HIGH: 70
LOW: 47
* After a record-chilly start with lows in the 40s, readings rebound aided by unlimited sunshine under nearly cloudless skies.
* Afternoon highs top out around 70 degrees.
* Light northeast winds.
* Clear and chilly again overnight with lows ranging from the mid-40s at coolest inland areas to the lower 50s downtown.
* The Sept. 1 record low of 45 degrees (set in 1949) may also be threatened early Tuesday morning.
AUG. 31 TEMPERATURES
Normal high/low: 78(degrees)/59(degrees)
Record high: 99(degrees) (1953)
Record low: 47(degrees) (1872)
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