WEATHER BY THE NUMBERS--Friday Morning Chill

Certainly will not have many more mornings like this till next autumn...so we celebrate with some low temperatures:

37 in Hamilton
38 in Black Creek, 37.7 to be exact
39 at Cullman, Heflin and in Desoto State Park
40 in Pinson and Centreville
41 in Ashville and at Fort Payne Airport
42 in Jasper, Livingston, Gaylesville, Alabaster and Crossville*
43 in Wadley, Anniston, Alexander City, Clanton and Vinemont
44 at Montgomery and Childersburg/Talladega
45 in Meridianville, Muscle Shoals, Albertville, Decatur and Inverness
46 at Shelby County and Birmingham Airports
47 in Huntsville
48 in Selma

* The Crossville listed above is in NE Alabama's Dekalb County. There are two Crossvilles in Alabama--the other one is over on the west side of the state in Lamar County east of Vernon.

16 was the USA low for the Lower 48 states this morning at Marquette and Stonington, Mich.

93 was the national high Thursday at Pecos in West Texas. Spent the night there once during a howling duststorm. Not only did the dust get in our room and settle on our bed, but our bed also had fleas. A fitful night. It was a cheap motel, but the only one in town that had a room available. Got up and spent the rest of the night trying to sleep in an uncomfortable chair. Owner returned our money next morning. One of those red-letter nights that one does not forget. Or is it a black-letter night?