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Location Record Type New Record Date New Record Old Record Old Record Date
Austin Camp Mabry, TX Daily maximum for the month and tie for all time warmest low August 8, 2003 110°F 109°F August 18, 1923
Tie occurred July 26, 2000
Austin Bergstrom, TX Daily maximum for the month August 8, 2003 108°F 107°F August 10, 1953
Midland International Airport, TX Daily warmest minimum for the month August 10, 2003 83°F 80°F August 8, 1946
Phoenix, AZ Tied daily maximum for the month August 10, 2003 116°F 116°F August 1, 1972 and August 4, 1975
Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, AZ Daily high minimum for the month August 12, 2003 95°F 94°F August 11, 2003
Las Vegas, NV Daily high minimum for the month August 13, 2003 90°F 89°F August of 1995
Salt Lake City, UT Daily high minimum for the month August 15, 2003 78°F 77°F August 13, 2003
Billings, MT Tied daily high minimum for the month August 15, 2003 73°F 73°F August 23, 1937
Bismarck, ND Consecutive days with 100°F or greater August 17, 2003 4 consecutive days with 100°F or greater; August 14-17 3 consecutive days with 100°F or greater August 17-19, 1959
Cheyenne, WY Number of days with 90°F or greater in a season August 22, 2003 32 days of 90°F or greater 31 days of 90°F or greater Summer of 1936
Charleston, WV Latest day in the year for the first 90°F day August 27, 2003 90°F 90°F July 14, 1972
Jackson, KY Latest day in the year for the first 90°F day August 27, 2003 90°F 90°F August 23, 2001
Havre, MT Number of consecutive days with 80°F or greater July 9 - August 26, 2003 49 consecutive days 41 consecutive days July 9 - August 18, 1929
Riverton, WY Warmest August on record August 2003 Average monthly temperature of 73.5°F (5.3°F above normal) Average monthly temperature 73.0°F August 2000

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Location Record Type New Record Date New Record Old Record Old Record Date
London Corbin Airport, KY Wettest August on record August 2003 7.47 inches 7.45 inches August 1977
Port Columbus International Airport, Wilmington, OH Wettest August on record August 2003 11.42 inches 8.63 inches August 1979
Tupelo, MS Wettest August on record August 2003 11.70 inches 10.32 inches August 1961
Waterloo, IA Driest August on record August 2003 0.08 inches 0.37 inches August 1955
Tri-Cities Airport, TN Wettest month on record and wettest boreal Summer on record August 2003; June-August 2003 11.34 inches; 25.26 inches respectively 9.73 inches; 22.00 inches respectively July 1949; Summer of 1942

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