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Park Visits
On Increase
October visitors to Shenandoah National Park this year totaled 324,500, an increase of 6 per cent from October a year ago when the total stood at 306,000. This brings the number of visitors for the calendar year 1980 to 1,657,600 as compared to 1.481,000 for the previous year; or a 12 per cent increase.
The maximum temperature at the Big Meadows weather station was 71 degrees and the minimum was 21. Precipitation measured 3.57 inches.
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