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CLIROA  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA  
521 PM EDT SUN OCT 08 2023  
   
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..THE ROANOKE VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 8 2023
 
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1912 TO 2023  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 61 1:47 PM 91 1941 73 -12 64  
2007  
MINIMUM 48 6:57 AM 30 1954 51 -3 43  
1991  
AVERAGE 55 62 -7 54  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 2.39 1976 0.10 -0.10 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.89 -0.89 2.12  
SINCE SEP 1 2.79 4.95 -2.16 6.31  
SINCE JAN 1 28.01 34.63 -6.62 36.43  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE SEP 1 T 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE JUL 1 T 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
TODAY 10 5 5 11  
MONTH TO DATE 17 33 -16 48  
SINCE SEP 1 25 66 -41 79  
SINCE JUL 1 25 67 -42 79  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 0 2 -2 0  
MONTH TO DATE 25 17 8 1  
SINCE SEP 1 220 186 34 181  
SINCE JAN 1 1350 1351 -1 1506    
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WIND (MPH)  
RESULTANT WIND SPEED 10 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (300)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.8  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 56 12:00 AM  
LOWEST 33 2:00 PM  
AVERAGE 45  
   
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THE ROANOKE VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 92 2007  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 27 1978  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 8 2023.......SUNRISE 7:21 AM EDT SUNSET 6:53 PM EDT  
OCTOBER 9 2023.......SUNRISE 7:22 AM EDT SUNSET 6:52 PM EDT  
 
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.  
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.  
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.  
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.  
 
REMARKS: DUE TO EQUIPMENT FAILURE ON OCTOBER 6 AND OCTOBER 7,  
PRECIPITATION DATA WILL BE MISSING FOR THESE DATES.  
 

 
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