ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — It felt more like early October than August in the mountains Sunday, as Asheville broke a 116-year-old record for the lowest high temperature ever recorded on that date — just 65 degrees.
The previous record for Aug. 3, set in 1909, was 71 degrees, according to the National Weather Service office in Greenville-Spartanburg. Records for the Asheville area date to 1869.
Forecasters said the fall-like chill is being driven by a classic case of cold air damming — when cool air is wedged against the mountains by high pressure to the north — keeping skies gray and temperatures well below seasonal norms…