HARRISONBURG VA: (ROCKTOWN NOW) – The Shenandoah Valley will experience drier and less humid conditions today through Saturday as high pressure settles over the region. Starting Sunday and continuing into the middle of next week, a prolonged stretch of excessive heat is expected, accompanied by rising temperatures and increasing humidity.

Here’s the WSVA exclusive AccuWeather forecast for Harrisonburg and the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
Tonight: clear to partly cloudy. Low 61. Winds southwest 3-6 mph.
Tomorrow: very warm with plenty of sunshine. Possible danger of dehydration and heatstroke while doing
strenuous activities. High 88. Winds south 4-8 mph.
Tomorrow night: clear and humid. Low 65. Winds south-southwest 4-8 mph.
Sunday: partly sunny, hot and humid. High 94. Winds southwest 4-8 mph..
Extreme heat next week
Monday: very hot with sizzling sunshine. One of the hottest days of the year so far; stay cool and well
hydrated. High 97. Winds light and variable.
Tuesday: mostly sunny and very hot. High 98. Winds light from the northwest.
Wednesday: hot with sun and clouds. High 96. Winds light and variable.

Sunset today 8:42 p.m.
Sunrise Saturday 5:51 a.m.

Records for this date at the Dale Enterprise Weather Station, west of Harrisonburg, VA
High: 97 in 1931
Low: 44 in 1900
Rainfall:  1.62 in 1996