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CDUS41 KRNK 082111
CLIROA
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
508 PM EDT WED OCT 8 2008
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..THE ROANOKE VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 8 2008
VALID TODAY AS OF 500 PM LOCAL TIME.
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)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 66 MM 91 2007 71 -5 91
1941
MINIMUM 55 MM 30 1991 47 +8 65
1954
AVERAGE 61 59 +2 78
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.04 2.39 1976 0.10 -0.06 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 0.04 0.85 -0.81 0.08
SINCE SEP 1 2.24 4.70 -2.46 1.19
SINCE JAN 1 27.31 34.12 -6.81 21.67
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.0
SINCE SEP 1 0.0
SINCE JUL 1 0.0
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 4 7 -3 0
MONTH TO DATE 31 46 -15 3
SINCE SEP 1 43 94 -51 24
SINCE JUL 1 45 97 -52 24
COOLING
TODAY 0 1 -1 13
MONTH TO DATE 3 12 -9 63
SINCE SEP 1 161 148 +13 288
SINCE JAN 1 1216 1127 +89 1687
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER MM
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
LIGHT RAIN
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 80 700 AM
LOWEST 63 1200 PM
AVERAGE 72
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THE ROANOKE VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 92 2007
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 27 1978
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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