Summer: hotter, wetter than usual

The Climate Prediction Center issued its three-month outlook on Thursday, June 15th for the astronomical months of summer: July, August and September. The summer solstice occurs late on Tuesday, June 20th this year and the autumnal equinox occurs on the afternoon of September 22nd.
The outlook indicates a hotter than normal summer. The average first day of triple digits is July 10th in Austin, but that day may come early this year. We already hit 98 degrees on June 13th, which is the warmes