Many heat records were tied or broken across the South on Wednesday, June 24, particularly in Texas and Louisiana. This includes a new June all-time high for Houston:
HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT HAS REACHED 104 DEGREES AT 3:32 PM.In New Orleans, the Times-Picayune reported:
THIS 104 DEGREE MARK IS NOW THE ALL TIME RECORDED HIGH TEMPERATURE
FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. THE PREVIOUS MONTHLY RECORD WAS 103
DEGREES...SET ON JUNE 30TH OF 1980.
ALSO...FOR THIS DATE OF JUNE 24TH...THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURE WAS 99 DEGREES SET IN 1980...AND BEFORE THAT IN 1944.
WITH A FEW HOURS OF HEATING LEFT THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THIS RECORD
TEMPERATURE WILL INCREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
"Mercury hits 104 in New Orleans, hottest day ever".
Other heat records for June 24:
HOBBY AIRPORT REACHED 101 DEGREES AT 2:26 PM...AND REMAINS AT 101Additional records for June 23:
DEGREES AS OF 337 PM...WHICH BREAKS IT'S PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH OF 98
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 106 DEGREES WAS SET AT WACO TODAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 104 SET BACK IN 1933.
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 102 DEGREES WAS SET AT SAN ANTONIO
TODAY. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 102 SET IN 1994.
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 104 DEGREES WAS SET AT AUSTIN
BERGSTROM TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 101 SET IN 1990.
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 105 DEGREES WAS SET AT AUSTIN CAMP MABRY TODAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 101 SET IN 1994.
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 102 DEGREES WAS SET AT BEAUMONT PORT
ARTHUR TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 97 SET IN 1995.
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 102 DEGREES WAS SET AT VICTORIA TODAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 101 SET IN 1916.
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 98 DEGREES WAS SET AT CORPUS CHRISTI TODAY.
THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 98 SET IN 1990.
THE EASTERWOOD FIELD AIRPORT FOR BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION HAS RECORDED
105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON AT 3:41 PM. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS
RECORD OF 102 DEGREES...SET IN 1933.
THE ALL TIME RECORDED HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE
IS 107 DEGREES SET ON JUNE 14TH OF 1998.
Louisiana:
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 101 DEGREES WAS SET AT NEW ORLEANS [International Airport]
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 96 SET IN 1977.
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 104 DEGREES WAS SET AT NEW ORLEANS
AUDUBON PARK TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 99 SET IN 2006.
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 102 DEGREES WAS SET AT NEW IBERIA
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD DAILY RECORD OF 97 SET IN 2005. THIS
ALSO BREAKS THE RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE OF 100 SET IN 1954.
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 102 DEGREES WAS SET AT LAFAYETTE
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 99 SET IN 1930.
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 102 DEGREES WAS SET AT ALEXANDRIA TODAY.
THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 102 SET IN 1932.
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 100 DEGREES WAS SET AT BATON ROUGE
ASOS TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 97 SET IN 1969.
Mississippi:
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 99 DEGREES WAS SET AT VICKSBURG TODAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 98 DEGREES SET IN 1969.
..RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE BROKEN FOR THE DATE OF JUNE 23RD
LOCATION OLD RECORD NEW RECORD YEARS OF DATA
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MONROE LA 100 IN 1969 101 IN 2009 RECORDS SINCE 1930
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 100 DEGREES WAS SET AT NEW IBERIA TODAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 97 SET IN 1953.
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 102 DEGREES WAS SET AT HATTIESBURG ON
TUESDAY JUNE 23. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 99 SET IN 2006.
AN EARLIER RECORD REPORT WAS ISSUED WITH AN INCORRECT OBSERVED
TEMPERATURE OF 100. THE ACTUAL OBSERVED HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 102 ON
TUESDAY.