For residents across the southern United States that are wondering when the seemingly endless stretch of record-challenging heat is going to end, there is finally some good news on the horizon.
A sprawling and nearly stationary area of high pressure has been to blame for the "extended summer" sizzling the Deep South and Southeast during September and into the start of October.
Dozens of cities from the Gulf Coast to the mid-Atlantic experienced their hottest October day on record on Wednesday with thermometers in several spots reaching the century mark.
This high pressure system will begin to weaken, shrink in size and get beaten down through the weekend as multiple storm systems force a push of cooler air progressively farther south.
However, relief is still a few days away as more hot and humid days are in store through the end of the week.
"Many cities will once again challenge record-high temperatures through Thursday, some of which have stood for over 100 years," AccuWeather Meteorologist Brandon Buckingham said.
Residents in Atlanta, Georgia, experienced the second-warmest September on record with an average monthly temperature of 82.4. The warmest September on record occurred in 1925, when the average monthly temperature was 83.0.
To put this statistic in perspective, the normal high temperature during the second half of September in Atlanta is never higher than 82, so the mean monthly temperature was higher than the average high during the second half of the month.
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