We’re likely to set a temperature record for the date in Amarillo before today ends.

I won’t predict what it will be. I will predict, however, what’s going to be on the lips of a lot of my friends and neighbors: “Man, it’s too hot out there. When is it going to cool off? I’m tired of the heat … already.”

Too bad, fellow travelers.

I’ll now remind everyone of what we were saying just about eight or so weeks ago. We were wishing, begging, even praying for warm weather to get here. Don’t you remember that? I believe I might have said a prayer or two in seeking some warmth.

Our prayers have been answered, as if we didn’t know they would be, given the time of year and our location here on the High Plains of the Texas Panhandle.

Summer’s still about two weeks away. However, it’s close enough to actual summer to be good enough for Mother Nature to bring some heat the region.

Just remember: It gets like this every single, solitary year. We’re going to get hot. That’s what it means to live here, just as it means that we’ll get cold in the winter — and often well into the spring.

Summer’s about to arrive.