From WeatherUnderground:
Statement as of 4:54 PM EDT on August 08, 2007
… Record high temperature set at Greenville-Spartanburg…
The high temperature so far this afternoon at the Greenville-Spartanburg international Airport has been 104 degrees. This temperature was last reached at 335 PM. This is a new record high temperature for this date. The previous record high for August 8 was 98 degrees which was set in 1951.
Statement as of 5:14 PM EDT on August 8, 2007
… Record high temperature reached at Charlotte…
At 502 PM… the high temperature at the Charlotte-Douglas international Airport reached 102 degrees. This breaks the previous record of 101 degrees set in 1951. The last time the temperature reached 101 degrees or higher was August 18th 1988. The record monthly high is 103 degrees and the all-time record high is 104 degrees. Weather records for Charlotte date back to 1879.
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When Lorna came home at around 5, it was right at 90F here at the house. All of my fishtanks are at around 82F, not good!