Record-breaking cold across parts of the Northeast as fall seems to make an early appearance
Parkersburg, West Virginia, smashed its previous overnight low record from 1940 by six degrees as temperatures dropped to the mid-40s early on Aug. 21.
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00:00The big story in the East and the Mid-Atlantic states has been about record cold this morning and again tomorrow morning
00:07so true record lows among all the database of
00:11Record lows for and low temperatures for August 21st
00:15We smashed a record by 6 degrees coldest August 21st by 6 degrees in Parkersburg
00:20Previous records was back at the beginning of World War 2 at 51
00:25So we broke that record by 6 degrees
00:27Also broke a record in Clarksburg Charleston and we tied a record low in Lynchburg, Virginia and the Parkersburg record
00:34This is one of four cases in any August day in history in which we've gotten down to 45 or colder
00:40In fact, it was the earliest 45 or colder by a full week
00:43Previous was a week later into the late summer or early fall if you will back in 1986
00:49So impressive cold out there for the past three and a half to four hours
00:53We've been pinned at 59 there in Burlington, Vermont and others down to the south and west of there
00:57We did bounce back from that record low to still 76 in Charleston, West Virginia looking pretty good as a warmer spot on the map
01:04But just off to the north right over Wheeling, West Virginia high pressure parked overnight tonight
01:09So almost no wind and with clear skies out there the moon is going to be illuminating things
01:14Well still nearly a full moon
01:16But we're gonna get down to record territory again in Parkersburg 49 would tie the record and in Charlottesville
01:22We should tie the record for coldest August 22nd matching that in 1909 1925 and 99 years later
01:29We'll do it again. There's the lobe of the coldest air there the deep blue as that drifts away from the northeast
01:35It'll still be cool on Thursday and Friday with some lingering showers in New England
01:40And these are going to be activated by a slight rise in temperature into the middle of the afternoon bringing the showers to light
01:46But then they scoot away and they'll fizzle at night. So overall Bree next few days just a little warmer each afternoon
01:52We're beginning to step out of this after one more cold night. All righty. I'm looking forward to that Jeff. All right