Brace yourself for the heatwave

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This heat and drought will have significant impacts to our health, agriculture, and livestock.

Drought conditions will rapidly worsen

Temperatures will challenge record highs, but probably fall just short. It would not be surprising to see air temperatures get close to 110°, especially across western Arkansas

This will last at least 7 days with very little signs of relief in the longer range.

I'm very concerned about winds picking up, especially during the afternoon hours. If this happens, the wildfire danger will skyrocket

Air quality will likely be degraded as pollutants become trapped near the surface within this strong ridge. If wildfires get going, that will only worsen air quality.

Energy demand will soar and we'll feel this when our bills arrive

As of July 17th, we're already outpacing July 2012. By average high temperature, it's the 6th hottest on record and will move up the list

As of July 17th, the summer of 2022 is already the 12th hottest on record by average temperature

We've already had eight 100° days this summer and that could easily double by the end of the month. We're still not even close to the historic summers of 1954, 1980, and 2012.

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