Chilly Temps This Week
First freeze of February comes after warm January.
Saturday and Sunday evening will provide some of the coolest temperatures in a winter that has broken records as one of the warmest in history. Forecasters predict temperatures in the high 20s on both evenings followed by warmer, sunny weather during the daylight hours. In any normal winter, the slight dip below freezing would not be news, but the average temperature in January was 65 this year. Normally, the mercury hovers around 38 degrees, according to the National Weather service. The warming trend is being noticed outside the Charleston area, too. A report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has identified January 2012 as the fourth-warmest January on record for the contiguous United States, according to a new …
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