Record cool at the hottest time of yearPosted Jul26, 2007 at 10:37 AMAccording to the National Weather Service in Blacksburg, the five days from July 21 to 25 was the coolest such period on record in Blacksburg and the second coolest in Roanoke, edged out by the July 21-25 period in 2000. Even in Lynchburg, where records go back more than 100 years as opposed to a little more than 50 years in Roanoke and Blacksburg, it was the third coolest July 21-25 on record. As I wrote on Wednesday, this period of time is typically the warmest of the year, but has been made cool this year by an "cutoff low" that trapped cool air over the area for a few days. Humidity has returned now and that is gradually buoying temperatures upward again. We may get back in the 80s today. |
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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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