Thursday, February 17, 2011

Nano Ice Age Update II: Record Temperatures From Kansas to New Jersey

8 PM CST Update: Additional records, including Lincoln, Illinois breaking a century-old record by 4°:
Des Moines IA  68 (tie, 1981)
Lincoln IL 63 (59, 1911)
Peoria IL 64 (tie, 1890)
Springfield IL 68 (67, 1911 and 1890)
Muskegon MI 51 (50, 2008 and 1911)
Zanesville OH 66 (64, 2006)
Beckley WV 66 (63, 1975)
Huntington WV 70 (tie, 1975)
Bluefield WV 66 (65, 1961)
Harrisburg PA 67 (65, 1891)
Binghamton NY 55 (tie, 1981)
Original post:
As warm air spread eastward from the southern Plains, more daily high temperature records were set or tied today across a wide area and by wide margins. In several cases, those margins were as much as 5 degrees in periods of record extending back over a century. For example, Burlington, Iowa, whose observations began in 1897, saw its old record from 1994 smashed by 5° with a reading of 66°.

Rolla, Missouri broke its 1971 record by 4° with a reading of 73°. Records there date back to 1888.

Columbia, Missouri smashed its 1994 record by 6° with a high of 74°. The period of record in Columbia began in 1890.

The St. Louis high of 76° missed a century-old record by only 1°.

Other record reports from the National Weather Service (old record and date in parentheses):
Topeka KS      76 (74, 1913)
Wichita KS 78 (75, 1970)
Moline IL 63 (62, 1981)
Kansas City MO 74 (72, 1970)
Joplin MO 74 (73, 1971)
Trenton NJ 67 (tie, 1976) [records began 1865]
Newark NJ 66 (tie, 1976)
Reading PA 64 (tie, 1976) [records began 1869]
More reports to be added as they become available.

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