Thursday's high of 103 in Tallahassee ties previous daily record set in June 1944, NWS says

The last time temperatures on June 23 in Tallahassee were as high as Thursday was just weeks after the United States Army invaded the beaches of Normandy, France.

The day's high temperature, 103, tied the previous daily record set in June 23, 1944, at Tallahassee International Airport, according to the National Weather Service.

The "record event" was recorded at the airport at approximately 3:34 p.m., read a NWS news release.

Thursday was the latest day of triple digit temperatures that were the result of a heat wave, according to the NWS. The heat is a byproduct of a deep upper-level ridge parked over the central part of the country.

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Friday — expected high of 101, with a 109 heat index — will be the last day of triple digit temperatures in the Big Bend region for the foreseeable suture, said Jasmine Montgomery, a NWS meteorologist.