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« on: August 15, 2010, 01:32:29 PM »
Record Report
Statement as of 01:27 am CDT on August 15, 2010
... Record high temperature set at Paducah KY...
The record high temperature of 101 degrees was tied at Paducah KY
yesterday, August 14, which was also set in 1954. A new record high
temperature occurred on August 12 when the temperature reached 104
degrees. The highest temperature for the month of August at Paducah
is 106 degrees set on August 4 1947.
Also... a record high temperature of 99 degrees was set at Evansville
yesterday, August 14. This breaks the old record of 98 set in 1918.
This is the third consecutive day of record-setting temperatures for
the community. On August 13th the temperature reached a
record-setting 99 degrees and on the 12th the thermometer topped out
at 101 degrees. The highest temperature recorded in August at
Evansville is 105 degrees which occurred on August 8 and 9 of 1930.