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Heat Wave Expands to the East Coast; Flash Flooding Likely in the Central Plains into the Midwest; Severe Thunderstorms in the Northeast

Dangerous, prolonged heat is ongoing in the Mid-South to Mid-Mississippi Valley and heat expands into the Northeast for a brief period today. Widely scattered instances of flash flooding due to heavy rains are forecast from northeast Kansas to much of Indiana. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of New England, northern Mid-Atlantic, and North Dakota. Read More >

Date Record Max Normals Record Min
Oct 01 92 / 1941* 81.5 | 57.8 | 0.12 35 / 1920*
Oct 02 93 / 1903 81.1 | 57.4 | 0.12 34 / 1984*
Oct 03 97 / 1903 80.8 | 56.9 | 0.11 31 / 1908
Oct 04 99 / 1908 80.4 | 56.5 | 0.12 33 / 1974
Oct 05 94 / 1951* 80.0 | 56.1 | 0.12 36 / 2014*
Oct 06 94 / 1938 79.7 | 55.7 | 0.10 37 / 1985*
Oct 07 93 / 1916 79.3 | 55.3 | 0.11 34 / 1991*
Oct 08 94 / 1916 78.9 | 54.8 | 0.11 34 / 1987
Oct 09 93 / 1916 78.5 | 54.4 | 0.10 30 / 1915
Oct 10 92 / 1916 78.2 | 54.0 | 0.09 29 / 1915
Oct 11 93 / 1897 77.8 | 53.5 | 0.10 29 / 1906
Oct 12 94 / 1963 77.4 | 53.1 | 0.09 32 / 1917
Oct 13 91 / 1963 77.0 | 52.7 | 0.10 27 / 1917
Oct 14 90 / 1940 76.6 | 52.3 | 0.11 27 / 1917
Oct 15 91 / 2015 76.2 | 51.8 | 0.11 33 / 1921*
Oct 16 89 / 1924 75.8 | 51.4 | 0.11 32 / 1893
Oct 17 90 / 1915 75.4 | 51.0 | 0.11 33 / 1982*
Oct 18 91 / 1915 75.0 | 50.6 | 0.12 29 / 1948
Oct 19 91 / 2016 74.6 | 50.2 | 0.12 28 / 1948
Oct 20 89 / 1911* 74.1 | 49.8 | 0.12 28 / 1917
Oct 21 89 / 1963 73.7 | 49.3 | 0.11 27 / 1913
Oct 22 90 / 1963 73.3 | 48.9 | 0.13 26 / 1916
Oct 23 89 / 1939* 72.9 | 48.5 | 0.12 28 / 1916
Oct 24 88 / 1939 72.5 | 48.1 | 0.12 25 / 1937
Oct 25 89 / 1931 72.1 | 47.8 | 0.12 26 / 1903
Oct 26 88 / 1963 71.7 | 47.4 | 0.12 28 / 1962
Oct 27 87 / 1963* 71.3 | 47.0 | 0.12 25 / 1961
Oct 28 89 / 1940 70.9 | 46.6 | 0.11 24 / 1914
Oct 29 88 / 2016* 70.5 | 46.2 | 0.11 26 / 1939
Oct 30 86 / 2016* 70.1 | 45.9 | 0.11 26 / 1920
Oct 31 88 / 2016 69.6 | 45.5 | 0.11 23 / 1917

* indicates record also set in previous years