Breaking through the triple-digit ceiling in Lewiston

Shades of hotter than Hades, the third triple-digit day reared its ugly head in Lewiston on Thursday. The National Weather Service said the thermometer topped out at 102, but I'm sure most people thought it felt like 103, maybe 103.5.
At times outside it felt hot enough to melt you like the Wicked Witch of the West after some shameless kid threw a bucket of water on her for no reason at all.

Triple-digit diary
The Lewiston-Clarkston Valley’s first 100-degree day of 2008 last week tied the latest date in a seven-year comparison period.
In 2007, the first 100-degee day was on Sunday, June 3, with 101, a record for the day. It was on June 26 in 2006, June 21 in 2005, June 23 in 2004, June 29 in 2003 and June 26 in 2002.
The year 2007 had 13 100-degree days in Lewiston, second-highest since 2003. The record was 2003 with 16 triple-digit days. The fewest was 2002, with seven.
In 2007, there were one two-day string of 100-degree days (in July), one three-day span (over the Fourth of July and the two following days) and one five-day span, July 10 through 14. One of the 13 100-degree days was in June, 10 in July and one in August. The latest 100-degree day was Aug. 2.
Since 2002, the record is a seven-day streak of 100-degree days. That was in 2006 from July 21 through July 27.
The hottest summer temperature each year? In 2007 it was 108 on July 5; in 2006, 109 on July 23; in 2005, 104 on July 31 and Aug. 21; in 2004, 105 on July 14 and Aug. 14; in 2003, 106 on July 29 and 30; and in 2002, 110 on July 13.