Mid Atlantic Heat Wave 2010: Return of the Triple Digits

It didn't set any records in the Washington, DC area today, but the latest round of Heat Wave 2010 has brought back triple digit temperatures. Today's high reached 100° at Baltimore's BWI Airport, just 2° shy of the July 5 daily record set in 1919 and tied in 1999. Washington National was within 3° of the record at 99°, and Washington Dulles hit a milder 96°, also 3° below the record.

To the south:

• Richmond was also in triple digits, but the 100° high was 1° lower than the record.
• Norfolk had a four-way tie with 1990/1980/1957 at 98°.
• The 97° at Salisbury, MD was 3° short of the 1999 record.
• Wallops Island, whose record extends only back to 1963, set a record of 98°, beating the 1999 record of 97°.

To the north:

• Allentown, PA tied the record of 98° in 1955/1999.
• Atlantic City, NJ tied the record of 99° in 1999.
• Georgetown, DE was 1° below the record of 98° in 1949.
• Philadelphia's 98° was 2° below the 1919/1999 record.
• Reading, PA tied the 1919/1999 record at 100°.
• Trenton, NJ was also in triple digits, but the 100° was 2° short of the 1999 record.
• Central Park, NY missed the century club by 1°, which was 2° short of the 101° record in 1999.
• Newark, NJ roasted in 102° heat, but that was 1° short of the 1999 record.
• Also recording near misses were New York's La Guardia (98°) and JFK (97°).
• Temperatures were in the upper 90s well into New England, where Concord, NH reached 97°, which was 4° short of the record.

Image (click to enlarge): U.S. surface temperatures at 4 pm EDT, July 5, 2010; from Unisys