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Eventdex · Heat & Excessive Heat

PHILADELPHIA

256756

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Event typeevent_typeExcessive Heat
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id256,756
Episode IDepisode_id41,320
Begin UTCbegin_utc2010-08-10T14:00:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2010-08-12T00:00:00+00:00
StatestatePENNSYLVANIA
County/zone typecz_typeZ
County/zone namecz_namePHILADELPHIA
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property0.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceMariner
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeAn up to four day heat wave across southeastern Pennsylvania culminated with high temperatures in the mid 90s and afternoon heat indices of around 100F on the 10th. A pair of backdoor cold fronts ended the hot weather on the 12th. While there was a heat wave during the last couple of days in August (with some places equaling to recording the highest temperatures of the month then), the 10th was the last time during 2010 that heat indices reached that high. Actual highest temperatures for the 10th and 11th included 96 degrees at the Philadelphia International Airport, Pottstown (Montgomery County) and Reading (Berks County) and 94 degrees in Doylestown.||August 2010 was the 8th warmest August on record in Philadelphia with an average temperature of 79.0 degrees. The summer of 2010 was the 7th warmest meteorological summer on record for the state of Pennsylvania since 1895 with an average temperature of 71.2 degrees. It was progressively warmer farther to the east in Philadelphia and was the warmest summer on record in Philadelphia with an average temperature of 79.6 degrees, the second warmest summer on record in Mount Pocono (Monroe County) at 68.9 degrees and Reading (Berks County) at 76.4 degrees and the ninth warmest summer in record in Allentown (Lehigh County) at 74.0 degrees.
Yearyear2,010

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