I just got off the phone with the National Weather Service. We had a nice talk about our heat wave. Thanks to Howard Waldron and his "whiz-bang forecaster/Met-Tech" as he called him for "crunching the numbers" for me.
Here we go:
Our heat wave, 95 and above has lasted 19 days including today. The previous record is 18 back on August 15th through September 1st of 1993.
Today will be the 7th day of 100 or above. The record is 15 in 1952
The hottest summer average, June-August is 82.0 in 1993. This summer so far: 81.0 (could break this)
The hottest year in Chattanooga: 1938 with an average of 63.1. So far this year: 61.6 (including the freeze in April)
What a summer. We can be thankfull for the wet and "cooler" July we had.
See you soon,
Brian
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