Overall, this may have been the hottest day so far this year across Alabama. Here is a long list, from official sources, ABC 33/40 WeatherWatchers, ABC 33/40 SkyCams and private weather stations:
90 on the beach at Gulf Shores (Skycam)
95 atop Mt. Cheaha (Skycam)
99 Fort Payne Airport, Cullman, Vigo
100 Evergreen, Albertville, Crossville, Meridianville, Hamilton, Cullman (Skycam)
101 Decatur, Dothan, Bankhead National Forest, Morris, Jasper, Shelby Shores, Gadsden (Skycam)
102 Auburn, Shelby County Airport, Huntsville, Helena (Alan Beck) Downtown Birmingham (Skycam)Clanton (Skycam) Demopolis (Skycam) Inverness (Skycam)Downtown Tuscaloosa (Skycam)Meadowbrook
103 Muscle Shoals, Tuscaloosa Airport, Huntsville/UAH, Trussville, Vinemont
104 Anniston Airport, Birmingham Airport, Montgomery Dannelly Field, Desoto State Park, McCalla (Million Dollar Lakes) Crumly Chapel (Highest ever recorded) Cahaba Heights
105 Inverness, Kimberly, Fayette, Helena (Brian Peters)Black Creek, Alabaster (Navajo Pines)
107 Pinson
108 Munford
OTHER NOTES
High of 104 in Atlanta was the highest ever in the m,onth of August and within one degree of their all-time high of 105 in July, 1980
USA EXTREMES
117 this afternoon in Death Valley
33 this morning at Saranac Lake, N.Y., and Stanley, Idaho