Heat Wave Report- Record highs shattered with triple digit 100.F degree heat reported, including at my location, Highest temperatures in recent years!

Scorching heat Tuesday afternoon June 7th 2011

Record high temperatures for June 7th were shattered across the area this afternoon as highs warmed to the triple digits 100 degree readings across a widespread part of the area! The extremely hot air came in on Monday behind a warm front that brought the northern side of a very warm airmass that has covered the entire eastern half of the country.
Photo of a Wisconsin grown Prickly Pear Cactus, the only thing that could truly be happy in the 100 degree heat!

My stations 3 year old record high of 95.F was completely obliterated today as my station rose to a high of 100.F. The heat was very prolonged all day, Even before 10AM in the morning the temperature was already in the lower 80s and quickly reached 90 before noon, then in then afternoon it became breezy, the dewpoint began lowering, Once I saw the Osceola official station reach 100.F I knew it would not be long before mine did as well, then shorty after 4pm the temperature rose to 100.F at my location. After the high was reached, the heat held around well into the night time hours it was 85.F as even as 11:30PM approached.
Picture of an outdoor thermometer reading 100.F

I was very shocked the area managed to reach triple digit numbers, so much so that even though I had digital stations reading the highs, I had to take a picture of this easy to read thermometer to show myself it truly does happens here! As I've posted last year in July I've heard much about 100 degree heat around here when I was young, but never actually seen and experienced it and I really never thought the first time I would see a thermometer read 100.F would be at my own house!

Picture of my dog, Shadow on a very hot afternoon walk June 7th.

Now if anyone asks what 100.F degree heat feels like, I can answer it! With the humidity we had it feels extremely hot to people and animals alike. There was no relief anywhere outdoors even in deep shade it felt exhausting. Even though winds were gusting to 30MPH at times there was a very warm wind, I liked my friends expression of the wind "it was like opening an oven door" It was definitely a heat like no other.

Image from Weather.com

I did want to post one more image from weather.com of how this heat wave looked nationally. You can see how the pink colors which means 100 degree warmth, was pushed all the way from Mexico to right here in Western Wisconsin! It's also kind of interesting to note that some of the hottest temperatures on that may were actually occurring right around here at the time this image was saved.

Finally, Here are the highest temperatures reported from across our local area, rare upper 90 to 100 degree temperatures were widespread throughout the entire local area. The highest reported temperature was from River Falls with 101.F, and the lowest was 94.F from Spooner. The stations with the * symbol represent official NWS stations, and even they were topping 100.F today!