Some of these records are as much as 10 to 13 degrees below previous records!
Some weather records from Wed., July 8, 2015.
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Record cool-high temps set or tied:
Peoria IL 62°F,
Moline IL 65°F,
Springfield IL 64°F,
Lincoln IL 62°F,
Topeka KS 71°F,
South Bend IN 67°F,
Fort Wayne IN 69°F,
Lansing MI 67°F,
Grand Rapids MI 68°F.
Record Low Temps:
Milwaukee WI 51°F,
Int’l Falls MN 40°F(ties old record from 1958).
Record low min AND record low max set or tied:
Lamoni IA 57°F and 67°F,
Ottumwa IA 55°F and 63°F.
Record Maximum Rainfall:
Bettles Alaska
Boise Idaho
McCall Idaho
Eureka Airport Nevada
Rock Springs Wyoming (four days in a row!),
Springfield Illinois (2.13 in),
Cape Girardeau Missouri (1.64 in),
Reader Andrew Stranglen compiled these from NWS RECORD EVENT REPORT:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/national.php?prod=rer
Andrew notes that the above page contains entries for the month of July, but these are only from 7/8. He had to cull through multiple entries for many of the locations in order to sort things out
Joplin Missouri (3.14 in),
Vichy-Rolla Missouri (1.31 in).
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