Heat Wave Report: SD 120, CA 125

UPDATE: The 120 degree temperature record in South Dakota will probably take over the previous one, according to USAToday:

ORIGINAL REPORT:

Over 50 Record High temperature reports were reported by the NWS yesterday (prior to midnight). Here are some selected extremely high temperatures reported yesterday:

Death Valley, CA: 125
Indio F.S., California: 122 (Old Daily Record 117)
Cathedral, CA: 122**
Near Usta, S.D.: 120*
Indio Jackson, CA: 117**
Pierre, SD: 117 (Old All-Time Record 115, Old Daily Record 107)
Blythe, CA: 117 (Tied Daily Record)
Philip, SD: 116 (Old All-Time Record 113)
Fort Pierre, SD: 116**
Imperial, CA: 115 (Old Daily Record 114)
Chadron, WY: 112 (Old All-Time Record 110, Old Daily Record 102)
Rapid City, SD: 111 (Old All-Time Record 110)
Pine Ridge, SD: 111 (Old All-Time Record 108)
Delta, UT: 109 (All-Time Record is 110)
Valentine, NE: 109

Record data obtained from WeatherMatrix.

*From our Weather News page: "An all-time record high temperature was possibly tied in South Dakota Saturday as a National Weather Service (NWS) cooperative weather site, located 8 miles west-northwest of Usta, S.D., recorded a temperature of 120 degrees. If verified by the NWS this would tie the state record high temperature that was last set on July 5th, 1936, in Gann Valley of South Dakota."

**Not verified by NWS. Reported by government Mesonet which may include amateur stations which could not be correct.