Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Record Heat Moves Into Mid Atlantic, Northeast;
6-20-53 Records Fall


Image (click to enlarge): Temperature departures from climatological average (°C), June 20, 1953, from NOAA/ESRL

The great heat wave of June 1953 was focused mainly in the Central and Southern Plains, but on the 20th record heat extended northeastward through the Midwest and across New England into the Canadian Maritimes. Many records were established across the region which were still standing for over a half century until several of them were tied or broken today. Based on preliminary reports from the National Weather Service, here are some of those records (previous record and date in parentheses):
Richmond VA        98 (tie, 1933)
Wheeling WV 93 (92, 1953)
Morgantown WV 93 (tie, 1953)
Wheeling WV 93 (92, 1953)
Salisbury MD 97 (95, 1923)
Georgetown DE 98 (97, 1964)
Wilmington DE 97 (tie, 1895)
Mt. Pocono PA 89 (tie, 1953)
Newark NJ 98 (97, 1953)
Binghamton NY 90 (tie, 1953)
Kennedy Airpt NY 94 (93, 1995)
LaGuardia Airpt NY 98 (96, 1953)
Hartford CT 97 (96, 1995/1953)
Burlington VT 95 (94, 1988)
Portland ME 93 (tie, 1964)
Houlton ME 90 (89, 1988)

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