Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Endless Summer: The Heats Keep Coming;
More Record and Near-Record Hot Temperatures

As noted yesterday, meteorological summer 2010 is toast, but the heat continues in the Mid Atlantic area and as far north as Maine. (Yes, astronomical autumn begins around September 21, but summer weather data covers the calendar months of June, July, and August; get over it.) High temperatures today were within a couple of degrees of the September 1 daily records at the major reporting locations in the region. The daily high/low temperatures and records were:
                    Today Records
Washington National 97/75 99/50
Washington Dulles 96/65 98/49
Baltimore BWI 95/69 99/53
Baltimore Downtown 98/77
Charlottesville VA 98/65
Martinsburg WV 96/62 103/44
Hagerstown MD 96/69
Meanwhile, records were set or tied in at least 11 states: West Virginia, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. The highs (old record and date in parentheses):
Beckley WV       88° (tie, 1993)
Bluefield WV 88° (84°, 1997)
Atlantic City NJ 97° (97°, 1941)
Trenton NJ 97° (96°, 1898)
Newark NJ 98° (96°, 1953)
Georgetown DE 96° (95°, 1973)
Reading PA 98° (tie, 1953)
La Guardia NY 96° (95°, 1961/1953)
Kennedy NY 92° (91°, 1969)
Islip NY 93° (87°, 1993)
Bridgeport CT 93° (90°, 1953)
Hartford CT 96° (tie, 1961)
Providence RI 95° (93°, 1980/1969)
Concord NH 95° (93°, 1953)
Bangor ME 95° (tie, 1937)
Caribou ME 92° (88°, 1942)
Houlton ME 93° (91°, 1969)
Millinocket ME 93° (90°, 1969)
Burlington VT 92° (89°, 1953/1937)
The highs at Philadelphia, Central Park NY, and Wilmington of 96° were each within 1° of the record. The Trenton record had not been matched in 111 years. Islip records extend only back to 1986.

Image (click to enlarge): U.S. high temperatures for Sept. 1, 2010 from Unisys

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