Unseasonably cool low temperatures for early September are a signal to wrap up the summer contest.
Kevin Myatt
Kevin Myatt has written about Southwest and Southside Virginia weather for the past two decades, previously for The Roanoke Times. He has led Virginia Tech students on storm chase trips, edited a book on Mid-Atlantic hurricanes and written articles for the Washington Post's "Capital Weather Gang." X (formerly Twitter): @KevinMyattWx Facebook: Kevin Myatt's Weather Wonders. Email: weather@cardinalnews.org.
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After historically cool August, is summer really over? And might early coolness portend a colder winter?
It was the coolest August on record at Danville and among a few chillier Augusts in many decades of records at several other Virginia locations.
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A summer of downpours and stickiness, but not widespread rain or prolonged extreme heat
The last week of August is bringing the opposite of the stickiness that defined much of this summer.
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Flash flooding engulfs Roanoke Valley streets, leading to swift-water rescues
Rainfall of 3 to 5 inches poured down in less than two hours as a narrow line of storms slowly moved over the same locations repeatedly.
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How Hurricane Erin may help this August finish as one of our coolest on record
Cooler weather pattern bumping Erin out to sea, and Erin’s spin enhancing the cooler weather pattern.
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This week 85 years ago: A flood that still hasn’t been topped at some southern Virginia locations
The remnants of a hurricane that struck the South Carolina coast lifted the New River to a height that even Hurricane Helene couldn’t quite match.
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August starts with historically cool days on heels of especially sticky July
Moisture is creeping back with showery days ahead, but hot temperatures look to stay away until next week.
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A hint of fall? Front breaks through heat, stickiness for much cooler weekend
Low temperatures dip into the 50s and highs stay below 80 in much of Southwest and Southside Virginia by Sunday.
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Higher dew points bring stickier days, warmer nights, raising human heat stress
More moisture in the lower atmosphere means perspiration works less effectively and can stymie bodily recovery with warmer nighttime temperatures.
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Backdoor opens for brief relief from stickiness and storms, but oven door soon opens with hot blast
It’s not quite as hot and less humid for a couple days, but temperatures soar again by the end of this week and sticky-stormy weather rebuilds into next week.