Weatherday: Birth of a King

After the heaviest frost of the winter so far, there are widespread icy conditions. A clear sky will keep the low sun in view for the day, but local temperatures will get no higher than 1deg.

After dark this evening they're expected to plunge as low as -7deg. Moderate to light northerly winds.

On this day in 1935, Elvis Aaron Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, USA. Between his first demos at the Sun Studios in 1953 and his final concert on June 26, 1977, he recorded nearly 800 songs.

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