Some US cities set heat records this week with temperatures as high as 46 degrees Celsius

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(CNN) --

Some daily record high temperatures were set Tuesday and Wednesday in several states as extreme heat scorched the south-central US, part of a heat wave that further affected the country on Thursday.

Here are some of the records that were set on July 20 in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri:

• Lawton, Oklahoma:

, matching a record set in 2018.

• Abilene, Texas:

, breaking a record of 41.6ºC set in 1936.

• Del Rio, Texas:

, breaking the record of 41.1ºC set in 2009.

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• San Antonio, Texas:

breaking the record of 38.3ºC that was most recently equaled in 1996.

• Fayetteville, Arkansas:

, breaking the record of 38.8ºC set in 2012.

• West Plains, Missouri:

, breaking the record of 38.3ºC set in 1964.

• Springfield, Missouri:

, matching the record set in 2006.

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Here are some of the July 19 record highs set in Texas and Oklahoma:

• Wichita Falls, Texas:

, breaking a record of 44.4ºC set in 2018

• Borger, Texas:

breaking a record of 42.7ºC set in 2018

• Abilene, Texas:

, breaking a record of 42.2ºC set in 1936

• Oklahoma City:

, breaking a record of 42.7ºC set in 1936

• Amarillo, Texas:

, breaking a record of 40.5ºC set in 2018

• San Angelo, Texas:

, matching a record set in 2018

• El Paso, Texas:

, equaling a record of 40.5ºC set in 1980

• Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas:

, breaking a record of 40.5ºC from 1914, 1923 and 1951

• Midland International Air & Space Port in Midland, Texas:

, equaling a record from 1981 and 2018

• Houston:

, tying a record set in 2000.

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