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CDUS41 KRNK 080918  
CLILYH  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA  
516 AM EDT WED OCT 8 2008  
 
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..THE LYNCHBURG VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 7 2008  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 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 65 305 PM 94 1941 71 -6 90  
MINIMUM 51 811 PM 28 1935 47 4 56  
AVERAGE 58 59 -1 73  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.00 3.86 2005 0.12 -0.12 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.84 -0.84 T  
SINCE SEP 1 2.28 4.72 -2.44 1.21  
SINCE JAN 1 22.10 34.35 -12.25 28.70  
 
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 7 6 1 0  
MONTH TO DATE 43 38 5 3  
SINCE SEP 1 71 86 -15 37  
SINCE JUL 1 75 94 -19 37  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 8  
MONTH TO DATE 0 10 -10 40  
SINCE SEP 1 137 137 0 222  
SINCE JAN 1 1081 1067 14 1302    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.8  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 89 800 PM  
LOWEST 48 300 PM  
AVERAGE 69  
 
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THE LYNCHBURG VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 90 2007  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 27 2001  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 8 2008.......SUNRISE 719 AM EDT SUNSET 649 PM EDT  
OCTOBER 9 2008.......SUNRISE 720 AM EDT SUNSET 648 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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