Many parts of the Good Ole USA are cooking today and I don’t mean BBQ. It is very uncomfortable in many states with the heat index at dangerous levels. We have not always had a heat index. How did we get along without.
Here we go with a roundup of official temperatures taken at noon, CDT
ALABAMA
…..93 Gadsden, heat index 100
…..96 Huntsville, heat index 99
…..96 Tuscaloosa, heat index 102
…..95 Birmingham, heat index 102
…..93 Montgomery, heat index 105
…..93 Maxwell Air Force Base, heat index 109
…..93 Greenville, heat index 104
…..94 Anniston, heat index 106
…..91 Auburn, heat index 102
…..87 Mobile, heat index 96, thanks to a cloud cover
…..92 Troy, heated index 101
ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE FRUITED PLAIN AS JAMES WOULD SAY
…..91 Atlanta
…..95 New York City
…..92 Oklahoma City
…..95 Phoenix
…..92 Nashville
…..94 New York City, heat index 99 (we get more than one report)
…..99 Washington, heat index 106
…..99 Baltimore, heat index 108
…..98 Ocean City, Md., heat index 109
…..100 Richmond, heat index 105
Remember, these cities have several more hours to get even hotter, especially in the Central, Mountain and Pacific time zones.
