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Weather records, September 2026
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The latest: Weather balloons set 18 September records for the height of the halfway point of the atmosphere, at sites from Oklahoma City to New York. Of 41 balloon sites that reported from the Rockies to the East Coast, Birmingham and Atlanta reached the highest mark at 6,010 meters (19,718 feet). Some of the records being broken date back to 1947 and 1948.
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- 18 September records set as weather balloons measure the South's heat dome
Weather balloons set 18 September records for the height of the halfway point of the atmosphere, at sites from Oklahoma City to New York. Of 41 balloon sites that reported from the Rockies to the East Coast, Birmingham and Atlanta reached the highest mark at 6,010 meters (19,718 feet). Some of the records being broken date back to 1947 and 1948.