we have had highs in the 80s lately which sounds like such a treat when you think about what happened on this date July 26 1952 it was the first day of one of the most notorious Heatwave assaults Nashville's ever had on that first day it was the beginning of four consecutive daily record high temperatures the Mercury went all the way up to3 de now the air mass was unusually dry too with a temperature range of 4 40° because you see that morning it was a pleasant 63° could you imagine starting out at 63 and ending up with 103 in the afternoon and then you did that for several more days that was on this date July 26 1952 I'm meteorologist Lisa Spencer