2008.02.29
An easy morning to set a record low
Blacksburg set a record low this morning and Roanoke tied a record low, but it was the easiest day of the year to do so.
With Feb. 29 only showing up every 4 years, there are a lot fewer opportunites for record temperatures to be set on this date than any other date on the calendar.
Blacksburg's low of 15 beat out the previous leap day record of 15 set in 1984, while Roanoke's low of 22 tied the Feb. 29 record set in 1980. Most record lows for this time of year run in the single digits for Blacksburg and in the teens for Roanoke.
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