Hello, summer.
The sun and heat were out in force on the third day of summer Sunday, bringing ringing cash registers for some seasonal businesses and busy sidewalk cafes and parks as the temperatures reached into the high 80s in Ann Arbor.
"We've been super steady, which is a pleasant change from yesterday when it was super slow," said Ayla Bradbury, a 27 year-old who was working at the Huron Hills Golf Course. The course allows children of paying adults to play for free after 3 p.m. on Sundays, she said. "We've had a lot of people out today."
Business was booming at Stucchi's in Dexter, but the hot weather seemed to discourage people from sitting outside at the umbrella tables.
"A lot of people sit out there in the evening when it's getting cooler," said Leda Stimac, an 18 year-old who is spending the summer working at the store after graduating from Dexter High School.
Meanwhile, a man who answered the phone at Argo Canoe & Kayak Livery said he was too busy to talk for an interview. "There's too many people in here," he said
The week ahead will see more of the same, with slightly above-average temperatures, a few isolated thunderstorms and muggy conditions.
"It's more like a dog days of summer type of forecast here," said Erik Pindrock, meteorologist with AccuWeather.
That means daily highs comfortably ensconced in the upper 80s, with a chance of hitting 90 degrees Wednesday before cooling off slightly to around 83 on Friday, Pindrock said.
The region's average high for this time of year is 82, he said.
Look for a mix of sunny skies and clouds with a dew point, another way to measure humidity, in the mid- to upper-60s — meaning fairly humid weather.
"Really it looks like just about every day, there's a chance of a shower or thunderstorm," Pindrock said. "It's not really a whole day of rain, it's a mix of clouds and sun and you might get that hour every day where a storm rolls through it rains and then the sun comes back out."
Find up-to-date weather conditions and forecasts any time at AnnArbor.com's weather page.