Heat Wave Sets Records

An early season heat wave is still gripping much of the nation this week after a record-setting weekend of hot temperatures.

Over the weekend, many record high temperatures and record high minimum temperature records fell from the West, through the mid-section of the country and into the Northeast. Here are a few of those records:

Saturday, June 5, 2021
• Record High Minimum Temperature at Sioux Falls, SD 73F (72F 1968)
• Record High Minimum Temperature at Mitchell, SD 69F (68F 1939)
• Record High Minimum Temperature at Huron, SD 68F (66F 1925, 1988)
• Record High Minimum Temperature at Twin Cities, MN 78F (75F 1925)
• Record High Minimum Temperature at Las Vegas, NV 84F (83F 2003)
• Record High Minimum Temperature tied at Sanford, FL 75F (75F 2019)
• Record High Temperature at Newark, NJ 95F (92F 1966)
• Record High Temperature at Laguardia, NY 94F (91F 1953)
• Record High Temperature at Duluth, MN 94F (88F 1925, 1988)
• Record High Temperature at Washington Dulles, DC 92F (90F 2002)
• Record High Temperature at Hibbing, MN 94F (90F 1988)
• Record High Temperature tied at Madison, WI 92F (92F 1934)
• Record High Temperature at Brainerd, MN 96F (92F 1952)
• Record High Temperature at Ashland, WI 94F (93F 1988)
• Record High Temperature tied at Binghamton, NY 86F (86F 1953)
• Record High Temperature tied at Rockford, IL 94F (94F 1925, 1934)
• Record High Temperature at Aberdeen, SD 104F (103F 1933)
• Record High Temperature at Pierre, SD 104F (99F 2018)
• Record High Temperature at Watertown, SD 99F (94F 1933)
• Record High Temperature at La Crosse, WI 99F (93F 1934)
• Record High Temperature at Rochester, MN 95F (94F 1934)
• Record High Temperature tied at Milwaukee, WI 94F (94F 1925)
• Record High Temperature at Green Bay, WI 95F (93F 1934)
• Record High Temperature tied at Bishop, CA 101F (101F 2004)
• Record High Temperature at Twin Cities, MN 99F (92F 1911)
• Record High Temperature tied at Muskegon, MI 86F (86F 1994, 2005)
• Record High Temperature at Bismarck, ND 103F (96F 1952)
• Record High Temperature tied at Riverton, WY 93F (93F 2020)
• Record High Temperature at Scottsbluff, NE 99F (98F 1969)
• Record High Temperature tied at Montpelier, VT 85F (85F 1974)

Sunday, June 6, 2021
• Record High Minimum Temperature at Twin Cities, MN 76F (74F 1925)
• Record High Minimum Temperature at Vero Beach, FL 78F (77F 2016)
• Record High Minimum Temperature at Eau Claire, WI 75F (72F 1979)
• Record High Minimum Temperature at Madison, WI 72F (70F 1925)
• Record High Minimum Temperature at Laguardia, NY 76F (72F 1966)
• Record High Temperature at Augusta, ME 89F (85F 1968)
• Record High Temperature at Newark, NJ 97F (94F 2010)
• Record High Temperature at Laguardia, NY 95F (93F 2010)
• Record High Temperature at Bridgeport, CT 93F (88F 2010)
• Record High Temperature at Washington Dulles, DC 93F (92F 2005)
• Record High Temperature at Sault Ste Marie, MI 90F (89F 1925)
• Record High Temperature at Burlington, VT 95F (94F 1925)

This heat wave will continue for much of the same areas through this week. Drought conditions will worsen.
Stay cool and hydrated!