Heat index yesterday in my Southern MN town was 118 degrees. Each of he last two days the state dew point all time high record of 86 has been tied. The record was held by my town, and now it is just shared with a few other places around the state.
The heat index in Madison MN yesterday was 123. For MN that is fucking hot. I lived 9 years in the Augusta, GA area, and that kind of heat is not out of the ordinary. It's like that most of the summer.
When we lived in the Deep South I'd tell my Upper Midwest acquaintances that Augusta had two seasons - spring and hell.
Well hell has moved up North for awhile.
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