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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
634 PM EDT MON JUL 15 2024

...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED AT ROANOKE VA TODAY, 15 JULY,
2024...

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT ROANOKE VA TODAY REACHED 103 DEGREES AT
354 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS TIES THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE EVER
RECORDED ON THIS DATE FOR ROANOKE, WHICH LAST OCCURRED ON THIS
DATE IN 1936. OFFICIAL RECORDS FOR ROANOKE DATE BACK TO 1912. THIS
103 DEGREE TEMPERATURE IS ALSO THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED
AT THE ROANOKE-BLACKSBURG REGIONAL AIRPORT SINCE JULY 1, 2012. THE
HOTTEST TEMPERATURE EVER OFFICIALLY RECORDED FOR ROANOKE IS 105
DEGREES, WHICH OCCURRED ON AUGUST 5, 1930, JULY 10, 1936, AND
AUGUST 21, 1983.

WHILE NOT A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE, BLACKSBURG VA RECORDED A
TEMPERATURE OF 95 DEGREES AT 507 PM EDT. THIS IS THE HOTTEST
TEMPERATURE OBSERVED IN BLACKSBURG SINCE JULY 1, 2012. THE HIGHEST
TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED FOR BLACKSBURG VA IS 100 DEGREES, WHICH
OCCURRED ON JULY 22, 1952 AND JULY 28, 1952.

BLUEFIELD WV RECORDED ITS FIRST 90-DEGREE TEMPERATURE OF THE YEAR
AND ALSO ITS FIRST 90-DEGREE DAY SINCE SEPTEMBER 12, 2019. IT IS
INDEED RARE FOR BLUEFIELD TO REACH 90-DEGREES, BUT IT DOES HAPPEN
FROM TIME-TO-TIME. THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED FOR BLUEFIELD
SINCE WEATHER RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT (1909-2024) IS 99 DEGREES,
WHICH OCCURRED ON JULY 28, 1952 AND AUGUST 9, 1957.

LYNCHBURG VA, DANVILLE VA, AND BLUEFIELD WV RECORDED HIGH
TEMPERATURES SO FAR TODAY OF 99, 98, AND 90 DEGREES RESPECTIVELY.
IN ALL THREE CASES, HOWEVER, THESE TEMPERATURES WERE A FEW
DEGREES SHY OF THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON THIS
DATE.

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