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CLIROA
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
520 PM EDT FRI APR 17 2026
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..THE ROANOKE VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 2026
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1912 TO 2026
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 84 3:33 PM 91 1976 70 14 70
MINIMUM 63 6:19 AM 27 1980 47 16 34
AVERAGE 74 59 15 52
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY T 3.38 2000 0.11 -0.11 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 0.93 1.90 -0.97 1.42
SINCE MAR 1 2.65 5.41 -2.76 3.27
SINCE JAN 1 7.43 11.47 -4.04 11.95
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 0.1 2.4 -2.3 T
SINCE JUL 1 13.9 14.8 -0.9 8.4
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 0 7 -7 13
MONTH TO DATE 70 165 -95 163
SINCE MAR 1 421 688 -267 532
SINCE JUL 1 3574 3707 -133 3566
COOLING
TODAY 9 1 8 0
MONTH TO DATE 61 11 50 26
SINCE MAR 1 79 16 63 41
SINCE JAN 1 79 16 63 41
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WIND (MPH)
RESULTANT WIND SPEED 8 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (280)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
LIGHT RAIN
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 84 6:00 AM
LOWEST 24 4:00 PM
AVERAGE 54
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THE ROANOKE VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 91 1937
1976
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 27 1951
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL 17 2026.........SUNRISE 6:42 AM EDT SUNSET 7:57 PM EDT
APRIL 18 2026.........SUNRISE 6:41 AM EDT SUNSET 7:58 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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