The IEM Daily Feature this week has obsessed over the lack of days this year with a high temperature at or above 90 degrees. This is an arbitrary level picked for no good reason other than it being a number ending in zero. Anyway, the featured map is an attempted analysis at showing the departure this year for number of 90 degree days versus what would be expected. Of course, the numbers are relative as some areas have yet to see any day that warm and only have a small departure shown as they don't typically get as many days as places further south and west do. Only parts of Kansas is shown on this map with positive departures (more 90 degree days than climatology would suggest).

Voting:
Good = 27
Bad = 17
Abstain = 16

Tags:   2014