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Dangerous Heat in the Central and Eastern U.S.; Severe Thunderstorms in the Central U.S. and Northeast; Critical Fire Weather in the Four Corners

Dangerous, record-breaking heat will intensify across most of the central and eastern U.S this week. Heat indices will likely exceed 100 degrees. Severe thunderstorms are forecast from parts of the central High Plains into the Upper Midwest, and across parts of the Northeast. Critical fire weather conditions will continue across portions of the Four Corners and Great Basin. Read More >

AUGUST TOP TENS
ALEXANDRIA
 

10 Warmest August's
Alexandria
1892-2025

 

1 91.4 2023
2 87.7 2011
3 87.3 1999
4 86.8 1924
5 86.4 1902
6 86.3 2010
7 85.9 1951
8 85.6 1998
9 85.6 1947
10 85.6 1962

 

10 Coolest August's
Alexandria
1892-2025

 

1 76.7 1893
2 78.1 1894
3 79.1 1992
4 79.5 1961
5 79.6 1940
6 79.7 1967
7 79.9 1904
8 79.9 2004
9 79.9 1895
10 80.1 1914

 

10 Wettest August's
Alexandria
1892-2025
 

1 10.44 1998
2 10.35 2016
3 9.85 2017
4 9.59 1938
5 9.36 1978
6 8.78 1926
7 8.27 1944
8 8.02 1940
9 7.99 1983
10 7.74 1894

 

10 Driest August's
Alexandria
1892-2025

 

1 0.03 2023
2 0.10 1954
3 0.13 1999
4 0.29 1957
5 0.30 1969
6 0.37 1972
7 0.42 2009
8 0.52 1952
9 0.58 1948
10 0.61 1943

 


Warmest & Coolest represents temperature in degrees Fahrenheit
Temperature ties, if possible, have been broken by going to ten thousandths of a degree
Wettest & Driest represents rainfall in inches