National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN

835 AM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013

...JULY 4TH RECORD SET AT NASHVILLE...

YESTERDAY'S HIGH OF 71 DEGREES WAS THE COOLEST CALENDAR DAY HIGH

ON RECORD FOR JULY 4TH. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 74 DEGREES SET IN

1946.

THIS FOURTH OF JULY WAS IN SHARP CONTRAST TO LAST YEAR...WHEN

NASHVILLE HAD ITS HOTTEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED ON JULY 4TH

WITH A RECORD SETTING 103 DEGREES.

WEATHER RECORDS FOR NASHVILLE DATE BACK TO 1870.

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