Greenwood tied its record high temperature of 100 degrees as upper-90s to 100-degree heat continued, according to the US National Weather Service in Jackson, Mississippi.
The heat is expected to last for a couple more days before temperatures begin trending closer to seasonal normals.
Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."
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