After a brief cooldown during this upcoming week (Aug 23-27), when our high temperatures Tue-Thu will likely hold in the 80s, a return the 90s is expected by next weekend. These conditions, which will be several degrees above normal, should last into early September with less than usual ...

I suppose that it is bound to happen. It is August in Kansas after all. Extreme heat will make its return to northeast Kansas by Sunday and keep going well into next week. Computer models are consistently putting our daytime highs into the mid-to-upper 90's through Thursday of next week, ...

I have been asked by several people over the last few days about the heat we have experienced so far in July. We certainly have had our share of hot days and when we add the humidity into the mix, it seems to make it much more uncomfortable for the vast majority of us. Through Wednesday ...

July is typically known for the heat and humidity that it brings to the Midwest, but that hasn't been the case so far this year. As a matter of fact the last time that we hit 90° at the official reporting station here in Lawrence was on the 28th of June when we hit 91°. Since then we have ...

The Atlantic Hurricane Season is getting into full swing with tropical storms like Hurricane Alex firing up in the Gulf of Mexico bringing concerns over the British Petroleum oil spill’s impacts. Previously, concerns over the movement of the massive spill were focused mainly on gulf ...

June is turning out to be another warmer-than-normal month (so far about 4 degrees F above the 30-year mean). This would make 3 out of the last 4 on the warm side, with May being the outlier finishing right at normal. In the absence of any context, this statistic is hardly unusual. ...