriculture said 98 percent of the state was classified as being in some level of drought. Farmers and ranchers are struggling with poor crops and a lack of water for their livestock, while crop farmers are watching their corn, soybeans and milo deteriorate each day there is no rain.