383  
CDUS41 KAKQ 210530  
CLIRIC  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
130 AM EDT WED AUG 21 2024  
   
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..THE RICHMOND VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 20 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 78 1:53 PM 102 1983 87 -9 94  
MINIMUM 60 11:33 PM 53 1930 67 -7 63  
1998  
AVERAGE 69 77 -8 79  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.00 4.74 1931 0.16 -0.16 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 3.82 3.15 0.67 1.75  
SINCE JUN 1 13.90 12.16 1.74 11.21  
SINCE JAN 1 38.60 29.18 9.42 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 4 12 -8 14  
MONTH TO DATE 291 264 27 284  
SINCE JUN 1 1210 1017 193 1024  
SINCE JAN 1 1457 1185 272 1149    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7  
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 87 1:00 AM  
LOWEST 48 4:00 PM  
AVERAGE 68  
   
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THE RICHMOND VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 96 1899  
1959  
1962  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 54 1922  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
AUGUST 21 2024........SUNRISE 6:31 AM EDT SUNSET 7:53 PM EDT  
AUGUST 22 2024........SUNRISE 6:32 AM EDT SUNSET 7:52 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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