By Jerry Strahan

A look back at our weather

Springhill 
August 17 low was 82F high was 106F
August 18 low was 80F high was 104F
August 19 low was 80F high was 102F 
August 20 low was 80F high was 103 F 
August 21 low was 78F high was 102F
August 22 low was 75F high was 106F
August 23 low was 79F high was 103F

Minden 
August 17 low was 81F high was 103F
August 18 low was 80F high was 104F
August 19 low was 81F high was 102F 
August 20 low was 81F high was 102F 
August 21 low was 80F high was 101F
August 22 low was 78F high was 106F 
August 23 low was 81F high was 103F 

The last measurable rain was August 8. 
Springhill had . 03 100s of an inch 

Minden August 8 had a trace of rain.

Rain recorded are for the previous 24 hours ending at 7 a.m.
Hopefully those measurements will change this coming week. 
We have a chance of thunderstorms each day. 
Highs will be in the upper 90s and lows in the upper 70s to near 80F  then at the end of the week, we could see a nice cool down with lows in the upper 60s..

As of this writing August 23 we are still in a moderate drought and we are in a moderate risk of wildland fires.

(Jerry Strahan was a first responder in fire and emergency services for almost 45 years. He lives in north Webster Parish and has written weather articles for other publications.)

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