Another “Blast Furnace” Afternoon
Well, of course, not really like standing in the door of a blast furnace but these reports can make you want a lot of water often.
We have not received a report from Buffalo, Okla., this afternoon, but yesterday, they had a high of 115–the hottest temperature in Oklahoma in 13 years. Here are some spot reports late this afternoon, all at 5 pm, Alabama time:
OKLAHOMA
111 degrees at Gage, humidity 9%, wind SW gusts 30,heat index 105
110 Clinton, humidity 11%, wind south gusts 31
103 Oklahoma City, wind south gusts 26, heat index 107
105 Stillwater, south gusts 26, heat index 112
102 Norman, south 21, heat index 105
TEXAS
105 Pecos, hunidity 14
105 Lubbock, humidity 10
102 Dallas-Fort Worth, heat index 104
108 Wichita Falls, SW gusts 23, heat index 108
106 Killeen, heat index 105
108 Possom Kingdom, heat index 105
109 Canadian, humidity 8%, heat index 102, gusts 30 mph
106 Turkey, humidity 9%, wind south 25
100 McAllen, east gusts 24, heat index 105
NEW MEXICO
104 Tucumcari, humidity 11%, wind south, gusts 30
101 Roswell, humidity 11%
ARIZONA
111 Phoenix, humidity 6%, heat index 103
109 Mesa, humidity 9%, heat index 103
109 Gila Bend, humidity 7%, heat index 102
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
106 Palm Springs, humidity 4%
110 Needles, humidity 3%, heat index 100
OTHERS
104 Las Vegas, humidity 3%
July 10th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Death Valley was “only” 102 today, humidity down to 2%. Average high for the date is 115. Expecting highs around 120 well into next week.
– Julie in Ohio
July 10th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
El Nino. No point in dreaming about Fall just going to be hot thru Christmas.
July 11th, 2009 at 8:20 am
I’m here in Phoenix, and I can report it was hot as hell on Friday. It truly felt like I was trapped in an oven. A woman I’m traveling with burned her hand from touching a metal rail at the pool. The current 6AM temp is 89.