458  
CDUS41 KAKQ 240845  
CLIRIC  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA  
445 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2008  
 
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..THE RICHMOND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 23 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 90 1126 AM 103 1952 88 2 86  
MINIMUM 71 804 PM 55 1974 69 2 65  
1947  
AVERAGE 81 79 2 76  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.99 4.53 1946 0.16 0.83 T  
MONTH TO DATE 3.20 3.46 -0.26 1.10  
SINCE JUN 1 6.84 7.00 -0.16 6.32  
SINCE JAN 1 28.13 24.76 3.37 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 16 14 2 11  
MONTH TO DATE 318 304 14 317  
SINCE JUN 1 743 581 162 645  
SINCE JAN 1 868 730 138 845    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
HEAVY RAIN  
RAIN  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 93 600 PM  
LOWEST 46 300 PM  
AVERAGE 70  
 
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THE RICHMOND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 88 99 1995  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 55 1947  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
JULY 24 2008..........SUNRISE 607 AM EDT SUNSET 824 PM EDT  
JULY 25 2008..........SUNRISE 608 AM EDT SUNSET 823 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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