Last Updated on July 28, 2021 7:20 pm
Marking the sixth day in a row with high temperatures in the 80's, today marked the hottest day in Boone for 2021.
Data from the Watauga Medical Center reporting station shows a high of 86.2 at 3:15 pm. Temperatures dropped to 82 before rising to 84 and returning to 86 between 4:15 pm and 5:15 pm.
Before today, the last ten times the WMC station recorded high temps above 86 degrees were:
88.3 on July 18, 2020
87.3 on July 19, 2020
86.9 on July 21, 2020
86.5 on September 11, 2019
86.4 on September 12, 2019
86.2 on June 17, 2018
87.4 on June 18, 2018
86 on July 22, 2017
86.5 on July 20, 2017
87.3 on July 11, 2017
The all-time record high in Boone stands at 96 recorded on July 10, 1936.