Tennessee ? Heat-stricken residents in some areas finally got a small break Sunday from the oppressive triple-digit temperatures that have killed at least 44 people in the Southeast and Midwest.

Temperatures reached 94 in Memphis, well short of the predicted 102 and the first time in 10 days it didn’t break 100. It was forecast to reach 96 today before hovering near the century mark the rest of the week.

Temperatures also finally dropped into the mid-90s and upper 80s Sunday in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia and Missouri after more than a week of triple digits. Americus, in southwest Georgia, was expected to reach 99 degrees today.