Atlanta Sets Record Low for April 7th
This morning’s cold weather set a record at Atlanta’s Hartsfield airport, where the low dropped to 28 degrees, breaking the previous record of 29 in 1986. It was 29 in Athens, one degree short of the record there.
A little bit to our north, a record low for the day, and for all of April was set in Asheville, North Carolina with 20 degrees. Greenville, SC also tied a record of 28 degrees set in 1950. Chattanooga, Tennessee saw a record low of 27, breaking the previous record of 28 in 1952.
Over in Alabama, Huntsville broke a record set in 1950 of 27 degrees with a morning low of 25. In Muscle Shoals, it got down to 26, breaking the previous record of 30.
Tonight it’s expected to be even colder than it was last night, meaning more records could be shattered by the end of the weekend. Here are the low temperatures forecast for tomorrow morning:
Update: We also had a record low for April 8th, both here and in Atlanta. It got down to 27.9 degrees in Lawrenceville, and 30 degrees in Atlanta, breaking the old record of 32, set more than 100 years ago, in 1886.
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