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Summer won't officially arrive for a couple of weeks, but the heat isn't waiting. Missouri looks to be just days away from triple digit temperatures based on new forecasts and computer models.

The heat is on and it will only get hotter is the most obvious summer thing you can say in Illinois, but what towns will be the hottest? There is data and science that has declared the 20 most scorching hot cities in the Land of Lincoln.

It's that time of year when Missouri as a state starts collectively sweating although some places are worse than others. Where will the most sweating be happening in the Show Me State? There is some science that will help you understand where in Missouri you'll need good anti-perspirant and probably a soft towel.

If you look forward to the historic double cicada invasion in Missouri, I have great news for you. If you don't, well, you might want to look the other way as there is evidence that the blazing heat in Missouri could actually speed up the activity of these pests.

I can already hear the naysayers laughing at the news that Missouri's summer will be hot. Of course it will be hot they'll say and they're not wrong. However, there's a difference between Missouri's normally hot summers and record heat and Farmer's Almanac says records may be broken.

My dad told me that if you don't like the weather in Missouri, just wait 10 minutes. That has never been more true than this week where heat, tornadoes, snow and wildfires are all possible some on back-to-back days.

I love warmer weather, so winter in Missouri so far (for me) has been almost too good to be true. But, even I have to ask why July temperatures are arriving in Missouri now even though we're not done with February yet?

When you think of January in Missouri, you likely think of thick sweaters and furnaces going full blast. That wasn't true one New Year's Day in Missouri when the state began the year with all-time record highs that have never been broken.

If you love warm weather, I have good news and maybe not so good news about what you can expect this week. Both Missouri and Illinois are likely to have near record (or maybe even all-time marks) high temperatures, but it won't last very long.

If there's one constant about weather in Missouri and Illinois, it's the changeability of it all. That will prove true once again at the end of this week as weather in the Show Me State and Land of Lincoln will change big time yet again.