Thursday, April 8, 2010

Rain Winds Down and Cooler

BIG CHANGES FROM PAST WEEK: Rain with falling temperatures this morning. Most of the heaviest rain has moved east of the Cookeville area. Temperatures have fallen since midnight and continue to go down. We'll fall through the 50's this afternoon to an overnight low in the 30's! Highs near 60 on Friday, but then right back in 30's for Friday night/Saturday morning. The weekend looks nice with daytime highs in the 70's!


Weather History for This Date
Yesterday, we talked about the Gallatin tornado from 2006. This link is the official National Weather Service storm survey from that day and it includes photos from all over Middle Tennessee.

2007 - The coldest April 8th ever as the lows in Cookeville drop to 20°....

Daily Weather Story
A big cool-down for a day or so. We've seen the first seven days of April in the 70's or 80's. That streak will be broken today and tomorrow.

Cookeville's Daily Almanac
Yesterday's high: 78°
Yesterday's low: 64°
Normal High: 67°
Record: 84° in 2001
Normal Low: 41°
Record: 20° in 2007
Last Year: 46° and 28°
2.2" of rain fell on this date in 2006

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