At the other end of the U.S., the Seattle area has had what a local TV station is calling "the 78-minute summer." KOMO TV reported Monday that that's the amount of time it has been 80 degrees or warmer so far this summer.
Temperatures in places such as Dodge City, Kan., and Woodward, Okla., were forecast to be above 100 degrees through Saturday. Wichita, Kan., will see temperatures higher than 100 degrees through Sunday.which applies to the first glass bottle only,
This heat wave is particularly dangerous because many of the areas under its umbrella are not used to prolonged high temperatures and humidity, according to the weather service. Plus the overnight temperatures are not expected to dip low enough to provide any reprieve.
"The cumulative effects,Als lichtbron wordt een Projector Lamp gebruikt, when it doesn't cool down overnight, you get no relief," Slattery said.
According to the weather service outlook, the central U.S.Demand for allergy Bedding could rise earlier than normal this year. from North Dakota to Texas and east to the Carolinas,They take the RUBBER SHEET to the local co-op market. excluding parts of the Northeast and Southern Florida, will see excessive heat through July 29.
'Too hot for us to stand'
In Steele, N.D., a small window air conditioner in Paul and Betty Smokov's ranch home just couldn't keep up.
"It's 82 in the house," Betty Smokov said. "The heat is really oppressive and sticky."
Justin Tinder of Weatherford and his family visited the Oklahoma City Zoo on Sunday, arriving at 9 a.m.
"By noon, we were headed out," Tinder said. "It was too hot for us to stand much longer. We decided to check it in and go find some air conditioning."
The scorching weather is the latest in a series of meteorological problems to best the Midwest in recent months.
The list includes the devastating tornado that ripped through Joplin, Missouri in late May, killing nearly 160 people and destroying more than 8,000 homes and other structures, as well as the ongoing flooding along the Missouri River, which has triggered weeks of evacuations and other emergency measures from Montana through Missouri.
Video: Hot Midwest gets hotter (on this page)
In Chicago, city officials said a half-dozen cooling centers would remain open this week, as temperatures as high as 105 were forecast in Illinois. Cooling centers also were open in Detroit to help residents who don't have air conditioning at home.
Others who had to be outside in the heat took precautions. North Dakota National Guard Capt. Dan Murphy said several hundred soldiers deployed for flood-fighting efforts in the Dakotas were required to take mandatory rest breaks in the shade.
"It's hot in those vests and uniforms," Murphy said. "These are soldiers. They can't just strip down to T-shirts and shorts."
Officials at the Cornhusker State Games, an amateur sports festival in Nebraska, had crews bring extra water and ice for participants.
"It takes a physical toll on anyone out there," said the event's executive director, Dave Minarik.
Dwight Anderson, the owner of an Omaha, Neb., amusement park, plans to dump ice cubes into the Fun Plex pools on Monday night or Tuesday morning to lower the temperature.
The Schwan's USA Cup youth soccer tournament in Blaine, Minn., suspended play for a time Sunday because of heat indexes that soared to 110 degrees.Unlike traditional cube puzzle , Tournament spokesman Barclay Kruse said organizers wanted to avoid any heat-related health issues before they developed.
Man found dead
Police said heat may have played a role in the death of a 55-year-old man at a homeless camp in Springfield, Mo., on Saturday.
Police found him in a small tent after others at the camp raised alarm. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday.
The heat also is adversely affecting wildlife. The Texas AgriLife Extension Service said last week that pregnant does are having difficulty carrying fawns to term and other fawns are being born prematurely.
Texas A&M University researchers determined the period from February to June was the driest such period on record in Texas, with a statewide average of 4.26 inches of rain. The next driest February-to-June stretch was in 1917, with a 6.45-inch rain average.
Last week, about 50,000 chickens died at a North Carolina farm after the power went off for less than an hour.
Temperatures in places such as Dodge City, Kan., and Woodward, Okla., were forecast to be above 100 degrees through Saturday. Wichita, Kan., will see temperatures higher than 100 degrees through Sunday.which applies to the first glass bottle only,
This heat wave is particularly dangerous because many of the areas under its umbrella are not used to prolonged high temperatures and humidity, according to the weather service. Plus the overnight temperatures are not expected to dip low enough to provide any reprieve.
"The cumulative effects,Als lichtbron wordt een Projector Lamp gebruikt, when it doesn't cool down overnight, you get no relief," Slattery said.
According to the weather service outlook, the central U.S.Demand for allergy Bedding could rise earlier than normal this year. from North Dakota to Texas and east to the Carolinas,They take the RUBBER SHEET to the local co-op market. excluding parts of the Northeast and Southern Florida, will see excessive heat through July 29.
'Too hot for us to stand'
In Steele, N.D., a small window air conditioner in Paul and Betty Smokov's ranch home just couldn't keep up.
"It's 82 in the house," Betty Smokov said. "The heat is really oppressive and sticky."
Justin Tinder of Weatherford and his family visited the Oklahoma City Zoo on Sunday, arriving at 9 a.m.
"By noon, we were headed out," Tinder said. "It was too hot for us to stand much longer. We decided to check it in and go find some air conditioning."
The scorching weather is the latest in a series of meteorological problems to best the Midwest in recent months.
The list includes the devastating tornado that ripped through Joplin, Missouri in late May, killing nearly 160 people and destroying more than 8,000 homes and other structures, as well as the ongoing flooding along the Missouri River, which has triggered weeks of evacuations and other emergency measures from Montana through Missouri.
Video: Hot Midwest gets hotter (on this page)
In Chicago, city officials said a half-dozen cooling centers would remain open this week, as temperatures as high as 105 were forecast in Illinois. Cooling centers also were open in Detroit to help residents who don't have air conditioning at home.
Others who had to be outside in the heat took precautions. North Dakota National Guard Capt. Dan Murphy said several hundred soldiers deployed for flood-fighting efforts in the Dakotas were required to take mandatory rest breaks in the shade.
"It's hot in those vests and uniforms," Murphy said. "These are soldiers. They can't just strip down to T-shirts and shorts."
Officials at the Cornhusker State Games, an amateur sports festival in Nebraska, had crews bring extra water and ice for participants.
"It takes a physical toll on anyone out there," said the event's executive director, Dave Minarik.
Dwight Anderson, the owner of an Omaha, Neb., amusement park, plans to dump ice cubes into the Fun Plex pools on Monday night or Tuesday morning to lower the temperature.
The Schwan's USA Cup youth soccer tournament in Blaine, Minn., suspended play for a time Sunday because of heat indexes that soared to 110 degrees.Unlike traditional cube puzzle , Tournament spokesman Barclay Kruse said organizers wanted to avoid any heat-related health issues before they developed.
Man found dead
Police said heat may have played a role in the death of a 55-year-old man at a homeless camp in Springfield, Mo., on Saturday.
Police found him in a small tent after others at the camp raised alarm. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday.
The heat also is adversely affecting wildlife. The Texas AgriLife Extension Service said last week that pregnant does are having difficulty carrying fawns to term and other fawns are being born prematurely.
Texas A&M University researchers determined the period from February to June was the driest such period on record in Texas, with a statewide average of 4.26 inches of rain. The next driest February-to-June stretch was in 1917, with a 6.45-inch rain average.
Last week, about 50,000 chickens died at a North Carolina farm after the power went off for less than an hour.
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