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CDUS41 KRNK 092110  
CLIROA  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA  
510 PM EDT THU OCT 9 2008  
 
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..THE ROANOKE VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 2008
 
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 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 73 MM 92 2007 71 2 92  
MINIMUM 62 MM 27 1978 47 15 71  
AVERAGE 68 59 9 82  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.02 2.00 1947 0.10 -0.08 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.15 0.95 -0.80 0.08  
SINCE SEP 1 2.35 4.80 -2.45 1.19  
SINCE JAN 1 27.42 34.22 -6.80 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 0 7 -7 0  
MONTH TO DATE 31 53 -22 3  
SINCE SEP 1 43 101 -58 24  
SINCE JUL 1 45 104 -59 24  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 3 1 2 17  
MONTH TO DATE 6 13 -7 80  
SINCE SEP 1 164 149 15 305  
SINCE JAN 1 1219 1128 91 1704    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 7 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.6  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
HAZE  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 90 300 AM  
LOWEST 68 1200 PM  
AVERAGE 79  
 
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THE ROANOKE VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 90 1939  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 30 1917  
 
 
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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