589
CDUS41 KRNK 212119
CLILYH
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
519 PM EDT THU MAY 21 2026
...............................
..THE LYNCHBURG VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 21 2026
VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2026
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
...............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 84 1:12 PM 96 1941 77 7 67
MINIMUM 66 4:03 PM 39 2002 54 12 55
AVERAGE 75 65 10 61
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY 0.11 2.26 1942 0.12 -0.01 0.32
MONTH TO DATE 0.87 2.66 -1.79 5.87
SINCE MAR 1 4.31 9.87 -5.56 8.43
SINCE JAN 1 10.12 16.24 -6.12 17.48
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE MAR 1 0.3 2.5 -2.2 0.0
SINCE JUL 1 12.1 11.6 0.5 12.4
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 0 3 -3 4
MONTH TO DATE 122 85 37 36
SINCE MAR 1 657 947 -290 631
SINCE JUL 1 4017 4262 -245 3749
COOLING
TODAY 10 3 7 0
MONTH TO DATE 55 43 12 61
SINCE MAR 1 121 64 57 139
SINCE JAN 1 121 64 57 139
...............................................................
WIND (MPH)
RESULTANT WIND SPEED 7 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION NE (40)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
LIGHT RAIN
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 90 4:00 PM
LOWEST 56 12:00 PM
AVERAGE 73
......................................................
THE LYNCHBURG VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 77 100 1941
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 36 1997
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 21 2026...........SUNRISE 6:03 AM EDT SUNSET 8:24 PM EDT
MAY 22 2026...........SUNRISE 6:03 AM EDT SUNSET 8:25 PM EDT
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page