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CDUS41 KRNK 090912  
CLIROA  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA  
511 AM EDT THU OCT 9 2008  
 
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..THE ROANOKE VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 8 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 66 1216 PM 91 2007 71 -5 91  
1941  
MINIMUM 55 125 AM 30 1991 47 8 65  
1954  
AVERAGE 61 59 2 78  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.13 2.39 1976 0.10 0.03 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.13 0.85 -0.72 0.08  
SINCE SEP 1 2.33 4.70 -2.37 1.19  
SINCE JAN 1 27.40 34.12 -6.72 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 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  
YESTERDAY 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 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
RAIN  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 90 400 PM  
LOWEST 63 1200 PM  
AVERAGE 77  
 
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THE ROANOKE VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 92 2007  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 27 1978  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 9 2008.......SUNRISE 723 AM EDT SUNSET 651 PM EDT  
OCTOBER 10 2008.......SUNRISE 724 AM EDT SUNSET 649 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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