Heat in Dodge, Nebraska

A heat wave of which lasted over 1 week affected much of eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa from late July into early August. The heat was finally broken by a cold front that pushed afternoon temperatures down into the 80s on 8/09/01. During the heat wave, high temperatures were consistently in the mid to upper 90s with overnight lows in the mid to upper 70s. The dewpoints were also very high, often times in the mid 70s and even around 80 or in the lower 80s. The heat index during this time frequently reached 105 to 115 degrees from mid afternoon into early evening. The extreme heat caused a 39 year-old male to die of heat stroke while on a work-release construction site near Beatrice on the 30th.