Record Texas Heat Continues Into July June Monthly Average Records Set

Image (click to enlarge): U.S. daily maximum temperatures for July 8

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July 12 Update: More July 9 reports:

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 104 DEGREES WAS SET AT MCALLEN TODAY.   
THIS EXCEEDS THE OLD RECORD OF 103 SET IN 2005.  

THIS AFTERNOONS HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 106 IN ABILENE IS A NEW RECORD   
HIGH FOR THIS DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 103 SET IN 1978.  
  
THIS MORNINGS LOW TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES IN ABILENE IS A RECORD  
HIGH MINIMUM FOR THIS DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 79 DEGREES SET  
IN 1980.  
  
THIS AFTERNOONS HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 105 IN SAN ANGELO TIES THE   
RECORD HIGH FOR THIS DATE SET IN 1917.  
  
THIS MORNING LOW TEMPERATURE OF 79 DEGREES IN SAN ANGELO IS A RECORD  
HIGH MINIMUM FOR THIS DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 78 DEGREES SET   
IN 1962.  

July 9 Update: Record reports for July 9:

THE OFFICIAL HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY AT WICHITA FALLS HAS BEEN 109   
DEGREES. THIS TIES THE RECORD HIGH FOR TODAY OF 109 DEGREES...WHICH   
WAS FIRST SET ON THIS DATE IN 1980.  
  
TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR WICHITA FALLS DATE BACK TO 1897.  

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 104 DEGREES WAS SET AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM TODAY.   
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 102 SET IN 1956.  

Also for the month of June:

CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT  
TIED OR BROKE 10 RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES IN JUNE AND HAS ALREADY  
TIED OR BROKEN 4 RECORD HIGHS IN JULY. VICTORIA TIED OR BROKE 5 RECORD  
HIGHS IN JUNE AND HAS TIED OR BROKEN 4 MORE IN JULY.

CORPUS CHRISTI (PERIOD OF RECORD 1887-2009)...  
  
HOTTEST AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR JUNE  
  
1. 95.5  2009  
2. 95.3  1953  
3. 93.6  1997  

VICTORIA (PERIOD OF RECORD 1902-2009)...  
  
HOTTEST AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR JUNE  
  
1. 96.6  2009  
2. 96.2  2008  
3. 95.0  1990  

Original post:
Record daily temperatures were reported for the Texas panhandle on July 8. The Amarillo record had been tied 3 times since 1910, but it was blasted away by 2°:

VERY HOT TEMPERATURES WERE OBSERVED ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA  
PANHANDLES ON WEDNESDAY JULY 8. BELOW ARE SOME HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM  
AROUND THE REGION ALONG WITH THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE  
DATE WHEN AVAILABLE.  
  
LOCATION            HIGH  RECORD  YEAR(S)  
  
AMARILLO TX          102   100    2001, 1951, 1940, 1910  
BORGER TX            104   102    2001  

The Austin/San Antonio National Weather Service office yesterday put out a recap of the extreme heat wave continuing in Texas:

THE PERIOD FROM MID JUNE TO EARLY JULY OF 2009 CONTINUES TO SHOW  
AFTERNOON HIGHS AVERAGING NEAR 5 TO 10 DEGREES WARMER THAN USUAL.  
SO FAR IN EARLY JULY OF 2009...THE AVERAGE DAYTIME HIGHS HAVE  
BEEN AROUND 100 TO 102.   

JUNE 2009 WAS THE 2ND WARMEST JUNE AT AUSTIN MABRY...THE 8TH WARMEST   
AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM...THE 5TH WARMEST JUNE AT DEL RIO...AND A TIE   
FOR THE 3RD WARMEST JUNE AT SAN ANTONIO WITH JUNE 1998.  

OTHER RECORDS THAT ARE RARE EVENTS WAS THE 10 CONSECUTIVE 100  
DEGREE DAYS FROM JUNE 20TH TO JUNE 29TH AT AUSTIN MABRY AND  
AUSTIN BERGSTROM.  PRIOR TO THIS YEAR...THIS BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF   
6 IN A ROW IN JUNE 1953 AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM...AND THE RECORD OF   
8 IN A ROW AT AUSTIN MABRY...IN JUNE 1925.  SAN ANTONIO HAD 6 100   
DEGREE DAYS IN A ROW FROM JUNE 24 TO 29...2009...JUST SHORT OF THE   
RECORD 8 DAYS IN A ROW IN JUNE 1990.  FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE...  
SAN ANTONIO HAD 12 OVERALL 100 DEGREE DAYS IN JUNE...A RECORD FOR   
THE MONTH OF JUNE.  THE OLD RECORD WAS 11 DAYS IN JUNE 1990.  
  
THE ALL TIME GREATEST NUMBER OF 100 DEGREE DAYS IN A ROW  
AT AUSTIN...DEL RIO...AND SAN ANTONIO ARE LISTED BELOW.  
  
DEL RIO............50 FROM JUNE 17 TO AUGUST 5...1980  
AUSTIN BERGSTROM...23 FROM JULY 27 TO AUGUST 18...1951  
AUSTIN MABRY.......21 FROM JULY 12 TO AUGUST 1...2001  
SAN ANTONIO........21 FROM JULY 24 TO AUGUST 13...1962