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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1134 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2026

...ALL-TIME RECORD DEW POINT TEMPERATURE ESTABLISHED AT 
SPRINGFIELD...

THE HIGHEST DEW POINT TEMPERATURE AT SPRINGFIELD TODAY HAS REACHED 
84 DEGREES. THIS IS THE HIGHEST DEW POINT ON RECORD...BREAKING THE 
OLD RECORD OF 83 DEGREES SET ON AUGUST 4 2008 AND TIED ON AUGUST 25 
2023.

THE HIGHEST HEAT INDEX REPORTED WAS 119 DEGREES. THIS MAY BE A 
RECORD AS WELL...BUT IT IS A CALCULATED PARAMETER AND HARDER TO 
QUANTIFY. THE PREVIOUS RECORD HEAT INDEX APPEARS TO BE 118 DEGREES 
ON JULY 15 1980 AND TIED JULY 13 1995. 

DEW POINT TEMPERATURE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1948...WITH ESTABLISHMENT OF 
HOURLY WEATHER REPORTS AT CAPITAL AIRPORT.

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GEELHART