Our high in La Crosse, yesterday, was 95. Duane said it hit 100 in Rapid City.

I was checking out how often we get such hot weather in La Crosse and came across something that surprised me.

According to the National Weather Service, out of 63,263 temperature readings in the weather service record books, La Crosse has had a temperature of 95 or higher 391 times.  What surprised me was that, in Chicago, which is quite a bit farther south, out of 63,606 readings it has hit 95 or higher only 317 days.

So, there you go.  if I hadn't looked at the numbers and somebody asked me which had the most hotter days I would have said Chicago.  I, of course, as usual, would have been wrong.