Submitted by WhitesCreek on June 29, 2012 - 6:31pm.
At 3:14 p.m., the mercury reached 109 degrees at Nashville International Airport, said Sam Herron, a meteorologist with the service. That temperature is the highest reported temperature since record keeping began in 1871.
And those official temperatures are taken with a device inside of a little white box, sitting in the shade. Learned that from watching the weather channel yesterday.
Today's high was 104, breaking the previous record of 101 set in 1936.
And those official temperatures are taken with a device inside of a little white box, sitting in the shade. Learned that from watching the weather channel yesterday.