Heat, Eastern Kent
- When
- June 7, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Kent forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 41.673, -71.579 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High pressure near Bermuda brought a southwest flow of hot and humid air to Rhode Island. F.
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The episode as NWS BOX wrote it up.
High pressure near Bermuda brought a southwest flow of hot and humid air to Rhode Island. The high temperature of 96 degrees at T.F. Green State Airport in Warwick tied the record high temperature for the date, which was set in 1925.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Rhode Island in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Rhode Island, June 1999
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