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How hot is it? Here's how this Texas heat wave compares to record temperatures.
The highest temperature ever measured in Texas was 120 °F (48.9 °C), recorded on August 12, 1936 in Seymour, during the 1936 North American Heatwave, and again on June 28, 1994 in Monahans. The lowest temperature ever measured in Texas was −23 °F (−30.6 °C), recorded on February 8, 1933 in Seminole .
A man wears sun protective clothing as he mows grass along Montopolis Drive and Ben White Boulevard Monday, June 12, 2023.
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Small halibut catches are reported in coastal Washington, Oregon, and California. Pacific halibut is broken up into 10 regularity management areas. Halibut are demersal, living on or near the bottom of the water and prefer water temperatures ranging from 3 to 8 °C (37.4 to 46.4 °F). Pacific halibut belong to the family Pleuronectidae.
That day, Washington DC hit 104 °F (40 °C), the highest temperature there since 2012, and was the first time since the Dust Bowl temperatures exceeded the century mark for three days. [23] A record breaking fourth day would occur on July 17, with temperatures of 101 °F (38 °C). [24] A record high temperature was also tied in Hartford. [25]
Summer heat scorched Texas and the Southwest on Wednesday, pushing Phoenix to nearly 90 consecutive days of triple-digit temperatures and putting millions of people under excessive heat warnings.
The coldest temperature ever recorded at George Bush Intercontinental Airport was 7 °F (−14 °C) on December 23, 1989. Elsewhere, the temperature in Houston dropped to 5 °F (−15 °C) on January 18, 1930. [19] The all-time record low at Houston's Hobby Airport, closer to the city, is 9 °F (−13 °C).