July 2026 General Discussion

[TheNiño]

Tor warned here. I’ve actually lost track of how many we’ve had. What a crazy year 

Edit: Warning was cancelled before it got here. Nice little non rotating wall cloud rolled through though. I’d estimate 50mph gusts. Power is out. Was a fun one 

[SchaumburgStormer]

Half an inch overnight with another inch today with some solid downpours. Perfect “sit inside” weather 

[Chicago Storm]

ORD and MDW both topped out at 95° yesterday.

...2026 90°+ Day Tally...
7 - ARR
5 - ORD
5 - MDW
5 - RFD
5 - PWK
5 - UGN
5 - LOT
4 - DPA

[Chicago Storm]

Trained last evening/night at home.

Ended up with over 3" of rainfall.

[Brian D]

Fog bank over the Lake with a chilly breeze across town. TBH, it has been a few yrs since I can remember so much fog, and chilly air at the 4th of July. Testament to the cooler, drier wx in May n June up here. June ended avg only because of hvy rains at the end of the month. It's those warmer rains that really help raise the water temp. It happens faster than just a warm Sun. Just like in winter, air temps alone don't just cool off the water, but the cold rain/snowfall mixing in the surface waters which includes LER/S precip. 

[cyclone77]

1.30" so far this eve brings us up to about 2" in the past 24hrs.

[cmillzz]

Early July heat wave misses us to the east, and now it’s looking as though the mid-July death ridge will miss us to the west. Go figure. It’ll probably still be slightly above average, but no 100s any time soon.

[michsnowfreak]

Detroit has now seen a temp range in 2026 from -10° to 97°.

The DTX NWS range is -21° to 95°.

[sbnwx85]

This thunder is loud af. I love it

[MazooWeather]

The amount of rain, thunder and cloud to ground lightning earlier tonight was absolutely wonderful 

[cyclone77]

More rain early this morning brings us to 2.70" total since Thu evening.  Great soaker.

[hawkeye_wx]

Most of the heavier rain has missed me over the last couple days, but I still accumulated a decent 1.15".

[SchaumburgStormer]

44 minutes ago, cyclone77 said:

More rain early this morning brings us to 2.70" total since Thu evening.  Great soaker.

Remember that flash drought? Def flipped both to drought and from drought on a dime

[cyclone77]

2 minutes ago, SchaumburgStormer said:

Remember that flash drought? Def flipped both to drought and from drought on a dime

Oh yeah.  Right after I changed my location things turned around. 

[Brian D]

0.10" of rain from shwrs/stms that blossomed along the ridges, and moved overhead during the evening. Isolated chances today with a breezy Lake wind keeping temps rather cool. They shoot off the fireworks down at Agate Bay where the ore docks are, and those that watch them there will need a jacket/sweater/hoodie. I can see them from my home if I want to watch. Not really into the fireworks thing anymore.