020  
CDUS41 KRNK 030910  
CLIBLF  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA  
509 AM EDT FRI OCT 3 2008  
 
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..THE BLUEFIELD WV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2 2008  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1959 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 59 303 PM 81 1969 69 -10 77  
MINIMUM 43 523 AM 31 2003 51 -8 58  
AVERAGE 51 60 -9  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.00 0.87 1996 0.10 -0.10 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.04 0.20 -0.16 0.00  
SINCE SEP 1 1.25 3.41 -2.16 1.41  
SINCE JAN 1 27.98 31.77 -3.79 22.64  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0  
SINCE SEP 1 0.0  
SINCE JUL 1 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
YESTERDAY 14 6 8  
MONTH TO DATE 28 12 16  
SINCE SEP 1 59 87 -28  
SINCE JUL 1 65 105 -40  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 0 1 -1  
MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2  
SINCE SEP 1 106 68 38  
SINCE JAN 1 741 650 91    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 89 1200 AM  
LOWEST 40 300 PM  
AVERAGE 65  
 
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THE BLUEFIELD WV CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 83 2007  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 25 1974  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 3 2008.......SUNRISE 722 AM EDT SUNSET 704 PM EDT  
OCTOBER 4 2008.......SUNRISE 723 AM EDT SUNSET 703 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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