We are now past last week's peak in climatological daily high temperature, but the path downward starts off slow at first. The featured map displays the difference in NCDC daily high temperature climatology between today and 7 August. Most of the map is shown with less than a degree of change with a modest section in the 1-3 degree decrease range. You can generate this map for the period of your choice. For Iowa, our temperatures do not start the steeper decent until reaching September. The weather this weekend will certainly feel like the peak of summer with heat indices over 100 degrees for some locations.

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