Sunday’s weather in Chicago would rate a 10 on most meteorological scorecards. It was a totally sunny day that was comfortably warm with low humidity and light winds, with little need for heat or air conditioning.
The week ahead, while promising to be a rather typical one for early June in Chicago, won’t be as nice as Sunday and will have its share of clouds and showers along with daytime temperatures fluctuating between the middle 70s and middle 80s.
Throughout much of May and early June, early season heat has been steadily building in the southern Plains and desert Southwest. Sunday was no exception with Needles, Calif., reporting a scorching record high of 117º, while Wichita Falls, Texas rewrote their record book with a high of 101º. Latest long-range computer forecasts hint at a blast of this heat to head for the Midwest by next weekend sending Chicago’s temperatures into the 90s by Sunday.
--By Steve Kahn, WGN Weather Center Meteorologist
WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.
