JACKSONVILLE, Fla – Jacksonville’s summer heat streak came to an end last week thanks to one day in the 80s, but the heat continues.
Jacksonville finally experienced a break in its scorching summer heatwave on Sunday, July 28, when temperatures dipped to 89 degrees for the first time since the summer solstice on June 20.
This marked the end of a 37-day streak with highs at or above 90 degrees, ranking as the city’s fifth-longest stretch of such intense heat.
The average temperature for July was 94 degrees, a full two degrees warmer than the historical average for the past 30 years.
This continues a trend of increasingly hot summers for the city, as evidenced by last year’s brutal August heatwave.
In 2023, Jacksonville endured 12 consecutive days of temperatures reaching 94 degrees or higher, with five of those days peaking at a sweltering 99 degrees.
This ranked as the city’s 13th-longest run of heat with that intensity. To make matters worse, this period was immediately preceded by another 12-day stretch of 94+ degree temperatures beginning on June 25.
As climate change continues to impact weather patterns, it is likely that Jacksonville residents will need to brace themselves for more frequent and intense heatwaves in the future.
The remainder of the week will have above-normal highs returning to the mid-90s which could further distance this year beyond the past records.
With 33 days left in the summer, Jacksonville is poised to have its hottest summer on record.
Temperature records which you can validate on the Applied Climate Information System jump this summer from sixth hottest last year to first place so far this year in a tie with 1954.