Good morning everyone!
Skies are partly cloudy early on this Friday morning and temperatures range from 66 in Clifton down to 59 at High Point. The humidity is lower than the last few days with dew points in the more comfortable 50s. Winds are a little gusty out of the west-northwest. The air quality is good with an index of 36.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR JUNE 20TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 81 AVERAGE LOW: 61
RECORD HIGH: 97 – 2012 RECORD LOW: 52 – 2004
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 92 LOW: 70 PRECIPITATION: .18″
After having some precipitation the last six days in a row today will be dry and seasonably warm with more comfortable humidity and mostly sunny skies as high pressure builds into our area. Summer begins at 10:42 p.m. tonight.
High pressure will continue to give us dry weather this weekend with an increase in temperatures. Highs will be near 90 on Saturday and then rise to the upper 90s for Sunday.
Record breaking heat is likely Monday and Tuesday as the high pressure ridge will be over us. Plenty of sunshine both days with an increase in humidity. High temperatures both days will be near 100 degrees.
High pressure will then weaken Wednesday and Thursday and it will become less hot but staying humid with a chance of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms both days.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – JUNE 20 – Sunny, highs in the mid 80s.
TONIGHT – Partly cloudy, lows in the upper 60s.
SATURDAY – JUNE 21 – Mostly sunny, highs near 90.
SUNDAY – JUNE 22 – Mostly sunny, highs in the upper 90s.
MONDAY – JUNE 23 – Sunny and very hot, highs near 100.
TUESDAY – JUNE 24 – Sunny and very hot, highs near 100.
WEDNESDAY – JUNE 25 – Mostly sunny with a chance of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms, highs in the mid 90s.
THURSDAY – JUNE 26 – Partly sunny with a chance of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms, highs in the upper 80s.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Westerly winds to 15 knots, seas 2-3 feet.
OUTLOOK: No advisories expected Saturday through Tuesday.
Have a nice day and stay safe!
Jared Kazimir
It’s going to be a fun week! How often to you get to type “100” on here?
Allan Kazimir Post author
In my 52 years of record it reached 100 ten times Only once in June in 1988. July had 7 and August had 2. The last time it hit 100 was in 2012.