I KNEW It Was Hot Yesterday...

... but I didn't think we were in record-breaking territory.  Turns out we were; from the National Weather Service in ABQ:

New or tied record high temperatures Saturday June 5th.

Site new record old record and year

Roswell Airport 110 106 in 1990
Socorro Airport 106 104 in 1996
Fort Sumner 103 99 in 1996
Albuquerque valley 102 100 in 2006
Albuquerque Airport 100 98 in 2006
Clovis 100 tied 100 in 1939
Santa Fe Airport 100* 96 in 2006
Gran Quivira ntl mnt 99 98 in 1996
Espanola 98 tied 98 in 1990
Albuquerque foothills 97 96 in 2006
Raton Airport 97 95 in 2006
Las Vegas Airport 97 93 in 2006
Grants Milan Airport 97 tied 97 in 2006
Ruidoso fire dpt 97 92 in 1996
Gallup Airport 94 tied 94 in 2006
Los Alamos Airport 92 89 in 2006
Chama y motel 86 tied 86 in 2006

* all time record high temperature for any day. But note only 28 years of data is available for the Santa Fe Airport.

Our local WX station... not of the  "official" sort... reported 102 yesterday afternoon.  But Hell, 100 is hot enuff, innit?  

We're cooler today what with it being only 90 degrees on its way to 97.  It's breezy, too.  We're tempting fate by having our awning down.  I think I'll fire up a stogie and get my old ass outside, G&T in hand, just to keep an eye on it.