National Temps: Extreme Heat in Southwest Cities
National temperatures show highs reaching 103 degrees Monday in Thermal Blythe and Imperial California and Lake Havasu City Arizona while Wisdom Montana records a low of 26 degrees.
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1997
Page
5
National temperatures show highs reaching 103 degrees Monday in Thermal Blythe and Imperial California and Lake Havasu City Arizona while Wisdom Montana records a low of 26 degrees.
High Monday was 75 and overnight low 59. Record highs and lows for today are 97 in 1961 and 39 in 1895. Precipitation over the past 24 hours totaled .75 inches, month to date 1.85 inches, year to date 12.12 inches. Normal values are 84/57, month 1.6 and year 10.18. Sunrise 6:47 a.m. Sunset 6:54 p.m. Length of day 12 hours 7 minutes. Source National Weather Service.
The forecast covers Curry, DeBaca, Quay, Roosevelt, Chaves, Eddy, Lea, and Hobbs areas. Today shows increasing clouds with a slight chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms, northeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Tonight remains mostly cloudy with a slight chance of light rain. Wednesday brings decreasing clouds with a slight shower and a few afternoon storms. Temperatures range from mid 70s to upper 70s in Tucumcari, Fort Sumner, Portales, Clovis, Roswell near 80, and Carlsbad Amesia in the low to mid 80s. East canyon winds develop in several zones with scattered showers and thunderstorms through the period.
Today features a mix of sun and clouds with mainly afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures rise slightly in the west and south. Tonight, mostly cloudy conditions in the east with a few showers.
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