August 2007 - Previous August Heat Records

...RECORD HEAT WAVES ACROSS THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER 
AREA...

THE HEAT WAVE THAT BEGAN ON AUGUST 5TH HAS BEEN ONE OF THE HOTTEST 
IN RECENT MEMORY...BUT THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER REMARKABLE HEAT WAVES 
THAT HAVE OCCURRED. 

AUGUST 2007...COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT
AUG 5TH...100
AUG 6TH...102
AUG 7TH...102
AUG 8TH...105
AUG 9TH...106
AUG 10TH..107
AUG 11TH..101

THE HEAT WAVE OF JULY 7TH THROUGH THE 21ST IN 1986 WAS ONE OF THE 
MORE MEMORABLE. THERE WERE 13 OF 15 DAYS WHERE THE TEMPERATURE 
CLIMBED TO 100 DEGREES OR HIGHER AT THE COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT. THIS 
HEAT WAVE ALSO HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 100 
DEGREES OR HIGHER...WITH 8.  

SUMMER OF 1986...COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT
JULY 7TH...100
JULY 8TH...104
JULY 9TH...104
JULY 10TH..103
JULY 11TH..102
JULY 12TH..101
JULY 13TH..104
JULY 14TH..101
JULY 15TH...99
JULY 16TH...99
JULY 17TH..100
JULY 18TH..105
JULY 19TH..106
JULY 20TH..103
JULY 21ST..105

DURING THE SUMMER OF 1952 AT THE COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT TWO SEPARATE 
HEAT WAVES STRUCK THE MIDLANDS. THE FIRST BEGAN ON JUNE 30TH AND 
CONTINUED THROUGH JULY 11TH. THE SECOND BEGAN ON JULY 19TH AND 
CONTINUED THROUGH THE 30TH. 

SUMMER OF 1952...COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT
JUNE 18TH...101
JUNE 19TH...101
JUNE 20TH....96
JUNE 21ST....96
JUNE 22ND....98
JUNE 23RD...101
JUNE 24TH...100
JUNE 25TH...103
JUNE 26TH...104
JUNE 27TH...103
JUNE 28TH...102
JUNE 29TH....96
JUNE 30TH...100

JULY 19TH...101
JULY 20TH...104
JULY 21ST...105
JULY 22ND...103
JULY 23RD...107
JULY 24TH...107
JULY 25TH....93
JULY 26TH....94
JULY 27TH....99
JULY 28TH...106
JULY 29TH...107
JULY 30TH...103

THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED AT COLUMBIA IS 107 DEGREES. THIS 
TEMPERATURE HAS OCCURRED ON SEVERAL DAYS. 


THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN SEVERAL REMARKABLE HEAT WAVES THAT HAVE 
AFFECTED THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA. 

AUGUST 2007...AUGUSTA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD
AUG 5TH...100
AUG 6TH...101
AUG 7TH...104
AUG 8TH...103
AUG 9TH...106
AUG 10TH..108
AUG 11TH..102

THE HEAT WAVE THAT STRUCK THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA DURING THE 
MIDDLE OF AUGUST 1999 WAS THE HOTTEST IN RECENT MEMORY. THERE WERE 8 
OF 11 DAYS WHEN THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 100 DEGREES OR HIGHER. THE 
HEAT WAVE THAT HIT THE REGION FROM LATE JUNE OF 1990 INTO EARLY JULY 
OF 1990 PRODUCED THE LONGEST CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 100 DEGREES OR 
HIGHER AT AUGUSTA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD...WITH 7.

SUMMER OF 1999...AUGUSTA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD
AUG 8TH...102
AUG 9TH....98
AUG 10TH..100
AUG 11TH..102
AUG 12TH..103
AUG 13TH..103
AUG 14TH..102
AUG 15TH...96
AUG 16TH...96
AUG 17TH..100
AUG 18TH..102

SUMMER OF 1990...AUGUSTA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD
JUN 29TH...100
JUN 30TH...102
JUL 1ST....102
JUL 2ND.....97
JUL 3RD.....94
JUL 4TH.....97
JUL 5TH....101
JUL 6TH....104
JUL 7TH....104
JUL 8TH....102
JUL 9TH....101
JUL 10TH...102
JUL 11TH...103

THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED AT AUGUSTA IS 108 DEGREES SET ON 
AUGUST 21ST 1983. 

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