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INFORMATION STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
155 PM EDT
TUE JUL 27 2010
THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF RECENT THREE DAY HEATWAVE.
MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE AND (MAXIMUM
HEAT INDEX)
OBSERVED FROM JULY 23RD-25TH
ACROSS THE AREA ARE LISTED BELOW:
*DAILY
RECORD
SET
JULY 23RD JULY 24TH JULY
25TH
OFFICIAL CLI
STATIONS:
RICHMOND/RIC
101 (108) *105 (109) *105
(108)
NORFOLK/ORF
100 (112) *105 (112) *105
(110)
SALISBURY/SBY
99 (107) *101 (107) *100
(107)
ELIZABETH CITY/ECG 94
(115) 95 (115)
96 (115)
WALLOPS ISLAND/WAL 98
(105) *100 (106) *100
(107)
ADDITIONAL
ASOS:
(RECORDS
NOT AVAILABLE)
NEWPORT
NEWS/PHF 99
(109) 104 (108) 106
(107)
OCEAN
CITY/OXB 91
(109) 101 (112) 100
(110)
ASHLAND/OFP
103 (109) 104 (109) 105
(107)
**SOME OTHER NOTABLE RECORDS:
RICHMOND: RECORD HIGH MINS
WERE SET ON THE 24TH (79 F) AND THE 25TH
(79 F). THE HIGHS OF 105 F ON THE
24TH AND 25TH ARE TIED WITH JULY
6TH 1977 AS THE 3RD HOTTEST VALUES RECORDED
(ONLY AUG 6TH 1918 (107
F) AND AUG 7TH 1918 (106 F) HAVE BEEN HOTTER). THERE
HAVE NOW BEEN 9
DAYS REACHING 100 F OR HIGHER THIS YEAR...THIS IS TIED WITH
1954 FOR
THE MOST ON RECORD.
NORFOLK: A RECORD HIGH MIN WAS SET ON THE
25TH (79 F). THE HIGHS OF
105 ON BOTH THE 24TH AND 25TH ARE TIED WITH THE 105
F RECORDED ON
AUG 7TH 1918 AS THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE ON RECORD AT
NORFOLK.
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BROWN