987  
CDUS41 KRNK 082115  
CLIROA  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA  
515 PM EDT MON APR 08 2024  
   
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..THE ROANOKE VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 8 2024  
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1912 TO 2024  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 65 2:15 PM 91 1929 67 -2 51  
MINIMUM 44 6:31 AM 25 1990 44 0 42  
AVERAGE 55 56 -1 47  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY T 1.11 1918 0.11 -0.11 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 1.00 0.88 0.12 0.65  
SINCE MAR 1 3.91 4.39 -0.48 2.24  
SINCE JAN 1 10.54 10.45 0.09 7.93  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0  
SINCE MAR 1 0.0 2.4 -2.4 0.4  
SINCE JUL 1 4.1 14.8 -10.7 0.4  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
TODAY 10 10 0 18  
MONTH TO DATE 85 88 -3 57  
SINCE MAR 1 421 611 -190 513  
SINCE JUL 1 3010 3630 -620 3098  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 0 1 -1 0  
MONTH TO DATE 3 2 1 14  
SINCE MAR 1 4 7 -3 21  
SINCE JAN 1 5 7 -2 26    
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WIND (MPH)  
RESULTANT WIND SPEED 1 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION SE (120)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 6 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 9 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.7  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
LIGHT RAIN  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 65 6:00 AM  
LOWEST 35 1:00 AM  
AVERAGE 50  
   
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THE ROANOKE VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 88 1929  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 22 1972  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
APRIL 8 2024.........SUNRISE 6:54 AM EDT SUNSET 7:49 PM EDT  
APRIL 9 2024.........SUNRISE 6:53 AM EDT SUNSET 7:50 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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