June is now in the books and this year still ranks as the warmest on record for most sites in the state. The featured chart shows the year to date ranking and departure from warmest for Ames. We took the lead in mid-March and have not looked back. Given that the lead is so large and this next week looks to be blisteringly warm, we should stay as the warmest year on record well into September (for worst case with theoretical record cold July and August weather). The most realistic chance to lose the warmest year on record would be for a cool fall and cold November and December.

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