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CLIROA
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
516 AM EDT WED OCT 8 2008
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..THE ROANOKE VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 7 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 68 213 PM 97 1941 72 -4 91
MINIMUM 55 1159 PM 27 1935 48 7 59
AVERAGE 62 60 2 75
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.00 2.38 1965 0.10 -0.10 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.75 -0.75 0.08
SINCE SEP 1 2.20 4.60 -2.40 1.19
SINCE JAN 1 27.27 34.02 -6.75 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 3 6 -3 0
MONTH TO DATE 27 39 -12 3
SINCE SEP 1 39 87 -48 24
SINCE JUL 1 41 90 -49 24
COOLING
YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 10
MONTH TO DATE 3 11 -8 50
SINCE SEP 1 161 147 14 275
SINCE JAN 1 1216 1126 90 1674
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1
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 72 900 PM
LOWEST 44 400 AM
AVERAGE 58
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THE ROANOKE VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 91 2007
1941
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 30 1991
1954
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 8 2008.......SUNRISE 722 AM EDT SUNSET 652 PM EDT
OCTOBER 9 2008.......SUNRISE 723 AM EDT SUNSET 651 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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