We got the record.
The high temperature in Iola Tuesday officially was 108, which broke by one degree the previous high for Aug. 2 of 107 in 1934.
Readings of temperature and precipitation are made daily at Iola’s water plant on apparatus certified by the National Weather Service.
While the official high was 108, many people in the area reported temperatures of 110 or more on vehicles and home-based thermometers.
The record for today, as well as Thursday, was set in 1930 at 108.
The all-time high of 117 came on July 14, 1954, during a four-day siege of hot weather. On successive days starting on July 12 that year, readings were 114, 116, 117 and 112.
A swell(tering) day for the history books
