Pre-Christmas Heat Update: Records Set in NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, VA

Preliminary data from the National Climatic Data Center show that at least 13 major daily high temperature records were set or tied yesterday from Virginia to New York (alphabetically by state):

                                    Previous         Period of
Location                            Record   Date    Record (yr)      
DE WILMINGTON NEW CASTLE (KILG)  62   58   12/21/1949  67
NJ ATLANTIC CITY INTL AP (KACY)  63   61   12/21/1973  64
NJ NEWARK INTL AP (KEWR)         62   61   12/21/1957  76
NJ MILLVILLE MUNI AP (KMIV)      61   60   12/21/1990  61
NY NY CITY CNTRL PARK (KNYC)     62   62   12/21/1923 135
NY NEW YORK LA GUARDIA AP (KLGA) 61   59   12/21/1993  63
NY NEW YORK JFK INTL AP (KJFK)   59   57   12/21/1957  63
NY WESTCHESTER CO AP (KHPN)      59   57   12/21/2002  49
PA PHILADELPHIA INTL AP (KPHL)   63   59   12/21/1990  70
PA MIDDLETOWN HARRISBG AP (KMDT) 59   59   12/21/1998  67
PA DUBOIS FAA AP (KDUJ)          54   54   12/21/1988  44
PA BRADFORD RGNL AP (KBFD)       53   51   12/21/1988  54
VA WASHGTN DULLES INTL AP (KIAD) 61   60   12/21/1998  49  

As previously noted, a record was also set at Baltimore.

The total number of daily low temperature records set or tied in all 50 states yesterday: 1.