2023-09-04 07:00:00
U.S. cities have been reeling from a relentless series of blistering heat waves that have not only toppled longstanding daily temperature records this summer, but have brought dangerous—and in some cases deadly—conditions to the South and Southwest, with New Orleans, Houston, and Portland, Oregon, setting all-time high temperature records.
September 2Santa FeNew Mexico, broke its daily temperature record at 94 degrees, while Sioux FallsSouth Dakota, and DuluthMinnesota broke daily temperature records with highs of 97 degrees.
September 1Denver narrowly set a new daily temperature record at 99 degrees, while Fort LauderdaleFlorida, broke its daily heat record at 95 degrees, according to National Weather Service data.
August 31Miami set its latest daily high temperature record this summer with a high of 96 degrees.
August 30San Francisco and Oakland both broke daily record highs at 87 and 91 degrees, respectively.
August 29Phoenix set its third straight daily temperature record at a blistering 116 degrees, while TucsonArizona, saw its second consecutive daily high record fall with a high of 108, and a new daily record was set in FlagstaffArizona, at 89 degrees, and Salt Lake City (100).
August 28Phoenix recorded a daily high temperature of 117 degrees, breaking its latest daily record this summer, while AnaheimCalifornia, broke its daily record at 102 degrees, MobileAlabama, set a new daily record at 99 and TucsonArizona, set a new daily record with a high of 109.
August 27Phoenix broke its daily high record once more with a high of 114 degrees, while New Orleans shattered its daily record with a high of 105, breaking an all-time record, while daily records also fell in Houston (109), Austin (110), MobileAlabama (105), and Tampa (96).
August 26Memphis broke its daily record high with a temperature of 102 degrees.
August 25Houston broke its daily record at 102 degrees, along with a group of Southern cities, including JacksonMississippi (105), St. Louis (104), New Orleans (100), Saint AnthonyTexas (104), MobileAlabama (98), Memphis (102), Nashville (101), AustinTexas (107), Fort WorthTexas (109), ShreveportLouisiana (110), dallas (109), and Baton RougeLouisiana (105).
August 24Houston tied its all-time record temperature with a high of 109 degrees, a daily record for the city, while daily record highs were also seen in Chicago (100), JacksonMississippi (106), New Orleans (100), MobileAlabama (100), TopekaKansas (104), ShreveportLouisiana (109), Fort WorthTexas (107), and Baton RougeLouisiana (106).
August 23New Orleans also tied its all-time heat record at 102 degrees, while other daily records were recorded in Baton RougeLouisiana (103), MonksIowa (101), Chicago (98), JacksonMississippi (103), MobileAlabama (101), Milwaukee (101), Minneapolis (98), and MonksIowa (100).
August 21Denver set a new daily high temperature record with thermometers reaching 97 degrees, while a high of 106 was enough for a new daily record in dallasand in WichitaKansas, a daily record was set at 106, with other daily records falling in Saint AnthonyTexas (105), MobileAlabama (99), ShreveportLouisiana (107), Baton RougeLouisiana (102), LincolnNebraska (102) and Oklahoma City (104).
August 20WichitaKansas, broke its second straight daily high temperature record at 107, breaking a record that had stood for 22 years, while other daily heat records were broken in OaklandCalifornia (88), TulsaOklahoma (105), Oklahoma City (106), San Francisco (83), New Orleans (100), Houston (105), dallas (109), St. Louis (100), Mobile, Alabama (99) and in Austin, Fort Worth and Saint AnthonyTexas (107, 109 and 104).
August 19WichitaKansas, shattered its previous daily record of 105 degrees with a high of 111 degrees, while LincolnNebraska, set a new daily record at 104, Colorado SpringsColorado broke its daily record at 96, Austin, Dallas and Fort WorthTexas all topped their daily record at 106, 108 and 108, respectively, and New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Shreveport all broke daily records at 100, 105 and 109 degrees, respectively.
August 18New Orleans narrowly topped its daily high temperature record with a high of 99, while Baton RougeLouisiana, broke its record at 102 degrees, Wichita broke a daily record at 106, Colorado Springs set a new daily record at 97 and Dallas, Fort Worth and Saint AnthonyTexas, broke their daily records at 109, 111 and 104.
August 17RoswellNew Mexico, beat its record daily high of 105, with a new record of 106, while Houston set its latest daily record (105), as did Austin, Corpus Christi, Fort Worth and Saint AnthonyTexas (109, 103, 110 and 106, respectively)
August 16Phoenix tied a record high at a blistering 115 degrees, while Portland, Oregon broke its daily high at 103, New Orleans set its second straight daily record at 100, RaleighNorth Carolina, narrowly broke its daily record at 100 degrees, and HelenaMontana set a new record at 102.
August 15PortlandOregon, saw a daily record high at 108, marking the city’s all-time hottest day in the month of August, while OlympiaWashington, saw a new daily record at 100 degrees, ColumbiaSouth Carolina, observed a new record high at 101, and Houston, New Orleansand Tallahassee, Florida, all set daily record highs at 104, 100 and 100, respectively.
August 14Seattle broke a daily record high at 91 degrees, as did OlympiaWashington at 96 degrees, and TallahasseeFlorida, which set its second consecutive daily record high, at 100 degrees.
August 13Tallahassee broke a daily high at 100 degrees, above its previous record set in 1999, while a group of cities in the South also set new record highs, including TampaFlorida (97 degrees), JacksonMississippi (105), New Orleans (100), AustinTexas (106), Fort Worth, Texas (108), Dallas (106), and ShreveportLouisiana (106).
August 12PensacolaFlorida, broke its daily record high at 100 degrees.
August 11TampaFlorida, broke its daily record high with temperatures reaching 96 degrees, while OrlandoFlorida, broke its daily record at 99, Key West Florida, broke a daily record at 95, Saint AnthonyTexas, broke a daily record at 106, as did AustinTexas (108), Fort WorthTexas (108), and New Orleans (101).
August 10OrlandoFlorida, MobileAlabama, New Orleans, Houston and Saint AnthonyTexas, all set new daily record highs at 98, 98, 100, 106 and 103 degrees, respectively.
August 9Jacksonville set a new daily record high temperature at 99 degrees, while Pensacola and Tampa Florida, both tied their record daily highs at 97 degrees, and daily records were set in New Orleans (98), AustinTexas (108) and Fort WorthTexas (109).
August 8Fort LauderdaleFlorida, set its second consecutive daily record with a high of 94 degrees, while Miami set its third in a row at 95 degrees, and broke its all-time record heat index—a measure of how hot it feels outside when considering for humidity—at a sweltering 113, and Laredo and Saint AnthonyTexas, as well as Orlando and Pensacola, Florida, set new daily records at 108, 105, 99 and 98, respectively.
August 7New Orleans broke its daily record temperature for the fifth straight day at 100 degrees, above its previous record high of 98, while Baton Rouge and LafayetteLouisiana, set new daily records at 101 and 102, respectively; Miami, Key West, Tallahassee and Fort LauderdaleFlorida, also set daily records at 95, 96, 99 and 94 degrees, respectively; and Saint Anthony and StepTexas, broke their daily record at 105 and 109.
August 6Phoenix tied its daily record (114 degrees), while New Orleans broke another daily record at 100 and Key WestFlorida, broke its daily record at 94 degrees.
August 5New Orleans set another daily heat record with a high of 100 degrees, while Phoenix set a daily record at 116 degrees.
August 4Baton RougeLouisiana, broke its daily record high for the seventh straight dayaccording to the National Weather Service, with a temperature of 101 degrees, while in New Orleansresidents saw a record high of 99 degrees.
August 3TucsonArizona, broke its daily high temperature record, with thermometers reaching a blistering 105 degrees, according to the NWS, while Phoenixin the midst of a historical heat wave, set a daily record at 113, TampaFlorida, set a new daily record at 95, New Orleans broke its daily record (98), as did Body of ChristTexas (101), LafayetteLouisiana (101), and Little RockArkansas, set a daily record at 103.
August 2dallas tied its daily record high, at 107 degrees, tying a previous record set in 2011, while AustinTexas, broke its daily record at 105 degrees, Houston tied its daily record (101) and Baton RougeLouisiana, broke its daily high (102).
August 1Austin, San Antonio, Dallas and WacoTexas, broke their latest daily records this summer, with temperatures reaching a high of 103, 102, 107 and 106 degrees, respectively, while Little RockArkansas, also set a daily high at 94 degrees and Baton Rouge topped out at 104 degrees—the hottest day in Louisiana’s capital city since 2007.
July 31New Orleans and Baton RougeLouisiana, both topped their previous daily high temperature records, at 101 and 102 degrees, respectively—the hottest day in New Orleans since 2009.
July 30Phoenix recorded its 31st day in a row with a high temperature above 110 degrees, trouncing its previous record of 18 days, while Baton Rouge hit another daily record of 100 degrees and AustinTexas, broke its daily high of 107 degrees.
July 29Baton Rouge broke another daily temperature record at 101 degrees.
July 27AnaheimCalifornia, set its second straight daily record high, at 99 degrees, while Rapid CitySouth Dakota, also broke a daily record at 101, as did Baton RougeLouisiana (99), Santa FeNew Mexico (96), and St. Paul (95).
July 26Phoenix set its latest record daily high at 118 degrees, over the city’s previous daily high of 116, while daily records were also set in AnaheimCalifornia, (100), Body of ChristTexas (102), Sioux FallsSouth Dakota (104), The Pass0Texas (108), and Santa FeNew Mexico (99).
July 25Phoenix shattered another daily record high at a blistering 118 degrees, while TucsonArizona, recorded its 10th daily record high this month, hitting 112 degrees.
July 24Fort LauderdaleFlorida, posted a daily record at 98 degrees, while KissimmeeFlorida, tied its daily record at 96.
July 23RenoNevada, HelenaMontana, and Grand JunctionColorado, set daily temperature records at 104, 103 and 105 degrees, respectively, while Miami set a daily record (98 degrees) according to the National Weather Service.
July 22Salt Lake City set a daily record high with thermometers reading 105 degrees, as did San JuanPuerto Rico (94 degrees), Miami (97 degrees), TucsonArizona (111), Houston (101), Saint AnthonyTexas (104), Salt Lake City (106), HelenaMontana (103), New Orleans (97), Baton RougeLouisiana (99) and Phoenixwhich set yet another daily record high at 118 degrees.
July 21StepTexas, broke its daily record for the fifth straight day, with a daily high of 107, while FlagstaffArizona, set its third consecutive daily record at 90 degrees, and Tampa and OrlandoFlorida set daily records at 96 and 97 degrees, respectively.
July 20Phoenix extended its streak of 110-plus-degree days to 21, breaking yet another daily temperature record at 115 degrees, while FlagstaffArizona, set a daily record (90 degrees).
July 19Phoenix broke its latest in a string of daily temperature records amid a historic heat wave in the Southwest, with the temperature at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor Airport reaching 119 degrees, the hottest day since 2017 and the city’s fourth hottest day on record—FlagstaffArizona, also set a daily record at 92 degrees, as did StepTexas (111), TucsonArizona (112) and Baton RougeLouisiana (98).
July 18Phoenix set a record for most days in a row with highs of 110 degrees or higher, reaching the mark for the 19th consecutive daywith temperatures hitting 118 degrees—a daily record—while Death Valley broke its daily record at a staggering 128 degrees, TucsonArizona, broke its daily record at 112, Las Vegas set a daily record (100) and Austin, Corpus Christi, El Paso, Fort Worth and Saint AnthonyTexas, both broke daily records at 107, 101, 109, 110 and 104 degrees, respectively.
July 17Las Vegas broke a daily record at 96 degrees, while FlagstaffArizona, broke its record (94) and four Texas cities—Saint Anthony, Austin, Step and Fort Worth—broke their daily records at 104, 108, 109 and 108, respectively.
July 16Salt Lake City surpassed its daily record high, when the temperature hit 106 degrees, while Santa RosaCalifornia, tied a daily record (99 degrees), FlagstaffArizona, broke its daily record (96 degrees), as did Body of ChristTexas (103 degrees), MobileAlabama (98), Baton RougeLouisiana (100), AustinTexas (106), StepTexas (105), Sacramento (109) and Reno, Nevada (108)—Carson CityNevada, shattered its previous daily record of 99 degrees at a blistering 105.
July 15FlagstaffArizona, tied a daily record high at 89 degrees.
July 14Two major Texas cities tied their daily high temperature records, with Saint Anthony hitting 105 degrees and Waco reaching 104, while Fort WorthTexas, broke its daily record at 106 and Phoenix tied its daily high at 116.
July 13Phoenix set its latest daily high temperature record at 114 degrees, following a string of daily temperature records in the city, while Baton RougeLouisiana, tied its daily record at 99 degrees.
July 12Phoenix tied a daily temperature record at a high of 114 degrees, tying a record set in 2020.
July 11Fort LauderdaleFlorida, tied its daily high temperature, at 96 degrees.
July 8Miami broke its daily temperature record for the fourth-straight day and for the fifth time over just six days, at 96 degrees.
July 6TucsonArizona, set a record daily high, with thermometers reading 110 degrees, breaking the city’s previous record by one degree.
July 5PortlandOregon, reached a sweltering 98 degrees, breaking the city’s daily record high by two degrees, while VancouverWashington, and EugeneOregon, also set daily highs, at 96 and 99 degrees, respectively, and StepTexas, broke a daily record at a whopping 107 degrees.
July 4Tampa set a daily record high once more with thermometers reading 97 degrees—July 4 was the planet’s hottest day in nearly 125,000 years, at 62.92 degrees, according to the University of Maine Climate Change Institute.
July 1Tampa broke its daily record (99 degrees), while StocktonCalifornia, broke its record by one degree (109) and Sacramento tied its record (109).
June 30Multiple cities across the country tied their daily record highs, including Tampa (96 degrees), Body of ChristTexas (98), and BillingsMontana (99).
June 29Miami set its second-consecutive daily temperature record at 95 degrees, while Fort WorthTexas, narrowly hit a record daily high at 103 degrees and New Orleans broke another daily record at 100 degrees—marking the first time the temperature has reached triple-digits at the city’s airport in seven years.
June 28RoswellNew Mexico, set another daily high at 112 degrees, the city’s second hottest day on record, while Miami broke another daily record with a temperature of 95 degrees.
June 25As the heat wave stretched east, New Orleans set a new daily record at 98 degrees, beating its former high of 97 set last year.
June 24RoswellNew Mexico tied its daily heat record with a high of 110 degrees set in 1990, while Saint Anthony for the second straight day tied its daily record (102).
June 23Saint Anthony tied its daily heat record at 102 degrees, while Laredo set another daily record (109).
June 22Corpus Christi, McAllen and Laredo continued to break record daily high temperature records (103, 105 and 114 degrees, respectively).
June 21The Florida Keys tied a daily high temperature record at 94 degrees, while St. PaulMinnesota, broke a daily record (91), Body of Christ, Texas, broke a daily record (100) and Houston tied its daily record (99).
June 20Laredo and McAllen broke daily records once more, at 114 and 106 degrees, respectively, while Austin set another daily record (106) and Midland broke its daily record (109).
June 19Records were smashed across Texas during a heat wave, with new daily highs hit in Saint Anthony (105 degrees) and McAllen (107), while Austin tied its prior daily record of 106 degrees, according to the National Weather Service and Laredo tied an all-time record-high temperature for the city (115)—Laredo broke another daily record on June 13 (111 degrees).
June 16Miami broke a daily record with a temperature of 95 degrees—toppling a record that had stood for 12 years—while Fort Lauderdale broke a daily heat record (95 degrees).
June 3Cincinnati broke a daily high record that had been set in 1951 (93 degrees).
June 2Hartford also saw a daily record (94 degrees), beating a record set in 1961 by 3 degrees and Philadelphia narrowly beat a 23-year record (95 degrees), while temperature records also fell in the Midwest, including in St. Louis (93 degrees) and Detroit (90 degrees).
June 1Buffalo set daily temperature records on consecutive days to start off the month (90 degrees), while SyracuseNew York, set a record at 91 degrees, and FargoNorth Dakota, set a daily record at 97 degrees.
After the Earth experienced the hottest July on record, a handful of cities in the U.S. broke their all-time heat records as they continued to feel the effects of intense heat waves. In August alone, New Orleans shattered its previous all-time record with a high of 105 degrees, while Houston tied its all-time record at 109 degrees. New Orleans had also tied its all-time heat record (102) earlier in the month. Portland, Oregon, also recorded its hottest ever temperature for the month of August, at 108 degrees. In June, Laredo, Texas, tied its all-time heat record at 115 degrees.
A scorching 119-degree high at Big Bend National Park in west Texas on June 23 came within one degree of tying an all-time temperature record for the state of Texas, which was set in 1936. Death Valley National Park came within three degrees of breaking the Earth’s all-time temperature record on July 16, when thermometers in Furnace Creek reached 128 degreesjust shy of a 130-degree record set in the park that is believed to be the hottest reliably-recorded temperature on the planet.
9,991. That’s how many cities and towns throughout the country either tied or broke their daily high temperature record this summer, including nearly 6,600 that broke those records, according to the NWS.
Heat advisories are in place in south Texas, as well as parts of Minnesota, New York, Wisconsin and Vermont, bringing the heat index—how hot it feels outside when humidity is taken into consideration—into the 110s in some areas. Forecasters urged residents to stay out of the sun and take “extra precautions” outside.
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