"Some Like It Hot..."

(NOTE: I have 2 blog posts today...the weekly "Travelogue" follows this 'hot' off the press entry...)

I love that classic movie by name, but other than that I'm not a fan of the heat, especially our record-shattering numbers from yesterday, Wednesday. As I write this the National Weather Service has not put out their 'usual' list of highs with heat index maxima, so I can only pull together a sampling of the actual high numbers 100 degrees and above (R denotes official record):

North Carolina

Albemarle................109
Lumberton..............106
Laurinburg..............105
Fayetteville.............105
Monroe....................103
Raleigh....................102 R
Charlotte.................102 R
Concord..................102
Burlington..............102
Greensboro............100 R
Asheboro................100
Lexington................100
Wilkesboro..............100

South Carolina

Florence...................106 R
Columbia..................105 R
Green.-Spart............104 R

Below is a heat index chart that factors in humidity with the temperature. Click to enlarge for a better view.