970  
CDUS41 KAKQ 160521  
CLIRIC  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
121 AM EDT WED OCT 16 2024  
   
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..THE RICHMOND VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 15 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 64 2:10 PM 90 1985 71 -7 65  
MINIMUM 43 6:32 AM 31 1934 49 -6 48  
AVERAGE 54 60 -6 57  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.03 1.15 1954 0.10 -0.07 0.04  
MONTH TO DATE 0.61 1.72 -1.11 0.59  
SINCE SEP 1 3.60 6.33 -2.73 5.58  
SINCE JAN 1 43.43 37.26 6.17 31.80  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2001 0.0 0.0  
2002  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
YESTERDAY 11 6 5 8  
MONTH TO DATE 31 63 -32 44  
SINCE SEP 1 31 85 -54 48  
SINCE JUL 1 31 85 -54 48  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0  
MONTH TO DATE 42 31 11 38  
SINCE SEP 1 269 237 32 296  
SINCE JAN 1 1852 1547 305 1601    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7  
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
LIGHT RAIN  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 86 8:00 PM  
LOWEST 44 2:00 PM  
AVERAGE 65  
   
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THE RICHMOND VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 90 1897  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 32 1937  
1939  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 16 2024.......SUNRISE 7:19 AM EDT SUNSET 6:30 PM EDT  
OCTOBER 17 2024.......SUNRISE 7:20 AM EDT SUNSET 6:29 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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