HEAT WAVES July 7, 2010
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The National Weather Service defines a heat wave as three or more consecutive days with highs of 90 degrees or higher. There have been seven heat waves in Burlington since 2000:
June 14-16, 2001 (3 days: 92, 93, 90)
August 6-10, 2001 (5 days: 91,95, 96, 99, 90)
July 1-4, 2002 (4 days: 91, 94, 95, 90)
August 11-15, 2002 (5 days: 93, 93, 93, 96, 91)
September 8-10, 2002 (3 days: 93, 98, 93)
June 24-26, 2003 (3 days: 96,90, 94)
July 5-7, 2010 (2 days and still counting: 92, 95 …)
(BFP, 7/7/10)
VERMONT’S HOTTEST DAY (JULY 4, 1911) July 4, 1970
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The highest temperature ever reached in Vermont was 105 degrees F. in Vernon on July 4, 1911.
