Where's The Heat?

Last July we had sixteen days in the 90s, while this July we have only seen three. Temperatures were warmer than average for late spring and early summer, indicated on the map below:



But temperatures for the past thirty days have been generally below average.



So it makes you wonder, where is the summer heat? Things have been exceptionally hot out west in Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and parts of Arkansas and Kansas. Average temperatures have been above normal for the past thirty days!