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| event_type | Heat |
|---|---|
| ncei_event_id | 5,621,602 |
| episode_id | 2,070,256 |
| begin_utc | 1997-08-16T14:00:00+00:00 |
| end_utc | 1997-08-18T00:00:00+00:00 |
| state | PENNSYLVANIA |
| cz_type | Z |
| cz_name | MONTGOMERY |
| deaths_direct | 0 |
| deaths_indirect | 0 |
| injuries_direct | 0 |
| injuries_indirect | 0 |
| episode_narrative | The weekend of August 16th and 17th brought some of the hottest and most humid air of the summer into Southeastern Pennsylvania. High temperatures in most places reached well into the 90s, while dew point temperatures (an indication of how humid the air mass is) were as high as the mid 70s. The apparent temperature or heat index in Philadelphia on the 16th reached between 110 and 115 degrees. Two more heat related deaths occurred within Philadelphia and this brought the final total of heat related deaths in Philadelphia to 33 for the summer of 1997. The highest temperatures this weekend (on Saturday the 16th for most locations) included 100 degrees at Crum Creek (delaware County), 99 degrees at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, 98 degrees at the Philadelphia International Airport (a new record for the 16th), Green Lane (Montgomery County) and Levittown (Bucks County), 97 degrees in Reading (Berks County) and Valley Forge (Montgomery County) and 96 degrees in New Hope (Bucks County) and Hamburg (Berks County). The hot spell ended abruptly as a strong cold front moved through the region late on the 17th. |
| year | 1,997 |
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