HIGH: 80
LOW: 58
– Near-seasonable warmth amid reduced humidities and developing 5-to-16 m.p.h. onshore lake breezes this afternoon will lower shoreline temps to the 70s.
– Generous sunshine–but cottony cumulus clouds form. Some may build into isolated afternoon or early evening showers or possibly a thunderstorm.
– Clouds scatter and diminish Thursday night. Cooler. Lowest inland minimums: Mid-50s far western sections.
AUGUST 7 TEMPERATURES
Normal high/low: 83 (degrees) / 64 (degrees)
Record high: 99 (degrees) (1918)
Record low: 50 (degrees) (1994)
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