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