Madison here. Yesterday my $150 Acurite brand backyard weather station showed 94F actual degrees with 69% humidity and a heat index of 118F. That was in the shade at about 1:30 or 30min past solar noon, and the temp was forecasted to rise over the next few hours.

State weather radio this morning confirmed a high temp of 96F at 4pm yesterday. The wind was strong so the heat/humidity did not feel as bad as it could have.

In 2012 alone we had 39 days over 90F, and 4 days that broke 100F. In the last 10yrs combined we have not had a single 100F day, and fewer than 20 days over 90F. 2012 was the beginning of the Solar Maximum of cycle 24. We are currently beginning the Solar Maximum of cycle 25.