MACON, Ga. — It is no secret that June has been downright miserable when it comes to the heat. Heat indexes reaching the upper 110s and record-setting high temperatures are already filling the charts.
However, have we ever experienced anything like this before?
In fact, we have. The seven days in June greater than or exceeding 100 degrees so far are the first time since 1977 that we have seen this occur.
We topped out at 105 degrees on June 22th, making it only the 5th time ever a temperature of 105 degrees or higher has been recorded in June for the Macon area, and the first time a high max temperature of 100 degrees or greater has been documented since June 2016.
So yes, the heat is record-breaking for the past decade. But, on the other hand, compared to the worst years in history, this heat doesn’t even scratch the surface.
The trio of 100, 105, and 104 degrees last Tuesday through Thursday ranked tied for 19th for hottest average high temperatures for a 3-day span in June at 103.0 degrees. Our first 3-day run of an average of 101.7 degrees on June 15th-17th ranks even lower at tied for 58th. These both fall incredibly short of the 107.3-degree scorcher over 3 days set in 2012.
Middle Georgia is also not new to consecutive days experiencing extreme heat.
That same trio from June 21st-23rd placed tied for 28th all-time in terms of consecutive days in June, reaching and/or surpassing 100 degrees for Macon, GA. Folks in the late 1920s endured a whopping weeklong stretch of such temperatures in 1925.
The most eye-opening statistic may be that our average temperature over the last week of 101.3 degrees merely ranks 29th of all time.
Our 82-degree average temperature for June is already 2.9 degrees warmer than the mean average temperature for a typical June. This marks the highest average temperature for this month since we hit 82.9 degrees back in 2011.
With the next three days predicted to be very rainy and cooler, we might finally be out of the woods for this June heat wave. However, look for July to be even warmer as we enter the full swing of summer weather.
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