500  
CDUS41 KRNK 212140  
CLIROA  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA  
540 PM EDT SAT OCT 21 2023  
   
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..THE ROANOKE VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 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 69 3:26 PM 85 1941 69 0 66  
MINIMUM 56 8:09 AM 24 1972 46 10 34  
AVERAGE 63 57 6 50  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 1.40 1970 0.09 -0.09 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.61 2.14 -1.53 2.83  
SINCE SEP 1 3.40 6.20 -2.80 7.02  
SINCE JAN 1 28.62 35.88 -7.26 37.14  
 
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 2 8 -6 15  
MONTH TO DATE 106 118 -12 182  
SINCE SEP 1 114 151 -37 213  
SINCE JUL 1 114 152 -38 213  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 0 0 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 25 27 -2 2  
SINCE SEP 1 220 196 24 182  
SINCE JAN 1 1350 1361 -11 1507    
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WIND (MPH)  
RESULTANT WIND SPEED 17 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NW (300)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 45 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.3  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 64 1:00 AM  
LOWEST 27 3:00 PM  
AVERAGE 46  
   
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THE ROANOKE VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 85 1920  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 22 1930  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 21 2023.......SUNRISE 7:33 AM EDT SUNSET 6:35 PM EDT  
OCTOBER 22 2023.......SUNRISE 7:34 AM EDT SUNSET 6:34 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 DURING OCTOBER 6-7, THE PRECIPITATION DATA  
WILL BE MISSING FOR THESE DATES.  
 

 
 
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