My house was in the upper 60's when I left for work this morning. We have a thermometer that records the high and low temp each day. And I just put new batteries in it a week ago! And what's a wife?
The 96 was the high reading by the NWS at Trenton when you saw 100 in the Hopewell area. Most of those thermometers get exposed to some sunlight so they read a little higher than the actual temp.