HIGH: 79
LOW: 55
* Severe thunderstorm/heavy rainfall potential
* A period of showers and thunderstorms early. Some may produce heavy rainfall.
* Warm and muggy with skies becoming partly cloudy as highs reach the upper 70s and lower 80s.
* South-southwest winds 12-22 m.p.h.
* Thunderstorms may redevelop in the afternoon, and a few could become severe.
* Clearing and cooler overnight as winds shift into the northwest. Lows in the middle 50s.
JUNE 8 TEMPERATURES
Normal high/low: 78(degrees)/55(degrees)
Record high: 97(degrees) (1933)
Record low: 42(degrees) (1885)
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