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OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure will continue over our region into mid week with a warming trend. Expect temperatures to be 5 to 10 degrees above normal by the middle of the week. Clouds will increase on Thursday as a cold front drifts down from the northwest providing a chance of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms which will continue into the weekend.
The Macon County Board of Elections met Friday for a canvass of votes in the May 2022 primary. A video containing the full audio of the meeting will be published later today. Of 38 Provisional Ballots 22 were rejected and 16 approved. 1 ballot that was cast will be removed from the primary day count. All 22 mail-in ballots postmarked on or before May 17th were accepted. 1 Overseas ballot was accepted. Reasons ballots were rejected ranged from voting in the wrong party to attempts to vote more than once, to a felony conviction. The ballots will be added to the primary totals at the Tuesday, May 31st meeting of the Board of elections. The objection filed by Robert Cook will be addressed during a public hearing scheduled to occur during this meeting. [See/Download PDF Copy of Protest]
Here is video of John Noce (a Security and Support Technician with the NC State Board of Elections) explaining the error that caused Democrats to be double-counted for turnout statistics. This is the error that led Cook, a candidate for Sheriff, to file an objection to the "Entire Macon County Election Totals." Graham County had the same sort of error in their results. They use the same Unity software that Macon County uses.
2022 Election Canvass Excerpt 1
Facebook and Youtube both rejected the video of John Noce explaining theMacon Media filed appeals with both Facebook and Youtube. Youtube reversed their decision and the video can now be seen.
• A recount in Macon County Sheriff's Race will occur on Saturday, June 4th in the Robert C Carpenter Building in the gym [Board of Elections on Facebook]
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Monday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Patchy fog before midmorning. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm winds.
Memorial Day
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm winds.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers between 3pm and 5pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph by midmorning.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds in the eraly afternoon increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph by midevening.
Memorial Day
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the southeast 3 to 7 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s. Calm winds in the ealy evening increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph before midnight.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers between 1pm and 4pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Patchy fog between 7am and 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Memorial Day
Mostly sunny, with highs in the lower 80s. Calm winds becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Tuesday
A slight chance of showers between 2pm and 4pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain is 20%.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60.
Nantahala Area
Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Memorial Day
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 60. Calm winds.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs near 80.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 60s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today. Area mainstem rivers are still high due to the recent rain event. Please use extreme caution in regards to swimming and boating in the county for the next few days.
Record Weather Events for May 29th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 91°F in Highlands in 1941
Lowest Temperature 36°F in in Highlands in 1894
Greatest Rainfall 2.21 inches in Nantahala in 1976
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Record weather events for May in Macon County
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of May
Data available from 1873 to 2018
Highest Temperature 92°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 05-20-1996
Lowest Temperature 23°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 05-02-1963
Greatest Rainfall 5.97 inches in Highlands on 05-30-2018
Greatest Snowfall 2.5 inches in Highlands on 05-07-1992
All-time record weather events for Macon County
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on Jul 29, 1952
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on Jan 21, 1985
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on Jul 29, 1879
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Mar 13, 1993
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On This Day
May 29 is the 149th day of the year (150th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 216 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
363 – The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city.
1108 – Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops under the command of Tamim ibn Yusuf defeat a Castile and León alliance under the command of Prince Sancho Alfónsez.
1167 – Battle of Monte Porzio: A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel.
1176 – Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.
1233 – Mongol–Jin War: The Mongols entered Kaifeng after a successful siege and began looting in the fallen capital of the Jin dynasty.
1328 – Philip VI is crowned King of France.
1416 – Battle of Gallipoli: The Venetians under Pietro Loredan defeat a much larger Ottoman fleet off Gallipoli.
1453 – Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire.
1658 – Battle of Samugarh: decisive battle in the struggle for the throne during the Mughal war of succession (1658–1659).
1660 – English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland.
1733 – The right of settlers in New France to enslave natives is upheld at Quebec City.
1780 – American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
1790 – Rhode Island becomes the last of North America's original Thirteen Colonies to ratify the Constitution and become one of the United States.
1798 – United Irishmen Rebellion: Between 300 and 500 United Irishmen are executed as rebels by the British Army in County Kildare, Ireland.
1807 – Mustafa IV became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
1848 – Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
1852 – Jenny Lind leaves New York after her two-year American tour.
1861 – The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
1864 – Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
1867 – The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
1868 – Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
1886 – The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
1900 – N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
1903 – In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
1913 – Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
1914 – The Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
1918 – Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.
1919 – Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin.
1920 – The Louth flood of 1920 was a severe flash flooding in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth, resulting in 23 fatalities in 20 minutes. It has been described as one of the most significant flood disasters in the United Kingdom during the 20th century.
1931 – Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by a Royal Italian Army firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
1932 – World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
1935 – First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.
1945 – First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber.
1947 – United Airlines Flight 521 crashes at LaGuardia Airport, killing 43.
1948 – United Nations Truce Supervision Organization is founded.
1950 – The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
1953 – Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
1964 – The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
1964 – Having deposed them in a January coup South Vietnamese leader Nguyễn Khánh had rival Generals Tran Van Don and Le Van Kim convicted of "lax morality".
1973 – Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.
1982 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.
1982 – Falklands War: the British Army defeats the Argentine Army at the Battle of Goose Green.
1985 – Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.
1985 – Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
1988 – The U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
1989 – Signing of an agreement between Egypt and the United States, allowing the manufacture of parts of the F-16 jet fighter plane in Egypt.
1990 – The Congress of People's Deputies of Russia elects Boris Yeltsin as President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
1993 – The Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant is held in war-torn Sarajevo drawing global attention to the plight of its citizens.
1999 – Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
1999 – Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.
2001 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.
2004 – The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
2005 – France rejects the Constitution of the European Union in a national referendum.
2006 – The roof of Porvoo Cathedral in the town of Porvoo was destroyed by arson.
2008 – A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.
2012 – A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people.
2015 – One World Observatory at One World Trade Center opens.
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Published at 2:20am on Sunday, May 29, 2022
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