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Record cold chills some Valley spots

Published online on Sunday, Oct. 04, 2009

The Fresno Bee
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A cold front camped in the Valley over the weekend but temperatures will soon be on the rise, according to the National Weather Service.

Overnight lows Sunday set records for the date in some Valley communities. Hanford dipped to 38 degrees, below the previous record of 42 degrees set in 1998. Merced also set a record low at 44 degrees; the old record was 48 degrees also set in 1998. However, the weather service said that temperature records for these two cities go back only a little more than a decade.

In Fresno, the overnight low was 47 while in Madera the low hit 45. Neither set a record. Fresno's high Sunday was 68.

The cold front brought trace amounts of snow above 5,000 feet, according to the weather service. The Valley remained dry.

Starting today, the Valley will see clear skies and a warming trend, said Jeff Barlow, a National Weather Service meteorologist.

Fresno's high is expected to reach 70 today and 83 -- the normal high for this time of year -- by Friday.


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