What a hot day! This Aug. 28 has turned out to be the hottest day this century for my weather station in Great Barrington.
A high temperature of 92 at 3:24 p.m. (actually 91.6, which is rounded off to the nearest whole number) coupled with a dew point of 78 brought the heat index to 104.5. But it’s only been in the last few years that dew points have been calculated
Was the Aug. 28 reading a record high? NO! Check out the heat wave of 1998 below:
| 24-Aug-98 | 90 | 64 | FAIR | |||
| 25-Aug-98 | 91 | 65 | FAIR | |||
| 26-Aug-98 | 93 | 69 | CHANGING | 0.2 | EARLY AM SHOWERS AND LATE AFTERNOON SHOWERS THEN CLEARING | |
| 27-Aug-98 | 91 | 58 | FAIR | |||
| 28-Aug-98 | 93 | 56 | FAIR |
And this was 1993:
| 25-Aug-93 | 90 | 66 | FAIR | |||
| 26-Aug-93 | 92 | 59 | FAIR | |||
| 27-Aug-93 | 94 | 57 | FAIR | |||
| 28-Aug-93 | 91 | 64 | CHANGING | 0.25 | STRONG THUNDERSH 2 TO 3PM OTHERWISE PCLOUDY |
From 1991:
| 27-Aug-91 | 90 | 42 | FAIR | |||
| 28-Aug-91 | 91 | 57 | FAIR |
By the way, seven years ago on this date, it was the rains of Tropical Storm Irene:
| 27-Aug-11 | 82 | 62 | CHANGING | 0.29 | CLOUDING UP AM. RAIN 5P TIL MIDNIGHT | |
| 28-Aug-11 | 73 | 58 | CHANGING | 4.27 | T.S. IRENE. RAIN TIL 6P. WINDY CLEARING LATE |
More on Sept. 1.
