Well, looks like we made it after all.
According to this morning’s on line edition of the Houston Chronicle:
It's another scorcher for the record books: Houston tied its all-time high temperature Saturday as the mercury soared to 109 degrees at Bush Intercontinental Airport.
Only once, on Sept. 4, 2000, has Houston recorded such a torrid temperature. The sweltering day capped an August that was the city's warmest month on record with 26 of the 27 days reaching at least 100 degrees.
The warmth blanketed southeast Texas on Saturday.
Even Galveston reached 100 degrees, something that's only happened about a half-dozen times in that city's long history. Beach crowds had thinned out considerably, but officials weren't sure if it was the weather or the return of school year that kept families home.
The Weatherbug app on my laptop only showed a high of 108° at IAH, but Id rather take the Chronicle’s word for it- if it’s going to be that darn hot, we should set a record. I do know that, in spite of relatively cool temperatures in the morning that made us doubt the chances of a record setting day, it did get very hot in the afternoon and early evening – and it was still 88° at midnight. The light breeze seemed to work just like the little fan in our convection oven.
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