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Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
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849 SXUS71 KRNK 152234 RERRNK 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. $$ RAB