The big story is the forecasted upcoming hot weather to begin this weekend and last into at least next week. The featured chart presents the number of hours per year that the heat index was observed to be at or above 100 degrees at the Des Moines sensor. The 2011 total is already above four of the past seven years. This weather will be right on time for the climatological warmest week of the year as well.

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Tags:   heatindex  

Tags:   heatindex