The deal is sealed: The hottest month on record
Posted Aug31, 2007 at 12:09 AM
Today may well be the coolest day of August 2007, but that would only require it getting no higher than 86. It won't matter, though. Unless it starts out in the 30s and doesn't rise above 67 -- our low might not even be that cool -- this day will conclude Roanoke's hottest month on record. It appears we'll end the month with an average temperature near 82 degrees, an average high above 93 degrees and average low above 70 degrees. By monthly climate standards, none of the records are likely to be close, no closer than half a degree to the previous standards.
Also, the 27 days at or above 90 this August is a runaway record for greatest number of 90-plus days in a single month. The previous record of 23 days occurred in July 1987. It's taken me most of the month to get all that counted, but I made it in time for the end of the month.
More on all this in Saturday's Roanoke Times.
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