July 9th’s high temperature was 93 °F and it was officially 94 °F at the Reading Airport. This marked the 7th straight day of the heat wave but it will end today as heavy storms are forecast for Saturday. We saw three straight days of 100+ degree temperatures and two records were broken and one record was tied at the Reading Airport. One thing to note during the event was that dew points remained relatively low, which kept the heat index in the low 100 degree range. The maximum heat index recorded at the station was 106 °F occurring on both July 7th and July 8th.

The station set two all-time records: high temperature at 101 °F and warmest day at 92 °F. The warmest night record of 85.3 °F from August 2006 was just missed as July 7th came in at 84.9 °F. The reason this record wasn’t set was the low humidity and clear skies allowed the temperature to drop more quickly at night then in 2006. The record high minimum temperature is still 80 °F from August 2nd, 2006.