Tuesday's high temperature wasn't a record-setter for Huntsville, but it was the city's hottest reading so far in 2018.

The National Weather Service in Huntsville said the mercury hit 97 degrees on Tuesday afternoon, the highest it has gone so far this year.

Muscle Shoals hit 97 degrees as well, according to the weather service.

While that's unbearably hot, it wasn't enough to break Huntsville's high temperature record for Aug. 7. Not nearly enough.

According to the weather service the hottest temperature on record for Huntsville on Aug. 7 was 108 degrees. That happened in 1930.

Huntsville's average high temperature for Aug. 7 is 91, according to the weather service.

There's good news on the temperature front, however. The weather service said an unsettled weather pattern will take hold starting Wednesday. Higher chances of rain and storms could keep temperatures below average for the rest of the week.