...ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT RICHMOND VA...

THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT RICHMOND ON TUESDAY JULY 12TH WAS 81 F...BREAKING 
THE DAILY RECORD OF 76 F SET BACK IN 1993.  MORE 
SIGNIFICANTLY...THIS IS THE 1ST TIME IN RECORDED HISTORY THAT RICHMOND HAS 
HAD A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 80 F OR HIGHER.

PRIOR TO TODAY THERE HAVE BEEN 9 OCCURRENCES WHERE THE MINIMUM WAS 79 F 
AT RICHMOND...AND IN A FEW CASES THE MORNING MINIMUM WAS AT OR 
ABOVE 80 F...ONLY TO DROP OFF BELOW 80 F PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT 
EST (1 AM EDT) THE FOLLOWING EVENING.  OFFICIAL DAILY RECORDS THIS TIME 
OF YEAR ARE RECORDED FROM 1 AM EDT TO 1 AM EDT (MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT LST).  
DAILY RECORD KEEPING AT RICHMOND BEGAN IN 1897.