Here are some US cities that set records this week as temperatures soared to as high as 115 degrees

By Robert Shackelford, Mike Saenz and Dave Alsup, CNN

Updated 4:07 AM EDT, Thu July 21, 2022

(CNN) Some daily record high temperatures were set Tuesday and Wednesday across multiple states as extreme heat scorched the south central US -- part of a heat wave affecting even more of the country Thursday.

Here are some of the record highs for July 20 set in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri:

• Lawton, Oklahoma: 111, tying a record set in 2018

• Abilene, Texas: 110, breaking a record of 107 set in 1936

• Del Rio, Texas: 108, breaking record of 106 set in 2009

• San Antonio, Texas: 104, breaking record of 101 that was most recently tied in 1996

• Fayetteville, Arkansas: 103, breaking record of 102 set in 2012

• West Plains, Missouri: 104, breaking record of 101 set in 1964

• Springfield, Missouri: 103, tying record set in 2006

Construction workers Anthony Harris and Angel Gonzalez take a water break during an excessive heat warning in San Antonio, Texas, on Tuesday.

Here are some of the record highs for July 19 set in Texas and Oklahoma:

• Wichita Falls, Texas: 115, breaking a record of 112 set in 2018

• Borger, Texas: 111, breaking a record of 109 set in 2018

• Abilene, Texas: 110, breaking a record of 108 set in 1936

• Oklahoma City: 110, breaking a record of 109 set in 1936

• Amarillo, Texas: 108, breaking a record of 105 set in 2018

• San Angelo, Texas: 108, tying a record set in 2018

• El Paso, Texas: 107, breaking a record of 105 set in 1980

• Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas: 106, breaking a record of 105 from 1914, 1923 and 1951

• Midland International Air & Space Port in Midland, Texas: 105, tying a record from 1981 and 2018

• Houston: 100, tying a record set in 2000

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