732  
CDUS41 KAKQ 180533  
CLIRIC  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
133 AM EDT SUN AUG 18 2024  
   
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..THE RICHMOND VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 2024
 
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2024  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
YESTERDAY  
MAXIMUM 90 3:40 PM 99 1987 88 2 91  
1988  
MINIMUM 73 11:59 PM 56 1902 68 5 72  
1963  
1979  
AVERAGE 82 78 4 82  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.10 3.17 1977 0.16 -0.06 T  
MONTH TO DATE 2.76 2.67 0.09 1.75  
SINCE JUN 1 12.84 11.68 1.16 11.21  
SINCE JAN 1 37.54 28.70 8.84 25.89  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2001 0.0 0.0  
2002  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0  
SINCE JUN 1 0 6 -6 1  
SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 17 13 4 17  
MONTH TO DATE 259 228 31 244  
SINCE JUN 1 1178 981 197 984  
SINCE JAN 1 1425 1149 276 1109    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2  
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
HEAVY RAIN  
RAIN  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 91 10:00 PM  
LOWEST 59 3:00 PM  
AVERAGE 75  
   
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THE RICHMOND VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 88 97 2002  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 54 1941  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
AUGUST 18 2024........SUNRISE 6:28 AM EDT SUNSET 7:57 PM EDT  
AUGUST 19 2024........SUNRISE 6:29 AM EDT SUNSET 7:56 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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