This spring can’t make up its mind if it really wants to be summer or winter.
Martinsville had taxing heat on April 15, reaching 91 degrees. By Tuesday morning this week, it was 27. Similar for Chatham, dropping from 90 one afternoon last week to 29 on a morning early this week, and South Boston dipping from the region’s hottest temperature so far in 2026 at 93 last Wednesday to a frosty low of 30 on Tuesday morning.
For Roanoke, Tuesday’s low of 31 was the latest spring freeze in 28 years, following less than a week after the earliest 90+ high in 13 years, 91 on April 15…