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Latest Record Temperature and Heat Wave Information

Updated: Monday 8/20 with data through Sunday 8/19

During the current heat wave, record temperatures have been tied or broken at Huntsville International Airport since August 7th and at Northwest Alabama Regional Airport in Muscle Shoals since August 10th. Here are the daily highs and lows since the 7th.

Huntsville

Date
High
Low
Normal
High/Low
8/7
99
75*
90/69
8/8
101
75*
90/69
8/9
101
74
90/69
8/10
103*
76*
90/69
8/11
100
69
90/69
8/12
101*
69
90/69
8/13
104*
72
89/69
8/14
103*
72
89/68
8/15
105*
73
89/68
8/16
105*
75*
89/68
8/17
102
77*
89/68
8/18
99
74
89/68
8/19
97
75
89/68

Muscle Shoals

Date
High
Low
Normal
High/Low
8/7
100
74
91/69
8/8
100
72
91/69
8/9
101
73
91/69
8/10
104*
76*
91/69
8/11
101
70
91/69
8/12
102*
66
91/69
8/13
105*
68
91/69
8/14
103*
71
91/68
8/15
107*
71
90/68
8/16
106*
72
90/68
8/17
103
76
90/68
8/18
100
76
90/68
8/19
96
76*
90/68

The ' * ' denotes records that have been tied or broken. An asterisk for the low temperature indicates a record high minimum temperature for the date, meaning that that was the warmest overnight low temperature on record.

Here are record high temperatures for each site over the next several days and the year in which they occurred.
Monday
8/20
Tuesday
8/21
Wednesday
8/22
Thursday
8/23
Huntsville
104
(1925)
102
(1983)
102
(1983)
101
(1968)
Muscle Shoals
104
(1925)
104
(1980)
100
(1987)
101
(1924)

 

Here is the status of the current heat wave and how it compares to heat waves of the past based solely on the consecutive number of days at or above 100 degrees and the average high temperature during that period.

Huntsville Records

Rank
# of Days
Heat Wave
Start Date
Average High Temperature
1
10
7/20/1952
103.2
10
8/8/2007
102.5
3
9
8/3/1935
102.7
9
6/24/1914
101.6
5
7
9/3/1925
106.1
7
8/3/1930

103.7
7
6/15/1936
102.3
8
6
6/21/1930
103.0
6
9/13/1927
102.2
6
8/8/1956
101.3

Muscle Shoals Records

Rank
# of Days
Heat Wave
Start Date
Average High Temperature
1
12
7/8/1980
102.7
12
8/7/2007
102.6
11
6/23/1914
102.5
4
7
9/4/1925
105.4
5
6
6/30/1925
102.0
6
6/10/1914

101.7
7
5
8/5/1930
104.6
5
7/25/1952
104.2
5
8/4/1935
103.0
5
8/4/1934
103.0

Note the ranking of the heat wave at both locations - tied for 1st at Huntsville and Muscle Shoals.

To keep up to date with heat advisory and safety information from the Huntsville National Weather Service Office, follow the appropriate links from our home page on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/huntsville/



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Date Modified: August 20, 2007