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Washington's high temperature of 96° last week seemed just a bit too high to end the near-record string of 90°+ temperatures this year. ...

The Weather Channel twitches that today's 90°+ temperatures in Raleigh NC have tied the annual record of 83 days in 2007. Highs in the...

5 PM Update: As of 5 pm EDT, Julia has weakened slightly to Category 3 (125 mph), but Igor remains at Category 4. Original Post: Although t...

8 PM Update: And 96° it is, at 3:46 PM EDT. Temperatures were 90° or above for 8 consecutive hours beginning at noon. The low of 74° is n...

5:30 PM Update: The preliminary high/low temperatures for Sept. 7 are 94/69. If the low holds through midnight, the first week of Septembe...

Images (click to enlarge): U.S. Northeast and Mid Atlantic temperature departures from average for spring (March-May) and summer 2010 (June-...

As previously reported, it was the hottest summer on record by a wide margin in Washington. Record-breaking heat also extended from the Mi...