June 27: 101
June 28: 105 (record for June)
June 29: 105 (ditto)
June 30: 103 (record for day, longest consecutive string of triple digit days in June, June finishes with no measurable precipitation))
July 1: 104 (record for day)
July 2: 102
This streak is, however, in jeopardy. A short-wave trough is expected to sag into the Pacific Northwest by tomorrow and the ridge weakens just enough to cool us off a touch and increase the chance of thunderstorm.
I think we'll eke out one more triple-digit day today, but the end of the streak could come tomorrow. The high 90s never looked so good.
Do you happen to know what the longest streak of 100+ daily high temperatures at the airport is? I'm wondering where this heat wave fits in historically.
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ReplyDeleteThis suggests it is 10: http://www.standard.net/stories/2013/07/01/n-utah-heat-wave-setting-records
My guess is that we won't make it.
Jim
Number of Consecutive Days Max Temperature >= 100
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Rank Run Length Ending Date
1 10 2003-07-24
2 9 1960-07-22
3 8 1931-07-27
4 6 2013-07-02
- 6 1994-07-30
- 6 1976-07-11
- 6 1960-07-29
8 5 2006-07-18
- 5 2002-07-15
- 5 2001-07-04
Last value also occurred in one or more previous years.
Period of record: 1928-05-01 to 2013-07-02
Source: http://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/
Thanks Trevor for passing this along. A few thoughts.
Delete1. It looks like standing alone in #4 is pretty likely. I'm not sure we will get beyond that.
2. 100 is of course an arbitrary threshold, but it does have a nice psych factor for those of us who still use US units. Those not metrically challenged can use 40C, but that's a big hurdle to overcome (=104F).
3. In my view, although this event probably won't be the longest running, it is a historic event for two reasons. First, it was early in the year. This was the earliest event in the top 10 listed above. Second, it set the new all-time temperature record for June and then matched it the next day.
4. This was a bad heat wave. Eventually, they are going to get worse. The climate of St. George is coming to Salt Lake by the end of the 21st century.
Jim
Check this out:
ReplyDeleteMaximum 4-Day Mean Max Temperature
for SALT LAKE CITY INTL AP, UT
Rank Value Ending Date Missing Days
1 104.3 2013-07-01 0
- 104.3 1931-07-24 0
3 104.0 1994-07-29 0
- 104.0 1994-07-28 0
- 104.0 1960-07-21 0
- 104.0 1960-07-20 0
7 103.5 2013-07-02 0
- 103.5 2013-06-30 0
- 103.5 2002-07-14 0
- 103.5 1960-07-22 0
Last value also occurred in one or more previous years.
Period of record: 1928-05-01 to 2013-07-02
And not just the highs have been hot...
DeleteMaximum 4-Day Mean Avg Temperature
for SALT LAKE CITY INTL AP, UT
Rank Value Ending Date Missing Days
1 89.0 2003-07-18 0
2 88.8 2013-07-02 0
- 88.8 2013-07-01 0
4 88.6 2003-07-19 0
5 88.5 2013-07-03 1
Period of record: 1928-05-01 to 2013-07-02
Does this mean the past 4 days were the hottest in SLC history?
DeleteYeah, tied for the hottest 4 days ever by just max temp, and the second hottest 4 days ever by mean daily temp.
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