After historically cool August, is summer really over? And might early coolness portend a colder winter?

After historically cool August, is summer really over? And might early coolness portend a colder winter?

A week ago, it felt more like October than August as the sun rose on what is often a hot, sticky time of the year. Lynchburg had its coldest Aug. 27 morning low in 133 years of official weather record-keeping, dipping to 48. The next morning, Lynchburg tied an almost 40-year-old Aug. 28 record low of 51, and Danville also tied its record low for the date at 53. Cardinal News country’s icebox, Burke’s Garden in Tazewell County, dipped to a bone-c…