2010 Metro Mitigation Plan

EXTREME HOT TEMPERATURES-2
No.
Location
Historical
Event
Time
Record
Highs /
Lows
Type
Death
(#)
Injury
(#)
Property
Damage
(in $1000)
25 Nashville 15-Aug-54 102 High Hot 0 0 0 0
26 Nashville 2-Sep-54 55 / 95 Hot/Cold 0 0 0 0
27 Nashville 3-Sep-54 60 / 101 Hot 0 0 0 0
28 Nashville 5-Sep-54 105 High Hot 0 0 0 0
29 Nashville 19-Sep-54 97 High Hot 0 0 0 0
Crop
Damage
(in $1000)
Comment
Temperature at Nashville hit 102 degrees. It's the highest temperature ever
observed on this date, and marked day 2 of a 3-day run with highs above 100.
At Nashville, a 40-degree difference between high (95) and low (55) was
observed.
Arid weather continues, as Nashville hit 101 degrees, following a morning low
of 60. At Crossville, the high temperature hit 93, despite a morning low of 50
degrees.
Mount Pleasant (1 N) set it's all-time record high with a reading of 105
degrees. At 106 degrees, Clarksville measured it's highest temperature ever in
September, as did Nashville, with a 105-degree reading, and Crossville, with
99 degrees.
One of the Hottest summers on record continued its strangle-hold on the mid
state. Nashville's high hit 97 degrees, Crossville got to 93.
Source of
Information
National Weather Service Forecast Office; Nashville, TN;
Calendar of Significant Weather Events in Middle TN
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ohx/climate/calendar.htm
30 Nashville 17-Apr-55 90 High Hot 0 0 0 0
Temperature at Nashville reached 90 -- the earliest date ever for 90 degrees
to be observed.
31 Nashville 13-Feb-62 84 High Hot 0 0 0 0 Temperature at Nashville reached 84, setting a record high for the month.
32 Nashville 24-Jan-72 78 High Hot Nashville's 78 degrees set a record high for January.
33 Nashville 1-Jul-80 Hot 0 0 0 0 Severe heat wave-West and Middle TN
34 Nashville 9-Oct-80 91 High Hot 0 0 0 0
35 Nashville 10-Oct-80 90 High Hot 0 0 0 0
36 Nashville 1-Dec-82 62 / 70 Hot 0 0 0 0
A unusually warm spell saw temperatures climb to 91 at Nashville, 83 at
Crossville -- the highest temperatures ever observed on this date at either
location.
The temperature at Nashville reached 90 degrees -- the latest date ever for a
90 degree reading.
A mild air mass brought record warmth to Middle Tennessee. Nashville
recorded a high of 70, with a low of 62.
37 Nashville 3-Dec-82 79 High Hot 0 0 0 0 Temperature at Nashville reached 79, setting a record high for the month.
38 Nashville 27-Dec-82 75 High Hot 0 0 0 0
Middle Tennessee experienced record warmth, as Nashville's high reached 75
degrees.
39 Nashville 20-Aug-83 101 High Hot 0 0 0 0 Nashville's high of 101 was the first of four straight 100+ readings
40 Nashville 11-Sep-83 100 High Hot 0 0 0 0
41 Nashville 22-Jun-88 100 High Hot 0 0 0 0
42 Nashville 2-Aug-88 99 High Hot 0 0 0 0
The temperature at Nashville reached 100 degrees -- the latest date ever for a
100 degree reading.
Summer began with a record heat wave. Nashville's high of 100 degrees is the
second in a six-day string of 100+ readings
Oppressive heat wave stretched into August. Thermometer at Nashville
climbed to 99 degrees
Chronology of Disasters in TN (Including Natural and Man caused Disasters, Epidemics and
Civil Disturbances) Allen P. Coggins, 1988
43 Nashville 26-Apr-89 91 High Hot 0 0 0 0 Temperature at Nashville reached 91, setting a record high for the month.
44 Nashville 28-Apr-89 91 High Hot 0 0 0 0 Temperature at Nashville reached 91 for the 2nd consecutive day
45 Nashville 30-Jul-99 101 High Hot 0 0 0 0
46 Nashville 3-Jan-00 61 / 72 Hot
The thermometer hit 101 degrees at Nashville. It was the hottest temperature
observed in the city in nearly nine years.
A very pleasant, almost spring-like day settled over the mid state. At
Nashville, the high temp. reached 72 degrees, with a low of 61.
National Weather Service Forecast Office; Nashville, TN;
Calendar of Significant Weather Events in Middle TN
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ohx/climate/calendar.htm
47 Nashville 10-Nov-02 81 High Hot 0 0 0 0 Then, followed record high temperatures at Nashville (81)
48 Nashville 3-Nov-03 82 High Hot 0 0 0 0
49 Nashville 16-Aug-07 106 High Hot 0 0 0 0
50 Nashville 26-Aug-07 94 High Hot 0 0 0 0
An unseasonably warm spell brought record warmth to the mid state.
Nashville's 82 degrees broke the daily record, and Crossville's 79 degrees tied
the record high for November.
In the midst of one of the worst droughts in Middle Tennessee's history, the
temperature at Nashville climbs to 106 degrees, setting a record high for the
month. It is only the fifth time in Nashville's history that this mark has been hit.
It is the fifth consecutive day with 100+ degree readings -- the 9th in the last
Temperature hits 94 degrees at Nashville, the 32nd consecutive day with 90+
degree readings, a record. The average high temperature during this
remarkable stretch is 98.2 degrees.