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CDUS41 KAKQ 262145  
CLIRIC  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA  
545 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008  
 
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..THE RICHMOND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 26 2008  
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.  
 
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)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 88 316 PM 100 1940 88 0 89  
1930  
MINIMUM 67 531 AM 57 1976 69 -2 67  
1920  
AVERAGE 78  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 4.81 1938 0.15 -0.15 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 3.20 3.92 -0.72 1.10  
SINCE JUN 1 6.84 7.46 -0.62 6.32  
SINCE JAN 1 28.13 25.22 2.91 21.81  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0  
SINCE SEP 1 0.8  
SINCE JUL 1 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
TODAY 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  
TODAY 13 14 -1 13  
MONTH TO DATE 354 346 8 353  
SINCE JUN 1 779 623 156 681  
SINCE JAN 1 904 772 132 881    
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WIND (MPH)  
RESULTANT WIND SPEED 5 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SW (220)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230)  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
FOG  
HAZE  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 90  
LOWEST 46  
AVERAGE 68  
 
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THE RICHMOND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 88 101 1940  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 52 1962  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
JULY 26 2008..........SUNRISE 609 AM EDT SUNSET 822 PM EDT  
JULY 27 2008..........SUNRISE 610 AM EDT SUNSET 821 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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