595  
CDUS41 KAKQ 060830  
CLIRIC  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA  
430 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2008  
 
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..THE RICHMOND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 5 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 90 316 PM 99 1980 87 3 96  
1977  
1944  
MINIMUM 72 552 AM 54 1929 68 4 73  
AVERAGE 81 78 3 85  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.00 1.77 1952 0.14 -0.14 0.42  
MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.73 -0.73 0.42  
SINCE JUN 1 7.69 8.94 -1.25 7.33  
SINCE JAN 1 28.98 26.70 2.28 22.82  
 
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 13 3 20  
MONTH TO DATE 83 67 16 89  
SINCE JUN 1 949 759 190 848  
SINCE JAN 1 1074 908 166 1048    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 8 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 10 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.3  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
FOG  
HAZE  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 87 400 AM  
LOWEST 38 1100 AM  
AVERAGE 63  
 
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THE RICHMOND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 107 1918  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 54 1948  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
AUGUST 6 2008........SUNRISE 618 AM EDT SUNSET 812 PM EDT  
AUGUST 7 2008........SUNRISE 619 AM EDT SUNSET 811 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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