More Temperature Records Set in Carolinas, West Virginia DC misses by 1°

Image (click to enlarge): U.S. temperatures at 3 pm EST, from Unisys

Here's some news you won't see at the cold-mongering IceCap.

Some daily temperature records for Feb. 8 reported by the National Weather Service:

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 74 DEGREES WAS SET AT CHARLOTTE TODAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 73 SET IN 1925.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 74 DEGREES WAS SET AT NORTH MYRTLE
BEACH SC TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 72 SET IN 1999.

THE TEMPERATURE AT RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL AIRPORT REACHED 75 DEGREES AT
309 PM. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 74 FOR THE DATE WHICH WAS
SET IN 1965.

THE TEMPERATURE AT PIEDMONT TRIAD INTL AIRPORT REACHED 72 DEGREES
AT 307 PM. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 71 FOR THE DATE
WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1937.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 68 DEGREES WAS SET AT CHARLESTON WV TODAY.
THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 68 SET IN 1925. 

Washington's high of 67° missed the record set in 1900 by 1°.

Total U.S. daily temperature records so far this month:
Lowest minimum: 59
Highest maximum: 316 (includes 115 on the 7th alone, across 11 states)