Im from Houston and live in Killeen now. I can't ever remember something like this in Houston. In 2010, we had roughly 30 days of 100+ temps in Shreveport. This isn't normal is it?
In 2011 we had 100 days of 100 degrees. This is the worst since then but that was far worse. Last year we had days with highs in the 70s and 80s in June.
In 54 and I think 80...both had long droughts and the soil in most of Bell County was a series of giant cracks. My mom got a severe laceraton on her shin when a crack hiding under dried yard grass (people mainly had bermuda back then) gave way and her leg plunged into a deep crack. That was the one in the 50's.
In 2011 we had 100 days of 100 degrees. This is the worst since then but that was far worse. Last year we had days with highs in the 70s and 80s in June.
It rained most of June last year. And it wasn't too many years ago we hit 114degrees, not including "feels like", one day. Sorry friends. I'm in the Florida panhandle but I get updated from my brother.