HOT: Is It Really Going to be 106 in Illinois Next Week?

Get ready to turn your air conditioning on full blast. We're in for a heat wave as your kids get ready to go back to school.

Do you ever look at the weather app on your phone and realize you didn't even see the forecast?

You know what I mean, right? As if you didn't comprehend what your screen says because you're only half paying attention when you pulled up the app and the info just wasn't that interesting.

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Well, that's not what happened to me this morning.

Nope, it was the exact opposite.

I stopped in my tracks when I saw that next Wednesday, August 23, my phone told me it would be 106 degrees in Rockford.

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Wait what?

I'm here for warm weather, don't get me wrong. In fact, I have told multiple people recently to please stop hoping for fall, because we need to hold on to summer for as long as possible.

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But 106?

That can't be right.

And Savanna Brito said it's a glitch too.

I believe them, but some part of me wants a super hot day next week.

Don't you think we deserve something crazy like that before we head to fall? Summer has been a little too chill for me.

What about you?

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Stacker consulted 2021 data from the NOAA's State Climate Extremes Committee (SCEC) to illustrate the hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in each state. Each slide also reveals the all-time highest 24-hour precipitation record and all-time highest 24-hour snowfall.

Keep reading to find out individual state records in alphabetical order.

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