August 2026 General Discussion

[BeastFromTheEast]

Nice stormy and humid day to close out August! 
 

Pesky mosquitoes are having the time of their life rn. 

[A-L-E-K]

doing the garden variety thing today, lush af 

[OrdIowPitMsp]

DP crashed from 72 to 57 and our temp shot up to 91. Hottest day of the month. 

[frostfern]

CAMs are struggling with garden variety convection holding temps down today over southern lower MI and just north of the Chicago area.  Saw some nice tall lightning bolts from an unusually high cloud base.  Some much needed rain.

Looking at maps it seems it’s being triggered by moisture at 8-10k feet with origins in the desert SW.  The surface humidity is safely capped off.  Weird pattern.

[weatherbo]

Rain did not materialize here AGAIN, only a few hundredths (.64" for the month). Currently 77/70, a warm and humid end to met summer.  

[cyclone77]

A few more showers came through yesterday and deposited 0.29" to bring us to 4.37" for August.

[Brian D]

Sun finally appeared around 3pm. Temps in the low-mid 70's. Another failed point cast. Should see 80's tomorrow, but Lake winds return for more 70's after that, which is fine. Squeeze out what little summer is left.  

[EC609]

91 for the high.

[hawkeye_wx]

June and July were very wet here (July because of the big event at the end of the month), but I only got 2.88" in August.