Oct. 10 much different in 2007 than in 1979
Posted Oct10, 2007 at 09:39 AM
Oct. 10 is likely to be our last day of above-normal temperatures for a while, and almost certainly the end of record heat. This day 28 years ago was much different across Virginia.
Oct. 10, 1979, marks the earliest measurable snowfall on record in many central and northern Virginia localities, with Roanoke having been on the south edge of the accumulating snow. Roanoke recorded three-tenths of an inch of snow that day, enough to whiten the ground and coat the trees. Locations farther north in Virginia got much more snow, with 2 to 4 inches common and some areas getting a half-foot or more. Big Meadows, high on the ridgetop in Shenandoah National Park, collected 17 inches of snow from that early-season storm.
Nothing like that is on our horizon, but a day or two later this week might struggle to get out of the 50s. That's right, I said 50s.
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