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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
515 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
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..THE LYNCHBURG VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 17 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 92 2:54 PM 102 1988 85 7 93
MINIMUM 70 6:12 AM 52 1979 64 6 68
AVERAGE 81 75 6 81
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY T 2.50 1955 0.09 -0.09 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 0.80 1.86 -1.06 1.13
SINCE JUN 1 7.25 9.87 -2.62 11.67
SINCE JAN 1 19.81 27.43 -7.62 31.15
SNOWFALL (IN)
TODAY 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
TODAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0
SINCE JUN 1 6 12 -6 10
SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0
COOLING
TODAY 16 10 6 16
MONTH TO DATE 234 175 59 142
SINCE JUN 1 900 736 164 915
SINCE JAN 1 1054 838 216 1061
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WIND (MPH)
RESULTANT WIND SPEED 2 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION S (180)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.8
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 100 5:00 AM
LOWEST 47 3:00 PM
AVERAGE 74
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THE LYNCHBURG VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 100 1988
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 55 1981
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 17 2026........SUNRISE 6:35 AM EDT SUNSET 8:06 PM EDT
AUGUST 18 2026........SUNRISE 6:36 AM EDT SUNSET 8:05 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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