On this date in 1987, the temperature soared to 97 degrees, one-degree shy of a calendar-day record. It was among three straight days with highs in the 90s. Unseasonably hot weather prevailed across most of the eastern United States. Baltimore also reached 97 degrees, while Newark soared to 98.
Here are other notables from this day:
- Average high: 80
- Average low: 62
- Record high: 98 (1991)
- Record low: 44 (1884)
- Record rainfall: 1.68 inches (1948)
