A New Record

Unfortunately, this record isn't for anything exciting. According to the Reading Eagle, yesterday was the hottest day ever officially recorded in Berks County. The temperature of 106 topped the previous high of 105 set on August 7, 1918. The article doesn't talk about it but a report on Weather.com said that the lows in many places are also setting records. Last night's low was about 80. Today the high is supposed to be 99 with an overnight low of 76. We also haven't had more than a few sprinkles of rain in weeks - possibly over a month. At this point I would settle for a week of rain and temperatures in the 70s.