Tangier, VA Weather Forecast and Current Conditions (23440)
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This Date in Weather History
1881 - Forest fires in Michigan and Ontario resulted in 'Yellow Day' in the northeastern U.S. Twenty villages in Michigan burned, and a total of 500 persons were killed. Fires caused 2.3 million dollars in losses near Lake Huron. Candles were needed at the noon hour.
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Tangier 7 Day Weather Forecast Details
Saturday Sep 6
Day: A slight chance of rain showers between 4pm and 5pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. South wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. West wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday Sep 7
Day: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. North wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. North wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Monday Sep 8
Day: Sunny, with a high near 74.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 66.
Tuesday Sep 9
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68.
Wednesday Sep 10
Day: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68.
Thursday Sep 11
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67.
Friday Sep 12
Day: Sunny, with a high near 74.
Sun & Moon Monthly
Sunrise 6:39 AM
Sunset 7:27 PM
Last Light 7:54 PM
Moonset 5:08 AM
Close Tide Stations
Tangier Island
(0.2 miles away)
Watts Island
(5.5 miles away)
Contiguous United States Extremes
Fri's High Temperature
111 at Death Valley, CA
Fri's Low Temperature
25 at 13 Miles North Of White Sulphur Springs, MT
Weather Folklore
When frogs jump across the road, they are looking for rain.
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About Tangier, Virginia
Tangier is a town in Accomack County, Virginia, United States, on Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay. The population was 436 at the 2020 census. Since 1850, the island's landmass has been reduced by 67%. Under the mid-range sea level rise scenario, much of the remaining landmass is expected to be lost in the next 50 years and the town will likely need to be abandoned.
The people who came to permanently settle the island arrived in the 1770s, and were farmers. In the late 19th century, the islanders began to become more dependent on harvesting crabs and oysters from the Chesapeake Bay. As the waterman livelihood became more important and more lucrative, there were often conflicts among the oyster dredgers and oyster tongers in the bay, and between those living in Maryland and those living in Virginia.
Many people who live on Tangier speak a distinctive dialect of Southern American English. Scholars have disputed how much of the dialect is derived from British English lexicon and phonetics, particularly from Cornish. Linguist David Shores has argued that there is little evidence for this claim and, while the Tangier dialect is distinctive, it is more likely a mixture of several regional dialects on the Eastern Seaboard. The persistence of this dialectal variety is often attributed to the geographic isolation of the population from the mainland. Tangier Island is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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