Record Heat Moves Into Mid Atlantic, Northeast; 6-20-53 Records Fall

Image (click to enlarge): Temperature departures from climatological average (°C), June 20, 1953, from NOAA/ESRL

The great heat wave of June 1953 was focused mainly in the Central and Southern Plains, but on the 20th record heat extended northeastward through the Midwest and across New England into the Canadian Maritimes. Many records were established across the region which were still standing for over a half century until several of them were tied or broken today. Based on preliminary reports from the National Weather Service, here are some of those records (previous record and date in parentheses):

Richmond VA        98 (tie, 1933)
Wheeling WV        93 (92, 1953)
Morgantown WV      93 (tie, 1953)
Wheeling WV        93 (92, 1953)
Salisbury MD       97 (95, 1923)
Georgetown DE      98 (97, 1964)
Wilmington DE      97 (tie, 1895)
Mt. Pocono PA      89 (tie, 1953) 
Newark NJ          98 (97, 1953) 
Binghamton NY      90 (tie, 1953)
Kennedy Airpt NY   94 (93, 1995)
LaGuardia Airpt NY 98 (96, 1953)
Hartford CT        97 (96, 1995/1953)
Burlington VT      95 (94, 1988)
Portland ME        93 (tie, 1964)
Houlton ME         90 (89, 1988)