It was another very hot day with sunshine all day and gusty southwest wind at 10-20 mph gusting to 30 mph. Dewpoints in the mid 60s help contribute to the temperatures topping 100. If dewpoints were in the 70s we probably would not have been this hot today.
Waterloo broke a record and Iowa City tied a record…details below.
Number of days 90+ this year.
Waterloo: 26
Dubuque: 19
Cedar Rapids: 24
Iowa City: 30
Number of days 100+ this year.
Waterloo: 5
Dubuque: 1
Cedar Rapids: 3
Iowa City: 5
Here are the Weather Tracker reports
| Anamosa | 102 |
| Belle Plaine | 106 |
| Cedar Falls | 101 |
| Charles City | 99 |
| Cresco | 106 |
| Decorah | 100 |
| Denver | 104 |
| Earlville | 105 |
| Grundy Center | 102 |
| Guttenberg | 101 |
| Hazleton | 101 |
| Lowden | 101 Record |
| Manchester | 102 |
| Monticello | 104 |
| New Hampton | 103 |
| Oelwein | 100 |
| Postville | 102 |
| Prairie du Chien | 100 |
| Vinton | 95 |
| Washington | 102 |
| Waverly | 102 |
| West Union | 97 |
| Williamsburg | 106 |
Posted under Records, Temperatures
This post was written by Schnack on July 25, 2012
