Milwaukee got within a few degrees of setting hot temperature records this week as a heat wave scorched the city.
The high temperatures in Milwaukee peaked at 96 degrees on Monday, July 13 and climbed even higher Tuesday, July 14, reaching 99 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
Milwaukee has made it through the worst of the heat, with temperatures expected to cool down slightly as the weekend approaches, National Weather Service meteorologist Benjamin Sheppard told the Journal Sentinel.
The city’s all-time high for July 15 is 96 degrees, set in 1931. The temperature in Milwaukee wasn’t expected to reach that level Wednesday, Sheppard said.
What are Milwaukee’s heat records for July?
Milwaukee’s hottest July day ever – and all-time hottest day on record – was July 24, 1934, when the temperature reached 105 degrees, according to the Wisconsin State Climatology Office.
These are some of Milwaukee’s daily temperature records:
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Milwaukee heat wave peaked at 99 degrees, just short of city records
Reporting by Blaise Mesa, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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