Several cities across the US are setting new temperature records

CNN/Stylemagazine.com Newswire | 6/14/2022, 9:41 a.m.

Originally Published: 14 JUN 22 09:43 ET

By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist

(CNN) -- Daily high temperature records were set across several cities Monday afternoon. Here are a few:

-- Columbia, South Carolina, reached an afternoon high of 103 degrees, breaking its old June 13 record of 102 degrees, set in 1958.

-- North Platte, Nebraska, hit 108 degrees, breaking its old record of 103 degrees, set in 1952.

-- St. Louis hit 100 degrees, breaking its old record of 98 degrees, set in 1952.

-- Charlotte, North Carolina, hit 98 degrees, breaking its old record of 97 degrees, set in 1958.

-- Nashville hit 97 degrees, tying the previous record of 97 degrees, set in 2016.

-- Jackson, Kentucky, hit 94 degrees; the previous record was 91 degrees, set in 2000.

-- Asheville, North Carolina, hit 92 degrees; the previous record was 91 degrees, set in 2016.