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CLIROA  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA  
535 PM EDT THU OCT 17 2024  
   
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..THE ROANOKE VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 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 63 3:53 PM 86 1938 70 -7 63  
MINIMUM 39 7:07 AM 30 1937 47 -8 45  
AVERAGE 51 59 -8 54  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 5.55 1932 0.09 -0.09 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.91 1.76 -0.85 0.46  
SINCE SEP 1 9.52 5.82 3.70 3.25  
SINCE JAN 1 35.31 35.50 -0.19 28.47  
 
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 0.0 0.0 0.0 T  
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 T  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
TODAY 14 7 7 11  
MONTH TO DATE 83 87 -4 79  
SINCE SEP 1 93 120 -27 87  
SINCE JUL 1 95 121 -26 87  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 0 1 -1 0  
MONTH TO DATE 32 27 5 25  
SINCE SEP 1 164 196 -32 220  
SINCE JAN 1 1631 1361 270 1350    
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WIND (MPH)  
RESULTANT WIND SPEED 4 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION N (350)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.7  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 86 7:00 AM  
LOWEST 34 3:00 PM  
AVERAGE 60  
   
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THE ROANOKE VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 91 1938  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 28 1978  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 17 2024.......SUNRISE 7:30 AM EDT SUNSET 6:39 PM EDT  
OCTOBER 18 2024.......SUNRISE 7:31 AM EDT SUNSET 6:38 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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