Several cities across the US are setting new temperature records

By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist

Daily high temperature records were set across several cities Monday afternoon. Here are a few:

— Columbia, South Carolina, reached an afternoon high of 103 degrees, breaking its old June 13 record of 102 degrees, set in 1958.

— North Platte, Nebraska, hit 108 degrees, breaking its old record of 103 degrees, set in 1952.

— St. Louis hit 100 degrees, breaking its old record of 98 degrees, set in 1952.

— Charlotte, North Carolina, hit 98 degrees, breaking its old record of 97 degrees, set in 1958.

— Nashville hit 97 degrees, tying the previous record of 97 degrees, set in 2016.

— Jackson, Kentucky, hit 94 degrees; the previous record was 91 degrees, set in 2000.

— Asheville, North Carolina, hit 92 degrees; the previous record was 91 degrees, set in 2016.

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