SXUS71 KCTP 081720 RERHAR RECORD EVENT REPORT FOR HARRISBURG PA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1220 PM EST WED MAR 8 2000 PAC993-082300- ...HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD BROKEN AT HARRISBURG... AT NOON...THE TEMPERATURE AT THE HARRISBURG AIRPORT IN MIDDLETOWN REACHED 79 DEGREES...SETTING A NEW RECORD FOR THE DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 74 DEGREES SET IN 1987. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THIS AFTERNOON...AND A FINAL RECORD STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATER TODAY. .END/ DEVOIR