Dallas Sets New Record For # Of Triple-Digit Day Temperatures During A Single Summer - Reuters

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Record watchers in Dallas had something to cheer about on Tuesday, or lament, depending on their point of view after this summer officially logged more triple-digit days in north Texas than any other on record.

"We made it," said Jesse Moore, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Fort Worth. "We tied the record on Monday and beat it on Tuesday."

Home to such championship teams as the Mavericks, the Cowboys and the Stars, Dallasites are used to winning and have learned to savor the flavor of victory. But beating the heat was no picnic. The hopes of many competitive-minded north Texans were dashed when they came close but narrowly missed breaking a record streak of consecutive 100-degree days in August.

A brief thunderstorm skimmed the area on August 11, breaking the streak at 40 days. The record was, and still is, 42 days of triple-digit days, set in 1980. But then on Tuesday, the mercury climbed to 100 degrees about noon, marking the 70th day of triple-digit heat this summer and beating a record of 69 days of such heat set in 1980.

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