The Bayou State continues to bake and several cities in Louisiana are on tap for record-breaking high temps today and tomorrow. State Climatologist Barry Keim said the highest ever recorded temperature for Shreveport was 110 degrees, in Baton Rouge, it was 105, and in New Orleans 102 degrees. But today…
“Shreveport 106 is forecasted, 104 in Baton Rouge, 101 in New Orleans, and Thursday 108 in Shreveport, 105 in Baton Rouge, and 100 in New Orleans,” said Keim.
Keim said the previously recorded highs for Baton Rouge were 110 and 108, on back-to-back days in August of 1909. But historical records do not show similar temps in surrounding cities. Keim and other forecasters believe those recordings could be inaccurate. The consensus is that 105 is most likely the record high for the Red Stick.
As for the present, Keim said record highs will either be matched or broken today and tomorrow.
“So, we could very easily be breaking records all across the state over the next couple of days. It’s going to be unbelievably oppressive, maybe even unprecedentedly oppressive,”
So, brace yourself, as Keim said the summer from hell looks like it’s not going away anytime soon…
“It’s just going to be obscene outside for not only the next couple of days but really for the next week and perhaps even beyond,” said Keim.
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