2008.10.30
Florida beats Roanoke to first freeze
Though almost everyone around did make it to freezing this morning, effectively ending the region's growing season, the Roanoke Regional Airport appears to have again stalled just above freezing at 34, meaning that Roanoke has, officially at least, still not experienced its first freeze of the season. Lows of 35 were recorded on Oct. 20 and 23; the low was 37 on Oct. 19 and 38 on Wednesday. But I would bet most folks in the Roanoke Valley did see a temperature of 32 or below at least briefly early this morning.
In a weird twist ... some locations in Florida, and we're not just talking the northern edge of the Panhandle, have gone on the record books with an earlier freeze than Roanoke. Ocala, Fla., is one of those.
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