Image (click to enlarge): June 26, 2012 high temperature records, from National Weather Service
7 PM MDT Update: A preliminary report from the National Weather Service confirms the Goodland record high of 110° at 2:53 pm, eclipsing the old daily record of 107° in 1971.
The 115° high temperature is a new all-time June record at Hill City, where records began in 1896; it smashes the old daily record of 110° in 1980.
Also in Kansas, Dodge City (110°) and Garden City (108°) tied records set just last year.
Russell, Kansas hit 112°, breaking the record of 108° in 1980.
Burlington, Colorado also crushed a record with 106°, exceeding the 102° in 1990.
The prize for excessive record margin goes to McCook, Nebraska, where the 115° high was 12° above the old record of 103° in 1998. McCook climate records began in 1896.
Original post:
Goodland, Kansas (elevation 3656 ft) in the latest hour (3 pm MDT) has reported a temperature of 110°F (43.3°C). This breaks the all-time June high temperature record tied just 2 days ago and originally set in 1936. It is also tied for the second warmest all-time temperature at Goodland. The previous top 10 temperatures:
1. 111 Jul 25, 1940Yesterday's high of 107° also set a daily high, breaking another 1936 record of 104° which was tied in 1990. Goodland climate records date back to 1895.
2. 110 Aug 04, 1947
3. 110 Jul 24, 1940
4. 110 Jul 25, 1936
5. 110 Jul 24, 1936
6. 110 Jul 23, 1936
7. 109 Jul 20, 2005
8. 109 Jul 20, 1939
9. 109 Jun 18, 1936
10. 108 Jul 04, 1964
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2 comments:
Steve, is this a blocking event? It seems somewhat persistent, and is there any connection to Debby's slow movement?
Yes, this is a classic summer blocking pattern, with a strong high pressure ridge over the central part of the US. The difference is that this is more intense than average, so extreme temperature records are being set.
Debby was trapped between this mid-latitude ridge and a subtropical ridge to the south. For a time, it appeared that the strength of the northern ridge would force Debby westward in the Gulf, but the westerly flow aloft (shear) weakened the storm, and it eventually worked its way eastward.
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