Official highs all last week around 111 - 113 F (43.9 - 45 C), although only one day I believe was a new record for the date. Up to 117 F (47 C) nearby in a few places.

A weekend of "cool weather" with highs 95 - 98 F (35 - 36.7 C), but the forcast is for more warm stuff for this coming week.

I vaguely recall one year in the late 50s when Wichita was "over 100F" for more than 30 days in a row; but during that spell I don't recall anything over about 105 F (40.6 C).

An equal concern is that although we've had about normal total rainfall it's all come in a few big storms that ran off instead of soaking in. Soil moisture is thus low, and the crops are burning.

John