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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; Despite scorching sun and temperatures that soared into the 90s, Frisbee and pigskins whirled between handfuls of undaunted park-goers Saturday as many braved the heat to kick off a long holiday weekend.</p><p>According to the National Weather Service at Binghamton, the day&#8217;s high temperature broke a 108-year-old record. The high at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport reached 92 degrees, surpassing the 91-degree mark set in 1908.</p><p>The sweltering start to the Memorial Day weekend didn&#8217;t keep Cody Panko and his wife, Jill, from enjoying the outdoors. The two hunkered down under a tree at Kirby Park in between tosses of a rainbow-colored Frisbee.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s great to be outside moving around and getting some exercise,&#8221; Cody Panko said, &#8220;but man is it hot.&#8221;</p><p>The Edwardsville couple, both of whom have office jobs, said they appreciated having a long weekend to enjoy the outdoors.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s definitely good to get out,&#8221; Jill Panko said.</p><p>Others did the same, including a dozen or so men playing flag football on the other side of the park and a few brave souls jogging along the river levee.</p><p>At nearby Nesbitt Park, Jason Souderdon lowered his kayak into the Susquehanna River for the first time this year. Souderdon, of Drums, loaded up on sunscreen and bottled water before hitting the river.</p><p>&#8220;You don&#8217;t do this without preparing,&#8221; he said. &#8220;If you don&#8217;t, you&#8217;re cooked.&#8221;</p><p>Souderdon said the long weekend enabled him to uncork the kayak, something he&#8217;d been looking forward to doing since storing it away at the end of last summer.</p><p>&#8220;It definitely feels like summer out here now,&#8221; he said, wiping beads of sweat from his head before pushing off downstream.</p><p>The temperature will likely continue to hover around the mid- to upper-80s into Monday, according to the National Weather Service, before a strong chance of rain rears its head Memorial Day evening.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Taeya Montigney, 7, of Kingston, has some fun splashing in Harveys Creek in Plymouth Township on May 28. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/web1_TTL052916Summer_1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Taeya Montigney, 7, of Kingston, has some fun splashing in Harveys Creek in Plymouth Township on May 28. </caption0><photoCredit0>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/web1_TTL052916Summer_2.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Boaters take to the water at Harveys Lake during the Memorial Day holiday weekend on Saturday afternoon. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/web1_TTL052916Summer_2.jpg</photo1><caption1>Boaters take to the water at Harveys Lake during the Memorial Day holiday weekend on Saturday afternoon. </caption1><photoCredit1>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/web1_TTL052916Summer_3.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Kohen Mager, 9, left, gets doused by her sister Jetta, 11, both of Nanticoke, during a picnic at Frances Slocum State Park in Kingston Township on a hot Saturday afternoon. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/web1_TTL052916Summer_3.jpg</photo2><caption2>Kohen Mager, 9, left, gets doused by her sister Jetta, 11, both of Nanticoke, during a picnic at Frances Slocum State Park in Kingston Township on a hot Saturday afternoon. </caption2><photoCredit2>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit2></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Joe Dolinsky</p><p>jdolinsky@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta><p>Forecast</p><p>&#8226; Sunday: Some sun, then clouds. High 88, Low 64.</p><p>&#8226; Monday: A p.m. thunderstorm in spots. High 82, Low 60.</p></factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Joe Dolinsky at 570-991-6110 or on Twitter @JoeDolinskyTL</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Saturday’s high temperature breaks 108-year-old record