Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - What's another day of 90 degree heat across the Western New York region?
And then, another?
It's starting to feel like 'old hat' for the Buffalo-Niagara region as a hot, dry spell continues to monopolize the region's weather pattern.
"It looks like another hot day today, temperatures getting to around 90 degrees again," National Weather Service meteorologist Tony Ansuini tells WBEN. "Yesterday we hit 91, so another 90 degree day today."
One bit of good news though from Ansuini, for those tiring of the heat. "Humidity levels not that high today, so the heat will, at least be tolerable."
That won't be the case Tuesday, when humidity levels increase and the heat index hovers in the lower to mid 90's.
Dry Conditions Continue
The dry conditions that have sprinklers and irrigation systems hard at work will continue through Tuesday, Ansuini tells us. Then, a welcome change for brown lawns. "The good news is, we do have a cold front that's going to move through Tuesday night into Wednesday, and that will bring some scattered showers and thunderstorms." It won't be a widespread rainfall, but some areas will see some beneficial rainfall.
Western New York is not officially in a drought, despite the extended dry period of weather. "Right now we're actually still in abnormally dry conditions now, not officially a drought," Ansuini notes.
Record Hot Summer?
While the weather has been consistently hot, it's not a summer season for the record books just yet.
"Right now, we've actually had six official 90 degree days, Ansuini says. "We usually have three for an average summer."
Any change in sight?
"It looks like we're going to stay in this general pattern where we'll see temperatures probably above normal, and we'll see these dry conditions, probably at least for the next several weeks."