Record highs set across Alabama on Monday

Monday — the unofficial last day of summer — was hot enough to break records in several Alabama cities.

Including one that was 117 years old.

Montgomery, Mobile and Dothan all had record high temperatures on Monday, according to data from the National Weather Service.

The National Weather Service in Birmingham reported that Montgomery hit 99 degrees at 1:52 p.m. on Monday, breaking the record of 98 degrees set all the way back in 1907, or 117 years ago.

Mobile also made history on Monday. The National Weather Service in Mobile said that the high temperature at the Mobile Regional Airport hit 99 degrees at 2:20 p.m. on Monday. The old record was 98 degrees and was set in 1964.

If that wasn’t enough, the weather service in Tallahassee, Fla., reported that the high temperature in Dothan today was 101 degrees. That also beat the record on file at the weather service, which was 97 degrees in 2014.

South Alabama had the worst of the heat on Monday. Other Alabama cities were hot, but not record-hot.

Some temperatures from around the rest of the state from Monday:

* Birmingham: 92 degrees (record 98 in 1907)

* Huntsville: 92 degrees (record 99 in 1925)

* Muscle Shoals: 92 degrees (record 101 in 1980)

* Tuscaloosa: 94 degrees (record 100 in 1951)

Tuesday is expected to still be hot, but not quite as hot as today, according to weather service forecasts. Highs tomorrow are expected to be in the upper 80s and low 90s across north and north-central Alabama.

South Alabama could still have temperatures approaching the mid-90s on Tuesday.

But relief is coming. Highs “only” in the 70s and 80s are expected statewide Wednesday and especially on Thursday thanks to increased clouds and higher rain chances.

Here’s a look at expected temperatures on Thursday:

Take this forecast (for Thursday temperatures) and frame it. It is expected to be on the “cool” side statewide.NWS