Images (click to enlarge): U.S. daily minimum temperatures for July 19 and maximum temperatures for July 18 from Unisys For previous record reports, see:
Record Heat
Record ColdDaily record low temperature records were set or tied for July 19 in Maryland and West Virginia:
A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 57 DEGREES WAS RECORDED AT BALTIMORE MD THIS
MORNING. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 59 SET IN 1962.
A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 53 DEGREES WAS SET AT MARTINSBURG WV
THIS MORNING. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 55 SET IN 1976.
Also, on July 18:
THE HIGH OF 67 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT IN BLUEFIELD IS A NEW RECORD
LOW MAXIMUM FOR THE DATE.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 72...SET IN 1976.
Meanwhile, in the West on July 18:
..RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT THE LOVELOCK AIRPORT [Nevada]
LOCATION TEMPERATURE PREVIOUS RECORD
LOVELOCK (1895-2008) 109 105 (1933)
..RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA ON JUL 18 2009
CITY (PERIOD OF RECORD) NEW HIGH PREVIOUS RECORD/YEAR
PAGE (1958 - 2009) 107 105 IN 2005
SEDONA (1944 - 2009) 109 109 (TIED) IN 2005
...RECORD HIGH LOW TEMPERATURES FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA ON JUL 19 2009...
CITY (PERIOD OF RECORD) NEW HIGH LOW PREVIOUS RECORD/YEAR
COTTONWOOD-TUZIGOOT (1977 - 2009) 75 72 IN 2006
FLAGSTAFF (1899 - 2009) 62 60 IN 1925
PAGE (1958 - 2009) 80 78 IN 2003
..RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES REPORTED IN UTAH FOR JULY 18TH
STATION NEW RECORD OLD RECORD YEAR
BRYCE CANYON AIRPORT 90 88 1960
CEDAR CITY AIRPORT 100 TIED 100 1998
COALVILLE 99 TIED 99 1998
DELTA 108 TIED 108 1998
ESCALANTE 103 TIED 103 1998
HANKSVILLE 110 109 1998
ZION PARK 113 111 2005
IN EASTERN UTAH,
AT CANYONLANDS, NEEDLES, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 105 DEGREES, SET A
NEW RECORD HIGH FOR JULY 18, BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 104,
SET IN 1998.
IN EASTERN UTAH,
AT CANYONLANDS, NEEDLES, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 103 DEGREES, TIED
THE RECORD HIGH FOR JULY 17, LAST SET IN 2006.
IN EASTERN UTAH,
AT MEXICAN HAT, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 106 DEGREES, TIED THE RECORD
HIGH FOR JULY 16, LAST SET IN 1971.
..RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES REPORTED IN UTAH FOR JULY 17TH
STATION NEW RECORD OLD RECORD YEAR
BRYCE CANYON AIRPORT 91 89 1960
CEDAR CITY AIRPORT 101 TIED 101 1998
COALVILLE 99 98 2006
KANAB 104 103 1960
ZION PARK 113 110 2006
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 117 DEGREES AT IMPERIAL CA TODAY WAS A
RECORD HIGH FOR THE DATE. THE PREVIOUS MARK WAS 116 SET IN 2005.
THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT THE NEEDLES CALIFORNIA AIRPORT SATURDAY JULY
18TH ONLY GOT DOWN TO 95 DEGREES. THIS READING BROKE THE PREVIOUS
RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 93 DEGREES SET IN 1998.
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER THE DESERT
SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HOT TEMPERATURES ACROSS INLAND
AREAS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY THIS WEEK. HIGH
TEMPERATURES IN THE VALLEYS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN
95 AND 105 DEGREES. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 102 AND 112 DEGREES...APPROACHING RECORD
LEVELS.
MOUNTAIN HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN
90 AND 107 DEGREES. THE COMBINATION OF THESE HOT TEMPERATURES WITH
SUFFICIENT MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE HEAT INDEX VALUES OF
100 DEGREES OR GREATER TODAY...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS
FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA.
THIS CURRENT HEAT WAVE WILL PERSIST ACROSS INLAND AREAS THROUGH AT
LEAST EARLY THIS WEEK. COMPUTER MODELS ARE CONTINUING TO INDICATE
THE POTENTIAL FOR A LONG DURATION HEAT WAVE ACROSS INLAND
AREAS...WITH TEMPERATURES LIKELY REMAINING ABOVE NORMAL FOR
VALLEYS...MOUNTAINS...AND DESERTS THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.
Images (click to enlarge): July 2009 month-to-date average temperature vs. monthly normal and records; top 10 coolest, long-term normal, and warmest July average temperatures in Washington, DC; CapitalClimate charts from National Weather Service data
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