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CLIROA
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
515 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
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..THE ROANOKE VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 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 92 2:25 PM 102 1988 87 5 91
MINIMUM 73 5:31 AM 48 1979 66 7 70
AVERAGE 83 76 7 81
PRECIPITATION (IN)
TODAY T 2.19 1985 0.10 -0.10 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.28 1.87 -0.59 1.63
SINCE JUN 1 9.22 10.81 -1.59 9.08
SINCE JAN 1 19.63 28.18 -8.55 28.80
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 1 8 -7 9
SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0
COOLING
TODAY 18 11 7 16
MONTH TO DATE 239 204 35 134
SINCE JUN 1 939 871 68 944
SINCE JAN 1 1145 1020 125 1087
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WIND (MPH)
RESULTANT WIND SPEED 7 RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION W (290)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0
SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.
THUNDERSTORM
LIGHT RAIN
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 85 12:00 AM
LOWEST 45 11:00 AM
AVERAGE 65
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THE ROANOKE VA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 100 1988
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 53 1981
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 17 2026........SUNRISE 6:38 AM EDT SUNSET 8:09 PM EDT
AUGUST 18 2026........SUNRISE 6:39 AM EDT SUNSET 8:08 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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