A chilly August morningPosted Aug12, 2008 at 12:00 PMThe recent spate of cool weather turned downright chilly in many locations this morning. Blacksburg set a record low for Aug. 12 this morning, dropping to 45 degrees. The old record of 47 dates to 1961. Lynchburg, with a low of 49, and Danville, with a low of 51, also set new record lows. Lynchburg's old record dated all the way back to 1926; Danville's to 1980. Roanoke's 54 was the second coolest on this date, but did not eclipse the record of 51 set on Aug. 12, 1930. Many of our summer daily heat records date to 1930, so that must have been a really up-and-down summer for temperatures. Looking at temperatures at the an official site between Marion and Wytheville, it was positively cold this morning: At least as low as 41 degrees. Wow. Though days will warm up nicely in the sun, a few more cool mornings with widespread 50s appear to be on tap. The unseasonably cool weather pattern is going to slow to unwind. This August may well end up being almost the diametric opposite of last year's unrelenting heat. |
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Kevin Myatt works on the copy desk for The Roanoke Times and is its principal weather geek, writing a weekly weather column and advising the newsroom on weather topics. He helps guide students on a storm chasing trip to the central U.S. each May and was an editor for "Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States." .....Advertisement.....
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[August 12, 2008 12:39 PM]
Kerri : →http://www.thesunriseofmylife.blogspot.com/It was a FABULOUSLY cool morning in Blacksburg! Definitely has that FALL feel to it!