Farther west, dry weather arrived in California. In the San Joaquin Valley, the below-normal temperatures trend ended. On Thursday, highs in those two cities reached 94 F and 95 F, respectively. Very cool weather persisted, however, from the Great Basin to the northern Plains. Meanwhile, unrelenting heat baked Florida, where wildfires continued to burn in some areas.
Warmer weather overspread the Midwest, but locally heavy rainfall was reported in some areas.
Localized late-week flooding was observed in parts of the upper Midwest, middle Ohio Valley, and Northeast. Farther south, very hot and mostly dry weather prevailed from the southern Plains into the Southeast. Tropical moisture overspread portions of the Gulf Coast and South Atlantic States toward week's end, locally easing the effects of more than 3 months of dryness and 2 months of hot weather. Weekly temperatures averaged more than 4 F above normal. F to -8 F. Cool, wet weather persisted for a third consecutive week on the northern Plains.