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Oct 10, 2009 6:50 pm US/Eastern

S. Fla. Heat Has Been One For The Record Books

KEY WEST (CBS4) ― One South Florida city recently felt the heat like it was 1989.

That's because the National Weather Service reported Key West tied a record high temperature set in the year that brought us Milli Vanilli and the Nintendo Game Boy.

On Friday, Key West International Airport recorded a 90-degree temperature, which tied the previous record.

And Sunday is looking like a record-breaking day. Should temperatures reach 91 degrees, then it will tie a previous record set in 1992 at the Miami International Airport.

It's been a week for the record books. On Thursday, Miami International Airport clocked in the city's temperature at 93-degrees. It broke the record high of 92 degrees previously set in, you guessed it, 1989.

The main reason for all the extra heat is a strengthening area of high pressure in the mid and upper levels of the atmosphere which is putting a lid on most afternoon rain and is holding back any chance of a cold front getting close to South Florida, according to CBS4 Chief Meteorologist David Bernard.

For the past three mornings, the low at Key West has been 84 degrees. These are the warmest low temperatures ever recorded in Key West during the month of October, according to Bernard.

Wednesday, record highs were also set in Miami and Key West. Miami was 93-degrees which beat the old record of 92-degrees and Key West was 91, which beat the old record of 90-degrees.

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