UPDATE: Indy reached 103 again July 25th. It was 9th 100+ day this summer in Indy.
ORIGINAL POST: Triple reports of triple digits July 23rd. The official high in Indianapolis was 102. That tied a daily high temperature record from one of those Dust Bowl Summers…1934. Temps hit 102 in Terre Haute and 100 in Lafayette.
Indy has tied or broken 9 daily high temperature records since late June. It was the 8th day at 100 or above in Indianapolis.
The top two summers for the century mark :
–12 days in 1936
–10 days in 1934
Up until now the biggest recent summer for triple digits was 1988, when it happened five times.
Monday was the 36th 90+ day of the Summer of 2012 in Indianapolis. The average is 15 and the record is 58.
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