917  
CDUS41 KRNK 070912  
CLIROA  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA  
511 AM EDT TUE OCT 7 2008  
 
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..THE ROANOKE VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 6 2008  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1912 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 82 954 AM 99 1941 72 10 83  
MINIMUM 52 649 AM 32 1968 48 4 64  
1965  
AVERAGE 67 60 7 74  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.00 1.13 1934 0.10 -0.10 0.08  
MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.65 -0.65 0.08  
SINCE SEP 1 2.20 4.50 -2.30 1.19  
SINCE JAN 1 27.27 33.92 -6.65 21.67  
 
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 0 6 -6 0  
MONTH TO DATE 24 33 -9 3  
SINCE SEP 1 36 81 -45 24  
SINCE JUL 1 38 84 -46 24  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 2 1 1 9  
MONTH TO DATE 3 10 -7 40  
SINCE SEP 1 161 146 15 265  
SINCE JAN 1 1216 1125 91 1664    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 8 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 8 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.6  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 83 200 AM  
LOWEST 30 300 PM  
AVERAGE 57  
 
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THE ROANOKE VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 97 1941  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 27 1935  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 7 2008.......SUNRISE 721 AM EDT SUNSET 654 PM EDT  
OCTOBER 8 2008.......SUNRISE 722 AM EDT SUNSET 652 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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