Up here in the north west corner of IL, we started the today (@ 2:00 am) with a hard rain at 77 degrees. The rain cooled the temp down to the over night low of 72. At 8:00 am it was already 82, and the humidity was at 97%. The heat index was already in the mid 90s. The heat index was near 110 all day. The current temp is 89 but the heat index is suppose to stay above 95 until after 9 pm. Says is suppose to be a low of 68, with a 90% chance of rain all evening.

Been pretty much this way all week here, suppose to cool down into the mid 80s for tomorrow, and then the low 80s Sunday before the heat and humidity returns on Tues. We are not used to this stuff, don't you feel sorry for us? I've left my AC 2 times today, for about 45 minutes each time, that was plenty long enough. We hare having a family reunion tomorrow at our local park. Its going to be fun (the shelter house we rented has AC).

Over all, its really been a decent summer, weather wise. Lots of temp swings this year, a few days hot (90 degree range), then a few days cool (high 60s/low 70s for the days high temps). Been pretty dry most of the spring and summer.