October finishes as second warmest on record
Posted Oct31, 2007 at 10:56 PM
Wednesday's high of 69 and low of 34 in Roanoke brought the average temperature for the month of October to 63.6 degrees, making it the second warmest October on record. The hottest October was in 1984 when the temperature averaged 64.3 degrees.
The normal October average temperature is 56.5 degrees, so this October was more than 7 degrees above normal. A year ago, October's average temperature was 55.4 degrees, more than a degree below normal.
Only nine Octobers have averaged above 60 degrees since weather records began being kept at Roanoke Regional Airport in 1948. Counting the one just completed, only two of those have occurred in the last 22 years.
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