UNITED STATES - You know it’s going to be a real summer when even the cooler-than-average areas come with a side of swamp. According to the latest summer outlook from The Weather Company, the U.S. is in for a season that turns up the heat, literally, especially in the Northwest, where July and August are set to bring unusually high temperatures.

June gets things started with the worst of it across the Central and Southern Plains. Think Denver, Dallas, and anyone in the Four Corners region wondering if asphalt was always supposed to be that hot. As we move deeper into the season, the core of the heat shifts west, stretching into the Great Basin and Northern Rockies, an area not exactly used to the heat season.

For the Midwest and Northeast? Not quite record-breaking, but definitely toasty. New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, you're not escaping this one. And while the Southeast might see slightly cooler-than-average air, that relief is kind of a bait-and-switch thanks to relentless humidity.

So, whether you're scheduling harvests, shipments, or summer promotions, it’s time to plan for more sizzle than usual. Keep cool, stay alert, and check back with ANUK as the forecasts, and the heat waves, roll in.