STORM2K

Is 111° hot enough?

Medicine Lodge reached this high a couple days ago. But, today, Enterprise, KS (NorthCentral) hit the same temprature. The heat is unbearable! A local met said we had highs hotter then Death Vally, CA today! That is SAD! Topeka reached a high of 105 or 106°, and Lawrence hit 107°. the highest heat index I saw was in Topeka with a HX of 118°!!!

Thankfully, and cold front moved through, and will hopefully cool tempratures down.

BTW, 105/106° was the hottest temprature Topeka NWS has had since September 11th, 2000 (104°)!!!

Have a good day.

David

Ironic since as you pointed out that it's been over 2½ years since the temperature reached over 104º for Topeka (and that 104º occurred in September) ...

118º heat indecies is dowright deadly.

The last time it got hotter then this was Sept. 2, 2000, when it was 109°F at Topeka.

But, it could be worse.

Monday, Phoenix had a high of 118°F, and a low of 96°F, the warmest low they've had in a long time.

Here's some stats.

MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX ON THE HOUR....

07/19/2003-04Z 103.2 F at Needles CA (EED)
07/19/2003-03Z 106.3 F at Needles CA (EED)
07/19/2003-02Z 109.9 F at NORTH LAS VEGAS NV (VGT)
07/19/2003-01Z 113.3 F at Needles CA (EED)
07/19/2003-00Z 120.6 F at Dallas/Addis TX (ADS)
07/18/2003-23Z 120.3 F at Whiteman AFB MO (SZL)
07/18/2003-22Z 117.8 F at Topeka KS (TOP)
07/18/2003-21Z 116.3 F at Lawrence KS (LWC)
07/18/2003-20Z 116.3 F at Lawrence KS (LWC)

MAXIMUM TEMPRATURE ON THE HOUR....

07/19/2003-04Z 99.0 F at NORTH LAS VEGAS NV (VGT)
07/19/2003-03Z 102.9 F at NORTH LAS VEGAS NV (VGT)
07/19/2003-02Z 105.8 F at INYOKERN CA (IYK)
07/19/2003-01Z 108.0 F at Redding CA (RDD)
07/19/2003-00Z 109.4 F at INYOKERN CA (IYK)
07/18/2003-23Z 108.0 F at Salina KS (SLN)
07/18/2003-22Z 107.6 F at Saint George UT (SGU)
07/18/2003-21Z 107.6 F at Saint George UT (SGU)
07/18/2003-20Z 107.6 F at Manhatten KS (MHK)
07/18/2003-19Z -999.0 MSG (MISSING INFORMATION)
07/18/2003-18Z 104.0 F at Salina KS (SLN)
07/18/2003-17Z 100.9 F at Daggett CA (DAG)
07/18/2003-16Z 98.6 F at Bullhead City AZ (IFP)

(Note the spelling of Manhattan, KS... )

Getting a tad hot I'll say.

BTW, CLAY CENTER HIT 111°F, NOT ENTERPRISE. THEY HIT 110°F. Sorry for the confusion.