Editor’s notebook: Weather stats

A little rain: Statistics for the first half of 2026 have arrived from the Agricultural Science Center north of Clovis. Among the highlights: • June produced the first 100-degree day of the year. That happened on June 23, with the thermometer topping out at 100.1 degrees. • The average high temperature for June was 90.4 degrees – up from 81.7 in May, 76.0 in April and 77.2 in March. The average hi…