Temp Record Part 1

For the most part, we know when local daily high or low temperature records have been broken, and new records set. It's either extremely hot or extremely cold at the time, and it usually makes the news or newspaper. However, there are a couple of other daily temperature records that get very little recognition.

Those are the Low Maximums and the High Minimums, or, as I like to call them, the low highs and the high lows.

For yesterday's date, Feb 15, the record high low temperature is 45. We had a low of 44, one degree away from matching the record. Today, Feb 16, the record high low is 47, and so far this morning the temp has only dropped to 48. So, assuming the temperature for the rest of the day stays above 47, we've set a new high low record for this date. Cool stuff. No, make that "warm" stuff... anyway, this is quite a contrast to what the folks in the Northeast are dealing with currently.

Many thanks to Gary Boggs, local soaring enthusiast and instructor, for pointing out these lesser known temperature records.

So... high low, high low, it's off to work we... sorry, never mind.