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CDUS41 KAKQ 230830  
CLIRIC  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA  
426 AM EDT WED JUL 23 2008  
 
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..THE RICHMOND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 22 2008  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2008  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
YESTERDAY  
MAXIMUM 98 248 PM 103 1952 88 10 86  
1930  
MINIMUM 67 1127 PM 55 1974 69 -2 62  
AVERAGE 83 79 4 74  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY T 4.90 1969 0.16 -0.16 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 2.21 3.30 -1.09 1.10  
SINCE JUN 1 5.85 6.84 -0.99 6.32  
SINCE JAN 1 27.14 24.60 2.54 21.81  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0  
SINCE SEP 1 0.8  
SINCE JUL 1 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0  
SINCE JUN 1 0 8 -8 0  
SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 18 14 4 9  
MONTH TO DATE 302 290 12 306  
SINCE JUN 1 727 567 160 634  
SINCE JAN 1 852 716 136 834    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
HAZE  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 84 500 AM  
LOWEST 27 200 PM  
AVERAGE 56  
 
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THE RICHMOND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 88 103 1952  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 55 1974  
1947  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
JULY 23 2008..........SUNRISE 606 AM EDT SUNSET 825 PM EDT  
JULY 24 2008..........SUNRISE 607 AM EDT SUNSET 824 PM EDT  
 
 
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.  
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.  
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.  
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.  
 
 
 
 
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