Hottest Weather Ever?
This heat wave has been oppressive and impressive, to say the least. Is this the hottest it’s ever been in Nashville?
Today should be our 32nd consecutive afternoon at or above 90 degrees. According to my forecast, Thursday will be our 36th consecutive day at or above 90 degrees. The old record was 31 days set in 1952. In my opinion, 90 degrees is plenty hot, so one could argue that it’s never been this hot for this long in Nashville’s weather history (records go back to 1871).
We’ve registered 15 days at or above 100 degrees this summer (this month, actually). If my forecast verifies, we’ll have another triple digit day on Tuesday. This much heat is unusual: in the last 15 years, Nashville has only seen 6 days at or above 100 degrees. During the heat waves of 1952 and 1954, there were actually more triple digit days (20 and 19 of them, respectively).
The case could be made that the heat wave of 2007 has been the longest on record, but the heat waves of ‘52 and ‘54 were actually a little more intense. Hot stuff, no matter how you slice it!
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on August 26th, 2007 at 10:46 am
We’ve seen thunderstorms from East Nashville, but they’re a little farther east of us. It’s a disappointment for our garden, but the rain at least is dumping into the Cumberland and Harpeth watersheds, so for folks who use city water and not wells, it’s good for the water supply.
on August 26th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Is there going to be a Total Lunar Eclipse on Tuesday?
on August 26th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Justin:
I enjoy your style of your posts. They are informative and easy to understand! Did you happen to catch the article in the sunday edition of the Tennessean?
Wonder if those 50’s model SUVS caused those hot summers?
http://cookevilleweatherguy.blogspot.com
on August 26th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
Thanks Mike - we always appreciate the comments from Cookeville.
I just noticed the front page of the paper and will have to check it out online. Droughts are my least favorite “type” of weather to cover, because they’re so slow to change and frustrating for everybody. Glad that the heat wave will come to an end in the near future…now we just need to make some dents in the drought.
on August 26th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
The Tennessean article was a good one, and made very clear the difference between weather and climate without trying to politicize science.
on August 26th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Yes I believe there will be a total luner eplipse on tuesday morning.
on August 26th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
You can start looking outside at 3:20 A.M. CDT.
The best begins at 4:52 A.M. Remember that’s Tuesday morning. Try link
http://reference.aol.com/space/skyandtelescope/_a/a-lunar-eclipse-in-the-dawn/20070814131109990001?ncid=AOLRNL00140000000006
on August 26th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
Will the drought situation improve on time to keep all the trees from dying? It will look wierd next spring and summer driving around and seeing nothing but dead trees. It’s not going to come to that, is it?
on August 26th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
You said the heat waves of ‘52 and ‘54 were actually a little more intense. How so specifically? More than 15 100 degree days?
on August 26th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
William - with respect to triple digit days.
During the heat waves of 1952 and 1954, there were actually more triple digit days (20 and 19 of them, respectively).
on August 26th, 2007 at 6:50 pm
My mother still talks about the early fifties summers as being the worst of the worst, but she skipped out on this heat wave to holiday in Canada. No kidding.
on August 26th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
Chris,
I honestly think it will take more than this to kill most of our trees. It will be an abysmal fall probably but I do think that we will see most of the mature trees come back next year. Some drought intolerant trees will go into “early dormancy” and will come back next spring. They are still alive, its just a temporary plant solution to prevent death.
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on September 26th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
williamebrantley from bemis, tn. - here aug. 16 , 2007 - hi of 108 * became the hottest hi on record. aug 2007s avg temp was 85.6 * becoming the hottest aug on record for bemis, tn. - the hottest summers on record here are - hottest 1954 - avg temp - 83.2 * / 33 day`s of 100 * + hi`s / then 1952 - 82.8 * - 16 day`s with 100 * + / then 1980 with 81.6 * / 24 day`s with 100 * + / visit my site at http://www.williamebrantley.wordpress.com thank`s channel 2 nashville .