Record Roundup

As I mentioned on Saturday (link here), we are currently experiencing some of the hottest conditions of the summer so far. I wanted to do a quick roundup of some of the temperature records that have been broken over this mid-July stretch. Note that I'd imagine some additional records will still be broken. Here's a nice graphic from the National Weather Service showing some high temperature records that were broken yesterday.

High temperature records set or tied on 7/19 (NWS)

In Vermont, records were tied in Morrisville (91 °F) and Springfield (92 °F), while St. Johnsbury in the Northeast Kingdom set an all-time July 19th temperature record of 95 °F. Here in Connecticut, the official high at Bradley International Airport (BDL) in Windsor Locks was 99 °F, just shy of the all-time July 19th high of 100 °F.

I often find record high low temperatures as more telling for a few reasons. First, the low temperature is what you feel when you're sleeping, and an overnight temperature that only drops to 70 °F can be quite difficult to sleep in. Secondly, overnight lows that are unusually high can take a huge toll on your heating bills. At BDL, the low temperature this morning was 77 °F, exceeding the previous July 20th record high low by 4 °F. That made sleeping last night uncomfortable for many here in Southern New England, especially if you don't have air conditioning. After tomorrow, temperatures will look to drop slightly, though they'll still be in the 90s, extending our heat wave. I wouldn't surprise me if this ends up as the hottest summer on record here in New England.