Monday, April 27, 2009

PM Update: Record Heat, Day 3

Image (click to enlarge): Surface temperature at 4 pm, April 27, from Unisys

Evening Update, 8 pm: Some record high minimums from Sunday:
IN WEST VIRGINIA... 
THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT BLUEFIELD WAS 65 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD
HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 62 DEGREES SET IN 1984.

IN VIRGINIA...
THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT ROANOKE WAS 65 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD
HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 62 DEGREES SET WAY BACK IN 1939.

Original post:
Record heat has continued for a third day from the Mid Atlantic area northward to New England. In the Washington, DC metro area, the high of 89° at National Airport was well short of the record of 95°, but Dulles tied the daily record of 92°.

Some record reports from the National Weather Service:
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ATOP MOUNT MANSFIELD VERMONT WAS 71 DEGREES  
THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 70 DEGREES SET ON
THIS DATE IN 1990.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 89 DEGREES WAS SET AT BINGHAMTON NY TODAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 85 SET IN 1990.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 92 DEGREES WAS TIED AT HARRISBURG PA
TODAY. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 92 SET IN 1957.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 86 DEGREES WAS SET AT THE ERIE
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 451 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 83 SET IN 1938.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 88 DEGREES WAS TIED AT MORGANTOWN WV
TODAY. THE RECORD WAS SET IN 1990.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 88 DEGREES WAS SET AT ELKINS WV TODAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 87 SET IN 1990.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 91 DEGREES WAS SET AT MARTINSBURG WV TODAY.
THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 91 SET IN 1957.

THE MERCURY CLIMBED TO 91 DEGREES AT GEORGETOWN, DELAWARE TODAY.
THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 91 DEGREES SET IN 1957.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 89 DEGREES WAS SET AT WALLOPS ISLAND
VA TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 86 SET IN 1985.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 92 DEGREES WAS SET AT WASHINGTON
DULLES DC TODAY. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 92 SET IN 1990.

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