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90.0 on the button for high, 3rd 90 or greater of the year, other two were yesterday (9/6) at 90.9 and 7/29 at 90.4.

Those ARE the temps you are looking for....

WOW what a shock to the system yesterday! Left Seattle at 55 degrees and arrived in Dulles at 98 degrees, yuck! Spent 12/13 glorious days in Alaska and aboard a cruise ship doing the Inside Passage. The BEST weather day was the one that counted, Glacier Bay, about 60 degrees and sunny all day, everyone had a sunburn from the sun and the reflection back off the water and snow. Rest of trip was in and out of fog and clouds/drizzle and in the 50's for the most part. Whittier is a STRANGE place (where we boarded ship from the train), big docks, large ships, a huge building and about nothing else lol.

VERY late with August numbers, just got back from Alaska and a cruise thru Inside Passage, wonderful! Anyway, numbers for August 2023- Averaged high was 82.0 degrees vs a normal of 82.7 degrees, a -0.7 degrees below average, warmest temp recorded was 88.2 degrees on the 22nd. Averaged low was 59.5 degrees vs a normal of 60.4 degrees, a -0.9 degrees below average. The coldest temp recorded was 48.8 degrees on the 20th. Overall averaged temp was 70.8 degrees vs a normal of 71.6 degrees, a -0.8 degrees below average. Total rainfall for the month was 2.52 inches vs the normal of 3.32 inches, a -0.80 inches below average. There were 11 days with measurable, 4 days with a 'T', and 16 dry days. Highest wind recorded was 31 mph on the 8th. There was one new record, a new 'cool max' on the 4th. Overall a slightly cooler and drier month. Without the 0.95" that fell on the 8th it would have really been a dry month. Special thanks to the neighbor and dad for keeping up with stuff (and cat feeding lol) while gone 13 days.

Heading out of town today, so here are my picks for the month of Sept. DCA: -0.2 NYC: -0.5 BOS: -0.6 ORD: -0.3 ATL: +0.8 IAH: +1.2 DEN: +1.4 PHX: +2.1 SEA: +0.3 Thanks

LOL, we just did ANOTHER 9 qts of pickles, cucumbers out the ears this year. I think somewhere near 35 qts and 20-25 pints of B&B, dill and spicy dill packed up for the next year or two. No cukes next year. We'll get at least one more round off the current plants from the looks of the small ones coming on.

That area is very extreme, should be hiked by experienced hikers only, JMO. I've done the Tuckerman up to Mt Washington then back down Huntington back in 2004 and the Tuckerman/Lions Head/Boot Spur back in 2006. I'm in no shape to do that currently lol.

Right at 60 this morning, still not terrible for August. Running -0.8 for the month so far here. Agree with the above ^^, I've had one +90 day so far this year. Maybe get another or two this week...

Not as cool this morning, but I'll take 52.8/51.3 every morning in August if possible.

It is a truly amazing place.

Outstanding day, NW breeze, a few clouds and a high of 79. Clear and down to 49 now.

MUCH nicer out there this morning, 58.2/57.1.

Jan 2.30 Feb 4.44 Mar 1.67 Apr 3.79 May 3.23 Jun 3.34 Jul 3.69 Aug 1.66 Total 24.12 And I thought my March was dry...

Beautiful morning, a few high clouds to the east created a great sunrise, temp of 59 degrees at 7 am, wonderful.

Awesome!!

105 mph!?! wow. Public Information Statement National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 638 PM EDT Tue Aug 8 2023 ...NWS Damage Survey completed for the August 7th, 2023 Thunderstorm Wind Event... .Meteorologists from the National Weather Service in Blacksburg, VA have completed a survey of storm-related damage in northwest Summers County, WV that occurred on the evening of August 7th, and have concluded that the damage was caused by intense straight- line winds. Estimated Peak Wind: 105 mph Wind Swath Length /statute/: 8.1 miles Wind Swath Width /maximum/: roughly 2,000 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 08/07/2023 Start Time: 5:54 PM EDT Start Location: 1 SW Hinton / Summers County / WV Start Lat/Lon: 37.66/-80.91 End Date: 08/07/2023 End Time: 6:06 PM EDT End Location: 1 NW Talcott / Summers County / WV End Lat/Lon: 37.66/-80.76 Summary: An already strong thunderstorm over Raleigh County, WV continued to strengthen to severe intensity as it neared Summers County, prompting the issuance of a Severe Thunderstorm Warning at 5:37 PM EDT. Once in Summer County, Doppler radar briefly detected strong rotation in the thunderstorm near the community of Jumping Branch, prompting the issuance of a Tornado Warning at 5:58 PM EDT. First noted signs of wind damage occurred along Highway 3 just southwest of Hinton, where numerous hardwood trees were snapped or uprooted by the force of the winds, estimated to be up to 100 mph. One home sustained damage to both the roof and the siding in this area. Additional damage was observed along Highway 20 just to the north, where dozens of trees were blown down by estimated 105 mph wind gusts. The storm continued east, snapping or uprooting numerous trees from the community of Bellepoint eastbound along Highway 3 following the Greenbrier River with 100 to 105 mph wind gusts. Shortly afterward, the storm began to weaken, though still produced significant damage to dozens of trees along Judson Road near the community of Talcott with estimated 70-75 mph wind gusts. While additional reports of damage were received further east with this storm, this was the eastern-most extent of the storm survey.

Currently partly cloudy and 63.7/62.2 here. Feels 'nice' compared to last few days, especially with a 5-10 mph breeze from WNW. Had 0.95 inches of rain from couple rounds of storms yesterday, enough to slide into 2nd place for greatest rainfall for the date behind the 1.46 inches in 2017.

Yep, hope all get power back soon!

Wow, it looked 'rough' in that area around 4 pm yesterday!!

My son became a trained spotter at 16.

Only had a 31 mph gust with the storm that just rolled thru here, 0.90" in about 25 minutes.

That area (Staunton to Fishersville to Waynesboro) is what I call the Valley 'Nader Zone', if anything big is gonna happen on the western side of the state, it will be there. I went thru there a couple years ago after a HUGE hail storm, ground was white and places had hail 6-10 inches deep where it had piled up or carried by rain.

I think I can remember one in the eastern part of that county about 15 years ago.

Yes to the 1974 outbreak, I was only 10 but remember the storms. The IMPRESSIVE thing about that Highland County storm is the 60-70 DBz's on radar. That area basically is a radar 'hole', I can't remember ever seeing that high of a value up there.

Not much thunder and lightning, but showers are moving through my area now.