A RECORD BREAKING DAY FOR HEAT IN NEW MEXICO. ALBUQUERQUE'S TEMPERATURE HIT 105 THURSDAY AFTERNOON…BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 104 SET IN 1994. THE TEMPERATURE IN SANTA FE AT 4:00 PM WAS 101…SHATTERING THE OLD RECORD OF 96 SET JUST LAST YEAR. FARMINGTON ALSO SET A NEW RECORD HIGH ON THURSDAY, AS DID TUCUMCARI WHERE THE TEMPERATURE AT 4:00 WAS 109.
MORE HOT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN U-S OVER THE WEEKEND, REACHING 120 DEGREES AND BEYOND IN SOME AREAS.
PNM REPORTED RECORD DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY IN ALBUQUERQUE ON THURSDAY, BUT WITH NO PROBLEMS TO ITS SYSTEM.
