Another heat record bit the dust Thursday when Atlanta broke the 90-degree mark.
That happened just after lunchtime, and the city got even hotter to solidify the record-setting day.
Atlanta peaked at 95 degrees, decimating the previous record of 90 set in 1986, Channel 2 Action News reported. That follows Wednesday, which tied the record of 93 degrees set in 2010.
Thursday is the 83rd day of 90-degree heat this year. The record, set in 2011, is 90 days in the 90s.
Conditions on the roads are also red hot as the evening commute chugs along, according to the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center.
The worst wreck is in Suwanee, where two right lanes of Ga. 317 and a lane in both directions of Satellite Boulevard are blocked, the Traffic Center reported.
A stall on I-285 West at Cobb Parkway is also causing delays, the Traffic Center reported. Delays span from Dunwoody into Cobb County.
Since the start of September, Atlanta has received just two-tenths of an inch of rainfall. Any rain that makes it to the ground Thursday will be light, Channel 2 meteorologist Brian Monahan said.
“Any little bit of rain we can get helps out because ... there are some isolated rain chances between now and Sunday, but many of us are going to go between now and the weekend completely dry and hot across North Georgia,” he said.
Much of the state is in some form of drought, with some of the most severe conditions in metro Atlanta. Monahan said the long-range forecast looks to be pretty dry for the Southeast.
A 20% chance of rain is in the forecast each day through the weekend, according to Channel 2.
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