It took a while for much of Illinois to thaw out from last winter’s deep freeze, but we’re now into the “dog days” of summer. Air temperatures will be in the mid to upper 90’s for Wednesday through Saturday throughout most of the state with dew points in the low to mid 70’s says DTN chief agriculture meteorologist Bryce Anderson.

As for what impact this heat wave will have on the Illinois corn and soybean crop, Anderson says it’s a tough question to answer.

It was just 166 days ago, January 31st, that Illinois hit its record low temperature, -38-degrees recorded in the northwest Illinois town of Mount Carroll.