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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Parts of Utah reached triple digit temperatures for a third straight day Sunday and at least two more 100-degree days were forecast for early in the week.
The high at Salt Lake City International Airport was 102 degrees, 1 degree off the record set on the same date a year ago.
St. George had the highest temperature Sunday at 111, followed by Hanksville at 110. Other hot included Moab at 108, Canyonlands National Park 106, Delta 105 and Milford 104.
Joining Salt Lake at 102 were Escalante, Spanish Fork and Wendover.
The National Weather Service said stagnant high pressure pushed the temperature to 100 or above for the third straight day. And highs Monday and Tuesday were expected at around 103 degrees. The string of triple-digit days was expected to break Wednesday, but only slightly with highs still in the upper 90s.
The sweltering heat and poor air along the Wasatch Front led to a health advisory from the Utah Division of Air Quality. People with heart or respiratory ailments were advised to avoid outdoor activities during the midmorning and afternoon Sunday and Monday.
The Division also suggested carpooling or not driving in order to keep down emissions and ozone.
Sunday was the 10th straight day with temperatures in the 90s. On Saturday, several towns set or tied heat records for the day.
The biggest was in Delta, where it reached 109 degrees -- 4 degrees higher than the record set last summer. It was also just 1 degree off Delta's all-time record of 110 degrees set on Aug. 1 1938.
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