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Extreme Heat Breaks More Than 3,000 Records This Week

By Meghan Evans, Meteorologist

Jul 6, 2012; 5:08 AM ET
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People play in the street next to a fire hydrant to keep cool during Fourth of July festivities on Wednesday, July 4, 2012, in Philadelphia. This year's holiday brought a heat wave with temperatures reaching the upper 90s. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
A scorching heat wave is gripping much of the eastern two-thirds of the nation, setting an astonishing number of temperature records.
More than 3,000 temperature records have been shattered in the U.S. this past week, from June 28-July 4, 2012, according to NOAA. The tally of record high temperatures during the time period is 2,253, and the tally of maximum low temperature records is 936.
From July 1-July 4 alone, more than 1,000 record highs have fallen, while more than 600 maximum low temperature records have been broken.
Besides challenging daily records, some cities may have record streaks of high temperatures that will go down in the record books.
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St. Louis is located in the heart of the heat wave. The mercury has soared to 100 degrees or higher for eight days in a row in St. Louis through July Fourth. If it hits 100 degrees through Friday, as expected, then it will be the second longest streak of 100-degree temperatures since 1936.
Detroit, which had a chance of coming close to the longest streak of 90-degree weather since 1953, fell shy of 90 on Thursday due to thunderstorms. However, temperatures will warm right back up to near 100 on Friday to end the work week.
Sampling of Record Highs on July 5
City
High
Old Daily Record
Evansville, Ind.
107
99 (1953)
Russellville, Ark.
107
105 (1964)
Paducah, Ky.
105
99 (1980)
St. Louis, Mo.
105
102 (1936)
Batesville, Ark.
104
100 (1943)
Madison, Wis.
104
98 (1911)
Nashville, Tenn.
104
101 (1954)
Chicago, Ill.
103
102 (1911)
Jackson, Tenn.
103
101 (1954)
Milwaukee, Wis.
103
96 (1911)
Richmond, Va.
102
101 (1990)
Little Rock, Ark.
102 (tied)
102 (1954)
Charlotte, N.C.
100 (tied)
100 (1954)
Columbus, Ohio
98
97 (1911)
Sampling of Record Highs on July Fourth
City
High
Old Daily Record
St. Louis, Mo.
105
102 (1990)
Twin Cities, Minn.
101
100 (1949)
Detroit, Mich.
102
98 (1990)
Madison, Wis.
102
98 (1955)
Milwaukee, Wis.
102
98 (1990)
Chicago, Ill.
102 (tied)
102 (1911)
Imperial, Neb.
106 (tied)
106 (1978)
North Platte, Neb.
106 (tied)
106 (1936)
Memphis, Tenn.
100 (tied)
100 (1954)
Fort Smith, Ark.
103
102 (1990)
Fayetteville, Ark.
99
102 (1990)
Hunstville, Ala.
102
100 (1928)
Tupelo, Miss.
100 (tied)
100 (1956)
Raleigh, N.C.
101
99 (2011)
Outrageous Heat Continues

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