August 7, 2007 Record Breaking Heat

Flooding Threat Continues in Portions of Texas; Poor Air Quality in the Great Lakes through the Mid-Atlantic

Widespread life-threatening flash and urban flooding continues in south-central Texas, with considerable flooding impacts possible across central Texas. Wildfire smoke is impacting air quality across much of the Great Lakes region into southern New England and the Mid-Atlantic. Monsoonal thunderstorms may produce isolated to scattered flash flooding across the Southwest into the Great Basin. Read More >

...HOT DAY ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY, AUGUST 7TH, 2007... ...RECORD HIGH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE TIED AUGUST 7TH AT COLUMBIA... ...RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AUGUST 7TH AT COLUMBIA... THE FOLLOWING ARE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE REPORTS FOR AUGUST 7 2007 ACROSS THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA... LOCATION.................COUNTY/STATE......MAX TEMP...SOURCE OFFICIAL REPORTS COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT...LEXINGTON CO SC....102*.......ASOS COLUMBIA OWENS FIELD.....RICHLAND CO SC.....103........ASOS AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD.......RICHMOND CO GA.....104*.......ASOS AUGUSTA DANIEL FIELD.....RICHMOND CO GA.....102........ASOS ORANGEBURG MUN APT.......ORANGEBURG CO SC....99........ASOS * RECORD HIGHS FOR THE DATE ESTABLISHED AT BOTH COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN AIRPORT...AND AT AUGUSTA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD. THE 102 AT COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN AIRPORT (CAE) TUESDAY TIED THE DAILY RECORD FOR THE DAY. THIS WAS ALSO SET BACK IN 1968. THE 104 AT AUGUSTA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD SET THE DAILY RECORD FOR THE DATE. THIS BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 103...WHICH WAS SET IN 1878.