Anyone around Cleveland (or, really, anywhere in the U.S.) during the summer of 1988 knows that it was hotter than hell. 

27 years ago today, the all-time heat record of 104 degrees seared across local thermometers. 

The forecast for this weekend is a bit more tepid. 

This article appears in Jun 24-30, 2015.

Eric Sandy is an award-winning Cleveland-based journalist. For a while, he was the managing editor of Scene. He now contributes jam band features every now and then.