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June 28, 2007

We've got ourselves a heat wave

It wasn’t supposed to happen -- today was originally supposed to bring enough relief to keep temperatures below 90 degrees -- but we’ve logged the first official heat wave of the summer.

Preliminary data today from the National Weather Service show that the temperature hit 90 degrees or higher for the third straight day, the criteria for a heat wave.

With thunderstorms closing in on some parts of the region, the official Providence temperature (measured at the airport in Warwick) hit 90 degrees just before 4 p.m. The highs on Tuesday and Wednesday were 95.

The actual high temperature could be a bit higher. The official high won’t be posted for a few hours.

-- Journal staff writer C. Eugene Emery Jr.

Posted by Peter Phipps  at 5:37 PM | Permalink

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