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Heat waves and periods of unusually warm weather |
Texas
Deadly heat wave, summer 1998. Heat claimed more than 100 lives in the region. Dallas temperatures were over 100oF (37.8oC) for 15 straight days.
Reference: NCDC, 1998. 1998 Summer Heat and Precipitation Extremes. National Climatic Data Center. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/
ol/reports/texas98/
texasrecords.html
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