Iowa has been no picnic either. But tomorrow we settle down into the 80s. With THSW at 135 for most days, those who have to work outside took a beating in the heat. Many shutdown early, and when someone is paid hourly that can be a bad situation. Rain is something we are not going to see for the next week, seems to avoid us. I keep weather records, we average here about 34 inches of rain a year, we are now at 18.18 inches, yet things are growing.
Not much you can do about the heat dome other than try to mitigate it for future years with climate control, but that isn't going to happen, I a certain.