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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL 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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