350  
CDUS41 KAKQ 280826  
CLIRIC  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA  
426 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2008  
 
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..THE RICHMOND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 27 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 91 120 PM 101 1940 88 3 95  
MINIMUM 71 1159 PM 52 1962 69 2 69  
AVERAGE 81 78 3 82  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.82 1.62 1945 0.15 0.67 0.28  
MONTH TO DATE 4.02 4.07 -0.05 1.38  
SINCE JUN 1 7.66 7.61 0.05 6.60  
SINCE JAN 1 28.95 25.37 3.58 22.09  
 
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 17  
MONTH TO DATE 370 360 10 370  
SINCE JUN 1 795 637 158 698  
SINCE JAN 1 920 786 134 898    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
HEAVY RAIN  
RAIN  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
HAZE  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 93 1100 PM  
LOWEST 55 200 PM  
AVERAGE 74  
 
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THE RICHMOND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 88 102 1952  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 52 1962  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
JULY 28 2008..........SUNRISE 610 AM EDT SUNSET 821 PM EDT  
JULY 29 2008..........SUNRISE 611 AM EDT SUNSET 820 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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