Triple Digit Temperatures (7/16/06)
As a result of a strong high pressure cell anchored over the Four Corners area, temperatures across the region on Sunday were the warmest since the year began. Many weather reporting sites recorded temperatures in the 100s. In Grand Junction, a high temperature of 104° set a new record for the date, beating out the old record of 102°, set just last year. The Monday morning low was just 71°.
Some other triple digit high temperatures on Sunday include:
|
Station |
High |
Station |
High |
|
| Arches NP * |
109° |
Gateway |
104° |
|
| Battlement Mesa |
100° |
Grand Junction * |
104° |
|
| Blanding, UT |
101° |
Hovenweep Nat’l Mon |
102° |
|
| Bluff, UT |
102° |
Mack 6NW |
105° |
|
| Browns Park |
101° |
Mesa 1E |
100° |
|
| Canyonlands (Islands) |
101° |
Moab |
108° |
|
| Canyonlands (Needles) |
104° |
Orchard Mesa * |
104° |
|
| Clifton |
105° |
Paradox 2N |
102° |
|
| Collbran |
102° |
Rangely 1E * |
103° |
|
| Colona 4NW |
102° |
Rifle |
101° |
|
| Delta 3E |
102° |
Valley of the Gods, UT |
101° |
|
|
Fruita |
103° |
(close) | ||
| Fruita 1NW |
106° |
Cortez |
99° |
|
| Fruita 2W |
105° |
Montrose |
98° |
|
| Fruita 4ENE |
104° |
Vernal, UT |
99° |
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| * New record for the date |
The cool spot on Sunday afternoon was Telluride, where the highest temperature reached was 79°.
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