Unless it cools off a lot before midnight, it's safe to say Roanoke AND Blacksburg had its warmest night ever recorded.
Temperatures at the Roanoke Regional Airport, where automated sensors record the data, showed the lowest the temperature go last night after midnight was 84 degrees. In Blacksburg, the low was 78 degrees.
The all-time warmest night in history took place in 1912 when the low was 80 degrees in Roanoke. The same thing occured in the 1930s and 1940s. In Blacksburg, the previous record warmest night was 69 in 1999.
Here's a little more information on Bluefield and Blacksburg as well as the Roanoke numbers from the National Weather service.
THE LOW TEMPERATURE SO FAR TODAY IN ROANOKE VIRGINIA IS 84
DEGREES. THE RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE IS 74 DEGREES SET IN 1999. IF THE LOW TEMPERATURE FAILS TO FALL BELOW 74 DEGREES BY MIDNIGHT ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE SENT.
THE LOW TEMPERATURE SO FAR TODAY IN BLUEFIELD WEST VIRGINIA IS 75
DEGREES. THE RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE IS 69 DEGREES SET IN 1977. IF THE LOW TEMPERATURE FAILS TO FALL BELOW 69 DEGREES BY MIDNIGHT ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE SENT.
THE LOW TEMPERATURE SO FAR TODAY IN BLACKSBURG VIRGINIA IS 78
DEGREES. THE RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE IS 69 DEGREES SET IN 1999. IF THE LOW TEMPERATURE FAILS TO FALL BELOW 69 DEGREES BY MIDNIGHT ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE SENT.
Our large dome of desert-like heat will continue over the region for the next several days. Winds coming off the mountains last night actually warmed us up few degrees after midnight.
Today, we anticipate temperatures to get several degrees hotter than Thursday's highs, ranging from 95-102 degrees across the region, with the hottest air in the cities and cooler numbers along the higher elevations.
Keep check of your body, it will tell you when it's had enough of the heat. Be safe out there!
