Hot enough for you?

With a heat wave underway and temperatures predicted to be in the 90’s – what would it take to be a local record high?

Clinton area weather observer Jim Blaess says for today (Monday) the record high is 96 set in 1894.

For June 13^th the record high is 99 set in 1897.

The record high for the 14^th – Wednesday – is 100 also set in 1897 and Blaess reports the record high for the 15^th – Thursday is 97 also set in 1897.  On Friday the 16^th  the record high in Clinton is 98 set in 1913 and tied in 1918 and for the 17^th or Saturday the record high is 100 set in 1897.

Blaess also pointed out that the last significant rain was on May 26^th with about 4-tenths of an inch of rain.