I'm in Indiana, and we have had a freaking broiler that started in March of this year. Hottest and driest that I can remember thus far in my 52 years on the planet.
In fact, if we don't get some rain soon, I am sure we are going to get water rationing for the very first time in HISTORY, or from what I can remember !!!
So, I think we have one of those things swinging our way, and as I have read the news the past 2 months, we have had record heat all across the mid-section, fires in the west, and massive flooding from tropical depressions on the East coast. A hell of a ride across this nation.