Record-Breaking Summer: New Orleans Shatters All-Time Heat Record, With More Records Expected

Forbes Business Breaking Record-Breaking Summer: New Orleans Shatters All-Time Heat Record, With More Records Expected Brian Bushard Forbes Staff I cover breaking news for Forbes Following Aug 31, 2023, 05:25pm EDT | Press play to listen to this article! Got it! Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline New Orleans broke its all time heat record this week as a relentless series of summer heat waves continued to bring blistering and dangerous conditions throughout the South, Southwest and Midwest, while forecasters expect more records will fall throughout the end of the week. Forecasters warn dangerous heat can cause heat stroke and fainting and advise residents to stay . .

. [+] inside during the day. AFP via Getty Images Timeline August 28 Phoenix recorded a daily high temperature of 117 degrees, breaking its latest daily record this summer.

August 27 Phoenix broke its daily high record again with a high of 114 degrees, while New Orleans shattered its daily record with a high of 105, breaking an all-time record, while daily records also fell in Houston (109), Austin (110), Mobile , Alabama (105), and Tampa (96). August 26 Memphis broke its daily record high with a temperature of 102 degrees, according to National Weather Service data . August 25 Houston broke its daily record at 102 degrees, along with a group of Southern cities, including Jackson , Mississippi (105), St.

Louis (104), New Orleans (100), San Antonio , Texas (104), Mobile , Alabama (98), Memphis (102), Nashville (101), Austin , Texas (107), Fort Worth , Texas (109), Shreveport , Louisiana (110), Dallas (109), and Baton Rouge , Louisiana (105). August 24 Houston tied its all-time record temperature with a high of 109 degrees, a daily record for the city, while daily record highs were also seen in Chicago (100), Jackson , Mississippi (106), New Orleans (100), Mobile , Alabama (100), Topeka , Kansas (104), Shreveport , Louisiana (109), Fort Worth , Texas (107), and Baton Rouge , Louisiana (106). August 23 New Orleans also tied its all-time heat record at 102 degrees, while other daily records were recorded in Baton Rouge , Louisiana (103), Des Moines , Iowa (101), Chicago (98), Jackson , Mississippi (103), Mobile , Alabama (101), Milwaukee (101), Minneapolis (98), and Des Moines , Iowa (100).

August 21 Denver set a new daily high temperature record with thermometers reaching 97 degrees, while a high of 106 was enough for a new daily record in Dallas , and in Wichita , Kansas, a daily record was set at 106, with other daily records falling in San Antonio , Texas (105), Mobile , Alabama (99), Shreveport , Louisiana (107), Baton Rouge , Louisiana (102), Lincoln , Nebraska (102) and Oklahoma City (104). August 20 Wichita , Kansas, broke its second straight daily high temperature record at 107, breaking a record that had stood for 22 years, while other daily heat records were broken in Oakland , California (88), Tulsa , Oklahoma (105), Oklahoma City (106), San Francisco (83), New Orleans (100), Houston (105), Dallas (109), St. Louis (100), Mobile, Alabama (99) and in Austin, Fort Worth and San Antonio , Texas (107, 109 and 104).

August 19 Wichita , Kansas, shattered its previous daily record of 105 degrees with a high of 111 degrees, while Lincoln , Nebraska, set a new daily record at 104, Colorado Springs , Colorado broke its daily record at 96, Austin, Dallas and Fort Worth , Texas all topped their daily record at 106, 108 and 108, respectively, and New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Shreveport all broke daily records at 100, 105 and 109 degrees, respectively. August 18 New Orleans narrowly topped its daily high temperature record with a high of 99, while Baton Rouge , Louisiana, broke its record at 102 degrees, Wichita broke a daily record at 106, Colorado Springs set a new daily record at 97 and Dallas, Fort Worth and San Antonio , Texas, broke their daily records at 109, 111 and 104. August 17 Roswell , New Mexico, beat its record daily high of 105, with a new record of 106, while Houston set its latest daily record (105), as did Austin, Corpus Christi, Fort Worth and San Antonio , Texas (109, 103, 110 and 106, respectively) August 16 Phoenix tied a record high at a blistering 115 degrees, while Portland, Oregon broke its daily high at 103, New Orleans set its second straight daily record at 100, Raleigh , North Carolina, narrowly broke its daily record at 100 degrees, and Helena , Montana set a new record at 102.

August 15 Portland , Oregon, saw a daily record high at 108, marking the city’s all-time hottest day in the month of August, while Olympia , Washington, saw a new daily record at 100 degrees, Columbia , South Carolina, observed a new record high at 101, and Houston, New Orleans , and Tallahassee, Florida, all set daily record highs at 104, 100 and 100, respectively. August 14 Seattle broke a daily record high at 91 degrees, as did Olympia , Washington at 96 degrees, and Tallahassee , Florida, which set its second consecutive daily record high, at 100 degrees. August 13 Tallahassee broke a daily high at 100 degrees, above its previous record set in 1999, while a group of cities in the South also set new record highs, including Tampa , Florida (97 degrees), Jackson , Mississippi (105), New Orleans (100), Austin , Texas (106), Fort Worth, Texas (108), Dallas (106), and Shreveport , Louisiana (106).

August 12 Pensacola , Florida, broke its daily record high at 100 degrees. August 11 Tampa , Florida, broke its daily record high with temperatures reaching 96 degrees, while Orlando , Florida, broke its daily record at 99, Key West Florida, broke a daily record at 95, San Antonio , Texas, broke a daily record at 106, as did Austin , Texas (108), Fort Worth , Texas (108), and New Orleans (101). August 10 Orlando , Florida, Mobile , Alabama, New Orleans , Houston and San Antonio , Texas, all set new daily record highs at 98, 98, 100, 106 and 103 degrees, respectively.

August 9 Jacksonville set a new daily record high temperature at 99 degrees, while Pensacola and Tampa Florida, both tied their record daily highs at 97 degrees, and daily records were set in New Orleans (98), Austin , Texas (108) and Fort Worth , Texas (109). August 8 Fort Lauderdale , Florida, set its second consecutive daily record with a high of 94 degrees, while Miami set its third in a row at 95 degrees, and broke its all-time record heat index —a measure of how hot it feels outside when considering for humidity—at a sweltering 113, and Laredo and San Antonio , Texas, as well as Orlando and Pensacola, Florida, set new daily records at 108, 105, 99 and 98, respectively. August 7 New Orleans broke its daily record temperature for the fifth straight day at 100 degrees, above its previous record high of 98, while Baton Rouge and Lafayette , Louisiana, set new daily records at 101 and 102, respectively; Miami, Key West, Tallahassee and Fort Lauderdale , Florida, also set daily records at 95, 96, 99 and 94 degrees, respectively; and San Antonio and El Paso , Texas, broke their daily record at 105 and 109.

August 6 Phoenix tied its daily record (114 degrees), while New Orleans broke another daily record at 100 and Key West , Florida, broke its daily record at 94 degrees. August 5 New Orleans set another daily heat record with a high of 100 degrees, while Phoenix set a daily record at 116 degrees. August 4 Baton Rouge , Louisiana, broke its daily record high for the seventh straight day , according to the National Weather Service, with a temperature of 101 degrees, while in New Orleans , residents saw a record high of 99 degrees.

August 3 Tucson , Arizona, broke its daily high temperature record, with thermometers reaching a blistering 105 degrees, according to the NWS, while Phoenix , in the midst of a historical heat wave, set a daily record at 113, Tampa , Florida, set a new daily record at 95, New Orleans broke its daily record (98), as did Corpus Christi , Texas (101), Lafayette , Louisiana (101), and Little Rock , Arkansas, set a daily record at 103. August 2 Dallas tied its daily record high, at 107 degrees, tying a previous record set in 2011, while Austin , Texas, broke its daily record at 105 degrees, Houston tied its daily record (101) and Baton Rouge , Louisiana, broke its daily high (102). August 1 Austin , San Antonio, Dallas and Waco , Texas, broke their latest daily records this summer, with temperatures reaching a high of 103, 102, 107 and 106 degrees, respectively, while Little Rock , Arkansas, also set a daily high at 94 degrees and Baton Rouge topped out at 104 degrees—the hottest day in Louisiana’s capital city since 2007.

July 31 New Orleans and Baton Rouge , Louisiana, both topped their previous daily high temperature records, at 101 and 102 degrees, respectively—the hottest day in New Orleans since 2009. July 30 Phoenix recorded its 31st day in a row with a high temperature above 110 degrees, trouncing its previous record of 18 days, while Baton Rouge hit another daily record of 100 degrees and Austin , Texas, broke its daily high of 107 degrees. July 29 Baton Rouge broke another daily temperature record at 101 degrees.

July 27 Anaheim , California, set its second straight daily record high, at 99 degrees, while Rapid City , South Dakota, also broke a daily record at 101, as did Baton Rouge , Louisiana (99), Santa Fe , New Mexico (96), and St. Paul (95). July 26 Phoenix set its latest record daily high at 118 degrees, over the city’s previous daily high of 116, while daily records were also set in Anaheim , California, (100), Corpus Christi , Texas (102), Sioux Falls , South Dakota (104), El Pas0 , Texas (108), and Santa Fe , New Mexico (99).

July 25 Phoenix shattered another daily record high at a blistering 118 degrees, while Tucson , Arizona, recorded its 10th daily record high this month, hitting 112 degrees. July 24 Fort Lauderdale , Florida, posted a daily record at 98 degrees, while Kissimmee , Florida, tied its daily record at 96. July 23 Reno , Nevada, Helena , Montana, and Grand Junction , Colorado, set daily temperature records at 104, 103 and 105 degrees, respectively, while Miami set a daily record (98 degrees) according to the National Weather Service.

July 22 Salt Lake City set a daily record high with thermometers reading 105 degrees, as did San Juan , Puerto Rico ( 94 degrees), Miami (97 degrees), Tucson , Arizona (111), Houston (101), San Antonio , Texas (104), Salt Lake City (106), Helena , Montana (103), New Orleans (97), Baton Rouge , Louisiana (99) and Phoenix , which set yet another daily record high at 118 degrees. July 21 El Paso , Texas, broke its daily record for the fifth straight day, with a daily high of 107, while Flagstaff , Arizona, set its third consecutive daily record at 90 degrees, and Tampa and Orlando , Florida set daily records at 96 and 97 degrees, respectively. July 20 Phoenix extended its streak of 110-plus-degree days to 21, breaking yet another daily temperature record at 115 degrees, while Flagstaff , Arizona, set a daily record (90 degrees).

July 19 Phoenix broke its latest in a string of daily temperature records amid a historic heat wave in the Southwest, with the temperature at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor Airport reaching 119 degrees, the hottest day since 2017 and the city’s fourth hottest day on record— Flagstaff , Arizona, also set a daily record at 92 degrees, as did El Paso , Texas (111), Tucson , Arizona (112) and Baton Rouge , Louisiana (98). July 18 Phoenix set a record for most days in a row with highs of 110 degrees or higher, reaching the mark for the 19th consecutive day , with temperatures hitting 118 degrees—a daily record—while Death Valley broke its daily record at a staggering 128 degrees, Tucson , Arizona, broke its daily record at 112, Las Vegas set a daily record (100) and Austin , Corpus Christi, El Paso, Fort Worth and San Antonio , Texas, both broke daily records at 107, 101, 109, 110 and 104 degrees, respectively. July 17 Las Vegas broke a daily record at 96 degrees, while Flagstaff , Arizona, broke its record (94) and four Texas cities— San Antonio , Austin , El Paso and Fort Worth —broke their daily records at 104, 108, 109 and 108, respectively.

July 16 Salt Lake City surpassed its daily record high, when the temperature hit 106 degrees, while Santa Rosa , California, tied a daily record (99 degrees), Flagstaff , Arizona, broke its daily record (96 degrees), as did Corpus Christi , Texas (103 degrees), Mobile , Alabama (98), Baton Rouge , Louisiana (100), Austin , Texas (106), El Paso , Texas (105), Sacramento (109) and Reno, Nevada (108) —Carson City , Nevada, shattered its previous daily record of 99 degrees at a blistering 105. July 15 Flagstaff , Arizona, tied a daily record high at 89 degrees. July 14 Two major Texas cities tied their daily high temperature records, with San Antonio hitting 105 degrees and Waco reaching 104, while Fort Worth , Texas, broke its daily record at 106 and Phoenix tied its daily high at 116.

July 13 Phoenix set its latest daily high temperature record at 114 degrees, following a string of daily temperature records in the city, while Baton Rouge , Louisiana, tied its daily record at 99 degrees. July 12 Phoenix tied a daily temperature record at a high of 114 degrees, tying a record set in 2020. July 11 Fort Lauderdale , Florida, tied its daily high temperature, at 96 degrees.

July 8 Miami broke its daily temperature record for the fourth-straight day and for the fifth time over just six days, at 96 degrees. July 6 Tucson , Arizona, set a record daily high, with thermometers reading 110 degrees, breaking the city’s previous record by one degree. July 5 Portland , Oregon, reached a sweltering 98 degrees, breaking the city’s daily record high by two degrees, while Vancouver , Washington, and Eugene , Oregon, also set daily highs, at 96 and 99 degrees, respectively, and El Paso , Texas, broke a daily record at a whopping 107 degrees.

July 4 Tampa set a daily record high again with thermometers reading 97 degrees—July 4 was the planet’s hottest day in nearly 125,000 years, at 62. 92 degrees, according to the University of Maine Climate Change Institute. July 1 Tampa broke its daily record (99 degrees), while Stockton , California, broke its record by one degree (109) and Sacramento tied its record (109).

June 30 Multiple cities across the country tied their daily record highs, including Tampa (96 degrees), Corpus Christi , Texas (98), and Billings , Montana (99). June 29 Miami set its second-consecutive daily temperature record at 95 degrees, while Fort Worth , Texas, narrowly hit a record daily high at 103 degrees and New Orleans broke another daily record at 100 degrees—marking the first time the temperature has reached triple-digits at the city’s airport in seven years. June 28 Roswell , New Mexico, set another daily high at 112 degrees, the city’s second hottest day on record, while Miami broke another daily record with a temperature of 95 degrees.

June 25 As the heat wave stretched east, New Orleans set a new daily record at 98 degrees, beating its former high of 97 set last year. June 24 Roswell , New Mexico tied its daily heat record with a high of 110 degrees set in 1990, while San Antonio for the second straight day tied its daily record (102). June 23 San Antonio tied its daily heat record at 102 degrees, while Laredo set another daily record (109).

June 22 Corpus Christi, McAllen and Laredo continued to break record daily high temperature records (103, 105 and 114 degrees, respectively). June 21 The Florida Keys tied a daily high temperature record at 94 degrees, while St. Paul , Minnesota, broke a daily record (91), Corpus Christi, Texas , broke a daily record (100) and Houston tied its daily record (99).

June 20 Laredo and McAllen broke daily records again, at 114 and 106 degrees, respectively, while Austin set another daily record (106) and Midland broke its daily record (109). June 19 Records were smashed across Texas during a heat wave, with new daily highs hit in San Antonio (105 degrees) and McAllen (107), while Austin tied its prior daily record of 106 degrees, according to the National Weather Service and Laredo tied an all-time record-high temperature for the city (115)—Laredo broke another daily record on June 13 (111 degrees). June 16 Miami broke a daily record with a temperature of 95 degrees—toppling a record that had stood for 12 years—while Fort Lauderdale broke a daily heat record (95 degrees).

June 3 Cincinnati broke a daily high record that had been set in 1951 (93 degrees). June 2 Hartford also saw a daily record (94 degrees), beating a record set in 1961 by 3 degrees and Philadelphia narrowly beat a 23-year record (95 degrees), while temperature records also fell in the Midwest, including in St. Louis (93 degrees) and Detroit (90 degrees).

June 1 Buffalo set daily temperature records on consecutive days to start off the month (90 degrees), while Syracuse , New York, set a record at 91 degrees, and Fargo , North Dakota, set a daily record at 97 degrees. News Peg An excessive heat warning is in effect throughout the South and Great Plains , from Texas to Florida and north to Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, as well as in Southern Arizona and California. Heat advisories are also in effect throughout the Midwest and parts of the South, bringing “dangerously hot conditions” and a heat index—how hot it feels outside when humidity is taken into consideration—into the 120s and 130s in some areas.

Forecasters urged residents to stay hydrated in air-conditioned rooms, avoid strenuous outdoor activity and take “extra precautions” while outside. Tangent Forecasters expect the early-season heat waves to be a sign of things to come, as a weather phenomenon called El Niño develops, bringing warmer air north, and as scientists warn the effects of climate change from greenhouse gas emissions will continue to drive temperatures upward, prolong drought conditions and make wildfires more frequent and strong. Roughly 1,500 cities and towns in the U.

S. broke daily heat records over a 30-day period ending last September, as heat waves spread throughout the U. S.

, as well as the U. K. and southern Europe.

So far this year, a heat wave in China took down single-day records in China, while in the U. K. , forecasters are warning of the hottest year on record.

Surprising Fact A scorching 119-degree high at Big Bend National Park in west Texas on June 23 came within one degree of tying an all-time temperature record for the state of Texas, which was set in 1936. Death Valley National Park came within three degrees of breaking the Earth’s all-time temperature record on July 16, when thermometers in Furnace Creek reached 128 degrees , just shy of a 130-degree record set in the park that is believed to be the hottest reliably-recorded temperature on the planet. Further Reading Texas Braces For Scorching Early Summer Heat Wave — Here’s Where Temperatures May Break Records (Forbes) July 4 Was Earth’s Hottest Day In Over 100,000 Years—Breaking Record For 2nd Day In A Row (Forbes) Sacramento And San Jose Break All-Time Heat Records: These Are The Key Record-Breaking Temperatures For Summer 2022 (Forbes) Brian Bushard Editorial Standards Print Reprints & Permissions.