...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN DECEMBER 2010 RANKED AS ONE OF THE 5 COLDEST...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN DECEMBER 2010 AT BLACKSBURG...BLUEFIELD...
DANVILLE...LYNCHBURG AND ROANOKE ALL FELL IN THE TOP 5 COLDEST
DECEMBERS ON RECORD.

FOR BLACKSBURG THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN DECEMBER 2010 WAS 26
DEGREES...MAKING IT THE 4TH COLDEST DECEMBER ON RECORD. THE
COLDEST DECEMBER ON RECORD IN BLACKSBURG WAS IN 1989 WHEN THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 24.5 DEGREES. RECORDS FOR BLACKSBURG DATE
BACK TO 1952.

IN BLUEFIELD...THE AVERAGE DECEMBER TEMPERATURE IN 2010 WAS 25.5
DEGREES...WHICH WAS THE 3RD COLDEST DECEMBER ON RECORD. THE
COLDEST DECEMBER EVER IN BLUEFIELD WAS IN 1963 WHEN THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WAS 23.9 DEGREES. RECORDS FOR BLUEFIELD DATE BACK TO 1959.

IN LYNCHBURG...DECEMBER 2010 WAS THE 5TH COLDEST ON RECORD WITH AN
AVERAGE DECEMBER TEMPERATURE OF 30.4 DEGREES. THE COLDEST DECEMBER
ON RECORD IN LYNCHBURG WAS IN 2000 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
WAS 28.9 DEGREES. RECORDS FOR LYNCHBURG DATE BACK TO 1893.

FOR DANVILLE...THE AVERAGE DECEMBER 2010 TEMPERATURE WAS 33
DEGREES...MAKING IT THE 4TH COLDEST DECEMBER ON RECORD. THE
COLDEST DECEMBER ON RECORD IN DANVILLE WAS IN 1989 WHEN THE
AVERAGE DECEMBER TEMPERATURE WAS 31.8 DEGREES. RECORDS FOR
DANVILLE DATE BACK TO 1948.

FINALLY IN ROANOKE...THE AVERAGE DECEMBER TEMPERATURE WAS 31.3
DEGREES WHICH MADE DECEMBER 2010 THE 5TH COLDEST ON RECORD. THE
COLDEST DECEMBER ON RECORD FOR ROANOKE WAS IN 1917 WHEN THE
AVERAGE DECEMBER TEMPERATURE WAS 28 DEGREES. RECORDS FOR ROANOKE
DATE BACK TO 1912.