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    Cincinnati is closing in on the 129-year-old heat record on Friday. It’s that hot

    Caradoc Wyn Posted on

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    Fall officially begins this weekend, but don’t turn off the air conditioners just yet.

    Mostly sunny, dry and warm conditions will continue Friday, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington. Highs of 93 degrees are expected.

    It’s been an unusually warm September in the Greater Cincinnati area so far, but how does it compare to temperatures from previous years? Will Friday’s heat break any climatological records?

    Let’s take a look.

    Could this weekend’s heat break any records?

    According to climate data from the National Weather Service, the hottest time it ever reached was 95 degrees on September 20, 1895. Friday’s high temperature is expected to rise to 93 degrees, just two digits away from the highest recorded temperature in Cincinnati for that date.

    Record temperatures for this weekend’s dates are:

    • September 20, 1895: 95 degrees.
    • September 21, 1940: 97 degrees.
    • September 22, 1895: 95 degrees.

    The hottest September day ever recorded in Cincinnati was in 1953, when temperatures reached an incredible 102 degrees on September 1st and 2nd.

    What is the heat index?

    Heat index is also called “apparent temperature,” according to the National Weather Service, and indicates what the temperature feels like to the human body when relative humidity is combined with air temperature.

    The heat index is expected to peak at 91 between 3 and 5 p.m. on Friday

    What you should know about the drought

    Areas in Hamilton and Clermont counties are experiencing moderate and severe drought, an updated map from the U.S. Drought Monitor showed Thursday. Severe drought also remains in most of Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties in northern Kentucky.

    There is a chance for conditions to be “wetter than normal” from Sept. 24 to 28, the NWS said in a post on Kentucky this weekend into early next week.

    But unfortunately, Ohio needs several rains to emerge from its drought, an NWS meteorologist previously told The Dispatch. Drought in the Greater Cincinnati area is likely to continue into the near future, according to the Drought Monitor’s updated three-month forecast.

    Grace Tucker and Nathan Hart contributed to this report.

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