Summer Temperatures So Far

It's August 18.  Two more weeks to go before climatological summer is over. Sure, there will be more heat into September. No need to shut it down yet.  For comparisons year over year, we use 3 month increments. Summer climate comparisons use June, July and August.  Here are the HIGH TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES across the US August 1 through August 17:

High Temperatures vs Normal (Thru August 17)

Here are LOW TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES:

Low Temperatures vs Normal (Thru August 17)

Now the summer overall since June 1 in 3 increments:  Fairly consistent warmth across the midwest

Overall temperatures ranked (warmest is 1)

Summer overall across the US (ranked):