Excessive Heat in Bon Homme, South Dakota

Daily afternoon and evening heat indices ranged from 105 to 117 degrees with a maximum heat index of 117 degrees a personal weather station near Scotland on June 21, 107 degrees at the Road Weather Information System site near Tyndall on June 21, and 107 degrees at the South Dakota Mesonet site near Avon on June 20 and 21.

The upper-level pattern experienced amplification of an eastern U.S. ridge and western U.S. trough, which locked a low-level frontal boundary in place from western Nebraska through central South Dakota into the Great Lakes. This allowed for heat to spread northward as very high dew point readings pooled across the area with the recent wet conditions. This multi-day dangerous heat event featured daytime heat index readings from 100 to 120 degrees, with nighttime low temperatures remaining from the mid 70s to lower 80s.