Should We Talk About The Weather?
Posted on September 5th, 2007 by Dana
Hi. Hi. Hi….or should that be HIGH. The WRAL Weather blog has a nice entry summarizing the miserably hot August, the hottest month on record. Check out these records:
- We reached 90 degrees or higher on 30 of August’s 31 days (11 is normal)
- The average temperature of 84.1 degrees exceeded the old record (80.6) by more than the difference between the old record and the norm (77.2).
- We broke or tied records for the hottest high and low temperatures on 10 of 31 days, each.
As of today, we stand at 68 days reaching 90 degrees or more. The record for a year is 72, set in 1953, and the normal number is only 39. Given the forecasted highs for today, Thu, and Fri of 96, 95, and 92, respectively, we could be in a position to break the record early next week. Stay tuned!
