A History of 100 Degrees in the Twin Cities
For the second time in a week, the mercury hit 100 degrees or higher at the Twin Cities International Airport. The last time there were two 100 degree maximum temperatures in the Twin Cities was 1988, when there were four.
July 1-6, 2012 will also finish the warmest first six days of July on record in the Twin Cities with a preliminary average of 87 degrees F, higher than the next closest average (July 1-6 1949) with 84.2 degrees F.
It's been relatively uncommon to see the mercury reach 100 at the Twin Cities International Airport in recent years. Before 2011, the last time the maximum temperature was 100 degrees or more was on July 31, 2006 when the air temperature reached was 101 degrees. Looking back to 1873, the maximum temperature at the Twin Cities official measuring site has reached 100 or more on 64 occasions. The most was in 1936 with nine days. The last year with more than one 100 degree temperature was in 1988 with four.
Below is a table of all the dates since 1873 of days where the temperature was 100 or more at the offical Twin Cities observing site.
Year Month Day Precip High Low Average 1883 7 1 0 100 72 86 1894 7 11 0 100 71 86 1894 7 26 0 100 75 88 1901 7 20 0 102 76 89 1901 7 23 0 101 74 88 1901 7 24 0 101 67 84 1913 8 15 0 100 74 87 1926 7 16 0 102 68 85 1931 6 28 0 102 82 92 1931 6 29 0 102 83 93 1931 6 30 0 100 82 91 1931 7 15 0 101 77 89 1931 7 16 0 100 80 90 1931 7 27 0 104 80 92 1931 9 10 0 104 75 90 1932 7 20 0.02 101 74 88 1933 6 19 0 100 75 88 1933 7 30 0 100 78 89 1934 5 31 0 106 75 91 1934 6 27 0 104 70 87 1934 7 21 0 105 73 89 1934 7 22 0 105 71 88 1934 7 23 0 105 80 93 1936 7 6 0 104 69 87 1936 7 7 0 101 80 91 1936 7 8 0 101 82 92 1936 7 10 0 106 80 93 1936 7 11 0 106 82 94 1936 7 12 0 106 83 95 1936 7 13 0 105 86 96 1936 7 14 0.04 108 72 90 1936 8 15 0.44 103 70 87 1937 7 10 0 100 76 88 1940 7 18 0 101 68 85 1940 7 19 0.02 100 76 88 1940 7 22 0 103 74 89 1940 7 23 0 103 75 89 1941 7 23 0 100 74 87 1941 7 24 0 104 76 90 1947 8 4 0 102 76 89 1947 8 5 0 100 78 89 1947 8 10 0 101 75 88 1947 8 17 0.28 100 72 86 1948 7 6 0 101 75 88 1949 7 3 0 100 79 90 1949 7 4 0 100 75 88 1955 7 26 0.08 100 73 87 1955 7 28 0 100 72 86 1956 6 13 0 100 77 89 1974 7 8 0 101 73 87 1976 7 13 0 100 69 85 1977 7 19 0 100 79 90 1980 7 11 0.3 100 72 86 1982 7 5 0 100 78 89 1985 6 8 0 102 64 83 1988 6 24 0 101 70 86 1988 7 15 0.06 102 79 91 1988 7 31 0 105 72 89 1988 8 1 0 101 74 88 1990 7 3 0 100 72 86 1995 7 13 0 101 75 88 2006 7 31 0.09 101 80 91 2011 6 7 0 103 78 91 2012 7 4 0 101 81 91 2012 7 6 0 102 78 84