The high in Odessa Wednesday reached 104 degrees at one point; breaking a record for April last set in 1989, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Midland said.

Katherine Hawley said the temperature reached it’s hottest at 3:10 p.m. and was it’s coldest around 7 a.m. when the temperature was recorded at 67 degrees.

The weather Wednesday broke a record for the day set back in 1996 when the temperature reached 98 degrees, and Hawley said it also broke a record for the entire month.

“We also beat the all time April record,” Hawley said about the hottest day recorded for the month on April 21, 1989 at 101. “We slaughtered those records.”

Hawley also said other cities around the Permian Basin did not drop below 100 degrees and could expect the same type of weather Thursday.

The weather is expected to cool Saturday and Sunday when a cold front comes into the area and brings a 30 percent chance of rain, Hawley said.

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